Bitlayer has teamed up with three major Bitcoin mining pools — Antpool, F2Pool, and SpiderPool — which together control nearly 40% of Bitcoin’s hashrate.

These partnerships allow mining pools to support non-standard transactions, a key part of BitVM’s design, unlocking smart contract capabilities on Bitcoin.

With this support, BitVM Bridge can transfer Bitcoin into smart contract platforms without intermediaries, enabling decentralized finance like lending and staking.

Bitlayer also integrates with networks like Sui, Arbitrum, Base, and Starknet, allowing DeFi apps to use Peg-BTC, a Bitcoin-backed token powered by BitVM.

Since launching mainnet in April 2024, Bitlayer has reached a TVL of $413 million, marking a major milestone in Bitcoin-native DeFi adoption.