TechFlow news, October 24 — According to Cointelegraph, Cardano announced it will bring over $1.3 trillion in Bitcoin liquidity into its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem through integration with BitcoinOS (BOS), a Bitcoin smart contract platform.
The integration will utilize zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography to establish a trustless connection between Bitcoin assets and Cardano via the BOS Grail bridging protocol. This protocol leverages BOS’s ZK BitSNARK verification system, enabling Bitcoin transactions and assets to be bridged onto the Cardano blockchain without compromising decentralization or security.
Ken Kodama, CEO of Emurgo, Cardano's Web3 adoption driving entity, stated that this integration "has the potential to unlock new cross-chain capabilities" and could accelerate DeFi adoption. He emphasized that BOS’s bridging and zero-knowledge technologies will provide a secure, trustless pathway for Bitcoin access to Cardano’s "users, projects, and developers."
Notably, BOS has already partnered with the Layer-2 scaling solution Merlin Chain to deploy the BitcoinOS Grail bridging protocol on September 10. Jeff Yin, founder of Merlin Chain, said the collaboration will offer users a "trustless, decentralized" bridge for native Bitcoin assets, enabling cross-chain transactions secured by zero-knowledge proofs written directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain—eliminating reliance on centralized security measures.
