Institutions do not assess Bitcoin infrastructure by asking only what it can do. They ask: • What secures it? • Who controls it? • What new trust assumptions are introduced? • Can it be audited with existing systems? That is where Rootstock stands apart. • Bitcoin merge-mined security. • No separate validator set. • EVM-compatible infrastructure. • A 1:1 BTC-native asset through rBTC. • More than eight years of mainnet operation. For institutional Bitcoin finance, functionality matters. But the architecture underneath it matters more.

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Fact: Bitcoin has been declared dead 475 times. (Source: 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 still producing blocks, settling transactions, and operating as designed. Bitcoin has heard this one before.

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. @BRootstockLabs at the event 👇

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 to work. As the graphic highlights, less than 0.8% is earning yield, leaving more than 99% held as a passive reserve. That is not necessarily a bad thing. Treasury teams must weigh custody, liquidity, counterparty exposure, regulation and the risk attached to any yield-generating strategy. But it does reveal a wider opportunity. Bitcoin does not only have to be held or sold. It can also be used as collateral to access liquidity while preserving exposure to the underlying asset. For companies holding BTC, the next treasury question may not be: Should we sell? It may be: How can we use the Bitcoin on our balance sheet without giving it up? The infrastructure for Bitcoin-secured finance is now being built around that question.

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 idea is to try to improve decentralization and minimize the levels of trust.” He also described a future where organizations and individuals could provide financial services directly to one another, while people remained in control of their own data. Eight years later, the technology has evolved and the ecosystem has grown. But Rootstock has not strayed from that original mission.

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 Bitcoin? • How can they fund CapEx and OpEx? • What types of collateral can they use? As Tony Dicarlo explains, the sector is becoming increasingly active in its search for liquidity. And as Richard Green, IMC puts it, the mood was not one of “radical optimism.” It was "considered optimism" — more detailed conversations about how Bitcoin businesses can actually operate, finance growth and navigate difficult market conditions.

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 10,000 possible outcomes to better understand the liquidity required under different conditions. That gave the team a stronger basis for adjusting the product design, covering potential client needs, and reducing the amount of Bitcoin that would otherwise remain unused. This is where AI becomes useful for a digital asset company. Not when it is added to every workflow, but when it helps solve a real business constraint, improve a decision, reduce risk, or change the economics of a product. The value was not automation for its own sake. It was better decision-making under uncertainty. A useful way to assess these opportunities is through a value × feasibility matrix: • How much value could the use case create? • And how prepared is the company to implement it responsibly? AI-assisted reporting, scenario simulation, and stress testing can be quick wins because they build on data and processes that already exist. Real-time risk pricing, dynamic collateral management, and treasury rebalancing may offer greater strategic value, but they also require stronger data, integrations, controls, and accountability. The same principle applies to model selection. Not every problem needs a large language model. Some are better addressed through forecasting, optimization, anomaly detection, deterministic rules, or a combination of approaches. The goal is not to use the most advanced model available. It is to improve a meaningful outcome. Adapted from a post by @gca_5772, following insights shared by Andrea Cremonino during the AI in Bank Treasury workshop. Original post linked in comments.

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. Mining companies often hold substantial BTC reserves while facing constant pressure from energy costs, market volatility and working-capital needs. Bitcoin-backed liquidity can offer another path: helping miners finance operations, improve treasury efficiency and access capital without automatically selling their Bitcoin. See you there.

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 community. And as the business repays the grant, those funds can go on to support the next project. A stronger business. A stronger local BTC economy⚡️ @geyserfund @AfribitKibera