Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom announces Bitcoin grant program of up to $250K per developer

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The new Bitcoin grants program could invite more innovation for Bitcoin-native DeFi, or BTCFi.

Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom fund has announced a new Bitcoin grant program to advance the technical development of the world’s first blockchain network.) grant program will be offering developers grants between $50,000 to $150,000 on a 12-month basis, with grant stacking of up to $250,000 per individual developer.

“The objective of the program is to help with the technical development of Bitcoin and enhance its resilience, scalability, censorship resistance, and privacy characteristics. We have the capacity to support Bitcoin developers and are committed to an open and transparent grant process.”Maelstrom is a family office fund investing in decentralized technologies. It is led by CIO Arthur Hayes, a popular crypto entrepreneur and the former CEO of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange.

Interest in Bitcoin development was reignited this year, first because of the newfound interest brought by the United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds , and theBitcoin DeFi is a wider developer movement that aims to add more utility to the Bitcoin network. Interest in Bitcoin DeFi rose with the debut of Runes, a new protocol for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin network that launched on April 20, the day of the halving.

 

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