BTC Builders X: How Investors Can Earn Native BTC Yield
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đź’° Dovish Powell sparks bullish BTC market. Crypto saw a major rally as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell downplayed inflation concerns and focused on a soft labor market, with rumors of a September rate cut helping Bitcoin blast past $116K.
🏠IRS Crypto head hits the exits. Trish Turner, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service veteran running its digital assets effort, is the latest senior official leaving for the private sector, CoinDesk reports.
Unlocking Bitcoin Yield, with Arch
Most of crypto DeFi yield today relies on wrapped Bitcoin or bridges, both compromises that add risk and fragment liquidity. Yet Bitcoin is the dominant asset in digital finance: larger than every other crypto combined, the preferred treasury asset for institutions, and the ultimate collateral.
For investors seeking BTC-native yield without compromise, Arch has drawn attention in recent months, with ...
- Pantera Capital leading Arch's $13m Series A round
- DPI Capital devoting its $7m venture fund to Arch ecosystem projects
- MultiCoin Capital, Portal Ventures, Asymmetric, ABCDE, CMS Holdings, Cypher Capital, OKX, and a number of other investors joining for Arch's $7m Seed/Pre-Seed last year
The Opportunity: Bitcoin’s Untapped Capital
- Over 60% of crypto’s market cap is in Bitcoin.
- Yet less than 2% of BTC is productive in DeFi today.
- Meanwhile, billions flow daily into Ethereum and Solana protocols, generating yield on far smaller asset bases.
Arch is designed to reverse this imbalance, activating idle BTC and making it as productive as any asset in DeFi—without removing it from the safety of Bitcoin.
Why Arch is Different
Unlike L2s or sidechains that custody and reissue Bitcoin as a derivative, Arch keeps Bitcoin on Bitcoin.
- Bridge-Free Yield: No wrapped BTC, no custodians, no third parties.
- Seamless UX: Access directly from existing wallets (Ledger, Xverse, Unisat).
- High-Speed Apps: Solana-level performance with Bitcoin-level security.
- Native Yield Strategies: Lending, stablecoins, derivatives, RWAs—now BTC-backed and Bitcoin-settled.
For the first time, investors can capture real BTC-native yield while preserving the integrity of their assets.
Why This Matters for Bitcoin Long-Term
Bitcoin’s block rewards will eventually run out. To survive, miners must rely on fee revenue. Arch directly contributes to this future by:
- Settling transactions natively on Bitcoin.
- Driving sustained fee volume from DeFi, stablecoins, and RWA markets.
- Reinforcing Bitcoin’s permanence as the world’s most secure settlement layer.
Arch doesn’t just create yield for investors—it strengthens Bitcoin’s sustainability.
The Ecosystem is Already Building
From Autara’s BTC-native money markets to Saturn’s decentralized exchange, VoltFi’s derivatives, and HoneyB’s tokenized gold and Treasuries, Arch’s testnet is proving the appetite for Bitcoin-native apps.
Each new protocol expands the BTC yield universe: swaps, lending, perps, RWA-backed products, even on-chain casinos—all powered by Arch’s bridge-free execution.
The Bullish Case
Investors want yield. Bitcoiners want sovereignty. Arch delivers the best way to get both:
- Pristine BTC yield without leaving Bitcoin.
- Bridge-free security that institutions can trust.
- Liquidity consolidation instead of fragmentation.
- Alignment with Bitcoin’s long-term health.
In other words: Arch is the first network where Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar capital base can finally go to work.
👉 Stay tuned for mainnet launch updates. The era of Bitcoin-native yield is just beginning, and Arch is leading it.
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