Bitcoin Capital Markets
Citrea is the Bitcoin application layer, enabling institutions and users to access Bitcoin capital markets.
3 Pillars of Citrea
Citrea exists to close the gap between growing demand for Bitcoin and the network’s lack of native support for Bitcoin applications.
Citrea & Bapps
First ZK rollup on Bitcoin
Citrea is the first fully programmable platform that is secured by Bitcoin. With zero-knowledge technology, Citrea enables Bitcoin applications (₿apps) that bring liquidity, demand and utility to the Bitcoin Network.
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cBTC
Clementine Bridge
Citrea is optimistically verified by the Bitcoin Network thanks to its BitVM-based bridge, Clementine. Citrea BTC (cBTC) is the first trust-minimized Bitcoin on a fully programmable platform.
Clementine Whitepaper
ctUSD
1:1 Fiat-Backed Stablecoin for Bitcoin
ctUSD is the native stablecoin for Bitcoin. It serves as the foundational liquidity layer for Bitcoin applications. ctUSD is designed to align with the forthcoming GENIUS Act guidelines and fully backed by short-term U.S. Treasury bills and cash.
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Bitcoin-native Applications: ₿apps
A ₿app is a non-custodial application that uses BTC or BTC-denominated assets and is secured by the Bitcoin Network.
Citrea Origins:Bitcoin Incubation Program
Citrea Origins program helps you launch your project on Citrea with support from our ecosystem and GTM team. Get access to grants, technical resources, and community support to build applications on Bitcoin.
Backed by Industry Leaders
Supported by the most respected names in crypto
Erik Voorhees
Balaji Srinivasan
Eric Wall
Jameson Lopp
Latest Updates
May 27, 2026
CTR is Live - What's Next for Citrea?
Over the past three years, Citrea has been built with a very specific mission: uniting institutions, users and developers to power the Bitcoin economy. The timing of CTR’s launch perfectly embodies this mission. For CTR to function effectively, Citrea first needed to build the necessary Bitcoin infrastructure, onboard hundreds of ecosystem builders, establish the financial primitives like stablecoins, lending, yield products and onboard institutional liquidity alongside early adopters. CTR’s
May 26, 2026
CTR is Live - Govern the Bitcoin Economy
Today, CTR trading and staking officially go live, enabling a coordination asset model for the Bitcoin economy. CTR is designed to redefine network alignment and to put the active participants of the network at the absolute center of the ecosystem. CTR functions as a coordination asset, built specifically so that the active users and developers who create long-term value for Citrea are the ones who control its network emissions, Citrea governance treasury, and overall Citrea network evolution.
May 22, 2026
10 Million CTR Allocated to Early Stakers
The introduction of CTR marked a structural shift for Citrea’s Bitcoin economy, debuting a coordination asset model designed to give direct control over how ecosystem capital is allocated. We believe that a network’s strength lies in the hands of its active participants, not passive observers. To achieve maximum alignment with our active users from day one of the token launch, 10 million CTR has been allocated to those who stake during the first 3 months, distributed weekly. This initial phase o