CoinVoice has recently learned that Bitlayer, a project focused on Bitcoin DeFi infrastructure, has officially released its summer launch event video. This launch event, themed "The Ultimate Bitcoin DeFi Infrastructure," saw the project's co-founders Kevin He and Charlie Hu systematically disclose Bitlayer's latest technological progress and detailed product roadmap for the first time, clarifying their goal to build the ultimate BTCFi infrastructure.

According to the information disclosed at the launch event, the recent key progress made by Bitlayer includes:

1. BitVM Bridge mainnet Beta version launched: After more than six months of internal testing and public testing, the first Bitcoin cross-chain solution based on the BitVM paradigm, BitVM Bridge mainnet Beta version, has officially launched; 2. Release of Bitlayer Network 2.0 white paper: The team has officially released the Bitlayer Network 2.0 white paper, marking that Bitlayer Network will enter the Rollup architecture phase; 3. Bitlayer Network V3 will focus on high-performance execution: The core goal of V3 is to address the high-performance execution challenges of the Bitcoin Layer 2 network, committed to achieving: customizable high-performance native transaction engine, horizontally scalable cluster system architecture, EVM-compatible high-performance parallel execution engine, and providing CEX-level user experience.

As of now, Bitlayer has raised a total of $25 million in funding, with a strong lineup of investors including Polychain Capital, Franklin Templeton, ABCDE, StarkWare, OKX Ventures, Alliance DAO, and UTXO Management, among other well-known top-tier investment institutions, providing a solid foundation for the project's continuous research and ecological development. [Original link]