2026-01-07 17:20:57

Babylon just closed a $15M funding round led by a16z crypto, and the focus here is purely technical infrastructure—no narrative fluff.

The platform is developing Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, essentially a mechanism that allows you to deploy BTC as native onchain collateral while keeping Bitcoin's security guarantees completely intact. This is the hard part most projects get wrong.

The core challenge they're tackling: how do you unlock Bitcoin's capital efficiency without forcing users into risky bridges or wrapped token schemes that dilute security? Babylon's answer maintains Bitcoin's original security model while opening new utility vectors. It's infrastructure work that actually matters for scaling Bitcoin-native finance.

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ContractExplorer

· 01-07 17:50

Finally, someone has taken a bite out of the hard bone of Bitcoin. Instead of playing tricks with nested bridge solutions, they directly maintain the original flavor and security. Now that's what I call real infrastructure.

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TokenVelocity

· 01-07 17:38

No packaging, no hype—this is what true Bitcoin infrastructure should be doing. Projects that are actually getting things done are indeed rare; most are just storytelling. Hmm, this is interesting. If native vault can really work... The bunch of pitfalls in the bridging solutions—finally someone is seriously trying to solve them. I respect a16z investing in this; they’re not chasing the hype, focusing entirely on infrastructure. By the way, can this really be achieved without sacrificing security? Let’s wait and see. After messing around on Bitcoin for a while, the main concern is introducing new risks. The Babylon idea isn’t bad. It feels like working on something that Bitcoin should do but has never really done well.

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LayerZeroHero

· 01-07 17:33

ngl this is the real infrastructure, unlike some projects that just tell stories every day Is there really no bridging risk and can you use BTC as collateral? That's something a16z's bet shows that those who understand everything can see clearly The industry needs more teams that focus on doing things diligently, not just hype concepts This approach indeed has ideas, maintaining security while improving efficiency is not easy

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