{"id":410868,"date":"2025-11-11T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/threshold-network-upgrades-tbtc-bridge-to-link-institutional-bitcoin-with-defi-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:41:41","slug":"threshold-network-upgrades-tbtc-bridge-to-link-institutional-bitcoin-with-defi-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/threshold-network-upgrades-tbtc-bridge-to-link-institutional-bitcoin-with-defi-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Threshold Network Upgrades tBTC Bridge to Link Institutional Bitcoin with DeFi – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Threshold Network\u2019s tBTC bridge upgrade opens the door for over $400 billion in institutional Bitcoin to flow into DeFi without leaving insured custody.<\/p>\n

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Threshold Network, a cross\u2011chain bridge infrastructure hub that lets Bitcoin<\/a> move between different blockchains, has upgraded its tBTC bridge to make it easier for large investors to use BTC<\/a> in decentralized finance (DeFi).<\/p>\n

The update means that institutions such as ETFs<\/a>, hedge funds, and custodians can now deploy their Bitcoin in DeFi to earn yield or provide liquidity without removing it from regulated storage, according to a press release shared with The Defiant.<\/p>\n

Until now, most institutional Bitcoin has been locked in vaults due to strict compliance and insurance rules, Threshold Network claims.<\/p>\n

The upgrade is expected to give tBTC a new architecture that would link directly to regulated custodians, allowing institutions to mint tokenized Bitcoin without physically moving it out of insured storage.<\/p>\n

$400B In Locked Liquidity<\/h2>\n

Speaking with The Defiant, MacLane Wilkison, co-founder and CEO of Threshold Labs, the firm behind Threshold Network, noted that since U.S. spot ETF approvals, institutional participation in Bitcoin \u201chas accelerated at an unprecedented rate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking with The Defiant, MacLane Wilkison, co-founder and CEO of Threshold Labs, the firm behind Threshold Network, noted that since U.S. spot ETF approvals, institutional participation in Bitcoin \u201chas accelerated at an unprecedented rate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInstitutions now hold more than $400 billion in BTC, corporate reserves increased 40% in Q3 to $117 billion, and ETFs represent nearly 7% of the asset\u2019s market cap. Bitcoin is becoming a core holding for balance sheets and professional portfolios,\u201d Wilkison said.<\/p>\n

With the upgrade, institutions can now mint tBTC in a single transaction without paying gas fees, and redeem it instantly back into Bitcoin. The bridge supports multiple blockchains, including Ethereum<\/a>, Arbitrum<\/a>, Base<\/a>, Polygon<\/a>, Sui<\/a>, Starknet, BOB, and Optimism.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin DeFi TVL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Data from DefiLlama shows<\/a> Bitcoin has accumulated over $7.7 billion in its DeFi ecosystem. While the figure might seem significant, it still represents only 6.7% of the market, behind BNB Chain, Solana and Ethereum, which have over $7.8 billion, $10.4 billion and $77.2 billion locked in DeFi, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Top Bitcoin De<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Threshold Network, which has processed over $4.2 billion in Bitcoin bridge volume, has over $640 million in total value locked, per DefiLlama. This makes it the third-largest DeFi project in the Bitcoin DeFi space, trailing only Lombard, with over $1.2 billion in TVL, and Babylon Protocol, with over $5.9 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Threshold Network\u2019s tBTC bridge upgrade opens the door for over $400 billion in institutional Bitcoin to flow into DeFi without leaving insured custody. Threshold Network, a cross\u2011chain bridge infrastructure hub that lets Bitcoin move between different blockchains, has upgraded its tBTC bridge to make it easier for large investors to use BTC in decentralized finance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-410868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410870,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410868\/revisions\/410870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}