Austin, Texas, July 22nd, 2025, Chainwire
Maestro, the leading infrastructure provider for Bitcoin DeFi, has been awarded a grant from the DFINITY Foundation to build an enterprise-grade, native Bitcoin metaprotocol indexer for the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP). The collaboration delivers a high-performance ICP canister capable of providing real-time Ordinals and Runes data within ICP’s Bitcoin integration.
Since its launch in 2023, ICP’s Bitcoin integration has become a leading Bitcoin smart contracts platform through Chain Fusion technology. It powers some of the most successful Bitcoin DeFi applications, including Liquidium, Omnity and Odin.fun. Maestro’s contribution will further expand these capabilities by enhancing infrastructure for Ordinals and Runes-based apps.
Maestro Indexer offers native validation of Bitcoin assets like Ordinals and Runes directly within ICP canisters. The system is designed for reliability, with features such as mempool-awareness for fast responsive times and protection against blockchain reorganizations. This ensures high performance and secure data delivery for any application built on ICP.
Liquidium, Bitcoin’s largest lending protocol, will be the first to utilize the new indexer. Maestro will power Liquidium’s upcoming instant cross-chain loans product built directly on Bitcoin. Users will be able to lock BTC on Bitcoin Layer 1 and borrow USDT on Ethereum without relying on bridges or wrapped tokens.
“I’m thrilled to collaborate with the DFINITY Foundation to extend ICP’s Bitcoin integration with secure Runes and Ordinals indexing necessary for financial apps like Liquidium and Odin.fun. This partnership further strengthens ICP’s lead in the Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem and unlocks new functionality for users,” said Maestro Co-Founder and CEO Marvin Bertin.
Maestro’s infrastructure is already trusted by more than 1,000 developers and powers 200+ applications. Now, its services will extend to the ICP ecosystem. The indexer will be fully open-sourced, giving developers a powerful, transparent tool for building native Bitcoin applications, from DeFi to gaming.
By integrating deeply with Bitcoin’s protocol, Maestro’s system offers developers on ICP secure and reliable access to Bitcoin data. This unlocks entirely new categories of applications that combine Bitcoin’s liquidity with ICP’s contract and cross-chain capabilities through Chain Fusion technology.
"Maestro's native indexer adds a valuable piece of infrastructure for the growing Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem on the Internet Computer," said Lomesh Dutta, VP of Growth at the DFINITY Foundation. "Now we’re able to provide developers with direct, trustless access to Ordinals and Runes data to further enable the massive wave of innovation that relies on Chain Fusion’s unique ability to interact with Bitcoin without bridges or intermediaries."
The project represents a major step toward scaling Bitcoin-native innovation. With the support of Maestro’s technology, ICP continues to position itself at the forefront of the evolving Bitcoin DeFi economy.
About Maestro
Maestro is the first enterprise-grade infrastructure provider tailor-made for Bitcoin DeFi. Its mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to the Bitcoin Economy by delivering a comprehensive, scalable infrastructure stack optimized for on-chain finance. By empowering developers and businesses with robust software tooling, Maestro is setting a new standard for how financial applications are built on Bitcoin, fueling the evolution of a decentralized, blockchain-native financial system.
Learn more: https://www.gomaestro.org/
About the Internet Computer
The Internet Computer (ICP) represents a fully decentralized web3 cloud platform, enabling developers to deploy code directly onto the blockchain without relying on servers or centralized infrastructure. This fast, cost-efficient, and highly scalable protocol redefines the operational paradigm of a decentralized web3 platform. ICP offers the same functionalities as centralized clouds but with economically efficient computation, heightened security, and rapid processing speeds intrinsic to decentralized technology.
For more information, please visit: https://internetcomputer.org/
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