On December 17th, we hosted an AMA session with iBTC on Twitter Spaces, featuring Matthew Karas, our Business Development Manager, and Aki Balogh, co-founder of iBTC. The session explored blockchain infrastructure, Bitcoin staking, iBTC’s wrapped Bitcoin solution, and the collaborative efforts between our companies.
Introducing InfStones and iBTC
Matthew began by introducing InfStones’ mission to simplify blockchain infrastructure. With support for over 80 blockchains, InfStones provides essential services such as nodes, validators, staking, and API solutions. Our commitment to Bitcoin staking and DeFi forms the foundation of our collaboration with iBTC.
Aki Balogh provided insights into his background and journey. With 30 years of development experience and a strong entrepreneurial track record, Aki co-founded iBTC to address key challenges in the crypto space. He explained the origins and inspiration behind iBTC: a safer wrapped Bitcoin solution designed for institutional use.
Open Discussion Highlights
The AMA explored iBTC’s long-term vision and its efforts to expand institutional adoption of Bitcoin staking. Aki shared his plans for 2025, including a focus on how the growth of DeFi and more secure solutions can attract a wider range of users. He emphasized Bitcoin’s core strengths—security and decentralization—as key to iBTC’s mission.
The discussion also covered regulations and its effects on the crypto industry. Aki shared his cautious yet optimistic view on market cycles and highlighted upcoming innovations, such as advancements in Bitcoin staking and DeFi integrations.
Conclusion
The AMA shows how our work with iBTC is driving progress in Bitcoin staking and DeFi. With our blockchain expertise and iBTC’s wrapped Bitcoin solutions, we’re building a secure and user-friendly ecosystem. To catch the full conversation and insights, listen to the AMA recording here.
InfStones is an advanced, enterprise-grade Platform as a Service (PaaS) blockchain infrastructure provider trusted by the top blockchain companies in the world. InfStones’ AI-based infrastructure provides developers worldwide with a rugged, powerful node management platform alongside an easy-to-use API. With over 20,000 nodes supported on over 80 blockchains, InfStones gives developers all the control they need - reliability, speed, efficiency, security, and scalability - for cross-chain DeFi, NFT, GameFi, and decentralized application development.
InfStones is trusted by the biggest blockchain companies in the world including Binance, CoinList, BitGo, OKX, Chainlink, Polygon, Harmony, and KuCoin, among a hundred other customers. InfStones is dedicated to developing the next evolution of a better world through limitless Web3 innovation.