{"id":15411,"date":"2025-02-27T21:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:46:34","slug":"exclusive-bitcoin-etfs-with-staking-could-transform-institutional-adoption-says-bitlayer-co-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15411","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Bitcoin ETFs With Staking Could Transform Institutional Adoption, Says Bitlayer Co-Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/bitcoin-etf\">exchange-traded funds<\/a> (ETFs) offering staking capabilities could significantly boost institutional engagement by putting idle assets to work, according to <strong>Charlie Hu<\/strong>, co-founder of <strong>Bitlayer<\/strong>, a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution provider.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Benzinga on the sidelines of Eth Denver on Thursday, Hu highlighted the potential regulatory approval of staking ETFs as a pivotal development, emphasizing their role in activating Bitcoin held in custody for yield generation.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as Bitcoin Layer 2s gain traction for enhancing scalability and utility.<\/p>\n<p>Hu highlighted the current limitations of Bitcoin ETFs, which have seen over $100 billion in buy pressure since their approval last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SEC approving the Bitcoin ETF staking. That&#8217;s the one speculating, we don&#8217;t know when exactly and whether or not it&#8217;s going to happen,&#8221; he said, expressing hope &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/44026032\/exclusive-bitcoin-etfs-with-staking-could-transform-institutional-adoption-says-bitlayer-c\" alt=\"EXCLUSIVE:\" bitcoin etfs with staking could transform institutional adoption says bitlayer co-founder>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offering staking capabilities could significantly boost institutional engagement by putting idle assets to work, according to Charlie Hu, co-founder of Bitlayer, a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution provider. In an interview with Benzinga on the sidelines of Eth Denver on Thursday, Hu highlighted the potential regulatory approval of staking ETFs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}