Merlin founder: 2.0 upgrade officially released, aiming to create interest-bearing and tradable BTC
Odaily News Jeff, founder of Bitcoin Layer2 project Merlin Chain, said in an interview with Odaily Planet Daily that the Merlin 2.0 upgrade plan has been officially released. This version will focus on BTCs interest-bearing ability and cross-chain transaction capabilities and is committed to upgrading Bitcoin from a single value storage asset to a profitable and liquid on-chain currency.
Jeff pointed out that the core goals of Merlin Chain in the future will revolve around two directions: one is to enhance the practicality of BTC so that it can be used for multi-chain interaction, DeFi investment and asset trading; the other is to lower the threshold for retail investors and institutions to enter the BTC ecosystem, so that BTC can not only outperform the market, but also participate in new narratives and new projects to capture higher potential returns.
He also revealed that Merlin will continue to optimize the BTCfi ecosystem, expand AI-driven chain abstraction technology, and launch a series of user-friendly products in the next stage to promote BTC to become a true universal currency on the chain.
Click to read the original interview: Odaily exclusive interview with Merlin founder Jeff: I want to give up every day, but I still look forward to going through the cycle
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