Bitcoin’s $2T market cap sits mostly idle, unlike the rest of DeFi! But not anymore; Bitcoin Finance (BTCFi) is changing that! 🔹 New protocols are unlocking yield, liquidity & lending for BTC Here's how @Starknet is enabling this shift and activating Bitcoin. 🧵

BTCFi changes that by giving Bitcoin liquidity a purpose. 🔹 Lending, staking & yield markets for BTC 🔸 Wrapped assets like WBTC & tBTC created entry points 🔹 Emerging BTC DeFi apps expanding across ecosystems But the current BTCFi layer is still slow, fragmented, & trust-heavy

The problem? BTCFi today is limited by its infrastructure: 🔹 Centralized custodians & risky bridges 🔸 Low composability with other ecosystems 🔹 Poor scalability for trading volume 🔸 Security trade-offs that weaken trust To truly scale, BTCFi needs DeFi-grade programmability

To expand BTCFi, the Starknet Foundation launched a 100M STRK incentive program. 🔹 Targeting BTC-collateral pools and DeFi protocols 🔸 Key partners: WBTC, tBTC, SolvBTC, @LayerZero_Core & @hyperlane A coordinated push to turn Bitcoin liquidity into a scalable on-chain utility.

And the results are already showing on @Starknet: 🔹 $568M+ TVL, with STRK & USDC leading over 70% of liquidity 🔸 247M+ total transactions at a median fee of just $0.0037 🔹 115K+ weekly active users growing steadily BTCFi is scaling on the foundation built by Starknet!

BTCFi finds its ideal home on @Starknet: 🔹 ZK-rollups ensure provable, non-custodial settlement 🔸 Low fees and high throughput for scalable DeFi 🔹 Native composability with Ethereum liquidity 🔸 Security anchored directly to Ethereum Where Bitcoin meets verifiable scalability!

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