Transforming Bitcoin into a Productive Asset
Institutional
Bitcoin Staking
top funds
Staked in TVL
testnets
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Non-custodial
Stake while maintaining full control via qualified custodians or self-custody
BTC with rewards
Turn idle Bitcoin into a reward-generating asset
Trustless by Design
No wrapping, bridging, smart contracts, or third-party risk
Meet the Team
Co-Founders

David Tse,
Co-founder of Babylon.
Celebrated Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. The inventor of the legendary 3G, 4G, 5G proportional-fair scheduling algorithm.

Fisher Yu,
Co-founder of Babylon.
Renowned Cryptography and Security Expert. Before Babylon, Fisher built and sold a decentralized media system to Dolby.
Institutional Partnerships Team

Boris Alergant
Ex-Ripple, Ex-JPMorgan Executive.

Bin Ren
Serial Entrepreneur, Former CIO of Systematic Investment Group at Brevan Howard.

Theo Chapman
Entrepreneur,
former founder of an institutional staking firm.
$10B+
Bitcoin Liquidity
100k+
Active Wallets
100+
DeFi Integrations
$5B+
Bitcoin Collateral
Frequently Asked Questions
The Bitcoin Taproot network upgrade in 2021 laid the technical foundation for the Babylon BTC staking solution. By leveraging Bitcoin Tapscript and Schnorr signatures, it enables institutional investors to stake BTC in a technologically secure way as it does not require wrapping or moving of Bitcoins to another chain. It enhances accountability, security, and efficiency through innovations such as:
- Extractable One-Time Signatures (EOTS): Holds validators accountable by enabling slashing of violators.
- Signature Aggregation: Optimizes on-chain data size, reducing transaction costs.
- Adaptor Signatures: Enables atomic slashing ensuring that no single stake can be targeted unfairly.
This architecture mitigates counterparty risks for stakers, providing a robust solution for institutional investors.
Babylon’s Bitcoin staking protocol enables BTC holders to stake trustlessly on the Bitcoin Network by using Tapscript spending conditions to eliminate intermediaries for bridging or wrapping your BTCs. For institutional investors, BTC is staked through:
- A qualified custodian wallet account, or
- A self-custody wallet.
This means there is no risk of comingling with other staker’s Bitcoins.
A BTC wallet can support staking if it has the following capabilities:
- To build Bitcoin Tapscript
- To spend Bitcoin Taproot (P2TR) UTXOs
- To support Schnorr signatures
A BTC wallet that is upgraded with Taproot should already have all the capabilities above. Otherwise, additional software libraries that support the above have to be integrated with the existing wallet.
The list of custodians is consistently expanding. Today, four custodians are providing staking.
- Anchorage Digital
- Ceffu
- HexTrust
- Cobo
When one stakes BTCs, the BTCs are delegated to a Finality Provider (FP) node by specifying its public key. The FP node validates blocks on a Babylon Secured Network (BSN). The FP node has no control over your staked BTCs and cannot stop you from unstaking a.k.a. unbonding whenever you want (after expiry of the unbonding period). For this service, an FP node charges a commission while the remaining rewards are passed directly to the staker.
Slashing Penalties:
- If the Finality Provider (“FP”) where a stake is delegated acts maliciously by double-signing blocks, the staked BTCs could be partially slashed.
- The slashing percentage is a small percentage of the stake.
- We encourage all institutions to run their own Finality Provider to better manage and reduce this risk.
- Contact Babylon to find out more about the process to become a Finality Provider.
Token Exchange:
- FPs can validate various Bitcoin Secured Networks (“BSNs”) and will potentially receive token rewards for providing security to such networks. Exchange of such tokens into BTC or other assets will depend on the liquidity and availability of those assets.
Unbonding Periods:
- There is a waiting period (“unbonding period”) before you can withdraw your BTC after unstaking, which could temporarily limit your ability to access your Bitcoins . Currently, the unbonding period is 7 days, and may be reduced in the near future.
Technical Risk:
- Babylon is a novel protocol and the only one of its kind. Testnet has been operational for less than a year. Despite this fact, over $5.5B of BTC has been staked.
- The codebase has been audited by the following entities:some text
- Coinspect: Audit Report and Audit Report 2
- Zellic: Audit Report
- Cantina: Through a public security campaign, researchers and engineers reviewed the code and reported bugs and issues for bounties. Campaign Report
Rewards are intended to be generated on a per block basis (~every 10 mins.). The exact frequency and method of reward distribution can vary based on the specific staking program, BSN, and platform through which you participate. It's advisable to consult the terms of the specific staking initiative for detailed information.
Yes, you can now stake BTC in the US.
There is no guaranteed or preset fixed reward for validating BSNs . Any rewards received by a staker would depend on multiple factors including the chosen FP nodes and their commission rates, as well as the BSNs secured by such FP nodes, and the token rewards paid by such BSNs.
Delegating stake to FPs has commissions. Most range between 3-5% of rewards earned. You can find a list of delegators and commissions here.
You can monitor your rewards on the Babylon Bitcoin staking dashboard.
Yes, staking is live on testnet with Mainnet expected to launch in Q1 of 2025.