Warsaw, Poland – March 16, 2026 – BTCS S.A., a publicly traded company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has announced a commitment of up to 100 Bitcoin (BTC) to an institutional yield agreement on the Hemi platform. This strategic move aims to generate stable returns on the company's Bitcoin reserves through an innovative approach, further advancing its "Active Treasury" vision.
Under the terms of the agreement, BTCS S.A. is guaranteed an annualized yield of 10% for the initial two months of the protocol, followed by a 6% yield for the subsequent four months. Notably, all yields will be distributed directly in Bitcoin (BTC) and USDC, eliminating the need for token swaps or intermediate assets, thereby ensuring operational simplicity and transparency.
Marlena Lipińska, Chairwoman of the Management Board at BTCS S.A., stated: "This collaboration allows us to generate significant recurring income from our existing Bitcoin reserves without selling any Bitcoin. This is precisely the core of our 'Active Treasury' strategy."
The Hemi platform's ability to support such institutional-grade applications is attributed to its unique infrastructure design. Hemi embeds a full Bitcoin node within an EVM-compatible environment and utilizes a "Proof-of-Proof" (PoP) consensus mechanism to secure native transactions. This architecture enables institutional investors to access DeFi News-like yields directly on Bitcoin in a compliant manner, without requiring Bitcoin wrapping or cross-chain operations, thereby substantially reducing counterparty and custody risks.
Currently, the Hemi platform has attracted over $1.2 billion in assets across more than 90 protocols, with over 100,000 verified users. The platform is backed by prominent crypto investment institutions including YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), Breyer Capital, Republic Digital, Crypto.com, and HyperChain Capital. Furthermore, Hemi's core team includes former Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik, PoP consensus protocol inventor Maxwell Sanchez, and crypto investor Matthew Roszak.
For BTCS S.A., Hemi's advantages in compliance and auditability are particularly crucial. This collaboration has undergone MAR (Market Abuse Regulation) notification, indicating a high level of confidence from the company's legal team regarding the opportunity's compliance, especially in meeting regulatory thresholds that many early yield products failed to achieve.
Enterprise-grade Bitcoin yield is emerging as a new trend in the industry. Given Bitcoin's limited on-chain programmability, Layer 2 solutions like Hemi bring DeFi News yield capabilities and programmable infrastructure to Bitcoin without touching its base layer. While it remains to be seen if BTCS S.A.'s move will set a precedent for other EU-registered or publicly listed companies, its disclosure of this transaction under the MAR framework as operating income, coupled with minimum yield guarantees, undoubtedly signifies a heightened seriousness in institutional Bitcoin yield, marking a distinct departure from earlier, more lenient yield models.