BTC Karma (KARMA) Price, Liquidity & Market Data
About BTC Karma
BTC Karma is Bitcoin-native reward and yield infrastructure that lets holders participate without bridging or wrapping BTC. Bitcoin remains under the user's own custody, while Cardano is used as the coordination and reward-accounting layer to distribute the KARMA token and, in later phases, provide access to Bitcoin-backed financial products. The protocol follows a phased model: Phase 1 delivers BTC staking, KARMA rewards, Enlightenment Levels, and leaderboards, while Phase 2 plans Bitcoin-backed borrowing, stablecoin strategies, curated DeFi yield, and real-world asset opportunities. BTC Karma is Bitcoin-first in user experience, with Cardano acting as the settlement and accounting layer, and should not be described as a conventional Cardano staking protocol.
KARMA last traded at $0.001180. Against USD, KARMA is up 1.2% over 24 hours and down 6.4% over 30 days. Against ADA, KARMA is up 0.7% over 24 hours and down 3.9% over 30 days. It has 131 holders, about $75.2K in DEX liquidity and a market cap of about $248K.
More about BTC Karma
How it works
Users prove control of a Bitcoin wallet through BIP-322 message signing, and a staking position is created and tracked using Bitcoin-native records such as OP_RETURN, so BTC remains under the user's own control and is not bridged or wrapped. Users then bind a verified Cardano reward destination using CIP-8 signing and Cardano stake-key verification. Eligible staking activity accrues KARMA according to the active emissions schedule, the amount of BTC participating, and the user's Enlightenment Level. Users may also stake CSWAP to earn KARMA from a dedicated allocation, and KARMA may be acquired directly where supported to accelerate level progression. Rewards are claimed to the verified Cardano destination when available, and higher Enlightenment Levels may improve reward multipliers, harvest capacity, leaderboard position, and future Phase 2 access.
What it solves
A large amount of Bitcoin remains economically inactive because many holders avoid DeFi due to bridge risk, wrapped-asset risk, custody concerns, smart-contract exposure, multi-chain complexity, and institutional compliance requirements. BTC Karma addresses this by using Bitcoin-native signing and self-custody to prove participation, while handling reward accounting and distribution through Cardano infrastructure, so users can earn KARMA without moving their BTC into a bridged or wrapped form.
Who it is for
The protocol targets long-term Bitcoin holders, Bitcoin miners, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, corporate treasury allocators, custodians, centralized exchanges, and other institutional Bitcoin holders seeking bridgeless participation, as well as CSWAP stakers and users interested in future Bitcoin-backed yield access.
Key features
- Bridgeless Bitcoin staking
- Self-custodied BTC
- BIP-322 ownership verification
- OP_RETURN position tracking
- CIP-8 reward-address verification
- Cardano stake-key verification
- Cardano reward settlement
- Enlightenment Levels
- Level-based reward multipliers
- Account-level reward tracking
- CSWAP staking for KARMA
- Leaderboards
- Hardware-wallet support
- Institutional workflow support
- Planned Bitcoin-backed yield access
- Category
- Bitcoin DeFi
- Website
- https://btckarma.io/
- Supply
- Total supply is 210M KARMA
- Policy ID
- 1a136b7c6681afd24f7b2211f885739a737f0e2409ff8d537b43c579
- Asset unit
- 1a136b7c6681afd24f7b2211f885739a737f0e2409ff8d537b43c5794b41524d41