Coinbase Leads $8.5M Raise in Crypto Project Bringing DeFi to Bitcoin

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Coinbase Ventures, ArringtonXRP, OKEx, and others have invested in Portal’s vision of "DeFi built on Bitcoin." Read the full article by: Liam Frost

Key Points:

  • Portal wants to make a decentralized ecosystem on top of the Bitcoin blockchain base layer.

  • If successful this would give BTC all the same smart contract capabilities that Ethereum has. This means it will support lending platforms, yield farming, liquidity pools and more.

  • “By bringing a fast, peer-to-peer, Layer 2 exchange—with the speed of centralized exchanges but with privacy—Portal is delivering on the promise of self-sovereignty for everyone,” noted Portal CEO Eric Martindale.

  • Coinbase Ventures, ArringtonXRP, and others are leading the fund as they are trying to find a way to combat the biggest problem in crypto rn which is cross-chain bridges.

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