Babylon, Gomining to Activate 1,000 BTC via Trustless Vaults
Babylon Labs and Gomining will let holders lock up to 1,000 BTC in Babylon’s trustless vaults and earn native mining rewards without wrapping, bridging or giving up custody.
Babylon Labs and Gomining announced an integration that allows bitcoin holders to lock up to 1,000 BTC in Babylon’s Trustless Bitcoin Vaults and earn native bitcoin mining rewards from Gomining without wrapping, bridging or transferring custody.
Under the arrangement, users place BTC into Babylon’s Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV), which keep bitcoin on the Bitcoin blockchain under programmatic rules. From those vaults, holders can programmatically borrow and self-commit the locked funds to Gomining’s mining products. Gomining pays rewards in native bitcoin from its mining yields while the underlying coins remain on the Bitcoin network.
Babylon describes the vault rules as enforced at the protocol level rather than by a centralized operator. The companies said the initial rollout will target up to 1,000 BTC, roughly $82 million at current prices, committed through the TBV system. Users do not wrap their BTC into a token, move it across chains, or hand custody to a third party.
Babylon has built its staking protocol around onchain ownership and self-custody. The company currently holds 56,853 BTC in staking vaults, about $5.64 billion at present prices, making it the largest Bitcoin staking protocol by total value locked. Babylon also raised $15 million from a16z crypto in January 2026 to develop Bitcoin collateral infrastructure.
Gomining operates industrial-scale mining capacity and will supply the native bitcoin yield that vault participants receive. Payouts are tied to Gomining’s operational rewards and occur in bitcoin rather than in synthetic tokens or bridged assets.
The announcement notes the integration aims to offer yield opportunities without requiring users to trust custodians or cross-chain bridges, both of which have been linked to large industry losses in the past.
David Tse, co-founder of Babylon, called the integration an extension of TBV within a Bitcoin-aligned ecosystem. Mark Zalan, Gomining’s chief executive, said the partnership brings infrastructure to bitcoin holders who prioritize self-custody.
The companies described the TBV integration as an initial program with potential to scale. Participants can expect onchain enforcement of vault rules, native bitcoin payouts tied to Gomining’s mining yields, and retention of their private keys and custody arrangements.
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