Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (DeFi) projects are narrowing their focus to institutional investors and long-term holders as a broad market liquidity contraction reshapes the sector, according to Richard Green, director of institutions and ecosystem at Rootstock Labs, the investment arm of the Bitcoin layer-2 network Rootstock ($RIF). Market Contraction Reshapes DeFi Strategy In an interview with
Bitcoin holders appear unwilling to support dedicated Bitcoin-native DeFi at the scale needed to keep projects in the space alive. That is the tension behind Botanix Labs’ decision to wind down Botanix, a Bitcoin Layer 2 built to bring EVM-style applications, lending, borrowing and yield to $BTC holders. The wind-down is harder to dismiss than
The Federal Reserve will announce its first interest rate decision under new Chairman Kevin Warsh tomorrow. The biggest question mark for Warsh, nominated by President Donald Trump at the end of January to head the Fed, is whether he will pursue interest rate hikes to control inflation or whether he will open the door to
Bitcoin is showing signs of recovery after reclaiming a broken downtrend, but on-chain data still points to $48,000 as a major long-term support zone. Traders are now watching whether $BTC can break above the 20-day SMA or face another pullback. Bitcoin’s CVDD Level Points to $48K as Critical Support Bitcoin could still have one major
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin does not need staking, inflation or protocol-based yield mechanisms, arguing returns should come from financial products built around $BTC. In an X post on Tuesday, Saylor outlined a five-layer “Digital Asset Stack” positioning Bitcoin ($BTC) as the base for credit, money, yield and equity structures. Saylor said Bitcoin
The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ($BTC), surged above $66,000 following news of a potential agreement between the US and Iran. While talk of a bottom for $BTC, which has recovered for the second time from $60,000, is increasing, Wintermute notes that it’s still too early to say Bitcoin has hit the bottom. Wintermute, a leading market
The preliminary agreement announced over the weekend between the US and Iran has boosted risk appetite in global markets, but the cryptocurrency market has not seen a similarly strong sense of relief. In particular, expectations of a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz led to rapid price fluctuations in energy markets. While oil prices
Summary BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), designed to provide bitcoin exposure while generating monthly income through a covered call strategy, begins trading on Tuesday. The fund holds spot bitcoin and shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), selling call options on about 25% to 35% of its portfolio to collect option premiums. BlackRock
Bitcoin’s protocol rewards miners through block subsidies and transaction fees, leaving holders who sit on coins with no claim on the network’s output, no interest, no dividend, no staking reward of any kind. Wall Street is building income products around it anyway, and two events landing within days of each other show how far that