Bitcoin’s New Ballet: Anchorage Dances with Mezo 🩰

by

Anchorage Digital, that austere guardian of institutional crypto treasures, has deigned to pirouette with Mezo-yes, through its Porto wallet, no less-permitting clients to pledge their precious BTC at rates so modest (a mere 1%) one might mistake them for a typographical error.

The integration, a veritable pas de deux between custody and chaos, marries Anchorage’s fortress-like security (HSM-enforced logic, quorum approvals, biometrics-oh my!) with Mezo’s EVM-compatible BTCFi ecosystem. Institutions may now siphon liquidity and yield without parting with their beloved bitcoin, a feat akin to eating one’s cake and having it too, if cake were a volatile digital asset. Anchorage, ever the showman, framed this as “bridging” custody with programmable finance-a euphemism for “letting bankers play DeFi without getting their suits dirty.” Meanwhile, Mezo’s backers waxed poetic about decentralization, as if BTC holders hadn’t heard that tune before. 🎻

Read More: Bybit’s bbSOL Secures Institutional Custody via Anchorage Digital (because one custody drama deserves another)

FAQ 🧐

What does Anchorage’s Mezo integration enable? – The privilege of borrowing against BTC (soon: locking it up for “rewards,” a term as elastic as blockchain itself).
What collateral and stablecoin are used? – BTC, because nothing says “stable” like a volatile asset backing a stablecoin (MUSD, in case you were wondering).
What security controls protect transactions? – HSM-enforced logic (fancy!), quorum approvals (democratic!), biometrics (because fingerprints never lie-except when they do).
Who announced the integration and when? – Anchorage Digital, on Nov. 19, 2025 (mark your calendars, or don’t-we’ll all be NFTs by then).

Read More

2025-11-21 08:58