According to CoinMeta, a report published by Castle Labs indicates that the market value of Bitcoin has reached $1.3 trillion, but only 1.5% of its BTC activity is used for generating earnings, with the remainder mostly remaining stagnant. In contrast, 32.5% of Ethereum’s assets are staked. Bitcoin lacks a native yield mechanism and relies on methods such as packaging, layer-two networks, and DeFi to generate income, but this also brings along risks related to custody, bridging, and smart contracts. Bitcoin-native financial initiatives like Stacks are attempting to reduce reliance on trust by implementing self-custodied staking and mechanisms like POX-5 to earn profits. Currently, the total locked-up value of Bitcoin-related DeFi is about $5.2 billion, which is still far below the scale of its reserve assets.