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The latest from the BOB ecosystem.

Try the BOB BitVM bridge for yourself
·3 min read

Try the BOB BitVM bridge for yourself

Now BOB & Fiamma have launched the BOB BitVM bridge on testnet, you can grab yourself some Signet Bitcoin tokens and mint bobBTC.

Nick CampionNick Campion
BOB Tech
Announcing BOB Rise: A New DeFi Campaign in Collaboration with Optimism
·2 min read

Announcing BOB Rise: A New DeFi Campaign in Collaboration with Optimism

A share of 750,000 OP tokens is up for grabs for users who participate in DeFi Protocols on BOB.

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Ecosystem
BitVM Accelerated
·3 min read

BitVM Accelerated

BOB launches BitVM bridge on public testnet in collaboration with Fiamma, announces bitvm/acc working group with major institutional partners.

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BOB Tech
BOB Launches Hybrid BTC Yield Products, Ushering in a New Era of Bitcoin DeFi
·6 min read

BOB Launches Hybrid BTC Yield Products, Ushering in a New Era of Bitcoin DeFi

BOB solidifies its position as the ideal home for Bitcoin DeFi, pioneering a seamless and secure way to access Bitcoin yield across multiple chains.

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Ecosystem
BitVM Status Report
·1 min read

BitVM Status Report

A BOB Research report into the status of BitVM development and roll out.

Alexei ZamyatinAlexei Zamyatin
BOB Tech
BOB Will Be Attending Major Events in 2025
·4 min read

BOB Will Be Attending Major Events in 2025

The BOB team will be traveling across the globe to present and network at some of the leading crypto and Bitcoin conferences this year.

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BOB Updates
Hybrid Data Availability: Enforcing BitVM Withdrawals on BOB
·7 min read

Hybrid Data Availability: Enforcing BitVM Withdrawals on BOB

We are working on a hybrid solution: defaulting to Ethereum as DA while allowing users to force include transactions on BOB via a special transaction on Bitcoin.

Dominik HarzDominik Harz
BOB Tech
The latest DeFi & points opportunities on BOB
·2 min read

The latest DeFi & points opportunities on BOB

As BOB continues to build the ideal home for Bitcoin DeFi, we thought we would summarise some of the latest opportunities and DeFi strategies available on the network.

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Ecosystem
BOB Adopts the Chainlink Standard As Its Canonical Cross-Chain Infrastructure For Native Assets
·4 min read

BOB Adopts the Chainlink Standard As Its Canonical Cross-Chain Infrastructure For Native Assets

We’re adopting Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the canonical cross-chain infrastructure for tokens native to the BOB network.

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BOB Updates
Prediction: Bitcoin DeFi is set to explode in 2025
·4 min read

Prediction: Bitcoin DeFi is set to explode in 2025

A look ahead at the changes coming to the world’s largest and most famous blockchain. We saw the first wave of Bitcoin DeFi in 2024, but this was just a taste of what’s to come.

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Education
Best of BOB 2024
·6 min read

Best of BOB 2024

It’s been a very big year for BOB and Bitcoin DeFi.

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Ecosystem
BOB Announces Trust-Minimized Bitcoin Bridge Prototype, powered by BitVM
·9 min read

BOB Announces Trust-Minimized Bitcoin Bridge Prototype, powered by BitVM

A prototype BitVM bridge between BOB and Bitcoin has been successfully tested, marking a major milestone in our Hybrid L2 mission to combine the best of Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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BOB Tech