A stark warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about the destabilizing potential of dollar-backed stablecoins on local currencies is casting a new spotlight on Bitcoin’s role as a non-sovereign asset. This macro concern, however, collides with Bitcoin’s inherent scalability limitations, igniting a competitive surge in Layer 2 infrastructure designed to unlock its dormant capital. At the forefront, Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is leveraging Solana’s technology to position itself as a high-speed execution layer, aiming to transform BTC into programmable capital for the next market cycle.
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0 in Finance and 0 in Crypto last weekRootstock Merged Mining Hits Record High in Q1 2025
Rootstock, the leading smart contract platform for Bitcoin DeFi, achieved a record 81% merged mining participation in Q1 2025, up from 56.4% in Q4 2024, according to Messari’s report. This surge was fueled by the inclusion of major mining pools like Foundry and SpiderPool, elevating Rootstock’s hash power to over 740 exahashes per second—surpassing Bitcoin’s October 2024 hashrate. Despite a 20% drop in DeFi TVL and cooling user activity, Rootstock’s security and mining engagement reached new highs, signaling a ‘mature phase’ of growth for the network.
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