PANews reported on March 1 that according to an official announcement, Bitlayer, the Bitcoin second-layer ecological team leading the implementation of BitVM, announced a strategic partnership with five public chains and protocols including Base, Starknet, Arbitrum, Sonic and Plume Network to promote the integrated deployment of BitVM Bridge and the integration of ecological protocols, providing users with a secure and highly scalable BTC asset multi-chain experience, and unlocking trillions of dollars of liquidity from the Bitcoin ecosystem for the Base, Starknet, Arbitrum, Sonic and Plume Network ecosystems.

BitVM Bridge is a trust-minimized BTC bridge developed by Bitlayer, which features high security, native yield support, and programmability. Currently, Bitlayer BitVM Bridge has been launched on the testnet, supporting users to log in and test the Mint, Unmint, and Reclaim functions. In the future, Bitlayer BitVM Bridge will open up cooperation with more public chains and DeFi protocols to jointly unleash the potential of Bitcoin as a dynamic financial tool.