In a groundbreaking move to protect users and recover financial losses if digital assets are lost or stolen, Firelight Finance, a decentralized risk cover protocol, today announced a strategic partnership with Lombard Finance, a Bitcoin DeFi protocol. This collaboration enabled Firelight Finance to join forces with Lombard Finance to introduce Bitcoin-backed DeFi cover markets to help BTC customers protect themselves and their digital assets from various on-chain risks.
Firelight is a decentralized DeFi insurance protocol built on the Flare Network, protecting clients from financial losses that could happen when using decentralized finance. DeFi and crypto markets continue to experience major risks such as hacks, smart contract bugs, stablecoin depegging, protocol failures, and several other potential vulnerabilities. To mitigate such problems, decentralized insurance platforms (like Firelight Finance and many others) have emerged to help users hedge against risks in the DeFi space.
Lombard Finance Integrates FirelightFi
Based on the news development announced above, Firelight Finance has partnered with Lombard Finance to introduce a capital-backed protection layer designed to operate on Lombard’s Bitcoin DeFi platform. Lombard Finance is a DeFi platform built on the Bitcoin blockchain, aiming to enhance BTC’s utility by integrating it into the decentralized finance landscape. This platform allows Bitcoin holders to mint a liquid staking token called LBTC, which they can use for lending, staking, and various decentralized financial services in the DeFi world.
Based on this partnership, Firelight Finance moved into Lombard Finance’s Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem as a cover protocol. This means that Bitcoin investors, traders, holders, and users participating in Lombard’s DeFi vault ecosystem now have access to integrated protection against DeFi’s significant threats, such as smart contract exploits, network hacks, bad debts, liquidation failures, and many other risks.
Low Insurance Adoption Poses Risks To DeFi
With the partnership, Lombard Finance extended its vault into the decentralized insurance sector, an integration designed to advance how its Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem manages risks. This tech incorporation means that BTC holders can now deposit their Bitcoin into Firelight’s insurance pools, which function as a coverage against potential network vulnerabilities and other failures.
The development comes as DeFi users still chase yields despite most of their on-chain finances remaining exposed to hacks, phishing scams, and private key compromises. Last week on Friday, May 15, research shared by crypto insurance protocol Nexus Mutual revealed that less than 2% of DeFi’s TVL has insurance coverage despite hacking incidents continuing while billions of dollars keep moving through on-chain markets.
