FAQ

Lombard builds assets and infrastructure to bring Bitcoin to life onchain. Core products include LBTC (yield-bearing Bitcoin), BTC.b (1:1 Bitcoin representation), $BARD (governance token), Bitcoin Smart Accounts (institutional custody-to-DeFi rail), and Bitcoin Connect (developer toolkit).

Yes. Lombard uses a 14-member Security Consortium, hardware security modules (CubeSigner), Bascule Drawbridge verification, multi-party approvals, timelocks, and 24/7 monitoring. Contracts are audited by six independent firms, including OpenZeppelin, Halborn, and Veridise.

Go to lombard.finance/app/stake, connect your destination wallet, send BTC to the generated address, and wait for 6 confirmations. LBTC mints automatically. See the full guide at Use LBTC.

Check the current APY at lombard.finance/transparency/lbtc. LBTC targets 2.5% net APY in BTC terms at full strategy deployment. Yield comes from a covered-call strategy managed by Bitwise Investment Manager, LLC and varies with Bitcoin implied volatility and deployment levels.

BTC.b is a 1:1 Bitcoin representation across multiple blockchains. No yield, no KYC, 0% minting fee, and 0.0001 BTC redemption fee. See Use BTC.b for details.

$BARD is Lombard’s governance and utility token with a fixed supply of 1 billion. It enables governance voting and protocol access. The staking program closed on September 17, 2026. See Use BARD for details.