Bitlayer Teams Up With Mining Giants Antpool, F2Pool, and SpiderPool to Turbocharge Bitcoin DeFi

Bitcoin’s DeFi ecosystem just got a heavyweight boost—Bitlayer is partnering with three of the biggest mining pools to inject serious hash power into decentralized finance. Antpool, F2Pool, and SpiderPool bring the muscle, while Bitlayer provides the rails. Together, they’re betting Bitcoin’s DeFi can finally compete with Ethereum’s dominance.

Mining pools diving into DeFi? Either a masterstroke or a desperate pivot—take your pick. But one thing’s clear: when the mining oligarchy starts playing with smart contracts, things get interesting. Will this finally move Bitcoin beyond ’digital gold’ and into real utility? Or just another case of crypto’s old guard trying to stay relevant?

Either way, Wall Street’s still trying to explain NFTs to their clients—good luck with this one, boomers.