Warsaw, Poland, March 16th, 2026, Chainwire
Since 2024, corporate Bitcoin treasuries (also referred to as DATCOs) have continually forayed into the mainstream, as evidenced by the fact that by Q1 2026 alone, more than 190 publicly traded companies held substantial sums of BTC on their balance sheets. At the same time, aggregate position across corporate holders too had reached 5% of the assets' total circulating supply, a number which back in 2021 or even 2022 would have seemed extremely far-fetched or even impossible.
Against this backdrop, BTCS S.A., a digital asset company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, announced recently that it had entered into a formal liquidity partnership with Hemi, a Bitcoin layer-2 network billed as the world's largest Bitcoin programmability layer. The agreement, disclosed through a regulatory filing under Article 17(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, calls for BTCS to deploy between 50 and 100 BTC into Hemi's liquidity program over a six-month period.
The structure of the entire setup is relatively straightforward, with BTCS receiving a backstopped annual percentage yield of 10% for the first two months of the agreement, dropping to 6% for the final four. Moreover, rewards are paid directly in Bitcoin and USDC, with there being no token conversions and no intermediary assets involved in the matter.
For BTCS, the move serves as an extension of their "Active Treasury" vision, which targets recurring income from Bitcoin reserves without requiring any liquidation of the underlying position. On the matter, Marlena Lipińska, President of the Management Board of BTCS S.A., was quoted as saying:
"Our objective is to generate recurring operational income from our digital asset holdings without liquidating them, while maintaining long-term exposure to Bitcoin. Participation in the developing Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem enables us to increase the efficiency of reserve management and build a position as a strategic liquidity provider in a new and promising segment of the blockchain market."
Why Hemi's Infrastructure is Built for Exactly This Purpose
Rather than requiring Bitcoin to be wrapped into a synthetic token or moved across one or more bridges (two processes that have historically introduced severe counterparty and custody risks into the mix), Hemi embeds a full Bitcoin node within an EVM-compatible environment and uses a Proof-of-Proof consensus mechanism to secure all of its native transactions. The practical result of such a setup is that institutional holders are able to access DeFi-style yield on their Bitcoin, all in a regulated manner.
It also bears mentioning that Hemi has successfully secured more than $1.2 billion in value to date across 90-plus protocols, with over 100,000 verified users on the network. Not only that, the platform has secured the backing of prominent crypto investment entities, including YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), Breyer Capital, Republic Digital, Crypto.com, and HyperChain Capital.
Furthermore, Hemi’s executive brass includes co-founder Jeff Garzik, a former Bitcoin core developer, Maxwell Sanchez, inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol, and crypto investor Matthew Roszak.
For BTCS, the specific appeal of Hemi's architecture seems to be compliance and auditability. The MAR filing signals that the company's legal team views this opportunity as a major event, especially since it meets a threshold that many earlier-generation yield products had failed to meet.
Corporate Bitcoin Yields are the Next Phase
BTCS's move is just one data point in a larger shift because the current cohort of publicly traded companies holding Bitcoin has been actively exploring ways to generate income for a while now. The push has become even more potent since the crypto landscape changed in 2024 following the approval of numerous spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States.
In fact, within the first year alone, these offerings witnessed more than $40 billion worth of inflows, giving corporate finance teams a clearer framework for treating Bitcoin as a balance-sheet asset, in turn opening the door to questions about its utilization.
As a result, the challenge now isn't accumulation but what comes after, given Bitcoin's limited on-chain programmability, which has historically lagged behind Ethereum and other smart contract platforms. In that sense, L2s like Hemi represent a structural answer capable of filling in the blanks and bringing programmability and yield infrastructure to Bitcoin without touching its base-layer properties.
Whether BTCS's 50-to-100 BTC commitment becomes a template for other EU-domiciled or exchange-listed treasury companies remains an open question. But the fact that a regulated public company disclosed it under MAR, described it as operational income, and structured it with guaranteed minimum return parameters signals a level of institutional seriousness that distinguishes this from the looser yield experiments of earlier crypto cycles.
About BTCS S.A.
BTCS S.A. is a publicly listed company that combines a Digital Asset Treasury model with operating revenue from blockchain validation and staking, as well as strategic advisory and IT services. The Company is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange's NewConnect market (ticker: BTF) and is also dual listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Open Market (ticker: 36C, WKN A41W9H, ISIN PLVKMTK00015). BTCS S.A. operates under the supervision of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) and is subject to EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) disclosure requirements. Focused on long-term Bitcoin accumulation and shareholder value creation, BTCS S.A. manages a diversified portfolio of digital assets and executes an "Active Treasury" strategy designed to generate recurring, BTC-denominated income from its holdings without liquidating underlying positions. The Company targets sustainable operational income through institutional-grade yield and liquidity programs, positioning Bitcoin treasury management as a core business function.
More information is available at btcs.com.pl
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