Without OP\_CAT, Bruce Liu says Bitcoin is as "useful as a jumbo jet without wings" capable of much more than it’s allowed to do, but stuck on the ground while Ethereum and Solana soar. Liu, the founder of OPCAT\_Labs, says a single opcode, OP\_CAT, could transform Bitcoin from static digital

Xverse and Starknet plan to boost Bitcoin's DeFi potential by integrating in Q2 2025. This initiative aims to enhance Bitcoin's scalability and bring DeFi capabilities to the network, even without proposed improvements like OPCAT.