For years, Bitcoin sat in vaults and wallets like a sleeping giant — powerful, valuable, but doing nothing.
A trillion dollars’ worth of BTC is out there today, waiting. It changes hands, it’s traded, but in between? It rests. In a world where capital is expected to work 24/7, Bitcoin has been the rare asset that earns nothing while you hold it.
And then came BTC+ by Solv.
The Problem Nobody Wanted to Talk About
If you ask most Bitcoin holders why they keep it, they’ll say, “It’s digital gold.” And they’re not wrong. Like gold, Bitcoin has scarcity, trust, and global recognition. But also like gold — it just sits there.
Ethereum stakers earn yield. Stablecoin holders farm liquidity. But Bitcoin? It’s been left out of the yield conversation for over a decade.
Part of the problem was trust. Yield products for BTC existed — but they were scattered, opaque, or inaccessible to anyone outside a small circle of DeFi pros. Institutions, sovereign funds, and pensions needed more than “trust me bro” screenshots from DeFi dashboards. They needed proof, compliance, and infrastructure that looked like what they already knew.
Enter Solv, with a Different Playbook
Solv didn’t start by asking, “How can we make the highest yield?”
They asked, “How can we make Bitcoin yield institutional-grade — without losing what makes it powerful?”
The result is BTC+, a one-click, multi-strategy Bitcoin vault built to meet the strictest requirements of both Wall Street and DeFi.
Here’s what makes it different:
Multiple engines of yield — BTC+ blends on-chain credit lending, liquidity provisioning, futures-basis arbitrage, protocol incentives, and real-world income from tokenized funds like BlackRock’s BUIDL and Hamilton Lane’s SCOPE.
Institutional design — custody is separated from execution, just like in traditional funds.
Proof you can see — Chainlink Proof-of-Reserves provides continuous verification.
Global compliance — including Shariah certification, opening access to trillions in Islamic finance capital.
And perhaps the boldest move of all — Binance chose Solv to manage the BTC yield product for Binance Earn. In a CeFi industry that rarely outsources custody and yield infrastructure, that’s like being trusted to hold the keys to the kingdom.
The Moment BTC+ Went Live
August 1 wasn’t just another launch date. It was the day Bitcoin started acting like the rest of modern capital — productive.
With BTC+, anyone could deposit BTC in a single click (no wrapping, no bridges) and watch it work. Institutions could finally access a unified, auditable yield layer. Retail users could enjoy the same benefits through Binance Earn without touching a DeFi interface.
And to kick it off, Solv added an extra spark: a $100,000 $SOLV reward pool, split among vault participants using a “Reward Power” system — where the longer your BTC stayed, the bigger your share.
Why It’s More Than Just a Yield Number
Sure, BTC+ offers a 5–6% base yield. But that’s just the headline. The real story is what it unlocks:
For long-term holders — BTC+ means your Bitcoin can earn without leaving the safety of top-tier infrastructure.
For institutions — a battle-tested framework that ticks the boxes of compliance, auditability, and operational trust.
For the ecosystem — a blueprint for Bitcoin Finance, bridging retail, DeFi, and TradFi into a single architecture.
The Vision Going Forward
Solv isn’t shy about their ambitions. BTC+ is just the first step toward capturing 1% of global BTC supply — over $10 billion worth — and turning it into yield-bearing capital.
The bigger dream? A world where Bitcoin is no longer “idle” capital at all. Where sovereign wealth funds, pensions, and everyday holders all plug into the same transparent, programmatic yield layer.
In Solv’s own words, “BTC+ turns Bitcoin from passive store-of-value into programmable yield infrastructure at trillion-dollar scale.”
The Sleeping Giant is Awake
Bitcoin will always be digital gold. But with BTC+, it’s also becoming something else: a compliant, transparent, and profitable part of the modern financial system.
For years, people held BTC and waited for its price to rise. Now, thanks to Solv, they can let it work in the meantime — securely, verifiably, and without giving up the qualities that made Bitcoin great in the first place.
The giant isn’t sleeping anymore. It’s earning.@Solv Protocol