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Babylon Labs Advances Aave Governance Proposal for Native Bitcoin Collateral
A proposal submitted to Aave’s governance forum outlines a method for using native Bitcoin as collateral in Aave V4 without relying on wrapped tokens or central custodians.
Babylon Labs presented a proposal to Aave’s governance forum on October 14 to introduce native Bitcoin as collateral for Aave V4 lending markets. The system aims to eliminate the need for centralized custodians or standard wrapped tokens by utilizing Taproot-based Trustless Bitcoin Vaults directly on the Bitcoin network.
Under the proposed design, locked Bitcoin would generate restricted accounting units within a segregated Aave market, allowing borrowers to access stablecoins while keeping the underlying collateral bound by Bitcoin-side conditions. Aave's proposed hub-and-spoke framework is intended to isolate risk factors from other assets on the platform.
The plan remains at the Request for Comment stage and must undergo technical reviews, risk parameter assessments, and subsequent governance votes. Community members have already raised questions concerning emergency pause mechanisms and the control structure of the vault infrastructure during market volatility.
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