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Native Bitcoin-backed borrowing is live on Public Testnet with Aave v4.

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Powered by Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults(TBV), users can post Bitcoin as collateral and borrow without giving up custody, wrapping, or bridging.

This is the latest step in building native Bitcoin-backed credit markets.

Another route, go on-chain and wrap your Bitcoin, and have to send your Bitcoin to 3rd parties.

Both options can work.

For some Bitcoin holders, trusting a centralized provider or using wrapped Bitcoin is an acceptable trade-off for access to liquidity.

For others, giving up control and ownership or introducing bridge, issuer and redemption risk is a trade-off they don’t want to make.

That’s where another option is needed.

What is your current option to borrow stablecoins against your Bitcoin?

First, go off-chain with opaque borrowing cost, and have to send your Bitcoin to 3rd parties.

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"Native Bitcoin-backed borrowing gives you the best of both worlds - transparent, lowest onchain rates possible, self-custodial, and no censorship.

This product will be the best Bitcoin-backed lending product once we launch."

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Tomorrow at the Google Web3 x AI Summit 2026 hosted by
Google Cloud and Google DeepMind, Babylon co-founder David Tse joins a panel on the evolution of zero-knowledge proofs with:

- Michael Zhu from a16z
- Wyatt Benno from ICME, and
- Shashank Agrawal from Coinbase

David will unpack BABE and how it makes ZK proof verification on Bitcoin 1,000x cheaper.

Join us if you are in Silicon Valley!

As you requested, we are improving our testnet of native Bitcoin-backed borrowing on Aave v4.

What we are upgrading:

- A better explanation and display about vault creation process.
- More intuitive and premium UI for better user experience.

The public testnet is constantly updating.

Try native Bitcoin-backed borrowing today on our website and let us know what you'd like us to improve.

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We appreciate our community members for participating and stress-testing the Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) Public Testnet.

What we've learned:

- More than 2,000 vaults were created.
- 85% of the users indicated they would deploy Bitcoin on mainnet.

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"Together with a16zcrypto, we are gearing BABY tokenomics towards the adoption of Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV), and value capture of TBV."

Fisher Yu, on the latest updates and the future value of BABY.

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A great conversation on Bitcoin beyond holding.

Hold Bitcoin, Use Bitcoin.

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Hear from Fisher co-founder of Babylon as he dives into the market, shares Babylon updates and insights from Bitcoin Asia 🎥

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Most importantly, security remains the priority, with respect for the principles of Bitcoin.

Second, we’ll run a bug bounty program ahead of mainnet launch.

Third, expect more announcements around users and partnerships.

Fourth, adjustments of BABY tokenomics will be put forward for governance.

What to expect from Babylon over the next three months:

First, a significant UI upgrade designed to better support institutional users, alongside a faster testnet experience.

The target is to cut the end-to-end process from roughly 3 hours to 1.5 hours.

"We are one of the cutting edge startups to use AI in our security auditing process. We have developed our own AI system to do security audits." - David on Founders Call

What do you want to see Babylon build next with AI, agentic lending and borrowing?

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We’ll be in Hong Kong for Bitcoin Asia from this week 🇭🇰

Meet Fisher, Jihoon, and Warren to talk native Bitcoin collateral, integrations, and Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV).

See you in Hong Kong.

Binance VIP Earn through the Babylon Staking Protocol, alongside 20+ selected tokens.

Program mechanics, eligibility, and current terms are on Binance's VIP Earn page.

We’ve launched the first video in our Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) Tutorial Series.

In this walkthrough, Vlad, our DeFi Product Lead, shows how to deposit native Bitcoin as collateral, and how to create your first native Bitcoin-backed borrowing position on our TBV Public Testnet.

Join our Public Testnet!

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Bitcoin has been treated as an asset to hold. The next chapter is using it as pristine collateral.

On FintechTV, Babylon CMO Tristan discusses how native Bitcoin can be used as collateral while preserving the properties Bitcoiners value most: sovereignty, verifiability, and trust in code rather than intermediaries.

He also shares why regulatory clarity is accelerating digital asset adoption in the Middle East, and why institutions are looking beyond Bitcoin exposure to putting Bitcoin to work.

https://cms.fintech.tv/bitcoin-has-always-been-digital-gold-babylon-labs-is-making-it-work-as-collateral-too/

"You retain your title. Self-custodial, trustless, no bridging, no wrapping. Everything is verified cryptographically. Trust cryptography, don't trust other people."

Babylon co-founder David walks through the Aave v4 flow: deposit Bitcoin, borrow USDC, repay, and your BTC unlocks automatically.

The breakthrough is BABE which allows ZK-proofs be verified efficiently on Bitcoin.

If you wanna know more, you can read the BABE paper here: babylonlabs.io