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.

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.

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.

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.

Most people won't notice this update. But the ones who do could earn more for doing a simple 1:1 swap. @rootstock_io's stablecoin ecosystem is moving to $USDT0, and liquidity providers who migrate early get access to boosted rewards. Here's why it matters For a while, liquidity on @rootstock_io was split across different $USDT versions. Thread 🧵

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

"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 is a reasonable response to something you don't fully understand yet. We're building technology most people haven't caught up to yet. If that sounds like your kind of problem, we're hiring.

8 years. Zero security breaches. Zero loss of funds. That is the track record of PowPeg, Rootstock’s Bitcoin-native bridge. But what actually protects the BTC locked inside it? Read the thread below 🧵👇

Bitcoin miners earn BTC. So why is so much miner debt still denominated in dollars? That currency mismatch is one of the most important but under-discussed risks in miner financing. In this conversation, Richard Green, VP of Institutional at @RootstockLabs, sits down with @btsf_1, founder and CEO of BTSF, to discuss miner financing, BTC-denominated credit, native yield, and why productive lending matters for Bitcoin. They cover: • Why miners are difficult to finance • Why earning BTC and borrowing USD creates additional risk • Why small and mid-sized miners matter for Bitcoin decentralization • What BTC-denominated credit could unlock • Why real Bitcoin yield comes from productive lending, not financial engineering