What is Bitcoin Dollar (BTCD)?
Bitcoin Dollar (BTCD) is a decentralized finance protocol deployed on Ethereum mainnet. The protocol issues BTCD, a token structured with a 50/50 exposure to BTC and USD, designed to provide balanced exposure to both assets within a single instrument. sBTCD is the yield-bearing staked counterpart to BTCD, accruing returns through the protocol's underlying strategies. FISC is the protocol's governance token, which has not yet launched.
How does Bitcoin Dollar work?
BTCD's core product infrastructure includes a USD Vault, which accepts USDC deposits and directs them into strategies designed to maintain BTC-neutral positioning. A Bitcoin Carry Vault, which would use BTC collateral to borrow stablecoins for deployment into yield-generating strategies, is in planning. A bdBTC Vault is currently in development. The protocol uses Morpho's isolated lending markets as core infrastructure for its vault strategies. BTCD has received backing from Polygon Labs and Coinme.