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AI agents can now use Bitcoin as collateral without giving up keys

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A new product aims to allow AI agents to use Bitcoin as collateral without relinquishing control of the underlying asset. Traditional methods involve wrapping Bitcoin into tokens on other chains, which introduces custodial risks and converts a bearer asset into a claim against an intermediary. This new collateral vault keeps Bitcoin native on the Bitcoin chain, locked in a script that uses a hash-time-lock mechanism. The resolution of an obligation on another chain, like Sui, determines who learns the preimage of the hash, thereby controlling the settlement of the Bitcoin collateral. AI

IMPACT Enables AI agents to engage in more complex financial transactions with reduced counterparty risk.

RANK_REASON New product launch for AI agents integrating with crypto assets.

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AI agents can now use Bitcoin as collateral without giving up keys

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Baris Sozen ·

    Can an AI agent post Bitcoin as collateral without giving up the keys?

    <p>This is the Friday product note - less about the mechanism in isolation, more about the decision an agent actually faces.</p> <p>All week the argument in the agent-economy timeline was about settlement: when two agents strike a trade, does it complete through a custodian holdi…

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