Starknet Unveils BTCFi: Trustless BTC Staking, Partners, and 100M STRK Incentives
Starknet today announced BTCFi, a trilogy of initiatives aimed at deepening bitcoin’s role as a global settlement asset by embedding BTC into Starknet’s security and consensus. For the first time on any L2, BTC holders c...
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