Bitcoin and Lightning Network can save DeFi from adversity: MicroStrategy CEO

Bitcoin and Lightning Network can save DeFi from adversity: MicroStrategy CEO

Bitcoin provides a “sound ethical, economic, and technical foundation for DeFi,” said Michael Saylor. In light of the recent fragility in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, Bitcoin (BTC) maximalist and MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor feels that Bitcoin and the Lightning network can come to the rescue of the DeFi market.With two enormous protocols, Terra and Celcius, facing acute difficulties within a month of each other, the DeFi sector is going through a tough time. And in a recent tweet, Saylor suggested that Bitcoin and Lightning could help stabilize the industry.According to....


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