#BTC Lightning Labs Released Taproot Assets Mainnet Alpha, Enabling Stablecoin and RWA Issued on Bitcoin Network

Reported by cointelegrahp, Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm lightning labs has released the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocl aimed at enabling stablecoins and real-world assets to be issued on the bitcoin and lightning Network.

The current version, taproot Assets v0.3, will provide a feature-complete developer experience to issue manage and explore stablecoins and other assets on the bitcoin blockchain, according to Ryan Gentry, head of business development at lightning Labs.

With this release, developers can issue financial assets on-chain in a scalable manner, Lightning Labs stated on Oct. 18 in a separate post. Today marks a new era of multi-assets bitcoin.