🎉 BOB Launches Big Dog to Unlock Exclusive BTC Swap Perks
.@build_on_bob just launched Big Dog bitcoin:native Swaps Checker that rewards the most active BTC Swap users
The higher you rank, the more perks you can unlock on BOB, including:
- Up to 100% off BOB Gateway swap fees
- An invitation to the BOB Inner Circle VIP community
- Recognition as one of BOB's top BTC users
Already swapping bitcoin:native? Check your ranking you might be closer to joining the Inner Circle than you think
See if you're a Big Dog: https://t.co/FbR9YhF47h
💳 SatPay: A New Bitcoin Neobank Built on Core
.@sat_pay is a BTCFi application built on the @Coredao_Org that combines Bitcoin-backed lending with everyday payments
The idea is simple: instead of selling BTC to access liquidity, users can stake Bitcoin (or use yield-bearing BTC assets such as LSTs), borrow stablecoins against that collateral, and spend those funds through a debit card
Key features:
• Earn yield through Core's Bitcoin staking and BTC LSTs
• Borrow USDC/USDT using BTC as collateral with relatively low LTV ratios
• Spend borrowed funds via a virtual or physical debit card
• Access additional BTCFi services, including transfers, swaps, and position management, from a single interface
How it works:
1️⃣ Deposit and stake BTC (or use supported BTC LSTs)
2️⃣ Use the position as collateral to borrow stablecoins
3️⃣ Load the borrowed funds onto the SatPay card for daily spending
4️⃣ Meanwhile, the underlying BTC position continues generating yield
The model aims to give long-term BTC holders another way to access liquidity without immediately reducing their Bitcoin exposure while bringing lending, staking, and payments together in a neobank-style application
Meet the Mentors Guiding InkWorks Cohort 00 🧑🏫
Building the future of tokenized finance takes more than capital.
@inkonchain mentors bring expertise across infrastructure, product, growth, distribution, investing, and education - helping founders turn promising projects into products that users actually adopt.
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▫️ @anticustody — Deep expertise in programmable payments, USDC settlement, and real-world financial infrastructure, head of growth for @KYDLabs & @tixprotocol
▫️ @MarcinRedStone —Co-Founder @redstone_defi | Oracle & data infrastructure leader powering billions in secured onchain value
▫️ @GSkrovina — Head of Fintech + Crypto @Lazer_HQ | Product execution specialist with experience shipping 250+ fintech and crypto products
▫️ @arlery — CMO @OctantApp | Growth, grants, ecosystem strategy, and crypto media expertise
▫️ @emilylai — Head of Marketing @Ostium, advisor for @hypepartners | Proven DeFi GTM operator helping teams find product-market fit and scale distribution
▫️ @anay_sim — Investor @bcap | Investor perspective on consumer crypto, market positioning, and venture readiness
▫️ @wminshew — Founder @0xSplits | Builder of onchain revenue and financial infrastructure primitives
▫️ @claudedonze — Consumer Crypto @greenfield_cap | Consumer crypto investor helping founders sharpen product and growth strategies
▫️ @ProofOfEly — Educator focused on making complex onchain products understandable to mainstream users
And shout out Ink core team to help these projects thrive 🗣️
Cohort 00 is live → https://t.co/cwzbHSssrh
📈Top BTC Yields by Protocol
Demand for BTC never runs out, and protocols know it
For any blockchain looking to attract more liquidity, BTC remains one of the most important assets to onboard. As a result, protocols across multiple ecosystems are competing to offer attractive BTC-denominated yields
Current top bitcoin:native yield opportunities:
- $XBTC || @navi_protocol || Sui || 8.1%
- $WBTC || @Frax || ETH || 6%
- $AvantavBTC || @avantprotocol || AVAX || 4.63%
- bitcoin:native || @Chainflip || Bitcoin || 4.32%
- $XBTCY || @lagoon_finance || ETH || 3.21%
- $VBWBTC || @yearnfi || Katana || 2.77%
- $WBTC || @endurfi || Starknet || 2.45%
- $LIQUIDBTC || @ether_fi || ETH || 2%
As BTC liquidity becomes increasingly competitive, yield-bearing BTC products are emerging as a key battleground for attracting capital across ecosystems
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BOB Inner Circle: Building Better BTCFi With The Core Team and Community
The goal is to build a smaller, high-value group of users who can directly help shape the future of Bitcoin DeFi on BOB
VIP participants get:
• Direct access to the BOB product team
• Private communication channels
• Early ecosystem positioning
• Stronger platform incentives
• The ability to influence what gets built, improved, and prioritized
.@build_on_bob is intentionally looking for:
→ Bitcoin swaps power users
→ Mobile swaps users
→ Crypto card users
→ Onchain savings users
→ Mobile lending users
Because these are the users who actually understand the problems:
• Where liquidity is inefficient
• Where routing breaks
• What products are missing
• What needs improvement first
The goal is not to create the largest community.
It is to gather the right participants who can help BOB move faster and build better BTCFi infrastructure around real user needs.
Instead of passive speculation, the VIP structure rewards meaningful contribution to the ecosystem.
That alignment is what makes the program important for both BOB and its participants.
Learn more: https://t.co/AZsVm1pwiq
Why BTC Swap Routing Matters More Than Most People Think
For retail users swapping a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars of BTC, quote differences between platforms may feel negligible
But at institutional scale, small inefficiencies become massive costs
Take the example below for a simple 0.05 BTC swap:
• BOB Gateway → 3,953 USDT
• Near Intents → 3,952 USDT
• Garden Finance → 3,946 USDT
• Thorchain → 3,939 USDT
At small size, the difference between the best and worst route is only around $1 - $14
Not a big deal for retail
But now scale that flow
If an institution swaps:
- 100 BTC weekly → the routing gap becomes ~$28,000/year
-1,000 BTC weekly → the inefficiency scales into hundreds of thousands
- Tens of thousands of BTC yearly → execution quality becomes a major cost center
This is why routing and slippage optimization matter far more for whales, market makers, funds, and treasury managers than most people realize
As BTC liquidity becomes fragmented across chains and protocols, the ability to aggregate liquidity efficiently can materially impact capital efficiency
.@build_on_bob focuses on improving BTC execution by routing across multiple liquidity sources to help users access competitive BTC swap quotes with reduced slippage and a simpler BTCFi experience
Instead of: Bridge → Wrap → Swap → Deposit
BOB streamlines the process into a more unified flow designed around Bitcoin liquidity movement
For retail, the savings may look small
For institutions moving millions every week, those basis points compound fast
Try swapping here: https://t.co/Xqo84eJEw3
.@build_on_bob just made the most natural hard money trade possible onchain:
- Native BTC ↔ Gold swaps
- No bridge. No wrapper. No CEX
Bitcoin holders can now swap directly into XAUT in 1 click on BOB Gateway 👇
1/ Tokenized gold is exploding
• $5.9B market
• Up 360% YoY
• Projected to hit $15B by end of 2026
• $126B trading volume in Q4 2025 alone
And now BOB just connected it directly to native BTC
2/ BTC holders have always faced the same problem when rotating into gold:
→ Trust a centralized exchange
→ Bridge assets across chains
→ Deal with wrappers & fragmented liquidity
→ Accept custody risk + withdrawal fees
The most obvious hard money trade had terrible UX.
Until now
3/ BOB Gateway now supports native BTC ↔ XAUT swaps
✓ Non-custodial
✓ Native BTC
✓ No bridge
✓ No wrappers
✓ 1-click execution
Just connect your BTC wallet + EVM wallet and swap directly onchain
4/ And BOB also removed one of the biggest onboarding frictions:
• New QR swaps let users send BTC directly from a centralized exchange
• No BTC wallet setup needed
5/ Why @tethergold ?
Because it dominates tokenized gold.
• $2.7B market cap
• 61% market share
• ~$200M daily volume
• 1:1 backed by physical gold in Swiss vaults
6/ Gold has massively outperformed in this cycle
• Now Bitcoin holders can gain gold exposure without ever leaving crypto rails
• Hard money ↔ hard money
7/ This is another step toward BOB’s vision of becoming the Bank of Bitcoin
Every release expands what Bitcoin capital can do onchain:
• Swaps
• Stable assets
• Yield
• Tokenized RWAs
• Gold exposure
All powered by native BTC
8/ Builders can also integrate BTC → XAUT directly through the BOB Gateway API, meaning apps can plug Bitcoin-to-gold flows directly into their products
Turn Bitcoin into digital gold in 1 click now → Native BTC ↔ XAUT swaps are now live on BOB Gateway: https://t.co/txOSERPJKt
BOB Stage 2: First-of-Its-Kind Blueprint for Native Bitcoin Vaults
.@build_on_bob Stage 2 upgrades native BTC vaults with a new liquidation design built for real DeFi, including integration paths like @aave v4
1/ The Problem
Native Bitcoin vaults face two major issues:
• Slow settlement: Bitcoin confirmation times break standard liquidation flows
• All-or-nothing liquidations: Entire deposits can be wiped, forcing very low LTVs
These limits reduce capital efficiency and make BTC harder to use as productive collateral
2/ What BOB Stage 2 Solves
• Partial Liquidations
Only the necessary portion of a vault is liquidated, not the whole balance. This protects users and improves BTC utilization
• Fast, Open Liquidations
Liquidations are permissionless and designed for efficient execution, improving market competition and safety
• Decoupled Atomicity (via Onchain Market Making)
An onchain market maker enables instant execution using bridged liquidity, while native BTC settles in the background. This bridges Bitcoin’s slow finality with DeFi-speed execution
3/ Why This Matters
BOB Stage 2 transforms native BTC into productive DeFi collateral across ecosystems:
• Lending markets can accept BTC-backed stablecoin borrowing
• CDP protocols can mint stablecoins against native vaults
• Vault issuers can tap stablecoin liquidity for yield strategies
• Exchanges can use native BTC collateral in EVM environments
Most importantly, it enables integration with permissionless lending protocols such as Aave v4, which is explicitly planned as a core integration path for Native Bitcoin Vaults
Ink Ecosystem Recap 📰
Here’s what happened across the @inkonchain ecosystem over the last 7 days 👇
DeFi, Trading & Liquidity
- @nadoHQ activated maker point multipliers on RWA markets through May 28 + Week 13 rewards also went live with 950K points distributed to traders.
- @veda_labs revealed Ink TVL powering Kraken DeFi Earn has now reached $225M across three vaults.
Infrastructure & Product Updates
- @tydrohq is migrating its oracle infrastructure to Chainlink, with trading temporarily paused during the upgrade.
- @otomate_trade officially launched its crypto, xStocks, and AI automation terminal + Wrapped Week 12 with 1.1M points distributed to users.
Ecosystem & Expansion
- @krakenfx teased upcoming licenses, its MoneyGram partnership, US spot margin expansion, and the acquisition of Reap Global.
NFTs & Community
- @boinknfts signed @yauchunnft as collaboration manager and launched a community giveaway.
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🤖 https://t.co/qwCUFi6U2z: Earning Yield from AI Infrastructure
Think of it as a stablecoin that turns AI infrastructure demand into yield
Here’s how it works:
👉 You get $USDAI
→ a synthetic dollar backed 1:1 by reserves
👉 Choose your strategy
→ Hold $USDAI for stability and liquidity
→ Or stake into $sUSDAI to earn yield
👉 Where does yield come from?
→ GPU-backed loans to AI infrastructure operators
→ Short-term T-Bills for additional reserve support
So instead of relying on token emissions, the yield comes from real revenue generated by AI compute demand
But there are still key risks to watch:
- GPU Loan Default Risk
If AI infrastructure operators fail to repay loans, yield and capital protection can be affected
- Collateral Valuation Risk
GPU hardware prices can drop fast, reducing the strength of collateral backing the system
- Redemption Delay Risk
$sUSDAI withdrawals are not instant and follow an epoch-based process, which can create delays during market stress
In short:
Stable dollar + Real yield + AI infrastructure exposure
.@USDai_Official is trying to separate stability from yield, letting users choose safety or higher returns depending on their strategy
A simple way to earn from the AI economy without directly owning GPUs
L1s are not slowing down; they are expanding.
By the end of Q1 2026, the market had formed clear tiers, from $1B+ giants to rising ecosystems gaining momentum.
🔹 @ethereum
🔸 @HyperliquidX
🔹 @CantonNetwork
🔸 @Aptos
🔹 @Monad
🔸 @Somnia_Network
🔹 @MitosisOrg
🔸 @BeldexCoin
The L1 race is now about users, liquidity, and traction.
Which ecosystem are you watching?
Elon Musk–Inspired Meme Coins List 🚀
$ASTEROID surged over 100x after Elon Musk confirmed that the dog named Asteroid would become SpaceX’s mascot
This sparked a wave of Musk-related meme coins pumping across the market. Even if you missed $ASTEROID, there may still be opportunities in other Musk-inspired tokens
Here’s a list of Elon Musk–related meme coins:
$ELON
$CATALORIAN
$THEDOGFATHER
$SHRUB
$MEMES
$TERMINUS
$OPTI
$GARY
$MAR
$MARS
$ERIC
$DOGE
$FLOKI
Are there any tokens we’re missing?
⚡️ @BNBCHAIN leads ERC-8004 Agents
Over 65K+ agents live on BNB Chain (out of 159,959 total) , ~22K new in 30 days — the largest share across all networks. Daily agent transactions have also surged to ~529K, signaling explosive usage.
With BAP-578 enabling ownable, tradable AI agents and BNBAgent SDK pushing new standards, BNB Chain is rapidly cementing its lead as the top deployment hub for onchain AI.
(Source: @8004_scan)
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