At @FairGateLabs we published 12 papers on Bitcoin & BitVMX in the last 2 years, and we aim to publish 3 more papers before EOY. That much we love Bitcoin. 1. BitVMX: A CPU for Universal Computation on Bitcoin 2. Union: A Trust-minimized Bridge for Rootstock ESSPI: ECDSA/Schnorr Signed Program Input for BitVMX 3. TOOP: A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP PROTOCOL OVER BITCOIN 4. A NOTE ON THE SECURITY OF THE BITVM3 GARBLING SCHEME 5. FLEX — Capital-Efficient Optimistic Bridges with On-Demand Security Bonds for Bitcoin 6. WISCH: Efficient data signing via correlated signatures 7. A FORMAL ANALYSIS OF FLEX AND FLEX2 8. APoW: Auditable Proof-of-Work Against Block Withholding Attacks 9. OHMG: One hot modular garbling 10. OTS-PC: OTS-based Payment Channels for the Lightning Network 11. BATTLE for Bitcoin: Capital-Efficient Optimistic Bridges with Large Committees 12. BATTLE – Bonded Adversarial TournamenT with Logarithmic Escalation

ICYMI: @Blockstream shares an update on Liquid’s development roadmap. 0-conf and @bitcoincoreorg parity Quantum-ready testnet by EOY BitVM-style 1-of-n bridge research Oracle, DEX and other DeFi infrastructure Review the full roadmap. 👇

NEW EPISODE - Rebuilding the $12T Repo Market on @Bitcoin Bitcoin’s next era may be digital credit. David Seroy aka Bitcoin Dave joins @TrustlessState to explain how BitVM, ZK rollups, and fixed-duration lending could turn Bitcoin into the foundation of a new onchain credit market. They break down the race to create pristine collateral, why @Morpho Midnight matters, how @AlpenLabs plans to compete with @base and Michael @saylor's corporate model, and why most Bitcoin L2s have failed. --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Hyperbitcoinization 3:51 Bitcoin’s Next Phase 9:57 The Talent Crisis 11:29 BitVM and ZK 16:26 Bitcoin L2s 19:06 Bitcoin Credit 28:28 Onchain Repo 34:09 The Yield Curve 38:21 Borrowing and Risk 43:24 Why L2s Failed 48:29 Saylor vs Onchain 54:51 Alpen and Strata 56:36 Ethereum’s Purpose

As the @Liquid_BTC network’s tech provider, Blockstream is sharing an updated roadmap for the core development workstreams it leads. 0-conf, quantum readiness, BitVM exploration, institutional custody, P2P lending, and much more are in development.

Bitlayer Monthly Report — February 2026 is here! 📊 Key highlights: 🔵 $BTR hit ATH of $0.236 — more than 2x from January 🔵 YBTC Family TVL reached $93.75M 🔵 97.27M+ total on-chain transactions 🔵 Phase 2 BTR Airdrop launched Feb 28 🔵 YBTC.B expanded to @aspect_build via verified #BitVM# Bridge 🔵 Charlie Hu keynoted at Bitcoin Investor Week NYC — 2,500+ attendees February was a month of growth, expansion, and milestones. Read the full report 👇 #Bitlayer# #BitcoinL2# #BTC# #Bitcoin#

Bitmela is live 😍 Fascinating first talk I’ve gotten to jump into, fighting the biggest FUD in India - that Bitcoin is illegal. Short answer, it’s legal but quite highly regulated and restricted to KYC exchanges, expectation of source of funds, etc.

Bitmine added 10,452 ETH last week, lifting holdings to 6,051,933 ETH, or 4.95% of @ethereum's supply, and Chairman Tom Lee says buying stops at 5%. Full BSCN Daily episode:

Bitmine added 10,452 ETH last week, leaving it about 58,000 ETH short of its 5% supply target. Its total holdings slipped to about $15 billion from $15.1 billion as ether eased to $2,356.