Greetings Persisters,
We hope you are doing well.
February was another step forward in shipping Bitcoin Cross-Chain Swaps. We rolled out a bunch of improvements to the product and continued strengthening our position as the BTCfi Interoperability Hub.
The biggest highlight? Swap times on the beta interoperability product are now down to just 10 seconds, a major step toward making cross-chain swaps feel near-instant.
Alongside this, we also tested internally how agent-driven swaps could work, exploring how BTC swaps could be executed through an agent. While still early, it gave us a glimpse into how the swap experience could become even more seamless as users increasingly rely on agents to interact with applications.
With that quick highlight, keep reading to catch up on everything that happened in February 2026.
Persistence One Highlights
- The month kicked off with continued momentum from the beta mainnet, which had recently crossed the USD 50,000 mark in swap volume. We shared an updated campaign breakdown to help new users get started with the incentivised beta mainnet and understand the rewards structure.
- Subsequently, we published a detailed thread explaining how staking XPRT unlocks a flywheel of perks within the ecosystem, from swap fee rebates to multipliers on the interoperability product.
- Throughout the month, the team also shared a series of educational pieces covering key topics around BTCfi
Infographics highlighting the fragmentation challenge in BTCfi
An explainer on swapping Bitcoin across chains
A short animation walking through the cross-chain swap flow, powered by Intents
- A key product milestone this month was reducing swap times on the interoperability product to just 10 seconds, making swaps between Base and BNB Chain significantly faster and far more seamless.
- Midway through the month, the product team also internally tested how agents could perform Bitcoin cross-chain swaps using the interoperability product. While still early, the results strengthened our belief that the user ahead might very well be an agent, and that building with this shift in mind makes the most sense.
- With 99 per cent of Bitcoin still sitting idle, we highlighted the scale of the opportunity ahead for Bitcoin DeFi and how positioning to capture a share of this emerging market through intent-based interoperability is the direction we remain locked in towards.
February also saw continued support from the community, with several ecosystem accounts pointing out the speed and simplicity of the cross-chain swap product.
Community members and niche accounts also shared their experiences, signalling growing awareness around intents and the fragmentation challenge in Bitcoin DeFi.
We are grateful to everyone who has been testing the product, sharing feedback, and helping spread the word. February was about making the product faster, smarter, and more accessible. And we are just getting started.
Media & Community
Here are some standout moments from the media and community front during February:
- Persistence One CEO, Jeroen Develter, continued to share insights on the cross-chain landscape, including perspectives on BTC L2 fragmentation and how intent-based architectures can help address the complexity users face when moving Bitcoin across networks.
- Podcast video snippets were also shared during the month, including a conversation on why there is no second-best asset in DeFi.
- Another clip touched on the broader vision for Bitcoin interoperability and how the ecosystem could evolve as more infrastructure comes online.
- Persisters also shared their broader perspective on the beta mainnet, helping create buzz around it within their respective communities.
XPRT Governance & Token Highlights
February did not see any governance proposals progress to voting or completion.
About Persistence One
Persistence One is building intent-based Bitcoin interoperability—simple, reliable cross-chain swaps across Bitcoin L2s, sidechains, and BTC-aligned networks.
Our mission is to reduce fragmentation across the Bitcoin ecosystem and make cross-chain value transfer intuitive for users, developers, and partners.
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