Sui Embraces Bitcoin DeFi With sBTC and Stacks Validator Integration
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Sui Foundation’s integration of sBTC and validator role on Stacks amplifies Bitcoin’s decentralized finance use without intermediaries. Sui’s total value locked surged 50% to $1.8 billion, with Bitcoin-backed assets and stablecoin flows driving rapid ecosystem growth. The Sui Foundation has made a major step by revealing its sBTC integration and opening for business as a validator on the Stacks Network. The integration solidifies Sui as a fast-emerging force in institutional-grade Bitcoin DeFi and sets the path for a new wave of Bitcoin-backed decentralized finance opportunities. sBTC is coming soon on Sui! Holders of the 1:1 programmable Bitcoin asset can earn yield, lend, and trade their BTC via sBTC, bridging two worlds into one. 🟧 With @Stacks‘ sBTC, the Sui ecosystem has even more ways to tap into the $2T in BTC liquidity for DeFi — fast,… pic.twitter.com/u6qcpTG2vX — Sui (@SuiNetwork) May 1, 2025 With this integration, sBTC will allow Bitcoin holders to access decentralized finance through a one-to-one Bitcoin-backed asset. Importantly, this asset operates without centralized intermediaries, ensuring BTC holders can deploy their coins in yield-generating apps while keeping the trustless integrity of Bitcoin fully intact. The underlying technology to this paradigm shift is sBTC’s decentralized design on Stacks—a layer-2 protocol layering smart contracts on top of Bitcoin. By taking advantage of its object-based design and parallel transaction scheme, Sui supports high throughput in transactions, providing new Bitcoin DeFi use cases with scalability. Bitcoin DeFi Sees $6.5 Billion Locked as Sui’s Role Expands The demand for Bitcoin-focused DeFi is increasing rapidly. During just a single year in 2024, protocols connected to Bitcoin DeFi locked more than $6.5 billion of capital, showing demand for on-chain utilities for Bitcoin is definitely anything but a niche market. Sui has reflected this trend itself by increasing its total value locked (TVL) 50% in only…
