According to Gate.io market data, BABY is currently priced at $0.0862, with a 24-hour increase of 15.5%. BABY was listed on the Gate.io platform yesterday at 18:00, reaching a peak of $0.172. BABY’s current circulating market value is 198 million, ranking 171st in the overall market. BABY’s total circulating market value is $870 million. According to public market information, BABY’s valuation in the last round of institutional financing was $800 million. The current total circulating market value of BABY is only about 9% higher than the valuation of the last financing round.
Babylon is a groundbreaking Bitcoin staking protocol project aimed at unlocking the potential asset value of Bitcoin and enhancing the security of the entire blockchain eco. It allows users to directly stake BTC on the Bitcoin mainnet without the need for cross-chain transactions, earning rewards from other POS chains. This mechanism not only gives Bitcoin the ability to “stake and earn,” but also shares the security of Bitcoin with other chains, promoting a security model similar to “Restaking.”
Babylon itself is a Layer1 blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK, serving as an intermediary layer between Bitcoin and POS chains. The project achieves verifiable staking, Slash penalties, and rewards distribution for BTC on the Bitcoin chain through innovative protocol design and timestamp mechanism. In addition to the core staking protocol, Babylon is also advancing BTC data availability layer (DA) and Bitcoin Building infrastructure such as Layer2.
The Babylon team has a strong background, with founders from top universities such as Stanford, MIT, etc. The project has received nearly $100 million in investment support from top VCs including Paradigm, Polychain, etc. It is the first project in the Bitcoin eco to receive investment from Paradigm, and is highly anticipated.
Babylon, as an innovative staking protocol in the Bitcoin eco, is demonstrating strong growth potential and broad future prospects. The BABY token has recorded a 15.5% increase on Gate.io in less than 24 hours, showing strong market attention and capital influx.
Despite the short-term technical overbought signs and potential price corrections, in the long run, Babylon has deeply integrated the value of Bitcoin with the security of the POS chain through a BTC collateral mechanism without the need for cross-chain, introducing the ability for Bitcoin to generate interest through collateral, and opening a new chapter in BTC applications. With a strong technical team and top institutional support, the project is expected to continue to exert efforts in Bitcoin re-collateralization, security sharing, and Layer2 construction, becoming an important part of Bitcoin’s DeFi infrastructure.