Institutional-Grade Bitcoin DeFi

benefits

The Home of DeFi on Bitcoin

benefits

The Home of DeFi on Bitcoin

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Competitive yield on BTC
Generate organic, sustainable yield through Rootstock’s growing ecosystem of institutional-grade DeFi strategies, including staking, lending, and liquidity provision.
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BTCFi without custody
Maintain direct control over your Bitcoin through rBTC, the golden standard for wrapped Bitcoin. Transparent, compatible with leading wallets such as Ledger and Fireblocks and always in your custody, it enables smart contract functionality ready to be deployed in DeFi.
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Secure by design
Rootstock’s PoW-enabled Powpeg bridge inherits Bitcoin’s native consensus security. Institutions can rely on decentralized, tamper-proof custody and movement of assets.

Highlights

Why Rootstock

Battle-tested infrastructure

Rootstock is the longest-standing Bitcoin layer with 100% uptime since 2018, delivering best-in-class security and resilience for institutional capital.

Institutional-grade security

Rootstock is secured by 80% of Bitcoin’s hashrate, making the network the most secure blockchain in the world after Bitcoin itself. Mining pool partners include Foundry, Luxor, AntPool, Binance & ViaBTC.

Custody without compromise

Rootstock’s self-custody model ensures full control of assets via rBTC, enabling smart contract functionality with no third-party custody requirements.

Sustainable, protocol-native yield

From early returns through DeFi strategies, to sustainable, protocol-native yield, institutions access a structured path to sustainable BTC revenue streams.

Transparent yield mechanisms with real returns

Rootstock’s ecosystem is built on clear, on-chain sources of yield, backed by evolving sustainability mechanisms and a Bitcoin treasury.

Institution-ready ecosystem

Ecosystem partners include Fireblocks, LayerBank, Solv Finance, Pell, Midas, Uniswap, LayerZero and 180+ others, ensuring secure, scalable deployment of Bitcoin yield strategies.