The most painful thing in a bear market is not the price drop, but that your BTC feels sealed, quietly lying in your wallet, neither rising nor doing anything for you.
Many people think that the only way to hold BTC long-term is to wait for a bull market. But I recently met a tough guy who not only didn't lose in the bear market but instead relied on BTC to generate cash flow daily, covering his living expenses.
Make BTC active
The first step he took was to convert BTC into SolvBTC—this is a token that is 1:1 pegged to BTC, with on-chain reserves that are fully verifiable.
This action is like giving BTC a 'global financial passport,' allowing it to enter more yield scenarios. Most importantly, this method does not lock up assets and can be exchanged back for native BTC at any time.
Assign 'positions' to BTC
He didn't just place it in one spot; he arranged three 'jobs' for BTC:
1. Stable Position (BTC+)
Funds flow directly into Wall Street's RWA assets, such as BlackRock's BUIDL fund and Hamilton Lane's SCOPE, with a basic annualized return of 4.5%-5.5%. Even if the coin price is stagnant or declines, you can still earn stable interest.
2. Flexible Position (xSolvBTC)
After upgrading to xSolvBTC and connecting to the Babylon staking ecosystem, daily yield is settled, and if you want to exit, you can withdraw anytime with very high liquidity.
3. Challenging Position (Multi-strategy Vault)
Invest a small proportion in market-making, arbitrage, protocol staking, and other strategies to pursue long-term higher appreciation potential.
Full sense of security
Many people worry about risks; the data he showed me was very direct:
• Reserves are transparent and verifiable on-chain
• Chainlink PoR real-time verification
• Multiple audits (like Quantstamp) provide backing
• No lock-up trap, can return to native BTC at any time
After this exchange, I realized that Solv Protocol is not just a tool for personal finance; it is upgrading the entire BTC ecosystem to a 'financialized' level:
• Transform BTC into a globally tradable interest-bearing asset
• Connect TradFi and DeFi, allowing BTC to directly access Wall Street-level yield systems
• Launch a Shariah-compliant version to attract long-term funds like Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds
• The BRO mechanism establishes its own BTC reserves for the protocol, providing backing for stable long-term operation
This means that in the future, BTC will not only be a tool for price speculation but also a stable yield asset in the global capital market.
Watching his daily yield screenshots, I understood one thing:
Holding BTC is not wrong, but letting it sit idle is wasting its value. In a bear market, it can generate income, and in a bull market, it can compound returns; this is the true meaning of long-term holding.@Solv Protocol #btcunbound $SOLV