In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with David Tse, Co-Founder of BabylonChain, to explore a bold idea: using Bitcoin to help secure a broader decentralized world — without wrapping, bridging, or handing your coins to a third party.

David breaks down BabylonChain’s approach to Bitcoin staking and why it matters: enabling bitcoin holders to earn yield on otherwise idle BTC while maintaining self-custody. Instead of bridging BTC to another chain, users lock their bitcoin in a self-custodial way to obtain the rights to help validate Proof-of-Stake chains and earn rewards in return — with the goal of minimizing trust assumptions at every step.

We also talk about BabylonChain’s origin story, what it takes to build through both technical complexity and market cyc ...