Portal: Bitcoin's Missing Layer Arrives

Portal is doing something more radical than most other projects, they are making Bitcoin interoperable with the rest of DeFi without compromising on custody, decentralization, or security. And it's not just theory anymore.

Portal enables native cross-chain trading across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others without bridges or wrapped tokens. It's a fully non-custodial system, with fast execution, AI integrations, and a clear roadmap to Mainnet. Think of it as the DeFi stack that Bitcoin never had, and one that finally closes the composability gap.

Here's what’s already in place:

- 14M+ atomic swaps completed

- 1M+ Portal extension installs

- 500K+ daily swap activity at peak

- A Validator network of 45+ nodes and 21K+ LiteNodes

- Testnet v2 is live with gamified incentives and tracking

- Quantum resistance which is already architected for future upgrades

But what really is interesting to me is RAFA, their wallet-native AI copilot. The AI copilot consists of a deep suite of trading agents:

- Portfolio strategy engines

- Technical signal generation

- Derivatives insights

- Macro/news tracking

- Risk-based wallet alerts

All of it lives inside a wallet which is built for the future, with BitScaler as its backend protocol, bringing Taproot, Miniscript, and Lightning-level scale to a Bitcoin-native DeFi layer.

The TGE is not announced yet, but it's getting closer. I am excited to see how this will perform once launched.