{"id":19686,"date":"2025-05-01T14:16:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/bitcoin-yield-demand-booming-as-institutions-seek-liquidity-solv-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:16:54","slug":"bitcoin-yield-demand-booming-as-institutions-seek-liquidity-solv-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/bitcoin-yield-demand-booming-as-institutions-seek-liquidity-solv-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin yield demand booming as institutions seek liquidity \u2014 Solv CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The demand for yield-generating strategies around Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) is surging, especially from firms seeking liquidity without liquidating their BTC, according to Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol.<\/p>\n

During a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on May 1, Chow said institutional interest in Bitcoin yield products has grown exponentially over the past few years.<\/p>\n

Initially, generating Bitcoin yield was nearly impossible. However, recent innovations like staking via proof-of-stake (PoS)<\/a> protocols and delta-neutral trading strategies have made this possible.<\/p>\n

Layer-1 and layer-2 advancements, such as Babylon, have made these strategies more viable. Babylon allows BTC holders to earn yield on their assets, which are used to provide security and liquidity for PoS networks.<\/p>\n

\u201cBitcoin as the largest asset class here, you can stake your Bitcoin to secure the network [\u2026] that makes us feel like if it is the answer to really bring utility and also use case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol.<\/em><\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>Bitcoin DeFi project Solv to launch native token on Hyperliquid<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Lending emerges dominant BTC financial use case<\/h2>\n

Chow noted that institutions mainly focus on Bitcoin when entering crypto due to its dominance in portfolios. Once they purchase Bitcoin, they lend it out to gain liquidity without selling.<\/p>\n

Companies like Coinbase now offer up to $1 million in borrowing against Bitcoin. Platforms like Aave and Compound also enable instant borrowing.<\/p>\n

Chow also praised public firms like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) for helping normalize BTC as a treasury asset. \u201cMSTR is a very successful derivatives kind of use case based on Bitcoin [\u2026] That\u2019s also Bitcoin finance.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an April report, crypto fund issuer Bitwise revealed that the amount of Bitcoin held on the books of publicly traded companies rose by 16.1% in the first quarter<\/a> of 2025.<\/p>\n

The company detailed that Bitcoin holdings rose to around 688,000 BTC by the end of Q1, with firms adding 95,431 BTC over the quarter.<\/p>\n

The value of the combined\u00a0Bitcoin stacks<\/a> rose around 2.2%, reaching a total combined value of $56.7 billion with a price per BTC of $82,445, the firm added.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Chow said he expects over 100,000 BTC to enter ecosystems like Solana. \u201cThere should be more and more use cases come out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>Solv launches Bitcoin staking token on Solana<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Solv launches Sharia-compliant yield products<\/h2>\n

Chow also mentioned the firm\u2019s recently launched Sharia-compliant Bitcoin yield product called\u00a0SolvBTC.core, which generates yield by securing the Core blockchain network and engaging in onchain DeFi activities while adhering to Islamic finance principles.<\/p>\n

\u201cSharia compliance is something that we prepared for a long time […] you have to pass it before you really serve them through your platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: <\/em>Solv Protocol<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

With over 25,000 BTC already locked in Solv\u2019s protocol \u2014 worth more than $2 billion \u2014 Chow said the firm is now building infrastructure tailored to institutional needs, with an emphasis on regulatory and cultural requirements.<\/p>\n

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The demand for yield-generating strategies around Bitcoin (BTC) is surging, especially from firms seeking liquidity without liquidating their BTC, according to Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol. During a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on May 1, Chow said institutional interest in Bitcoin yield products has grown exponentially over the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}