# Stacks Snacks

> Bite-sized weekly 'best-of' newsletter covering the Stacks Ecosystem.

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## Posts
- [🍿 The First Bitcoin Yield Is Trickling In](https://stackssnacks.com/p/the-first-bitcoin-yield-is-trickling-in): The Genesis Bond is producing its first BTC rewards, Stack Sats puts 3 BTC on the table, and capital is already at work across Stacks DeFi.
- [🍿 The Genesis Bond Is Live: Institutions Begin Bitcoin Staking](https://stackssnacks.com/p/the-genesis-bond-is-live-institutions-begin-bitcoin-staking): After years of building, institutions can finally put their Bitcoin to work without ever leaving Bitcoin.
- [🍿 Bitcoin Staking Arrives: The Genesis Bond Starts Next Week](https://stackssnacks.com/p/bitcoin-staking-arrives-the-genesis-bond-starts-next-week): Self-custodial Bitcoin Staking goes live on Stacks, 21Shares joins the inaugural institutional cohort, HashKey joins as sBTC signer, and STX lists on Bullish.
- [🍿 15 Days to the Genesis Bond as the Institutional Pieces Line Up](https://stackssnacks.com/p/15-days-to-the-genesis-bond-as-the-institutional-pieces-line-up): HashKey joins the first institutional cohort, BitGo, Fordefi, Ankr, and The Tie build out the infrastructure, and the Genesis Bond is two weeks out.
- [🍿 24 Days to the Genesis Bond & Stacks Lands on Bloomberg Terminals](https://stackssnacks.com/p/24-days-to-the-genesis-bond-stacks-lands-on-bloomberg-terminals): Bitcoin Staking is weeks away, Stacks joins Blockworks' disclosure framework on Bloomberg, and Bitflow tops $6B.
- [🍿 Genesis Bond Locked In for September, Restaking Holds Strong](https://stackssnacks.com/p/genesis-bond-locked-in-for-september-restaking-holds-strong): The Genesis Bond is scheduled for reward cycle 143 in September, 88% of STX restaked after the fork, and Stacks holds DeFi's cheapest BTC borrow rates.
- [🍿 Meet DeGrants Cohort 4, and a Restake Reminder](https://stackssnacks.com/p/meet-degrants-cohort-4-and-a-restake-reminder): DeGrants Cohort 4 is here, Stacks makes its case as Bitcoin's capital market, and a reminder to restake your STX.
- [🍿 PoX-5 Is Live, the Foundation for Bitcoin Staking](https://stackssnacks.com/p/pox-5-is-live-the-foundation-for-bitcoin-staking): Stacks activated the PoX-5 hard fork, restaking is open, and Zest, Ryder, and sBTC all shipped alongside it.
- [🍿Bitcoin Staking Vote Passes, Hard Fork Set for ~July 29](https://stackssnacks.com/p/bitcoin-staking-vote-passes-hard-fork-set-for-july-29): Bitcoin Staking cleared its community vote, the testnet is up, and mainnet activation is just days away.
- [🍿Bitcoin Staking Vote Is Passing, Bitflow Hits $5B](https://stackssnacks.com/p/bitcoin-staking-vote-is-passing-bitflow-hits-5billion): Governance is saying yes to Bitcoin Staking, Bitflow blows past $5B, and the analysts are catching on to stBTC.
- [🍿Bitcoin Gets Its Staking Moment with stBTC](https://stackssnacks.com/p/bitcoin-gets-its-staking-moment-with-stbtc): StackingDAO announces liquid staking with stBTC, UTXO makes its case for self-custodial yield, and the SIP vote is nearly here.
- [🍿USDCx Brings Agent Payments to Bitcoin & STX Joins the COIN50](https://stackssnacks.com/p/usdcx-brings-agent-payments-to-bitcoin-stx-joins-the-coin50): USDCx powers agent payments on Bitcoin, STX lands in the COIN50, and the Treasury Committee shares its Q2 update.
- [🍿Leather Goes Multi Wallet, Exclusive Fireblocks Webinar](https://stackssnacks.com/p/leather-goes-multi-wallet-exclusive-fireblocks-webinar): A Fireblocks deep dive, multi wallet with Leather, and a Community Town Hall you won't want to miss.
- [🍿Fireblocks Goes Live for Institutional Bitcoin DeFi](https://stackssnacks.com/p/fireblocks-goes-live-for-institutional-bitcoin-defi): 2,400+ institutional clients can now reach Bitcoin DeFi directly and Q2 grants stay open through June 26.
- [🍿The Market Wants Productive Bitcoin](https://stackssnacks.com/p/the-market-wants-productive-bitcoin): The market is making the case for productive BTC: fresh research, a new launch partner, and Q2 grants back open for builders.
- [🍿Zest Hits Binance, PoX-5 SIP Draft & Stacks Takes Paris](https://stackssnacks.com/p/zest-hits-binance-pox-5-sip-draft-stacks-takes-paris): The first Bitcoin Staking draft lands on the forum, $ZEST lists on Binance Futures, and the team pitches institutions for Bitcoin Staking at Proof of Talk.
- [🍿UTXO Management Goes First on Bitcoin Staking](https://stackssnacks.com/p/utxo-management-goes-first-on-bitcoin-staking): UTXO Management to become the first institutional participant in Bitcoin Staking on Stacks. Plus Hermetica fills more hBTC capacity, Zest takes native BTC, and Tenero maps out the $1.5T flywheel.
- [🍿$ZEST TGE, Bitcoin Staking Benefits, Bitcoin Yield's Q1 Report](https://stackssnacks.com/p/zest-tge-bitcoin-staking-benefits-bitcoin-yield-s-q1-report): $ZEST is officially live, 7 unique features of Bitcoin Staking, and Bitcoin Yield drops their first quarterly report on Stacks.
- [🍿Self Custodial Bitcoin Staking (Whitepaper) is Here](https://stackssnacks.com/p/self-custodial-bitcoin-staking-whitepaper-is-here): The Bitcoin Staking whitepaper is live, $ZEST tokenomics, and Bitflow's HODLMM exits beta.
- [🍿Stacks 2026 Roadmap, a Saylor Shoutout, Getting Paid to Borrow BTC](https://stackssnacks.com/p/stacks-2026-roadmap-a-saylor-shoutout-getting-paid-to-borrow-btc): Saylor called out Hermetica on stage at BTC Vegas, 2 Stacks apps ranked in the top Bitcoin yield strategies, and the Stacks roadmap is officially live.
- [🍿 A BIG WEEK ON STACKS](https://stackssnacks.com/p/a-big-week-on-stacks): Hermetica Launches hBTC, USDCx lands on Allbridge Core, Bitflow Hits $1B, Stacking DAO hits a new ATH, Zest says 🔜