TL;DR: Garden became the first Bitcoin bridge to Berachain and Monad, launched BTC staking rewards for SEED holders, and hit $100M in 30-day volume. Act-2 Migration is around the corner! 

hola gardeners! 🌸

February might be the second month of the year, but for us, it was a month of many firsts. First Bitcoin bridge to Monad and Berachain? Check. First-ever protocol to pay staking rewards in BTC for its native token? Check. And for the first time, a certified degen left his valentine’s day date (wifey, no less!) to talk Bitcoin on an AMA. The real question is, who does dude love more?

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On Feb 28th, Garden hit $100M in 30-day volume, the highest non-season volume ever. Zero spent on fancy sponsorships, KOLs, PR, or incentives. All organic, all product-market fit. Turns out, when you’re the fastest, cheapest, and smoothest Bitcoin bridge, people just show up.

big items

• OnMeta, an INR-focused on/off-ramp solution, integrated the Garden SDK to enable its users to buy native Bitcoin, processing 482 transactions within two weeks of launch. 
• Garden became the first bitcoin bridge to Berachain, enabling bridging assets from Bitcoin, Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum to Berachain mainnet in one click. 
• Garden launched on the Monad testnet on February 19th and we are already 531 transactions deep. 

• GIP-2 dreams are now reality, cbBTC staking rewards are LIVE. Gardeners are stacking sats by staking SEED on the all new staking page. 

technical updates

• Act 2 migration is nearing completion pending final security audits. No swap limits + deep liquidity coming to act 2 thoon. 
• Optimised refund times for partially filled/ expired orders. 
• Added support for Coinbase and Rabby wallet. 

other cool stuff

• A freaky 11,667 transactions have been completed on the act 2 since the launch in November 2024. 
• Ducat, a bitcoin-backed stablecoin, is utilising the Garden SDK to enable movement between BTC and its stablecoin UNIT. 
• Our very own dude left his Valentine's date midway to be part of an AMA focusing on yield opportunities on bitcoin alongside iBTC, pStake, BIMA, Canary and Mellow. Commitment? Or relationship risk?
• Dude got invited to rep Garden alongside Mine Labs and BLIFE Protocol talking about building on Bitcoin. 

about garden

Garden is the fastest Bitcoin bridge, enabling cross-chain Bitcoin swaps in as little as 30 seconds. It is built using an intents-based architecture with trustless settlements, ensuring zero custody risk for users.

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