Maestro, a premier enterprise-grade BitcoinFi infrastructure provider, has partnered with Liquidium, the leading Bitcoin-native borrow and lend protocol, to enable real-time indexing and mempool awareness. This collaboration is designed to unlock advanced lending and credit rails directly on Bitcoin’s base layer, marking a pivotal advancement in the Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi) space.

Liquidium’s flagship protocol, LiquidiumWTF, has processed over 4,230 BTC (approximately $500 million) in total loans against native Bitcoin assets such as Ordinals, Runes, and BRC-20 tokens. The protocol is supported by Maestro’s real-time indexing and on-chain monitoring capabilities, which provide critical metadata and price floor insights. These capabilities allow Liquidium to respond instantly to on-chain events, ensuring faster and more accurate loan execution for both borrowers and lenders.

Peter Giammanco, Liquidium’s co-founder and CTO, emphasized the value of Maestro’s infrastructure, stating that the integration has saved the team 100% of the time and resources they would have otherwise spent building their own systems. “It’s hard to overstate the speed boost it gave our dev cycle,” he noted. By leveraging Maestro’s high-performance data services, Liquidium has been able to focus its engineering efforts on product innovation, accelerating development timelines and reducing operational overhead.

Recent developments from Liquidium include the introduction of “Instant Loans” on LiquidiumWTF, which enable users to borrow BTC on Bitcoin’s Layer 1 using Ordinals or Runes as collateral. These loans are funded through lender-backed vaults, allowing for immediate disbursement without the need for a matching lender, a feature previously unavailable on the Bitcoin network. This innovation highlights the growing utility of Bitcoin’s native assets in DeFi protocols.

Liquidium has also launched cross-chain lending through its LiquidiumFi protocol, which allows users to lock native BTC on Bitcoin and borrow stablecoins such as USDT on Ethereum, all without the use of bridges or wrapped tokens. This functionality is made possible through the Internet Computer Protocol’s (ICP) Chain Fusion technology, which enables secure, trustless interoperability between blockchains. As a result, Bitcoin’s liquidity can now flow into other blockchain ecosystems while maintaining the security and decentralization of the native Bitcoin chain.

Maestro’s CEO, Marvin Bertin, underscored the significance of the partnership, noting that the majority of Bitcoin remains idle in wallets. “Liquidium is bringing real capital efficiency without compromising on decentralization,” he said. With Maestro supporting over 250 applications and processing billions of API calls, the infrastructure firm is well-positioned to facilitate the next phase of Bitcoin’s financial evolution.

Together, Maestro and Liquidium are enabling a new frontier for Bitcoin DeFi, where on-chain finance can scale securely and efficiently. By transforming idle Bitcoin into productive assets, these protocols are setting a precedent for future developments in the BitcoinFi economy.

Source: [1] Maestro Powers Liquidium, Bitcoin’s Leading Native Borrow and Lend Protocol, with Real-time Indexing and Mempool Awareness (https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/maestro-powers-liquidium-bitcoin-s-leading-native-borrow-and-lend-protocol-with-real-time-indexing-and-mempool-awareness-1035061415) [2] Liquidium Taps Maestro for Lightning-Fast BTCFi Lending (https://u.today/liquidium-taps-maestro-for-lightning-fast-btcfi-lending)