Fact: Bitcoin has been declared dead 475 times.
(Source: bitcoindeaths.com. Credit to @jerryfeng)
Many of those obituaries appeared during major drawdowns, when falling prices were treated as proof that Bitcoin would never recover.
The market may be down. The network is
Rootstock is building the infrastructure for Bitcoin-secured finance and onchain capital markets, from BTC vaults and structured products to onchain credit markets and RWAs.
That was a discussion we brought to @WebX_Asia in Tokyo earlier this week in. More on this soon.
Corporate Bitcoin holdings are growing. But most of that BTC is sitting idle.
Public companies currently hold approximately 1.26 million $BTC, worth nearly $80 billion, across 197 companies tracked by @BTCtreasuries.
Yet only a very small share of corporate Bitcoin is being put
Just published a guide on Smart Contract Escrow Systems on @rootstock_io
Learn how escrow contracts enable secure, transparent, and trustless digital transactions on Bitcoin-powered @rootstock_io
Read here: trym.ly/DdogN/GjZYES
A look at a chain we haven't reviewed to-date: Rootstock.
LayerBank’s showing 2.25% WRBTC APR to supply BTC
Borrower-paid base: 0.00467%
WRBTC incentives: 2.24684% (99.79%)
Current incentive campaign ends Aug. 11.
app.layerbank.finance/bank/rootstock…
One from the archives, published on this day 8 years ago 📰
In this 2018 interview with @aasmakov, @dieguito spoke about a public network secured through Bitcoin merged mining, open participation, financial inclusion, and progressively reducing reliance on trusted parties.
“The
A month on from @BTCPrague and @BtcCorpDay, one thing still stands out.
The conversations were not simply about where Bitcoin’s price might go next.
Smaller and mid-sized miners were looking at practical questions:
• How can they release liquidity without selling their
How much Bitcoin should remain locked to cover a liquidity event that may never happen?
Holding the maximum possible reserve is the simplest answer. It is also the least capital-efficient.
While co-designing a product for Bitcoin miners, @RootstockLabs simulated more than
Next week, it's @MiningDisrupt in Miami and we will be there with a clear message for miners.
Your $BTC should be working for your business, not sitting idle or being sold to fund operations.
Connect with @th3amcofficial to meet the RootstockLabs team and join the conversation.
Bitcoin adoption looks like this.
Black & White Fry’s Palace in Kibera has become the first Recoverable Grant project to reach its funding goal.
The capital will help a local Bitcoin-accepting business invest in backup power, upgrade its equipment, and continue serving its
🎯GOAL REACHED
Black & White Fry's Palace has become the first Recoverable Grant to reach its funding goal. ⚡
This community café in Kibera Soweto will now use the capital to invest in backup power and better equipment, helping the business grow and continue serving customers.
Rootstock just upgraded its stablecoin standard to USDT0 and early movers get rewarded.
Swap any legacy USDT on @rootstock_io → USDT0 at 1:1 on Oku.
Plus: boosted LP incentives are active across USDT0 pools on Oku.
Here's the TLDR 🧵
"What do people say when you tell them you work for a crypto company?"
That's the question we posed to some of our colleagues at RootstockLabs.
Reactions range from genuine curiosity to a few raised eyebrows, and that's fair. Crypto is still new to most people, and skepticism