Liquidium Launches Cross-Chain Lending with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana

• Liquidium Connects Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana with DeFi Lending
• Liquidium cross-chain eliminates centralized bridges and risks
• Over $4 Billion in Idle BTC Could Be Activated

Liquidium, a native Bitcoin lending platform, has announced an innovation that promises to expand the use of BTC in decentralized finance. Dubbed Liquidium Cross-Chain Loans, the new solution was unveiled during the Bitcoin 2025 conference and allows the movement of assets between Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana without relying on third-party bridges.

Borrow. Beyond. Borders.

Introducing the World's First Native, Decentralized Cross-Chain Lending Protocol!

Liquidium is building a new order. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/i6rIzjbV71

— Liquidium (@LiquidiumFi) May 28, 2025

The product’s unique feature is its use of Chain Fusion technology, developed by the Internet Computer (ICP), which allows direct communication between different blockchains. This feature circumvents one of the biggest limitations of the current DeFi architecture: the security of interchain bridges, which are known to be critical vulnerabilities in several previous attacks.

According to the Liquidium team, users will be able to deposit Bitcoin directly and borrow assets such as USDT on the Ethereum network or USDC on Solana. The platform’s CEO, Robin Obermaier, highlighted that the service was designed to maintain user sovereignty and ensure security without sacrificing flexibility.

“Bitcoin was built for self-sovereignty, not for handing over keys to centralized bridges… We abstracted away the framework so that only the blockchain exists. Deposit native BTC, receive USDT on Ethereum, USDC on Solana, or whatever asset you need, quickly and securely.”

The platform, whose beta version is scheduled for the third quarter of 2025, has already opened a waiting list on its official website, Liquidium.fi.

The product takes inspiration from Aave’s model of using liquidity pools, but goes further by enabling fully native cross-chain transactions. This means that a user can, for example, supply Bitcoin directly from a Ledger or Xverse wallet, and earn yield in BTC, without intermediate conversions or synthetic tokens being involved.

According to CTO Peter Giammanco, this approach could unlock over $4,3 billion worth of Bitcoin that is currently locked away in Ethereum-based DeFi platforms, often without active utility.

“This is the cross-chain lending protocol built for Bitcoin. It’s about to change the way DeFi works everywhere.”