DeFi and stablecoins are coming to the Bitcoin ecosystem
Quick Take
- Botanix Labs founder Willem Schroé shares how a full ecosystem of DeFi applications could soon be coming to Bitcoin.
Episode 43 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Botanix Founder Willem Schroé.
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Willem Schroé is the founder of Botanix Labs — a development team building an EVM-compatible Layer 2 on Bitcoin that allows users to deploy Ethereum smart contracts on the Bitcoin network.
In this episode, Schroé discusses the development of Bitcoin Layer 2s and the potential for Bitcoin-native ecosystems to become major platforms for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.
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00:00 Introduction
02:45 Bitcoin L2 Landscape
08:48 Improving Bitcoin L2s
12:16 Bitcoin Applications
15:07 The Future of BitcoinFi
16:18 The Future of Ethereum
17:24 Bitcoin L2 Attack
18:36 Bitcoin L2 User Profile
21:00 Bitcoin RWAs
23:53 Closing Thoughts
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