Elsalvador 🇸🇻: Honoured to join a panel at the Bitcoin Capital Summit (during the Week of
@planb_network in San Salvador, El Salvador the Bitcoin nation leading the charge
@bitcoinofficesv
PANEL: “The Next Market Stack: Liquid meets Global Capital Markets”
Along with my fellow panelists: Dr. Adam Back
@adam3us (CEO & Founder,
@Blockstream ), Michele Crivelli
@michelecrivelli (CEO,
@NexBridge_RWA &
@Nexplace_Global ), Federico Suarez Rendon (NexBridge), and deeply technical expert moderator Luca Esposito (Blockstream Capital Partners)
We unpacked how Blockstream's
@Liquid_BTC Network (Bitcoin's battle-tested sidechain with Confidential Transactions) is bridging Bitcoin-native infrastructure to regulated global capital markets, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and institutional adoption.
The big takeaway?
Bitcoin
@Liquid_BTC is positioned as the compliant, confidential, Bitcoin-anchored stack for the next era of tokenized assets and institutional capital markets.
Momentum is building from El Salvador's blueprint to global regulatory progress.
#Bitcoin is no longer a parallel system, it is increasingly part of the global financial architecture.
INSIGHTS
Compliance-by-design for regulated assets: Liquid enables secure transfer of restricted securities (e.g., accredited investor rules, jurisdictional limits) via minimal on-chain multisig, keeping sensitive registration data off-chain while proving compliance.
A. Bitcoin-rooted security & developer familiarity: Built on Bitcoin's proven tech stack, Liquid Network's Blockstream Explorer APIs & LWK-SDK tooling that is lowering barriers for institutions to build fast clinically reported as fast as 1 afternoon
B. Atomic swaps & hybrid trading: Native support for atomic swaps plus seamless mixing of custodial (e.g., NexBridge, Bitfinex Securities) and non-custodial (e.g., Side Swap) models for efficient, trusted settlement.
C. Five must-haves institutions demand: Drawing from my time in traditional banking: (1) finality, (2) modern crypto security, (3) speed, (4) regulatory/jurisdictional compliance, (5) robust risk management. Liquid Networkd delivers all: especially via built-in confidentiality that most chains lack.
D. Confidential Transactions: the privacy edge: Essential for banks/regulators to handle sensitive data, manage risk, and prevent leakage: a core Liquid Network advantage in institutional settings.
E. From pilots to production: The shift is real: with Simplicity smart contracts live on mainnet and potential U.S. market structure tailwinds, Liquid Network is ready to power high-assurance, programmable Bitcoin infrastructure at scale.
#Bitcoin #PlanBForum #LiquidNetwork #Tokenization #RWA #InstitutionalFinance #BitcoinCapitalSummit #DigitalAssets
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