Bitcoin 2025 builders predict DeFi will unseat traditional finance

Bitcoin’s foundational security is powering a new frontier: DeFi systems built on self-sovereignty, security and real-world financial inclusion.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) will turn Bitcoin from a passive store of value into an asset that can challenge traditional finance, prominent figures in the Bitcoin space say.

At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, speakers shared a conviction that Bitcoin’s infrastructure will power the next generation of DeFi applications in the network’s next chapter, echoing the calls of early builders who envisioned a parallel financial system to fiat currency. 

The conference featured DeFi projects like the Liquid Network, which was joined by emerging Bitcoin DeFi companies looking to expand the decentralized “tech set” in the Bitcoin ecosystem. 

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