🚨 Proof of Vision #41 is now live. For our 41st episode, our Director of Protocol Services, @0xKmack, had on @MacLaneWilkison, CEO of @TheTNetwork Threshold Network is the decentralized custody layer behind tBTC, a permissionless wrapped Bitcoin that brings BTC safely into DeFi. With distributed signers, seamless mint/redeem, and non-commingled institutional custody, it delivers trust-minimized Bitcoin rails across Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Base, Sui, Starknet, with more networks joining soon. In this episode, we get into why centralized wrappers keep failing, how tBTC is capturing flows while others stagnate, and why bring-your-own-custody is the real unlock for institutions. …and much more. Enjoy the Podcast 👇 ⏲ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:55 - Guest background & path to Threshold 05:15 - What Threshold is & how it differs from custodial BTC wrappers 08:09 - Why Threshold was built & the failures of custodial BTC 12:20 - Upcoming upgrade & impact on institutional positioning 15:47 - How “bring your own custody” works for institutions 20:16 - Why institutions prefer their own custody setups 22:57 - How tBTC can take market share from WBTC & cbBTC 25:32 - How scalable is “bring your own custody”? Onboarding time, legal/technical setup & custodian selection 27:50 - tBTC’s DeFi strategy: BD focus, integrations & product-building 31:11 - Starknet integration, staking tBTC, stacking yield & BTC “money legos” 33:21 - Final thoughts & what’s next on Threshold’s roadmap

➥ the “dex as owner, not tenant” shift is bigger than ppl think under $AERO control you’re not just optimizing fees you’re capturing the entire flow → mev back to LPs → emissions dialed to actual market needs → no waste in blockspace wars this appchain pivot w @syndicateio on @base is basically turning infra into native asset layer means defi gravity isn’t just pulling to base, it’s locking in

Native ZEC supply on @Zcash will be fully supported on RHEA Cross-Chain Lending at Public Mainnet powered by @NEARProtocol Intent To use it: . Open Rhea Lending and click Connect ZCash Wallet. . You’ll be prompted to create a MultiChain Account, activated with a 0.001 ZEC one-time deposit. Choose your action — supply ZEC, borrow assets, or repay. Rhea will display a ZCash address. Send a tiny amount of ZEC to confirm the action: . 0.00000001 ZEC for supply or borrow Rhea detects the transfer automatically. No extra signatures or steps. Your account is created and your action is processed instantly. Flow: Choose Action → Send Fractional ZEC → Confirmed → Done ZCash native support will go live on Public Mainnet, ~2–3 weeks after Beta Mainnet. Beta Mainnet chains: Arbitrum, Ethereum, Base, BSC, Solana, BTC.