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Bitcoin bridges are changing.
The old question was: “How do we move BTC into DeFi?”
The new question is: “How do we do it with fewer trust assumptions?”
That is where Union Bridge comes in. More in the thread 🧵👇
Rootstock
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Rootstock
@rootstock_io
The BTCFi Layer.
Est. 2015. Still Running. Still Early.
Become a BTCFi believer at discord.gg/rootstock
- USDT & USDC payments are here! Buy now and earn 2.1% rewards on all Visa and Mastercards 💳 Our web app now supports new payment methods via @Boltzhq swap: USDT, USDC, Liquid BTC (@Liquid_BTC), R-BTC (@rootstock_io), W-BTC, and T-BTC. Just select "Other" as your payment
- All the Bitcoin in existence, drawn to scale against the rest of the world's assets. Shorter than a basketball hoop. Still early.
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🚀 @rootstock_io Docs is now Grade A for AI agent readiness. Over the past few weeks, we've been rethinking how documentation should work in a world where developers increasingly build alongside AI.
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Bitcoin-backed lending is no longer a niche experiment. Crypto collateralised lending hit $73.6B in outstanding loans in Q3 2025, and $69.55B in Q4. A new Bitcoin credit market is forming. 🧵👇
- “There’s some glitch in the matrix…” Avalatara thinks Prague’s destiny as the European capital of $BTC may have been fixed long before the white paper. @GoldenGatsby caught up with her at @BTCPrague for a game of bullish or bearish. @gabrielepeters_ Check it out,
00:00More about her work: avalatara.com/about-avalatar… - Notice something? 👀 Since the start of 2025, Rootstock’s dominance across Bitcoin sidechains has grown by roughly 4x. The BTCFi Layer. (Source: @DefiLlama)
- Rootstock repostedBitcoin isFreedom50.9%Hope15.1%Truth11.3%Sovereignty22.6%53 votesFinal results
- 10 years ago today. Here's @dieguito on stage talking about programmable money and smart contracts. #RootstockArchives
- Replying to @rootstock_io5/6 Union Bridge is still early. This is an early, experimental release focused on validating core bridge flows and usability. Access Union Bridge on Testnet via Atlas:6/ BTCFi will not be won by the easiest bridge alone. It will be won by infrastructure people can trust because they can verify it. Union Bridge is an early step in that direction. Test it. Break it. Share feedback.
- Rootstock repostedBe honest. Do you understand how Bitcoin can be used as collateral?Yes63.4%Kind of14.6%Not really14.6%Didn’t know you could7.3%41 votesFinal results
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