2025 is the year that Babylon Genesis becomes the center of the BTCFi ecosystem.

Here’s a timeline of what's coming, why it matters, and how Babylon Genesis is turning Bitcoin into a working asset for the crypto economy in a trustless and non-custodial way.

April 2025: Babylon Genesis Mainnet Launch

The Babylon Genesis launch activated slashable PoS security using native BTC.
This marked the start of a new era: BTC began working by securing decentralized networks, self-custodially and trustlessly.

Why it matters:

• No wrapped assets.
• No custodians.
• Bitcoin is now a reward-bearing, security-generating asset, without leaving the Bitcoin network.

Q3 2025: Bitcoin Multi-Staking Testnet

Babylon Genesis will deploy multi-staking: a single BTC stake will supercharge multiple networks simultaneously, and earning multiple reward streams.

The first integrations will include:

• ETH Rollups: Optimism, Arbitrum
• Cosmos Chains: Multiple sovereign networks
  More tech stacks will follow.

Why it matters:

• Same BTC stake, more rewards.
• Existing BTC stakers can seamlessly transition without unbonding.
• As the controls plane of multi-staking, Babylon Genesis will start to earn protocol revenue from the BSN rewards.

Q3 2025: Babylon Genesis EVM Testnet

Babylon Genesis will acquire full EVM capability, leveraging EVM’s vast and mature adoption to unlock easy deployment of DeFi dApps.

Why it matters:

• EVM support will mean fast and straightforward adoption while increasing user acquisition.
• Will enable BTCFi-native lending, trading, and stablecoin protocols.
• Will push Babylon Genesis towards becoming the premier trade center of BTCFi.

Q4 2025: Multi-Staking Mainnet Launch

After testnet rollout, multi-staking will go live on mainnet.

Why it matters:

• Babylon Genesis’ staking layer will become complete.
• Leveraging Bitcoin staking, BSNs are poised to gain Bitcoin's unparalleled security, vast liquidity, and expansive user base.
• BTC stakers will get more rewards.
• Bitcoin and BSN rewards tokens will go live on Babylon Genesis, fuelling Babylon Genesis' on-chain BTCFi.
• Users can maximize Bitcoin capital efficiency with little friction.

Q4 2025: Babylon Genesis EVM Goes Live

Along with staking upgrades, the EVM upgrade will be deployed to the mainnet. Paired with RPC improvements, IBC/LayerZero integrations, and faster block times, Babylon Genesis will be ready to host full-scale DeFi.

Similar to any proper L1 system, a launch is not just technical, but about on-chain ecosystem bootstrapping.

For Babylon Genesis, the launch will be coupled with the upgrade of existing on-chain dApps and the deployment of new dApps, so we have a complete suite of BTCFi applications on chain.

EVM + the suite of BTCFi dApps will also prepare Babylon Genesis for the upcoming BTC liquidity.

Why it matters:

• Native BTC can finally have its own performant DeFi layer.
• Native Bitcoin liquidity will be able to flow into dApps built directly on Babylon Genesis.
• Babylon Genesis will become the execution layer for BTCFi.

Ongoing: R&D on Native Bitcoin Liquidity Layer

Babylon Labs’ research team is making trustless and non-custodial Bitcoin liquidity possible through BitVM and application layer innovations.  

As for Bitcoin liquidity, this translates into issuing synthetic assets backed by native Bitcoin as collateral, such as wrapped Bitcoin or a stablecoin.

The research team has already proved BitVM works on Bitcoin mainnet. Next up:

• Build production-ready Bitcoin bridge
• Maximize the capital efficiency of the collateralized BTC via integration with the staking layer to generate rewards
• Move from theory to application

Why it matters:

• Safe BTC liquidity is the missing piece of BTCFi.
• Safety (trustless and non-custodial) is the most important factor in enabling Bitcoin to work at scale.
• Enables lending, trading, and RWAs on Bitcoin without custodial risk.
• Makes Bitcoin usable across chains without it ever leaving the Bitcoin Network.

Q1 2026: Bitcoin Liquidity Applications Go Live

The final piece of the puzzle: power and fuel the crypto economy with native BTC liquidity.

Why it matters:

• Trustless BTC liquidity will become programmable.
• Users can earn rewards, lend, or use BTC as collateral directly.
• BTCFi will become a complete, circular economy.

Why You Should Care

BTCFi is becoming real.
The Babylon ecosystem roadmap gives Bitcoin a new life, not just as a store of value, but as the engine of on-chain finance.

In short:

• For Bitcoin holders: the Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol makes your Bitcoin a working asset (rewards, collateral, lending, stablecoin, etc).
• For BSNs: getting Bitcoin aligned (security, liquidity, users).
• For developers: participate in on-chain BTCFi powered by BTC security, BTC liquidity and EVM.
• For Babylon Genesis: everything happens on Babylon Genesis, which enables Babylon Genesis to generate protocol revenue.

And all of it, trustless.
No counterparty risks. No compromises.

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