Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 5:00pm ET
Hosted by: Rena COO at Stacks Endowment
Duration: ~55mins
Recording: X space link
1. Agenda Overview
- Endowment Updates
- Community Q&A Sessions
- Next Steps
2. Key Meeting Highlights
Endowment Updates
- Midway through Q1:
- Preparing for the 2026’s first Treasury Committee meeting in the Caymans.
- Treasury Committee (TC) office hours scheduled next week for community feedback. X space link.
- TC Announcement / Full TC forum post
- Grants Program:
- Launched a few weeks ago, receiving a mix of applications from longtime Stacks builders and newcomers.
- Application period closes on March 13, with the award list to follow.
Community Q&A Sessions
- Abraham (BTCFIARCHITECT): Partnership inquiries and grant application feedback
- Building a Bitcoin DeFi education app for mobile onboarding. Seeking feedback.
- Rena confirmed applications will be reviewed by the full team with direct feedback provided.
- Blocklift (Blocklift_stx): Developer assistance for education project
- Building a blockchain-integrated school operating system in Nigeria.
- Needs smart contract developer assistance; referred to Stacks Labs DevRel team.
- Emmanuel (Emmanuel178565): Token and partnership questions
- Inquired about STX token and upcoming TGEs.
- Rena provided information on STX token and teams (such as Hermetica, Zest, StackingDAO, Bitflow) to check with for TGEs.
- Hunter (RETNUH_3): Community support
- Expressed support for the Stacks community. One of the best community he’s joined!
- Jon (jorniks): Liquidity provider inquiries
- Asked about crypto-to-crypto and fiat conversion options.
- Rena mentioned Bitflow DEX aggregator and OnRamper supports 150+ countries
- David (daveifiok): Grant eligibility concerns
- Asked about eligibility for new developers.
- Rena confirmed grants open to all builders, directed to “Getting Started” track.
- Daniel (DeFiDaniel): Involvement opportunities and current Stacks activities
- Longtime Stacks fan, even met Stacks Team in last Bitcoin Conf.
- Asked about current Stacks activities and involvement opportunities.
- Rena: Stacks is Bitcoin’s scaling “rails” (DeFi, sBTC, dual stacking, payments).
- Suggested making a Forum post to introduce himself and his project ideas to connect with others.
- Paper2screen (paper2screen): Grantee transition planning and technical advisor needs
- DeGrants Cohort 3 grantee; asked about transition planning and technical advisor needs.
- Rena confirmed you can apply whenever grant application window open quarter to quarter.
- Referred to Stacks Forum and upcoming accelerator program.
- Urbned (Urbnedofficial): Stablecoin integration for cross-border payments
- Met with Ileana at recent Lisbon event.
- App already processed $500K volume, 600+ users.
- Inquired about stablecoin integration for cross-border payments.
- Recommended USDCx via bridge.stacks.co/usdc/eth/stx.
- For Off-ramp partnerships through Stacks Labs BD team: Jonas
Next Steps
- Next Endowment Office Hours:
- Scheduled for next Monday on X with full Treasury Committee.
- Grant Applications:
- Partnership Inquiries:
Resources & References
Call to Action
- Join the next Stacks Endowment Office Hours:
Participate in weekly discussions and collaboration. Share your project, ask questions.
Check the → Stacks Events Calendar for schedule.- Monday 2nd March 12pm ET on X space - Set Reminder
- Apply for Grants:
Submit your application by March 13 to be considered for the current quarter.