Interlay and Kintsugi enter an orderly chain wind-down
Interlay said Bitcoin DeFi on Polkadot never reached the scale needed to sustain active development and that the networks had been in maintenance mode for roughly two years. The team published withdrawal instructions with a 22 July 2026 deadline, noted that native INTR/KINT cannot leave their chains, and promised snapshots plus a revival runbook so the community could restart if desired while contributors moved focus to BOB.
