January 2024 Ecosystem Update

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2 min readFeb 5, 2024

Welcome to Interlay’s Ecosystem Update

We are thrilled to share the exciting progress at Interlay last month. As a key player in the decentralized ecosystem, our mission has always been to foster innovation, scalability, and interoperability on Bitcoin.

General Updates

Announcing OptiMine

The team is excited to announce the new merged mining protocol OptiMine (short for Optimistically Sequenced Merged Mining) that allows the re-use of Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work to secure other networks, including sidechains and (ETH) rollups while retaining fast Block times and high TPS.

You can read more about OptiMine below.

Interlay TVL update

The Interlay DeFi Hub has seen massive inflows in the last months. Check out the tweet for a quick breakdown of the stats…

vDOT inflows in the Interlay lending market

The vDOT TVL in the Interlay lending market now stands at 1.4 million dollars.

Interlay network staking update

Looking to offramp from centralized WBTC?

Governance

Campaign for DOT unlock

A co-incentivized initiative between Bifrost and Interlay for the vDOT lend and borrow market was launched on Interlay’s DeFi Hub. Whereby a target supply of $3,000,000 and offer a 10% incentive APY for a one-month period during the unlock event was targeted.

https://interlay.subsquare.io/posts/40

Events

Interlay was represented on the Polkadot Dapps series space. Check out the recording below..

Coming to ETHDenver 2024?

Interlay in media

We’re searching for two roles!

Do you want to build the future of Bitcoin with us? Now is the time!
We recently opened up a new position.

Developer Relations Lead
https://apply.workable.com/distributedcrafts/j/3B3B54ECCA/

Senior Marketing Specialist
Senior Marketing Specialist — Distributed Crafts (workable.com)

About Interlay

Interlay is the global layer for all things Bitcoin finance. BTC trading, lending, staking, and a way to deploy into other DeFi products. Trustless bridge at the core, AMM and money market on top, wrapped in a simple one-click interface with on/off-ramps and multi-chain support.

Follow both Interlay and Kintsugi on Twitter, join our Telegram, and hop in our Discord to keep up to date with daily updates from the team.

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Interlay
Interlay

Interlay is building a one-stop shop for all things Bitcoin DeFi. BTC trading, lending, staking, and a way to deploy into other DeFi products.