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Mezo Opens Pre-Deposit Vaults to Migrate Bitcoin Liquidity From Ethereum Back to Bitcoin-Native Infrastructure
Mezo, a Bitcoin-native financial infrastructure protocol, today announced the allocation of up to 2.5% of the total MEZO token supply to incentivize early depositors in its "Bring Bitcoin Home" pre-deposit vaults. The vaults target the more than $11 billion in wrapped Bitcoin currently sitting on EthereumDeFi.
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