Babylon (BABY)
Unlock Schedule
Babylon (BABY) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of October 25, 2026, 4.93 billion BABY have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date. Over the next 12 months it releases 3.33 billion BABY (1.12 billion of them estimated) mostly from Early Private-Round Investors — 30.5% of Initial Supply and Ecosystem Building — 18% of Initial Supply, worth about $44.5 million at today's price (67.43% of the market cap). Today's release is 141.38 million BABY (52.97 million of them estimated) from Advisors — 3.5% of Initial Supply, Early Private-Round Investors — 30.5% of Initial Supply, Ecosystem Building — 18% of Initial Supply, PoS Network Staking Rewards, R&D and Operations — 18% of Initial Supply and Team — 15% of Initial Supply.
The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
Supply and distribution
BABY began with an initial supply of 10 billion tokens. Babylon’s documentation lists annual inflation at 5.5%, reduced from the original 8% rate. Because the network issues staking rewards, the initial supply is not a fixed lifetime limit. The published allocation assigns 30.5% to early private investors, 18% to ecosystem building, 18% to research and operations, 15% to the team, 15% to community incentives, and 3.5% to advisers. The investor, team, and adviser allocations have scheduled monthly unlocks running from May 2026 through April 2029. (docs.babylonlabs.io)
What BABY does
BABY has three established jobs on Genesis. It pays for transactions and smart-contract execution; it can be delegated to validators to help secure the chain; and it gives holders a voice in on-chain governance. Staked BABY holders can vote on network decisions, while BTC stakers do not gain Genesis governance votes from their BTC stake. Both groups can receive BABY rewards for their security roles. (docs.babylonlabs.io)
The network also offers co-staking. A participant stakes BTC with a finality provider and BABY with a validator, connecting both positions through the same BABY address. Co-staking adds a reward mechanism for people contributing both kinds of stake. Its purpose is to align participation in Bitcoin-backed finality with participation in Genesis consensus. (docs.babylonlabs.io)
Upcoming BABY Releases
| Period | Allocation | Type | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 – 31, 2026 | Early Private-Round Investors — 30.5% of Initial Supply | Vesting, researched | 19.1M | $256K |
| Ecosystem Building — 18% of Initial Supply | Vesting, researched | 12.9M | $173K | |
| R&D and Operations — 18% of Initial Supply | Vesting, researched | 12.9M | $173K | |
| PoS Network Staking Rewards | Issuance, estimated | 11.1M | $148K | |
| Team — 15% of Initial Supply | Vesting, estimated | 9.4M | $125.9K | |
| Advisors — 3.5% of Initial Supply | Vesting, estimated | 2.2M | $29.4K | |
| Total, next 12 months | 3.3B | $44.5M | ||
Values at $0.013 per BABY (October 25, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Releases continue after September 2027. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below. Releases without dates are listed under Allocations.
Assumptions
Babylon began with 10 billion BABY allocated to community incentives, ecosystem work, operations, investors, the team and advisors. Published unlocks cover the Foundation budgets through April 2028 and monthly investor, team and advisor installments through April 2029; network staking rewards continue without a supply cap. Airdrop amounts and some recipient schedules are estimates or remain unquantified, and the timing of Foundation spending is open. The chart separates the genesis mint from unlocks and distributions, while estimating changes in network supply between dated totals; cumulative burns could not be verified.
- Binance Marketing Campaign Lock — 1.216% of Initial Supply: Timing not yet established.
- Ecosystem Building — 18% of Initial Supply: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- R&D and Operations — 18% of Initial Supply: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Foundation Social Airdrop: Timing not yet established.
- 1. https://docs.babylonlabs.io/developers/babylon_genesis_chain/chain_information/
- 2. https://docs.babylonlabs.io/guides/overview/babylon_genesis/baby_tokenomics/
- 3. https://babylon.foundation/blogs/baby-tokenomics-guide
- 4. https://babylon.foundation/blogs/babylon-phase-2-launch-official-announcement
- 5. https://babylon.foundation/blogs/babylon-early-adopters-airdrop
- 6. https://www.binance.com/en/research/projects/babylon
- 7. https://forum.babylon.foundation/t/inflation-reduction-and-the-introduction-of-co-staking/718
- 8. https://babylonlabs.io/blog/babylon-genesis-bi-weekly-digest-september-12---september-25
- 9. https://babylonlabs.io/blog/babylon-genesis-bi-weekly-digest-august-2---august-14
- 10. https://www.coingecko.com/
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 3 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $4.6M open interest
 Binance (CEX) | 1.7M | 76K/87K |
 HTX (CEX) | 813K | 1.1K/680 |
 OKX (CEX) | 627K | 35K/34K |
Binance (CEX) | 312K | 2K/1.8K |
 Kraken (CEX) | 264K | 10K/20K |
Binance (CEX) | 162K | 8.7K/8.6K |
 Bybit (CEX) | 155K | 29K/27K |
 Gate.io (CEX) | 114K | 42K/36K |
 Bitget (CEX) | 88K | 34K/47K |
 MEXC (CEX) | 70K | 56K/85K |
OKX (CEX) | 24K | 75K/77K |
 KuCoin (CEX) | 8.6K | 3.3K/16K |
Kraken (CEX) | 3.6K | 5.9K/5.1K |
OKX (CEX) | 3.2K | 811/695 |
Allocations
Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.
Estimated from the last observation onward: about 1,579,962 per day (48,090,093 per month), the rate between the observations of 15 August 2026 and 8 October 2026.
Description
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Babylon is a standalone layer-1 blockchain designed to use Bitcoin for securing decentralized networks. It enables Bitcoin holders to stake their coins directly, maintaining self-custody, and provides fast, secure staking and checkpointing for other blockchains.
| Sector: | Liquid Staking |
| Blockchain: | Other L1 |
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 3 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $4.6M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 1.7M | 76K/87K |
HTX (CEX) | 813K | 1.1K/680 |
OKX (CEX) | 627K | 35K/34K |
Binance (CEX) | 312K | 2K/1.8K |
Kraken (CEX) | 264K | 10K/20K |
Binance (CEX) | 162K | 8.7K/8.6K |
Bybit (CEX) | 155K | 29K/27K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 114K | 42K/36K |
Bitget (CEX) | 88K | 34K/47K |
MEXC (CEX) | 70K | 56K/85K |
OKX (CEX) | 24K | 75K/77K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 8.6K | 3.3K/16K |
Kraken (CEX) | 3.6K | 5.9K/5.1K |
OKX (CEX) | 3.2K | 811/695 |