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Bitcoin credit, without the custody compromise.

Notes from the Lygos team on non-custodial lending, Bitcoin markets, and the infrastructure behind safer credit.

Product updates and original writing.
November 10, 2025/2 min read

Non-Custodial by Design

Bitcoin-native, non-custodial lending isn't a compromise, it's a win-win. In light of some recent developments, it's worth expanding on why we feel this is the case at...

Jay Patel
November 5, 2025/3 min read

Worst Case, I'll Get My Bitcoin Back

“Worst Case, I’ll Get My Bitcoin Back” The Grayscale trade was the first taste of “Bitcoin arbitrage” and one of the many powder kegs of the 2022 crypto credit bubble...

FCFrancis Corvino
JPMorgan Accepts Bitcoin as Collateral: What It Really Changes
October 29, 2025/5 min read

JPMorgan Accepts Bitcoin as Collateral: What It Really Changes

“JPMorgan to Allow Bitcoin and Ether as Collateral in Crypto Push” Friday's Bloomberg headline generated significant buzz. The crypto community has a tendency to grab...

Jay Patel
All Happy Bitcoiners Are Different
October 10, 2025/4 min read

All Happy Bitcoiners Are Different

Tolstoy opens Anna Karenina by observing: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Bitcoin is the opposite. Bitcoiners acquire an...

Jay Patel
The Weight of the Curve
September 29, 2025/4 min read

The Weight of the Curve

The Weight of the Curve There’s been a lot made these past weeks about Fed independence, the path for short-term rates, the resilience of the U.S. economy, and what it...

Jay Patel
The Evolution: From Atomic Options to Lygos Credit
August 28, 2025/4 min read

The Evolution: From Atomic Options to Lygos Credit

When Atomic.Finance started building with DLCs, they were untested in production. We took something novel but elegant and proved it could survive the adversarial envir...

Tony Cai

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