Traditional financial markets, with complex regulations and intermediaries, are costly and hinder growth. A secure, Bitcoin-based financial network, such as Liquid, enables economies in LATAM to connect valuable local assets with global liquidity with minimal overhead.

A real-world example is in Mexico, where local NBFIs are tokenizing promissory notes on Liquid to increase lending, utilizing previously illiquid assets as collateral to connect with global investors and financial institutions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCGy_M6PerQ

Federation update: A new ELIP dubbed 'DustCT' has been proposed by Kilian Rausch from Boltz and other members of the Federation's tech board to lower Liquid's dust limit, allowing for significantly smaller transactions (~21 sats) on the network.

Implementation work is already in full swing for wallet tools: Elements Core, GDK, and LWK. For more information on Elements Improvement Proposals (ELIPs) and how to propose your own, visit the official repo:

https://github.com/ElementsProject/ELIPs/tree/main

In addition to the opportunity in Buenos Aires next weekend, we're announcing two more bootcamps in Turin, Italy and Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 🇦🇷🇮🇹🇧🇬

Join and learn directly from experts at Blockstream, Breez, AQUA, and others.

Full details and application @ liquid.net/bootcamp

We're on a world tour to empower developers with Bitcoin layer-2: Liquid and Lightning. Free to attend. More dates and cities soon:

☑️Viareggio, IT
☑️Taipei, TW
☑️San Salvador, SV
☑️Buenos Aires, AR
🔳Plovdiv, BG [May 17-18]

[https://liquid.net/bootcamp]

The Liquid Federation is excited to share two recent growth milestones: the successful election of 2025 governance boards and the addition of five new member companies to the Federation, bringing total membership to 81. Together, these developments reinforce the Federation’s commitment to supporting decentralization, driving Liquid’s global reach and building Bitcoin-native capital markets.

https://blog.liquid.net/liquid-federation-expands-to-81-members-and-elects-boards-for-2025/

The latest release of Elements (23.3.0) enables Liquid functionary operators to begin signaling support.

Similar to how a soft fork works in Bitcoin, Elements requires a certain threshold of acceptance over the course of an epoch. In this instance, activation requires 100% support from all functionary operators over a window of 10,080 blocks.

Today, two more functionaries began signaling for support. Keep an eye on the Simplicity tracker below and follow as it unfolds in real-time!

http://simplicity-lang.org

Simplicity update: There are now ten Liquid functionary operators signaling for the deployment of the much-anticipated smart contracting language, which brings easier developer UX and expressivity to Bitcoin L2.

What are you most excited to start building?

http://simplicity-lang.org

The countdown for Simplicity has officially kicked off! With the voting period now complete, Simplicity is scheduled to go live on Liquid mainnet by the end of next week.

Bookmark the site below. In the coming days, Blockstream Research will be adding new developer documentation, tutorials and onboarding materials to help Bitcoin developers get started with Simplicity from day one.

https://simplicity-lang.org

The Liquid Developer Bootcamp world tour continues! Next stop is São Paulo, Brazil, Nov 3-4, with a special focus on Simplicity. Following the two-day Liquid bootcamp, a Simplicity hackathon will also take place during Sats Conf.

Apply now using the form below or visit http://liquid.net/bootcamp to learn more.

https://blockstream.typeform.com/to/iBpAMgTI

The Liquid Developer Bootcamp world tour expands. 🌎

Next stop: Mexico City (Oct 29-30), followed by São Paulo (Nov 3-4), including a Simplicity hackathon with $6k in BTC for winning teams!

Free to attend! Sign up at http://liquid.net/bootcamp now!

The Liquid Federation is excited to welcome seven new member companies: Cowbolt, Eulen, illuminodes, Mooze, OrderMoon, Sorted Wallet, and SOUSTA, bringing total Federation membership to 87. Together, they represent a meaningful expansion in both where Liquid is being deployed and how it is being used.

The new members broaden Liquid’s usage across three distinct sectors: everyday payments, decentralized protocols and infrastructure, and Bitcoin capital markets.

Details:

https://blog.liquid.net/liquid-welcomes-seven-new-bitcoin-native-companies-to-the-federation/

Dear Liquid community, a reminder to update your nodes to the latest Elements release, 23.3.2. This update ensures the smoothest experience when building with Simplicity smart contracts and includes several upstream patches from Bitcoin Core. Onward!

https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases

Blockstream has just released Simplex, a Rust-based developer framework for Simplicity smart contracts, aimed at providing a rich suite of tools for implementing, testing and deploying contracts on Liquid.

* CLI for managing Simplicity-based projects.
* SDK with essential Simplicity utilities.
* Liquid regtest for local integration testing.
* Extensive framework configuration.

Start building with expressive, high-assurance smart contracts today.

https://github.com/BlockstreamResearch/smplx

All-time high transaction volume. $5 billion in RWA TVL. 87 Federation members. Get the quick download on the latest Liquid ecosystem updates in the new quarterly report.

https://blog.liquid.net/liquid-federation-quarterly-update-q1-2026/

ICYMI: Blockstream shares an update on Liquid’s development roadmap.

- Major Elements updates, including 0-conf, UPP and cont. Bitcoin Core parity
- PQ readiness and a planned quantum-ready testnet by EOY
- BitVM-style 1-of-n bridge research and whitepaper
- Simplicity-based oracle, DEX and other DeFi infrastructure
- Extending Lightning support for the Liquid Wallet Kit (LWK)
- Institutional custody and improved tokenization UX

Review the full roadmap. 👇

https://blog.liquid.net/blockstream-shares-liquid-development-roadmap-0-conf-pq-readiness-bitvm-more/

Attention node runners!

This is a reminder to update your Elements nodes to at least v23.3.1 ahead of the scheduled activation of ELIP 203 on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Releases: https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases

As outlined in the recent Liquid roadmap update, ELIP 203 removes the inherited 21M issuance cap for non-LBTC assets, an important UX upgrade for tokenization on Liquid.

ELIP 203 details: https://github.com/ElementsProject/ELIPs/blob/main/elip-0203.mediawiki

Attention Liquid community!

A reminder before Monday's scheduled network upgrade to update your nodes to at least 23.3.1 to avoid any disruptions.

Releases: https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases

Any questions, please don't hesitate to comment. Enjoy the weekend!

Activation complete. ✅

ELIP 203 is now live on Liquid, removing the issuance cap for non-LBTC assets and unlocking better UX for large-scale tokenization. Mainnet proof. 👇

https://blockstream.info/liquid/tx/6c3be5b2dff1ab1a65586bc572a48daa00e6c3acba415cfbb4df5e0c17c4dae2?expand

First major upgrade shipped. Next up: 0-conf by end of June. ⏱️

Full 2026-2027 roadmap details below. 🌊 👀

https://blog.liquid.net/blockstream-shares-liquid-development-roadmap-0-conf-pq-readiness-bitvm-more/