March was a pivotal month across several key areas for Persistence One. We successfully concluded our Bitcoin Interoperability testnet, made key progress toward our mainnet launch, and shared important governance updates.
As we wrapped up Rounds 2 and 3 of the testnet, we gathered valuable insights that are now helping shape our mainnet rollout. The energy from the community has been incredible, and we’re genuinely excited to see how Persisters help push the product forward.
In the coming weeks, we’re also aiming to expand Persistence DEX into the Babylon ecosystem. This would bring us one step closer to realizing our vision of becoming the go-to BTCFi Liquidity Hub.
Let’s jump into a quick roundup of everything that went down throughout March.
Persistence One Highlights
- The community started the month by rolling out fresh incentives for Persistence DEX users, unlocking new opportunities across DeFi.
- Round 2 of our incentivized testnet went live after a short maintenance window to manage the growing interest and participant load.
- Over 200,000 orders were placed during the 48-hour window, far exceeding our expectations. We shared an infographic summarizing the progress and previewing what was next.
- We published the third article in our BTCFi Bootcamp series, helping new users understand key terms and trends in the ecosystem.
- A governance forum post on adjusting XPRT’s inflation parameters sparked a lot of healthy discussion within the community.
- The tenth edition of our “What’s Up Bitcoin” series dropped, offering a quick summary of key BTCFi news and updates.
- To help the community better understand the inflation adjustment proposal’s impact, we shared a simplified breakdown of how staking APR is expected to increase gradually after the inflation adjustment is passed.
- We kicked off the final testnet round with key improvements and bug fixes in place, setting the stage for a smooth close to the campaign.
- Our community also crossed 50,000 followers on X, a strong signal of growing belief in our mission to build the BTCFi Liquidity Hub.
- The community deployed Protocol Owned Liquidity in the ATOM/XPRT pool on Persistence DEX following the passing of Proposal 131.
- Throughout the month, we partnered with QuestN and Intract to run quests that kept Persisters engaged.
- Across all testnet phases, we saw 17,977 participants place over 417K orders on Base Sepolia, BEVM, and Bitlayer. We wrapped it all up with a final infographic to celebrate the milestone.
Keep reading further for other key highlights.
Media & Community
Here are some standout moments from the media and community front during March:
- We partnered with All In BTC to share key updates and insights with the broader BTCFi community in a more streamlined and consistent way.
- Our COO, Jeroen Develter, took part in a roundtable discussion on Bitcoin’s dominance, utility, and adoption in 2025. He also shared a preview of what’s ahead for Persistence One.
- Jeroen spoke further about the rapidly evolving BTC landscape, touching on native yield opportunities and how Babylon is shaping the future of the ecosystem.
XPRT Governance & Token Highlights
Here are some of the most important governance updates around XPRT from March 2025:
- Proposal #131 was passed, approving the deployment of Protocol Owned Liquidity (POL) in the ATOM/XPRT pool on Persistence DEX.
- Proposal #132 was passed, restoring XPRT inflation to help strengthen staking security across the network.
- Proposal #133 was passed, approving stkXPRT rewards for incentivizing Persistence DEX pools throughout April 2025.
About Persistence One
Persistence One is building the BTCFi Liquidity Hub, enabling fast, near zero-slippage swaps for BTC, BTC-variants, and LSTs on Persistence DEX.
BTCFi’s rapid growth has created multiple BTC-related assets, making fragmentation a big challenge. Persistence One will provide a single liquidity hub, simplifying value transfer across the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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