Core Concepts
Core, a Bitcoin-powered layer-one blockchain for EVM-compatible smart contracts, has integrated with Fireblocks, enabling institutional investors to securely custody CORE tokens, engage in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (BTCFi), and leverage Fireblocks' Web3 development platform.
Abstract
The content discusses the integration of the Core blockchain with the Fireblocks platform, which provides a suite of applications to manage digital asset operations and a development platform for building blockchain-based businesses.
Key highlights:
Core is a Bitcoin-powered layer-one blockchain for EVM-compatible smart contracts, responsible for bringing Bitcoin finance to life with the first-ever non-custodial BTC staking protocol and the world's first yield-bearing BTC ETP.
Core has amassed a large community of over 2.3 million Twitter followers and 265,000 Discord members, with over 18 million unique addresses and 252 million transactions since its mainnet launch in January 2023.
Fireblocks is a platform that enables organizations in the financial, payments, and web3 space to securely scale their digital asset operations, having secured the transfer of over $4 trillion in digital assets.
With the Fireblocks integration, Core has secured another significant institutional backing, allowing Fireblocks users to securely custody CORE tokens, engage in BTCFi, and leverage Fireblocks' Web3 Engine to build new products and services on the Core blockchain.
The integration aims to extend institutional access to the Core blockchain and its Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (BTCFi) offerings.
Stats
Core has over 2,800 BTC natively staked to unlock Bitcoin utility and rewards.
Fireblocks has secured the transfer of over $4 trillion in digital assets and has a unique insurance policy that covers assets in storage & transit.
Fireblocks serves thousands of organizations in the financial, payments, and web3 space.
Quotes
"Core is responsible for bringing Bitcoin finance to life with the first-ever non-custodial BTC staking protocol."
"With low fees, faster and more predictable block times, more than 80 user-friendly dApps, Core has emerged as the premier blockchain for Bitcoin-based finance thanks largely to BTC staking."