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title: "Aave DAO Proposes Native Bitcoin Lending via Babylon Protocol"
type: "News"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286347268.md"
description: "Aave DAO has proposed a governance initiative to create a Bitcoin Spoke in Aave V4 using the Babylon protocol. This proposal aims to enable users to use native BTC as collateral for lending, removing the need for wrapped BTC or centralized custody. The proposal is available on the Aave governance forum and seeks approval to integrate Babylon's native BTC into the V4 lending protocol. It emphasizes the need for a unified approach to Bitcoin lending, leveraging Babylon's infrastructure for a more direct lending mechanism."
datetime: "2026-05-14T02:43:48.000Z"
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# Aave DAO Proposes Native Bitcoin Lending via Babylon Protocol

Aave DAO has initiated a governance proposal to establish a dedicated Bitcoin Spoke in Aave V4, driven by the Babylon protocol. According to ChainCatcher, this initiative aims to allow users to use native BTC as collateral for lending, eliminating the need for wrapped BTC or centralized custody solutions. The proposal, now available on the Aave governance forum, seeks DAO approval to integrate Babylon's native BTC into the V4 lending protocol as a collateral asset. It highlights that Bitcoin is the largest crypto collateral base, yet most on-chain BTC lending relies on wrapped BTC variants, custodial intermediaries, or fragmented BTCfi platforms. Aave V4's architecture plans to leverage Babylon's staking and validation infrastructure to offer a more direct native Bitcoin lending mechanism, integrating fragmented Bitcoin collateral lending into a unified protocol.

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