From Cointelegraph

June 13, 2025 7:00 am:

Decentralized finance (DeFi) advocates at the Bitcoin 2025 conference believe that Bitcoin will become an active financial instrument challenging traditional finance. The conference showcased DeFi projects like Liquid Network and discussed expanding Bitcoin’s infrastructure to support DeFi applications. Developers in the Bitcoin DeFi movement aim to turn Bitcoin into a trustless, permissionless financial system.

Speakers at the conference emphasized that Bitcoin is too important to remain passive, with projects like Lombard Finance enabling users to stake Bitcoin for yield in DeFi applications. RootstockLabs highlighted Bitcoin’s layer 2 capabilities for smart contracts and inclusivity. Blockstream CEO Adam Back discussed the potential for Bitcoin DeFi solutions to provide yields and offer better borrowing rates and liquidity.

Bitcoin DeFi’s decentralized design incentivizes users to adopt trustless systems through self-custody tools like hardware wallets and layer-2 staking yields. Developers and CEOs in the space emphasize self-custody and collaborative custody as essential principles of Bitcoin DeFi. Rich Rines from Core DAO sees a convergence of robust security and DeFi experimentation, while RootstockLabs’ Eidelman views Bitcoin DeFi as a tool for economic empowerment in regions affected by inflation and capital controls.

The Bitcoin DeFi movement is driven by a belief that Bitcoin is more than just digital gold, with a focus on expanding the use of Bitcoin’s infrastructure for DeFi applications.

Read more at Cointelegraph: Bitcoin-Powered DeFi Could Unseat Traditional Finance