Hmm, perhaps the DoJ made them an offer to shut down or be raped?
I gotta admit that I don't know most details about how Lightning works. The node operator can close your channel and you lose all your SATs?
This is why you use Global =)
A bunch of lightning channels are being close for some reason
https://nostrudel.ninja/#/u/npub169n9eaf0t20j0nefwqlqtnqcpsym22k2nw6e3tevtrrru4et7wrsh5w47v/notes
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To send and receive sats from your node, you need an inbound and outbound channel to be made with another node. They can close whenever someone wants. Good to have a few. Force closing means one node does not respond and you force it off