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Runes and BRC-20s are just a stepping stone for Bitcoin DeFi

Runes and BRC-20s are just a stepping stone for Bitcoin DeFi

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Source: Coin Telegraph

Bitcoin is becoming a yield-generating asset, thanks to new token standards like Runes, which may only be a stepping stone for Bitcoin DeFi.

Bitcoin Runes and BRC-20 tokens may only be a stepping stone in the evolution of Bitcoin-native decentralized finance (DeFi).

The emergence of Runes and Bitcoin DeFi came from a desire to add more utility to the world’s safest blockchain network, according to Rich Rines, a Core DAO contributor building Bitcoin DeFi solutions. Rines told Cointelegraph:

Runes is a new protocol for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin network that launched on April 20, the day of the Bitcoin halving. Runes are part of a wider developer movement known as Bitcoin DeFi, or BTCFi, aiming to add more utility to the Bitcoin network.

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Author: Zoltan Vardai