The Bitcoin restaking platform Lombard raised $16 million in seed funding led by the venture firm Polychain Capital.

比特币再抵押平台Lombard通过风险投资公司Polychain Capital领投融资，筹得1600万美元的种子资金。

Additional participants in the fundraise include BabylonChain, Inc., dao5, Franklin Templeton, Foresight Ventures, Mirana Ventures, Mantle EcoFund and Nomad Capital, among others.

融资的其他参与方包括BabylonChain, Inc.、dao5、Franklin Templeton、Foresight Ventures、Mirana Ventures、Mantle EcoFund和Nomad Capital等。

Lombard will use the financing to grow out the Bitcoin restaking ecosystem alongside Babylon, a Bitcoin staking protocol. Once a user stakes Bitcoin via Babylon, Lombard issues the liquid and yield-bearing representation of staked Bitcoin using the token LBTC to unlock liquidity.

Lombard将利用融资来扩展比特币再抵押生态系统，与比特币抵押协议Babylon共同发展。用户通过Babylon抵押比特币后，Lombard将使用代币LBTC发行抵押比特币的流动和收益代表，以释放流动性。

Lombard intends to integrate LBTC across Ethereum DeFi protocols later in the year, according to a company release.

根据公司发布的消息，Lombard计划在今年晚些时候将LBTC整合到以太坊DeFi协议中。

"Our investment in Lombard demonstrates our belief in its potential to add immense value to the Web3 ecosystem by unlocking Bitcoin’s latent potential. Our commitment to Lombard represents a deeper belief in the leverage Bitcoin can have in catalyzing growth across the whole Blockchain space," said Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee in a statement.

Polychain Capital创始人Olaf Carlson-Wee在一份声明中表示：“我们对Lombard的投资表明我们相信它有潜力通过释放比特币的潜在价值，为Web3生态系统增添巨大价值。我们对Lombard的承诺代表了我们对比特币在催化整个区块链空间增长方面的深刻信念。”

The crypto-focused venture firm Paradigm led a $70 million fundraise for Babylon on May 30, which saw participation from Polychain as well as Bullish Capital, Hashkey Capital and others.

以加密货币为重点的风险投资公司Paradigm于5月30日领导了对Babylon的7000万美元融资，Polychain以及Bullish Capital、Hashkey Capital等公司参与其中。

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