L2s are expanding what builders can do on Bitcoin and Ethereum, making it easier to bring smart contracts, apps, and DeFi closer to their respective ecosystems.
That momentum is shaping a clear direction: infrastructure that helps capital actually work, not just exist onchain.
Hemi is extending that path for Bitcoin. By connecting Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum-style programmability, Hemi is giving builders a way to move BTC into DeFi workflows, where lending, yield, and applications are already taking shape.
For builders, it’s familiar tooling. For Bitcoin, it’s broader participation beyond price cycles.
Bitcoin for builders is evolving, and Hemi is continuing to push it forward.
Hemi provides a path where native BTC can become productive, moving into yield strategies and liquidity flows without leaving Bitcoin’s base-layer security. The experience remains simple, akin to Sonic or NEAR, but powered by Bitcoin’s $1.8T in value.
With yield integrations already live, BTC holders can put their assets to work while staying on familiar rails. No extra steps, no alternate representations, just native BTC gaining access to DeFi activity.
This is BTC functioning as an engine for the broader economy, not just an asset held in storage.
#Stablecoins comprise 30% of onchain crypto volume, reaching $4T+ YTD in 2025. Synthetic models expand what stables can be, and L2 settlement keeps them fast and efficient.
But in that stablecoin economy, Bitcoin’s $1.8 trillion doesn’t participate.
Hemi provides the infrastructure for BTC-backed stablecoins, letting Bitcoin itself serve as collateral inside a programmable environment. BTC moves through trust-minimized tunnels, enters the hVM, and becomes usable across DeFi without wrapping or custodial risk.
BTC-backed stability matters because it connects the world’s strongest asset with the world’s most used digital dollar systems, giving stablecoins a base layer that is secure, immutable, and globally recognized.
Hemi provides that foundation, enabling BTCFi as the next era of stable-value finance.
Crypto’s data layer is ready, but Bitcoin has barely participated.
That gap starts closing with Hemi.
Hemi brings native BTC into the same programmable environments where LINK and PYTH are already powering markets.
Instead of wrapped assets or custodial bridges, BTC enters DeFi through Hemi’s trust-minimized tunnels, becoming usable inside the oracle-driven ecosystems that already define onchain finance, secured by Proof-of-Proof consensus.
This unlocks a new category: Oracle-powered applications with real Bitcoin liquidity, lending, RWA settlement, perps, stablecoins, and yield.
#LayerZero continues shaping how liquidity moves across chains, and $ARB remains one of the busiest hubs for onchain activity. Users on both networks expect fast transfers, deep liquidity, and simple access across ecosystems.
hemiBTC now enters that flow.
Through Stargate, users across LayerZero’s connected chains can move hemiBTC at a 1:1 rate and reach Hemi’s BTCFi ecosystem without friction. It gives traders and builders a clear path into Bitcoin-secured liquidity while keeping the experience familiar to how they already use ARB and ZRO-powered infrastructure.
Once on Hemi, hemiBTC becomes productive. It participates in active DeFi strategies, powers yield, and anchors liquidity for applications running on the network. The same Bitcoin that sits idle elsewhere is now circulating inside a programmable environment.
Stargate opens the door. Hemi gives BTC a place to work.
Solana sets the pace for high-throughput trading, while $MNT is becoming a liquidity venue for Ethereum-native DeFi. Users on both sides are moving size all day; the real question is how easily that capital can reach new opportunities.
That is where Hemi’s LI.FI integration fits in.
With LI.FI plugged into Hemi, a swap from Solana or Mantle into Hemi feels like a single decision instead of a multi-step chore. Users can route assets from the ecosystems they already trade in and land directly inside Hemi’s BTCFi layer, without juggling multiple apps or manual hops.
Once funds arrive on Hemi, they can rotate into BTC-backed yield, liquidity provision, or DeFi strategies that treat Bitcoin as a programmable asset. For builders, LI.FI gives a standard way for users to enter from many chains, while Hemi focuses on turning that flow into Bitcoin-native activity.
Multi-chain access is getting smoother. Hemi makes sure Bitcoin is part of that story.
Liquidity gets scattered and settlement times stretch out, especially when users move assets from ecosystems like BNB or SOL.
Crosschain activity usually slows down at the bridge layer.
Hemi reduces that friction.
The network keeps liquidity consolidated and gives users a single route into the ecosystem through unified swap flows. Transfers do not require managing separate bridges, and settlement stays backed by Bitcoin-level verification. The experience stays consistent, and every movement remains transparent.
This creates a cleaner path for BNB and SOL users.
LINK continues securing more than $100B in on-chain value, becoming a core layer for data and settlement as real-world assets move onchain. HBAR is seeing growing traction from enterprises exploring tokenized assets, payments, and compliance-ready infrastructure.
These trends show how RWA is maturing into a multichain ecosystem rather than a single-chain experiment.
This is where Hemi starts becoming relevant.
Hemi is giving Bitcoin a path into RWA markets by making BTC liquid, programmable, and able to participate in the same settlement systems that LINK and HBAR are supporting today. With native BTC yield already active on Hemi, the groundwork for Bitcoin-tier collateral to flow into tokenized assets is in place.
RWA continues to expand across networks. Hemi is positioning Bitcoin to enter that flow.
AAVE and MORPHO show what efficient collateral markets can achieve.
Maker’s DAI tops $5 billion in supply, supporting more than $8 billion in annual borrowing across Ethereum’s lending protocols.
Yet, it’s built on a fraction of the capital that actually exists.
Bitcoin holds $1.9 trillion in self-custodied value; however, as one of the most capital-rich assets in the world, it’s barely tapped.
Hemi changes that.
Preserving custody and anchoring to Bitcoin’s proof-of-work, Hemi opens the door for lending, liquidity provision, and yield strategies built directly on Bitcoin’s balance sheet.
A new collateral market emerges. Same DeFi mechanics. A much larger asset base.
$1.9T Sitting Idle. The Biggest DeFi Opportunity Is Still Untouched
Ethereum DeFi holds $128B in TVL and pushes over $54 billion in monthly swap volume across $UNI and $AAVE and the rest of its ecosystem. And all of it is built on a $600 billion asset base.
Bitcoin’s asset base is $1.9T, approximately 3.5 times larger, yet less than 0.5 per cent of it participates in programmable applications.
That gap is the opportunity.
Hemi connects it via battle-tested DeFi primitives to Bitcoin’s capital stack, secured by Bitcoin finality and powered by hVM programmability.
Same tooling. 20x the asset base. Bitcoin-level security.
$BTC cooled off after hitting 84k, and the market still feels heavy. But holders don’t need to sit on the sidelines.
Hemi is giving Bitcoin a way to stay productive even when price action slows. Native BTC can earn through live DeFi integrations, turning holding into yield without changing the asset or relying on wrapped versions.
Here’s the product layer in plain language: Bitcoin earns: Hemi opens access to real yield on BTC through live DeFi integrations. Users can supply liquidity, earn rewards, and explore strategies from Ethereum, now powered by Bitcoin.
Bitcoin moves easily: Hemi’s tunnels enable asset movement between Bitcoin and Ethereum to feel natural. No wrapping, no confusing detours. It keeps the experience clean so users can focus on opportunities.
Bitcoin powers apps: Developers can build apps like those on Ethereum, DEXs, stablecoins, lending, and payments, but with Bitcoin as the engine. This opens a new category of products for the entire ecosystem.
Hemi delivers usable products today and a path for what Bitcoin can do next.
ARB and OP are demonstrating L2 strength with multi-billion TVL and significant ecosystem activity.
But even with all this L2 growth, one thing remains outside the system: Bitcoin sits idle.
This is where Hemi steps in.
Hemi’s Bitcoin dApp Layer, a network where BTC can finally behave like a first-class asset inside applications.
Builders can now build BTC-powered apps using the same tooling used for OP and ARB. For users, it means Bitcoin can earn, trade, and participate while staying secured by its own base layer.
BTC is moving across ARB and SUSHI and multiple ecosystems, but most of it is still producing limited yield.
Hemi continues to position itself at the center of this flow with staked HemiBTC, a liquid ERC20 that tracks a managed BTC strategy.
Users deposit HemiBTC once and receive a fungible ERC20 that they can move across markets or use as collateral. The position is routed into a Morpho vault at launch and is expanded into additional BTC strategies as conditions shift.
A second tier is arriving for users who want direct access to individual BTC strategies.
Some pathways will stay liquid while others may involve lock periods or specific risk parameters.
The HemiBTC dashboard is also nearing release with visibility into inflows, outflows, and one-to-one collateralization.
Future updates will surface more details as HBitVM progresses.
LayerZero continues shaping how liquidity moves across chains, and ARB remains one of the busiest hubs for onchain activity. Users on both networks expect fast transfers, deep liquidity, and simple access across ecosystems.
hemiBTC now enters that flow.
Through Stargate, users across LayerZero’s connected chains can move hemiBTC at a 1:1 rate and reach Hemi’s BTCFi ecosystem without friction. It gives traders and builders a clear path into Bitcoin-secured liquidity while keeping the experience familiar to how they already use ARB and ZRO-powered infrastructure.
Once on Hemi, hemiBTC becomes productive. It participates in active DeFi strategies, powers yield, and anchors liquidity for applications running on the network. The same Bitcoin that sits idle elsewhere is now circulating inside a programmable environment.
Hemi opens the door with Stargate, and BTC has a place to work.
Ethereum L2s like Mantle and even Uniswap V4 deployments are feeling the cracks.
$500M+ lost in 2025 from incidents like the cmETH exploit on Mantle and the 12 million hook vulnerability on Uniswap, all tied to assumptions around rapid, probabilistic finality.
The pattern shows: fast finality without deep security creates openings that attackers exploit.
Hemi takes a different path.
Secured by Bitcoin as the settlement layer, Hemi delivers superfinality through Proof of Proof (PoP), anchoring its state directly into Bitcoin’s Proof of Work.
In ~90 minutes, transactions reach a level of finality that attackers can’t realistically challenge.
#xrp ETF discussions show a shift in digital assets: institutions are no longer focused only on exposure; they are looking for assets with clearer utility and settlement reach.
Bitcoin #ETFs fluctuate, creating a moment of reflection across the market.
Bitcoin’s use matters more than how it trades.
Hemi offers a path.
Hemi enables Bitcoin participation in lending, liquidity, and programmable yield, all while remaining native. It keeps Bitcoin anchored to its Proof of Work security while enabling applications that lived only within Ethereum’s ecosystem.
With the growth of ETFs and as institutional interest grows, the opportunity shifts from holding digital assets to activating them. Hemi supports that transition by letting Bitcoin operate inside a programmable environment without wrapping or custodial middle layers.
TAO shows how intelligence can drive on-chain decision-making as AI systems take on routing, analysis, and automated strategies across networks. These models need environments that can offer security, predictable execution, and room to scale.
Hemi creates that layer for Bitcoin.
With Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work at the base and full EVM compatibility on top, Hemi gives AI-powered DeFi applications a place where data, capital, and models can operate together. It connects AI logic with Bitcoin’s liquidity, letting BTC participate in strategies without wrapping or custodial risk.
AAVE continues to show how strong protocol design can turn liquidity into something productive, giving users real utility.
Hemi is shaping that same shift for Bitcoin.
With the HIPPO-2 Economic Model now active, protocol fees are converted into hemiBTC and HEMI, then cycled back to veHEMI stakers. A portion of HEMI gets burned along the way, creating a system where participation strengthens both the network and its economy.
It’s a structure that supports sustainable BTC-backed yield, predictable distribution, and community-aligned governance, all anchored in Bitcoin’s security.
Stablecoins are pushing deeper usage, with platforms like $POL leading adoption in LATAM and Southeast Asia, and AUDF moving more than $2.5B in volume on its own. That momentum shows how quickly digital dollars are becoming a core part of global crypto activity.
But stablecoins still depend almost entirely on Ethereum-based liquidity. Bitcoin’s $2T continues to sit on the sidelines.
Hemi is opening the door.
By connecting Bitcoin and Ethereum through its tunneling architecture, Hemi creates an environment where BTC can support stablecoins directly, powering minting, settlement, and liquidity without wrapping or custodial handoffs.
That unlocks the next phase: BTC-backed stablecoins, BTC-settled DEXs, and Bitcoin-native liquidity moving through familiar DeFi applications.
It’s already taking shape. Yield, lending, and staking live today on Hemi show how Bitcoin capital can participate without leaving its own security.
Stablecoins are scaling. Bitcoin is entering the equation.