Babylon Genesis 2025 roadmap announced: multiple stake and EVM Testnet launching this summer, Mainnet starting in Q4.

Key Points: The Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon Genesis has released its 2025 technology roadmap, aimed at completing the core staking infrastructure and laying the foundation for BTCFi native applications (such as lending, trading, and stablecoins).

📅 2025 Summer Testnet Milestone:

1. Multi-Staking Testnet: Supports a single BTC position to provide security for multiple networks simultaneously. The first integrated objects include Optimism, Arbitrum and other Ethereum Rollup chains as well as multiple Cosmos chains.
2. EVM Testnet: Developers can directly deploy DeFi applications on Babylon Genesis using familiar Ethereum development tools.

🚀 Q4 2025 Mainnet Upgrade:

• Multi-staking feature and EVM support officially launched on the mainnet.
• Supporting upgrades: RPC optimization, faster block time, IBC, and LayerZero cross-chain integration.
• BTCFi dApp Ecosystem Launch: Babylon Genesis will serve as the Bitcoin Native DeFi Execution Layer, with the first batch of BTCFi Decentralized Applications settling in.

🔬 Parallel Research and Development: BitVM Native Bitcoin Liquidity Layer

• Babylon Labs is leveraging BitVM technology to develop a native Bitcoin liquidity layer, aiming to achieve trustless cross-chain BTC applications.
• The first practical application is expected to be launched in Q1 2026.

📊 Project Status and Token Performance:

• Babylon Genesis officially launched in April this year, becoming the first Layer-1 blockchain secured by native Bitcoin staking (its self-custody BTC staking feature was introduced in Phase 1 last August).
• Leading TVL: According to DefiLlama data, Babylon is currently the second-ranking restaking protocol by TVL, with locked assets reaching $19.81 billion, second only to EigenLayer.
• BABY Token Dynamics: Gate.io market shows that BABY is currently priced at $0.04898, driven by the release of the roadmap, up 5.48% in the past 24 hours.