[ARFC] Onboard Native BTC as Collateral to Aave V4 via Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults
Babylon’s proposal would add native BTC as collateral on Aave V4 through Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, with two new modules named the Babylon Spoke and the BTC Vault Swap Spoke. It also sets native BTC as the only collateral asset in the Babylon Spoke, with borrowing stablecoins against BTC as the first use case, while a separate version says WBTC would be used for permissionless liquidations. Further governance votes and security review steps remain before launch, and one described revenue rule routes the first $500,000 in annual qualified revenue to Aave DAO.
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Aave users and BTC holders are the main group that would notice this next, because the proposal would let native Bitcoin sit in the Aave V4 setup as collateral and be used to borrow stablecoins. That changes what can be posted into the system today, while the described liquidation path still points to WBTC for permissionless liquidations in one version of the plan.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 14 days ago | [ARFC] The Aave Foundation, Phase 1 event | 1 actors in common · 6 news media |
| 16 days ago | [ARFC] Onboard OUSD to Aave V3 Core Instance and Aave V4 Core Hub event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 17 days ago | Sentora Seeks Aave V4 Markets With 50% Revenue Share for DAO event | 1 actors in common · 5 news media |
| 22 days ago | Morpho Founder's Vault Classification Draws Pushback From Aave's Kulechov event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
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