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Bitcoin Capital Markets Infrastructure

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Unlocking trillions in Bitcoin capital—natively.

Bitcoin should do more. Now it Can.

Bitcoin is the world’s strongest store of value—but mostly can’t be used productively without giving up custody. Arch is Bitcoin-native financial rails so it can now have native credit, yield, and trading while staying anchored to Bitcoin’s settlement and core values.

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Where Bitcoin becomes productive.

Bitcoin is already the reserve asset of digital finance — but it's missing the rails to put it to work. Arch turns Bitcoin into productive capital that earns, borrows, and backs credit at scale.

From digital gold to the foundation of global finance.

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Backed by:

PanteraMulticoin Capital
Tangent
UTXO
Cypher
DPI Capital
Asymmetric
Portal
ARK Invest
Ambush
Big Brain
Newman
CMS
OKX
Tangent
UTXO
Cypher
DPI Capital
Asymmetric
Portal
ARK Invest
Ambush
Big Brain
Newman
CMS
OKX

The Risk Infrastructure Bitcoin Credit Requires

Capital markets require credit. Credit requires risk infrastructure that can't fail. Arch was built differently than the systems crypto inherited — a high-performance stack with deterministic liquidation and native Bitcoin settlement, vertically integrated to hold under stress and built to scale Bitcoin credit as the foundation for everything that comes next.

Anchored to Bitcoin. Aligned with its future.

Arch settles financial logic directly on Bitcoin. This reinforces miner incentives, strengthening network security, and keeps liquidity in the ecosystem instead of fragmenting across other bridges and networks.

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Arch doesn’t change Bitcoin. It finally lets Bitcoin change the world.

Our partners share our core vision: preserve Bitcoin's foundations while expanding what's possible with it. Together, we're building the credit, yield, and trading infrastructure that turns Bitcoin from a store of value into the base layer for capital markets.

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For institutions

Yield on native Bitcoin

Arch lets institutions put Bitcoin to work without counterparty risk — turning balance sheet Bitcoin into productive collateral that earns.

Ready for Institutions

Arch integrates with the custody frameworks institutions already use —without need for re-architecting custody and compliance workflows.

For users

New Bitcoin Use Cases

Bitcoin isn't just something you hold — it's something you can now use. Access credit, yield, and structured products with nothing but Bitcoin.

Use Bitcoin like normal — just better.

Seamless to use and completely invisible. Your keys, your Bitcoin, your access to capital markets — without ever leaving the Bitcoin network.

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Infrastructure for Bitcoin-native capital markets—borrow, earn, swap, and build financial apps while keeping settlement local to Bitcoin. It lets institutions and users put their Bitcoin to work natively, without bridging, wrapping, or leaving their wallets.

Most systems execute elsewhere and reconcile with Bitcoin later. Arch is built so settlement stays tied to Bitcoin, minimizing compromise. Arch is the only chain that executes financial logic and settles those outcomes to Bitcoin.

That means institutions and users can issue, trade, and settle without leaving the Bitcoin network, preserving Bitcoin’s security and liquidity while making it productive.

Bitcoin is valuable but underutilized. Arch makes BTC productive without pushing it onto other ecosystems.

Today, both users and institutions are forced onto Ethereum, Solana, or other workarounds that rely on wrapped BTC, fragile bridges, and custodial solutions to do more with their Bitcoin. Arch fixes that. It’s the first chain that lets financial applications execute and settle programmable finance directly against native Bitcoin, preserving self-custody and unlocking productive yield from BTC itself.

Arch leverages Bitcoin’s security model directly. Validators use threshold cryptography (FROST + ROAST) to collectively sign and settle transactions on Bitcoin itself, ensuring that:

  • No single validator controls funds
  • Every transaction is finalized with Bitcoin’s immutability
  • Institutions retain full custody and compliance alignment

Arch integrates directly with Bitcoin wallets through Taproot compatibility.

That means:

  • No new wallets
  • No wrapped BTC
  • No bridging risk

Users can access Arch apps directly through wallets like Xverse, Unisat, Magic Eden, and Ledger, keeping their Bitcoin where it belongs.

Arch fixes what’s been holding Bitcoin back:

  • Idle capital: Lets institutions deploy their Bitcoin without bridging or wrapping.
  • Security risk: Anchors assets directly to Bitcoin’s settlement layer, removing custodian and bridge risk.
  • Fragmented liquidity: Keeps liquidity unified under Bitcoin instead of splitting it across chains.
  • Poor UX: Enables borrowing, lending, and trading straight from Bitcoin wallets.

Arch introduces the ArchVM, a Bitcoin-native execution environment that powers integrated financial products while settling directly to Bitcoin. Arch's product suite enables:

  • Programmable Collateral
  • RWAs, Commodities, Derivatives
  • Structured yield products
  • On-chain trading and credit markets

All without bridging away from Bitcoin & turning passive BTC into active capital.