Btc ecosystem weekly digest 📰
This week was more about stages than commits, with
@btc_summit and
@BitcoinConfAsia taking the spotlight. So yeah, updates are a bit quieter, but the Bitcoin L2 train never really stops.
@BitlayerLabs had a busy week
$BTR listings hit
@binance,
@kucoincom, @MEXC_Official,
@LBank_Exchange and BitZap. At the same time, the airdrop started Aug 27 with 30 days to claim, and
$YBTC went live on
@FolksFinance, already pulling 50 BTC deposits.
More here
x.com/BitlayerLabs/status/19…
@babylonlabs_io is shaking up rewards
Idea on the table: cap multi-staking at 25k BTC and give a 2% inflation bonus to those staking both BTC
$BABY →
x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/…
New quests are live in the
@citrea_xyz testnet
Claim tokens 👉
citrea.xyz/faucet
Connect wallet 👉
bapps.citrea.xyz/quest
Do the quests easily
Check the post:
x.com/citrea_xyz/status/1961…
@GMX_IO just plugged into
@botanix with a BTC/USD liquidity pool
pBTC is the bridged Bitcoin powering swaps on Botanix and can always be redeemed back to native BTC:
x.com/BotanixLabs/status/194…
@build_on_bob is upgrading its BitVM bridge on testnet
Fraud proofs go live, TOOP cuts out idle BTC reserves, and new institutional partners are joining: Amber, Ankr,
P2P.org, RockawayX and more
Repo open-sourcing is next, finally!
x.com/build_on_bob/status/19…
@Stacks dropped a roadmap update
Now calling themselves the #1 Bitcoin layer by BTC supply, with expressive smart contracts, a Growth Endowment, and new integrations like Nansen, Wormhole, Axelar
Yeah, another roadmap drop, but worth noting →
x.com/Stacks/status/19599640…
@spicenetio pitched themselves as a DeFi network
Instead of fighting fragmentation, they’re running with it with Spice Edge (execution) and Spice Flow (distribution). Partners already include Babylon, Citrea, Injective, and Pharos.
x.com/spicenetio/status/1960…
@rootstock_io rolled out the Reed Upgrade
Cheaper peg-outs (60% down), more PowPeg signers (9 → 20), prep for the Union Bridge, and parallel execution for faster txs. Not bad for a sidechain that’s been grinding for years
x.com/rootstock_io/status/19…
@PalladiumLabs is powering up the
@arturafinance x
@botanix Perp Competition
All trades LPs run in
$PUSD and get turned into rewards: 5× Bytes for LPs, 100,000 Bytes for top 5 traders
Runs Aug 28 to Oct 2 →
x.com/PalladiumLabs/status/1…
@pharos_network shipped a major testnet upgrade
Their Real Assets in Motion stack is live, with
@r2yield,
@open_fi_, @0xspout and
@BitverseApp bringing yield, cash flows, automation and trading on-chain
Real assets, real motion - let’s see if it’s real adoption
Full post:
x.com/pharos_network/status/…
@arturafinance launched BTC’s first perp trading competition with support from
@botanix
Runs Aug 28 to Oct 2, with $10k USDC 20k
$ARA in prizes for the top 5 PnLs, plus surprise minigames Anyone’s game →
x.com/arturafinance/status/1…
So yeah,
@BitlayerLabs packed listings an airdrop into one week,
@babylonlabs_io debated fairness,
@citrea_xyz dropped more quests,
@botanix got
@GMX_IO pools,
@build_on_bob tested its BitVM bridge,
@Stacks pushed roadmap,
@spicenetio pitched itself as DeFi’s brokerage layer,
@rootstock_io delivered an upgrade,
@PalladiumLabs kicked off a perp comp,
@pharos_network rolled out real assets in motion, and
@arturafinance opened Bitcoin’s first perp contest
Even in a “quiet” week, Bitcoin L2 never stops