Bi-Weekly Babylon Community Updates (24 Apr 2025)

April 24, 2025

April 1–24, 2025

Hey Babylon community 👋, welcome to the first edition of our bi-weekly project update, your inside look at everything happening across the Babylon ecosystem. Whether you're staking, building, collaborating, or just following along, here’s a full rundown of what’s been moving across protocol, partnerships, governance, and more.

🛠️ Tech in Motion: Protocol Updates

We’ve been building fast, and it shows. From network launches to staking upgrades, here’s what’s gone live so far this month:

  • Babylon Genesis mainnet launched
    Babylon Genesis’ mainnet went live on April 10, 2025, marking the first blockchain secured by native Bitcoin staking.
  • Cap-1 staking restriction to be lifted
    Babylon Genesis will begin to accept both new BTC stakes and remaining Phase-1 stakes as the Cap-1 staking restriction is lifted.

https://www.theblock.co/post/350427/bitcoin-staking-protocol-babylon-rolls-out-genesis-mainnet-in-second-stage-of-its-phased-launch

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/10/babylon-which-has-over-usd4b-btc-locked-launches-layer-1-genesis-to-advance-its-btc-yield-platform

 🤝 On the Ground: Partnerships & IRL Moments

We’ve had a packed month, both online and off. From Tokyo keynotes to new institutional partners, here are a few of the moments we’re proud to spotlight:

  • 📍 IRL in Tokyo
    On April 8, Babylon co-founder Prof. David Tse took the stage in Tokyo, joined by BitGo, DSRV, and Hinode Technologies. The room was filled with builders and believers, all focused on unlocking Bitcoin’s potential.
  • 🔗 Sui becomes a BSN
    Sui is officially a Bitcoin Supercharged Network (BSN), gaining access to Babylon-powered BTC staking and liquidity.

https://x.com/SuiNetwork/status/1913024888513892843
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/sui-network-partners-babylon-labs-to-bitcoin-secured-network-utilizing-btc-sui-9eecc5d7

📢 Community Highlights

A big month for the Babylon community - from airdrops to on-chain governance.

  • 🎁 BABY airdrop completed
    600 million BABY (6% of total supply) was distributed across:
    30M to Phase-1 stakers
    335M as base staking rewards
    200M as bonus rewards for Phase-2 transition
    30M to Pioneer Pass NFT holders
    5M to open-source contributors
    No claim process — eligible users received tokens directly in their wallets.
    https://babylon.foundation/blogs/babylon-early-adopters-airdrop
  • 📜 Governance proposal by Domo (BRC-20 creator)
    Babylon’s community passed a proposal to reduce unbonding fees for new Phase-2 stakes.

https://x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/1913603011974496266

🎙️ Babylon on Air: AMAs & X Spaces

We’ve been keeping the conversation going across the ecosystem - from staking deep dives to protocol updates and partner spotlights. Here’s where you may have heard from the team this month:

  • April 23: X Space AMA with BinanceZH - Babylon’s Chinese-language AMA with BinanceZH, expanding the conversation to new regions and communities.

🔭 Looking Ahead

Genesis is live. The first BSNs are integrating. Institutional support is real. We’re just getting started.Thanks for being part of this journey. As always, we’re building in public — and we’d love your feedback. Join us in Discord or reach out on X with thoughts, questions, or ideas. See you in two weeks. 👋

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