Babylon, a bitcoin staking and lending startup founded by David Tse and Fisher Yu, announced a $15 million A16z Crypto investment. The funding will support the rollout of its trustless vaults architecture, enabling native bitcoin collateral in decentralized finance without wrapping or custodians.

The capital infusion aims to unlock dormant bitcoin capital for decentralized finance ( DeFi), positioning bitcoin as a productive collateral asset for lending, perpetual futures, and stablecoins. Babylon’s technology uses witness encryption and garbled circuits, and the rollout will initially be available where permitted by law.

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• What is the amount of funding Babylon received? Babylon secured a $15 million investment.
• When was the investment announced? The announcement was made on Jan 7,  2026.
• Where will Babylon’s lending protocol be launched first? It will launch in jurisdictions where cryptocurrency lending is legally permitted.
• Who led the investment round? A16z Crypto led the funding round.

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