Bitcoin Interest-Bearing Accounts Were Conceived Over Ten Years Ago, but the Idea Took 8 Years to Catch On
While decentralized finance (defi) has created a plethora of protocols that make it so crypto assets can gather a yield, ten and a half years ago a bitcoin exchange called Bitcoinica introduced the first interest accruing system for bitcoin deposits. Despite being the first to test the waters, Bitcoinica eventually went bust after a series … Read more