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Bitcoin liquidity release opens a trillion-level BTCFi new era
The New Era of Bitcoin Liquidity: Exploring the Potential of the Trillion-Dollar Market
As the largest and highest quality pool of funds in the crypto world, Bitcoin's potential Liquidity is gradually being released. Recently, the largest on-chain lending protocol in the Bitcoin ecosystem completed an important round of financing, marking the acceleration of the trend of Bitcoin transitioning from a mere digital store of value to a more active financial instrument.
With the emergence of new projects, Bitcoin's role as a liquidity asset and niche asset is continually expanding. These projects are building a unique and systematic BTCFi ecosystem, opening up new application scenarios for Bitcoin. If we can effectively activate dormant Bitcoin assets and establish an efficient and secure liquidity network, it will unlock a global imagination space for this trillion-dollar asset's DeFi niche.
Bitcoin Liquidity Industry Practices
Compared to the significant growth of the total locked value on the Ethereum chain, the Bitcoin ecosystem, while performing excellently in terms of market capitalization and price, still lags behind in the speed of on-chain ecosystem expansion. However, the potential for Bitcoin liquidity is enormous. Even releasing just 10% of BTC liquidity could create a market of approximately $180 billion. If it reaches a TVL ratio close to ETH, it could potentially release about $300 billion in liquidity.
This potential provides a foundation for the explosive growth of the BTCFi ecosystem, and it may even surpass the broader EVM networks to become the largest on-chain financial ecosystem. Currently, platforms have emerged in the market that allow anyone to benefit from BTC lending, becoming one of the largest lending protocols within the BTC ecosystem.
For BTC holders, it is an urgent need to fully utilize their idle assets while ensuring asset security. On-chain lending protocols based on Bitcoin have been created to meet this demand. Some platforms offer fixed-rate lending services, with Bitcoin collateral held in trust by professional institutions, while providing an unlimited supply of stablecoins, offering BTC holders greater liquidity to participate in other projects within the ecosystem.
The Value of Bitcoin Stablecoins
In the field of stablecoins, on-chain decentralized stablecoins are still dominated by collateralized debt position (CDP) stablecoins. This model essentially creates additional liquidity trading pools for dormant assets. Some platforms have developed diversified services, including yield-bearing stablecoins based on Bitcoin collateral, lending protocols, hybrid lending platforms, and decentralized lending protocols that support BTC staking.
These innovations have transformed Bitcoin from idle assets into more liquid assets, not only addressing the long-standing stablecoin issue faced by the Bitcoin ecosystem but also achieving seamless integration with multiple DeFi ecosystems through cross-chain technology. This provides a safe and reliable way to activate a large amount of dormant BTC, which is expected to significantly expand the scale of BTCFi.
Outlook
As Bitcoin assets are gradually activated, BTCFi is expected to become a new DeFi asset direction with a scale of hundreds of billions of dollars, becoming a key to building a prosperous on-chain ecosystem. In the future, we may see diversified financial products and DeFi scenarios built around BTC, redefining BTC's role in the entire DeFi space.
The deep integration of BTC in the DeFi sector may reach a critical turning point, warranting continuous attention from the market. This trend will not only reshape the application scenarios of Bitcoin but may also bring new growth momentum to the entire crypto financial market.