{"id":128381,"date":"2025-05-01T14:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128381"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:19:05","slug":"bitcoin-yield-demand-booming-as-institutions-seek-liquidity-solv-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128381","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin yield demand booming as institutions seek liquidity \u2014 Solv CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe demand for yield-generating strategies around Bitcoin (BTC) is surging, especially from firms seeking liquidity without liquidating their BTC, according to Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol.<br \/>\nDuring a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on May 1, Chow said institutional interest in Bitcoin yield products has grown exponentially over the past few years.<br \/>\nInitially, generating Bitcoin yield was nearly impossible. However, recent innovations like staking via proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols and delta-neutral trading strategies have made this possible.<br \/>\nLayer-1 and layer-2 advancements, such as Babylon, have made these strategies more viable. Babylon allows BTC holders to earn yield on their assets, which are used to provide security and liquidity for PoS networks.<br \/>\n\u201cBitcoin as the largest asset class here, you can stake your Bitcoin to secure the network  that makes us feel like if it is the answer to really bring utility and also use case,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nRyan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol.Related: Bitcoin DeFi project Solv to launch native token on Hyperliquid<br \/>\nLending emerges dominant BTC financial use case<br \/>\nChow noted that institutions mainly focus on Bitcoin when entering crypto due to its dominance in portfolios. Once they purchase Bitcoin, they lend it out to gain liquidity without selling.<br \/>\nCompanies like Coinbase now offer up to $1 million in borrowing against Bitcoin. Platforms like Aave and Compound also enable instant borrowing.<br \/>\nChow also praised public firms like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) for helping normalize BTC as a treasury asset. \u201cMSTR is a very successful derivatives kind of use case based on Bitcoin  That\u2019s also Bitcoin finance.\u201d<br \/>\nIn an April report, crypto fund issuer Bitwise revealed that the amount of Bitcoin held on the books of publicly traded companies rose by 16.1% in the first quarter of 2025.<br \/>\nThe company detailed that Bitcoin holdings rose to around 688,000 BTC by the end of Q1, with firms adding 95,431 BTC over the quarter.<br \/>\nThe value of the combined\u00a0Bitcoin stacks rose around 2.2%, reaching a total combined value of $56.7 billion with a price per BTC of $82,445, the firm added.<br \/>\nLooking ahead, Chow said he expects over 100,000 BTC to enter ecosystems like Solana. \u201cThere should be more and more use cases come out,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nRelated: Solv launches Bitcoin staking token on Solana<br \/>\nSolv launches Sharia-compliant yield products<br \/>\nChow also mentioned the firm\u2019s recently launched Sharia-compliant Bitcoin yield product called\u00a0SolvBTC.core, which generates yield by securing the Core blockchain network and engaging in onchain DeFi activities while adhering to Islamic finance principles.<br \/>\n\u201cSharia compliance is something that we prepared for a long time [&#8230;] you have to pass it before you really serve them through your platform.\u201d<br \/>\nSource: Solv ProtocolWith over 25,000 BTC already locked in Solv\u2019s protocol \u2014 worth more than $2 billion \u2014 Chow said the firm is now building infrastructure tailored to institutional needs, with an emphasis on regulatory and cultural requirements.<br \/>\nMagazine:\u00a0TV hit Peaky Blinders to launch crypto game, FIFA Rivals on Polkadot: Web3 Gamer<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-yield-demand-institutions-liquidity-defi?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe demand for yield-generating strategies around Bitcoin (BTC) is surging, especially from firms seeking liquidity without liquidating their BTC, according to Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}