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BTC-Collateralized Lending Protocol
Trust-minimized lending: borrow stablecoins against self-custodied BTC via 2-of-3 multisig or DLC-based conditional contracts.
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Score 24/30. ETH lending = $42.5B TVL; BTC at equivalent penetration = $213B addressable. "Borrow against your Bitcoin so you never sell" is the most maximalist-friendly DeFi primitive. sBTC live on Stacks ($545M TVL), DLC Dev Kit funded, Strike launched $1B loans. Competitive (Ledn, Unchained, Strike, Coinbase, Nexo) — differentiate on self-custody + BTC-finality liquidation. Customers: Strategy (in talks with banks), Coinbase Institutional.
source: btc-best-businesses-ranked.md#8