{"id":4085,"date":"2024-12-11T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2024-12-11T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:47:24","slug":"cardano-founder-reveals-bitcoin-defi-roadmap-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4085","title":{"rendered":"Cardano Founder Reveals Bitcoin DeFi Roadmap For 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a series of statements<\/a> on X, Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and CEO of Input Output Global (IOG), outlined his plans to integrate Bitcoin into a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem by 2025. The plan involves leveraging Bitcoin\u2019s liquidity and making the project a layer-2 like network.<\/p>\n

Timeline For Bitcoin DeFi On Cardano<\/h2>\n

Hoskinson stated, \u201cBitcoin DeFi is a mission-critical road map item that IOG will be pursuing in 2025 with partners like Fair Gate Labs and community projects and wallets. I\u2019ve given the team a goal of a meaningful demo by Bitcoin 2025 in May. It\u2019s an enormous amount of work, but the opportunity is there and it\u2019s time to #AwakenTheSleepingGiant Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement<\/a> sparked a debate concerning the future integration of BitcoinOS (BOS), a smart contract operating system designed to enhance Bitcoin\u2019s interaction with DeFi platforms. On October 24, Emurgo, the commercial arm of the blockchain, announced that it is integrating the BOS Grail bridge with Cardano in partnership with Grail\u2019s developer, BTCOS.<\/p>\n

Wondering about Hoskinson\u2019s announcement that Fair Gate Labs will implement the Bitcoin DeFi bridge, Angry Crypto Show (@angrycryptoshow), questioned the strategy: \u201cWhy are we not fostering the momentum we had with BitcoinOS, or supporting Sundial, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Hoskinson emphasized the role of Fair Gate Labs, stating, \u201cFairgate invented the technology that BitcoinOS is based on and also doesn\u2019t require its own token. Only bitcoin needs to be used for cross chain transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Community member J\u20b3zzwhistl\u03a3 (@jazzwhistle) raised concerns about how bypassing BitcoinOS might affect ADA\u2019s participation in a multi-chain BTC DeFi ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson addressed these concerns by highlighting the project\u2019s wider interoperability: \u201cWe have a multichain ecosystem through Midnight<\/a>. It will connect to Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, XRP, and many others. All we would gain is diluting liquidity as BOS ditches us for the chain of the week during integration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edan Yago, founder of BitcoinOS, responded to Hoskinson\u2019s reservations, stating, \u201cBOS has no intention of ditching Cardano. We are actively engaging with the builders to get BOS integrated with Cardano. Why would you not want us to build on [it]?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoskinson replied by encouraging a more direct commitment to the ecosystem: \u201cWell then cement your connection to the ecosystem and launch as a Cardano native token.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yago welcomed the suggestion, indicating a willingness to explore the option: \u201cI\u2019d expect BOS would be on Cardano. Would you like to help with that? BOS is a new kind of recursive token, designed specifically to work with Bitcoin. I think it would be a very interesting token type on Cardano.\u201d<\/p>\n

The integration of BitcoinOS and its BOS Grail bridge into the ADA ecosystem could potentially enhance trustless and secure cross-chain transactions using zero-knowledge cryptography. This would allow Bitcoin\u2019s liquidity<\/a> to be accessed by DeFi applications on Cardano, potentially expanding the ecosystem\u2019s capabilities and user base.<\/p>\n

At press time, ADA traded at $1.01.<\/p>\n

\"Cardano<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a series of statements on X, Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and CEO of Input Output Global (IOG), outlined his plans to integrate Bitcoin into a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem by 2025. The plan involves leveraging Bitcoin\u2019s liquidity and making the project a layer-2 like network. Timeline For Bitcoin DeFi On Cardano Hoskinson […]<\/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-4085","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\/4085","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=4085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}