Bitcoin-staking protocol Babylon attracts $1.4B in deposits

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Babylon sees $1.4 billion in deposits

Babylon is a restaking protocol on the CometBFT consensus that saw a mainnet launch in August. 

As of today, the Babylon chain has racked up an impressive 23,000 bitcoin ($1.4 billion) staked from 25.3k stakers. That puts it in the TVL ballpark of major restaking protocols like Symbiotic ($1.5 billion) and EigenLayer ($10.7 billion).

Unlike previous sidechain attempts at bridging bitcoin to smart contract chains, Babylon offers a trustless coordination layer to do so without technically…

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