Select what genuinely interests you. Your picks feed directly into our editorial planning. Babylon Labs wants Aave V4 to accept real Bitcoin as collateral without that Bitcoin ever leaving the Bitcoin blockchain. The proposal has been in Aave's governance forum since Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Nothing has been decided: this is an ARFC, the stage before the vote. Holders of Aave therefore get a concrete template for the first time showing how much the protocol would earn from Bitcoin collateral.