Bitcoin Went to a 10-Year Reunion… and Finally Found a Way to Stay Native
At the Crypto Class of 2016 reunion, everyone was chatting when Bitcoin sighed:
"People finally call me the most pristine collateral in the world… yet every time I want to unlock liquidity, I still have to wrap myself or trust an intermediary."
"The on-chain credit market already has around $64B in TVL, but only about 1% of Bitcoin is actually used in DeFi. I want to keep my native security while making my capital productive."
A former classmate, now a TradFi trader, smiled:
"Times have changed. Charles d'Haussy from dYdX calls Bitcoin the pristine collateral asset, and Patrick Bush from VanEck says institutions are finally treating Bitcoin like a mature financial asset."
Just then, Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) from @BabylonLabs_io walked into the room wearing sunglasses.
"You don't have to wrap your Bitcoin anymore."
"Powered by $BABY , which makes proof verification on Bitcoin up to 1000× cheaper, TBV enables native BTC to be used directly as collateral.
Loan conditions are defined before the loan exists.
Redemption is enforced through cryptographic proofs.
No bridges.
No wrapped BTC.
No intermediaries."
Bitcoin's eyes lit up.
"So I can finally unlock capital efficiency while keeping my $BTC native and self-custodied?"
TBV smiled.
"Exactly. Your Bitcoin stays on the Bitcoin network while becoming productive capital."
The entire reunion fell silent.
Bitcoin stood up proudly and said:
"I didn't become valuable because I changed.
Now the financial system is finally evolving to work with native Bitcoin."
The public testnet for native Bitcoin-backed borrowing on Aave v4 is now live—give it a try!
#baby $BABY
At the Crypto Class of 2016 reunion, everyone was chatting when Bitcoin sighed:
"People finally call me the most pristine collateral in the world… yet every time I want to unlock liquidity, I still have to wrap myself or trust an intermediary."
"The on-chain credit market already has around $64B in TVL, but only about 1% of Bitcoin is actually used in DeFi. I want to keep my native security while making my capital productive."
A former classmate, now a TradFi trader, smiled:
"Times have changed. Charles d'Haussy from dYdX calls Bitcoin the pristine collateral asset, and Patrick Bush from VanEck says institutions are finally treating Bitcoin like a mature financial asset."
Just then, Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) from @BabylonLabs_io walked into the room wearing sunglasses.
"You don't have to wrap your Bitcoin anymore."
"Powered by $BABY , which makes proof verification on Bitcoin up to 1000× cheaper, TBV enables native BTC to be used directly as collateral.
Loan conditions are defined before the loan exists.
Redemption is enforced through cryptographic proofs.
No bridges.
No wrapped BTC.
No intermediaries."
Bitcoin's eyes lit up.
"So I can finally unlock capital efficiency while keeping my $BTC native and self-custodied?"
TBV smiled.
"Exactly. Your Bitcoin stays on the Bitcoin network while becoming productive capital."
The entire reunion fell silent.
Bitcoin stood up proudly and said:
"I didn't become valuable because I changed.
Now the financial system is finally evolving to work with native Bitcoin."
The public testnet for native Bitcoin-backed borrowing on Aave v4 is now live—give it a try!
#baby $BABY