Two Prime launches $10M bitcoin yield vault onchain

No clear lean
New product launch, not yet proven at scale
What happened

Two Prime, a crypto finance firm, is putting $10 million behind a new product that lets people deposit bitcoin into an 'onchain' vault (meaning it runs on a public blockchain instead of a private company database) to try to earn yield, which just means extra returns over time.

Why it matters

If you hold bitcoin, this is another option for trying to earn a return on it instead of just holding it, but any yield product carries risk that the underlying strategy could lose money or underperform what's promised.

Should I do anything?

No need to act on this alone. If you're ever curious about a yield product, take time to understand exactly how it generates returns and what could go wrong before putting money in.

Terms used
onchain
Happening directly on a public blockchain, rather than through a private company system
yield
Extra return or interest earned on an asset over time
vault
A smart contract or system that holds deposited crypto and manages it to try to generate returns