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The Protocol: 77% of Bitcoin Holders Have Never Used BTCFi, Survey Reveals
Yahoo Financeยท 2025-10-08 16:13
Group 1: Bitcoin DeFi Engagement - Bitcoin holders show significant hesitance towards engaging with Bitcoin decentralized finance (BTCFi), with 77% having never tried a BTCFi platform according to a survey by GoMining [1] - Only 10% of respondents reported experimenting with BTCFi once or twice, while a mere 8% actively use BTCFi services for yield or lending [1] - Despite the low engagement, there is a strong interest in earning yield on BTC, with 73% of respondents expressing interest in lending or staking, and 42% wanting liquidity access without selling [1] Group 2: Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade - Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade has successfully passed its test run on the Holesky test network, moving closer to its mainnet launch [2] - The upgrade aims to reduce costs for institutions using Ethereum by introducing PeerDAS, which allows validators to check only part of the necessary data [2] - Holesky test network has shown signs of age and reliability issues, and Fusaka will be the last upgrade before the network shuts down two weeks post-launch [2]