This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 15 Nov 2024
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Yesterday, the Stacks Foundation officially announced a new campaign that will start revealing leading organisations in their respective crypto field to adopt, embrace, or support sBTC. The first organisation will get revealed on November 19. Check out the full list of dates on the landing page.
Now, let’s dive into the other Stacks ecosystem news 👇️
🍿 Stacks Snacks
The Stacks Foundation launches the Best & Brightest Bitcoin campaign, with top Bitcoin organisations embracing sBTC.
EasyA, Hiro Systems, and the Stacks Foundation host a hackathon at Harvard University, with the most Bitcoin projects launched in one weekend.
Velar introduces Velar Labs, a launchpad for Bitcoin startups.
ALEX counts down the days to its Surge campaign, a new initiative to earn ALEX rewards.
Grayscale shares deep dive on Bitcoin L2 Stacks.
Skullcoin reintroduces on-chain gaming to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
😋 Other tasty content
Bitflow asks the community which Runes they want to see scaled on Bitflow.
Stacks Asia Foundation Executive Director Kyle Ellicott joined the Staking Rewards Summit ‘24 in Bangkok.
Jack Niewold shares podcast episode with Stacks Asia Foundation Exec. Director Kyle Ellicott about building on Bitcoin.
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Hermetica releases upgrade to the USDh user experience.
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Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.
This Week’s News & Stories - Sat, 23 Nov 2024
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Hey Stackers! Core developers have exciting updates on both Stacks Nakamoto and sBTC. While sBTC is now live on the primary testnet, core developers at Bitcoin L2 Labs are working on optimizing Stacks Nakamoto for lower latency and higher bandwidth. These efforts are running in parallel, with the first Nakamoto release targeted for December 16. Let’s dive into this week’s news bites for Stacks!
🍿 Stacks Snacks
CoinFlip, the #1 Global Bitcoin ATM Network Is Making Programmable Bitcoin More Accessible with Stacks
Stacks Core Devs from Bitcoin L2 Labs share exciting progress in optimizing the Stacks Nakamoto release for higher bandwidth.
Core Developers share sBTC now live on primary testnet, with Signers and builders getting onboarded next week.
The Leading Crowdsourced Security Platform in Bitcoin and Beyond, Immunefi, joins the Best & the Brightest on Stacks with upcoming “Attackathon” event.
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ALEX officially kicks off ALEX Surge campaign with 12,000,000 ALEX in rewards.
Listen to a Stacks space with Stacks Foundation Executive Director Mitchell Cuevas and CoinFlip CTO Jeff Tong talk about the ways Stacks can integrate with the largest crypto ATM.
Hermetica’s stablecoin USDh launches on Zest.
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Coinbase shares details on Coinbase Coin 50 INDEX, including leading Bitcoin L2 Stacks.
👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!
Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.
This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 29 Nov 2024
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Big moves in Bitcoin L2 innovation! With major improvements to the Stacks Nakamoto release boosting throughput scheduled for mid december, and sBTC now live on testnet, the Stacks core developers are achieving significant milestones. To mark these advancements, Bitcoin L2 Labs has unveiled the exciting sBTC launch plan along with a native BTC reward program designed to reward early adopters. Let’s dive into the highlights from this week!
🍿 Stacks Snacks
This post covers the sBTC launch plan, detailing the rollout strategy and what users can expect during each phase of the rollout.
Bitcoin Frontier Fund joins Best & Brightest as the leading Bitcoin accelerator & fund, announcing plans to invest in teams building with sBTC.
Bitcoin Frontier Fund, BitcocinFi, Sats Ventures, Asymmetric, and Thunder Funder are the first 5 names added to the Buidl Battle hackathon organised by the Stacks Foundation.
Bitcoin L2 Labs shares details on an sBTC rewards program to earn native BTC yield.
Velar announces the STX<>stSTX stableswap pool live on their DEX.
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MarketVector shares details on the distribution and weights of assets included in the Coinbase 50 Index, with Stacks claiming the #22 spot.
STX was trending on X for at least two consecutive days.
The Stacks Developers Community shares all winners of the EasyA Stacks Harvard Hackathon.
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Stacks made mainstream news, with Tatiana Koffman reporting on Stacks on the Schwab Network.
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Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.
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This Week’s News & Stories - Sat, 07 Dec 2024
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After Immunefi, CoinFlip, and Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Portal Ventures announces its plans to back sBTC as part of the sBTC Best & Brightest campaign. Meanwhile, we’re closing in on the launch of sBTC deposits, unlocking Bitcoin’s nearly 2 Trillion market opportunity. Let’s dive into this week’s Stacks snacks!
🍿 Stacks Snacks
Leading Pre-seed VC Firm Portal Ventures plans to back sBTC.
Stacks is ranked fourth on top projects list by BrokerScore, scoring 8.1 out of 10.
Portal Ventures General Partner Catrina Wang releases thesis on STX.
Hermetica’s stablecoin USDh sees an all-time-high APY with 35%.
The ALEX Surge campaign continues to excite the tokenized communities on Stacks.
Bitcoin L2 Labs releases a new Stacks Tech Update including achieved milestones and rollout for sBTC.
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Bitcoin Builders Hackathon Buidl Battle shared the first VCs and judges attending the event, with Dan Held, Muneeb Ali, Elizabeth Olson, and many others.
What is your favourite Stacks App? Vote for the annual Stackies Awards!
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Vote for Stacks as the crypto project of the year by Coinage.
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Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.
This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 20 Dec 2024
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BTC is live on Stacks Mainnet! The first step towards a decentralized, on-chain Bitcoin economy has begun. Currently, 922 of the 1,000 BTC cap has been deployed. This sBTC newsletter special covers everything you need to know!
🍿 Deploy sBTC Snacks
Leather wallet: introduces its Leather Earn page to natively get sBTC and start earning Bitcoin rewards, without the need for STX thanks to sponsored transactions.
Bitflow: launches its Runes AMM, scaling Runes with sBTC.
Bitflow: STX/sBTC Pool live. Earn up to 70% APY* + Points.
Velar: STX/sBTC Pool live. Farm up to 40% APY* + Extra VELAR token rewards.
ALEX: aBTC/sBTC Pool live. Farm & earn extra ALEX tokens via the Surge campaign.
Zest: sBTC lending & borrowing live. Supply sBTC for the Stacks Market & earn 12,5% APY* + Points.
Hermetica: Use sBTC as collateral to borrow USDh on Zest & stake it on Hermetica for up to 25% APY* + Points.
Granite: whitelist opened for early access to its sBTC Liquidity protocol & Points program for future rewards.
Xverse: integrates sBTC on day one, promoting the rewards program to Runes and Ordinals users.
Leather: introduces mobile wallet, opening waitlist.
*APY figures reflect recent DeFi app reports and may vary; not guaranteed.
😋 Tasty sBTC Adoption
Builders Watch: register for the next large Bitcoin hackathon. Build with sBTC.
sBTC Count: 922 BTC moved to Stacks via sBTC!
Ankr: The #1 Provider of Bitcoin-Secured, Physical Infrastructure.
Fordefi: First MPC Wallet to Fully Support Bitcoin DeFi, Joins Cohort of sBTC Backers.
Travala: The #1 Bitcoin and Crypto Travel Booking Portal.
AIBTCDev does the first sBTC AI driven transaction.
X: Stacks / sBTC was #1 trending on X for Business & Finance.
👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!
Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.