Unmissable BTCfi and L2 announcements at Bitcoin 2025 Vegas: BitVM2 bridges, Lightning & Taproot advances, key partnerships & debates.

Bitcoin and other blockchains are robust and decentralized systems, but they do not scale. In order to make them work, a layered approach is necessary.

Botanix launches a decentralized Bitcoin sidechain with a 16-node federation, using the Spiderchain protocol for EVM-compatible dApps. Mainnet set for Q3 2025.

The first article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Ark protocol designed by Burak, being built by Ark Labs and Second.

The third article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Lightning Network created by Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja.