• MakerDAO bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum
    Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Ethereum

    MakerDAO bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum blockchain

    It’s hoped the addition of ‘wrapped Bitcoin’ will give the DeFi sector a much-needed boost, but bridging the two blockchains is fiddly to say the least; tBTC pitched as a better alternative

    Wrapped Bitcoin—an ERC-20 token that is backed on a 1:1 basis with BTC—is now being accepted as collateral for MakerDAO loans. It’s a significant development, not least because the crypto community has lamented the lack of a bridge between BTC and ETH for some time.