EMURGO announced a partnership with BitcoinOS to integrate the Grail bridge, enabling Cardano DeFi users to securely leverage BTC liquidity without intermediaries. BOS will apply the BitSNARK zero-knowledge (ZK) protocol to transfer Bitcoin assets into the Cardano ecosystem, making it the first Layer-1 platform with such capabilities.
EMURGO CEO Ken Kodama noted that the partnership will strengthen Cardano by providing its users access to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Edan Yago, BitcoinOS head, added that this will accelerate Bitcoin’s scalability for decentralized applications and Layer-2 solutions.