This Week: the sBTC Testnet Program is in full motion with users currently testing different sBTC functions and soon trying out sBTC in DeFi applications for the first time. Meanwhile, sBTC Resident Andre Serrano highlights a major milestone for the Nakamoto Release.
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Andre Serrano shares the first major milestone to launch Nakamoto on Mainnet. Learn more about this milestone here.
Stacks Multisig Asigna surpasses $100K in TVL.
Bitcoin startup accelerator program Bitcoin Startup Lab extends the application deadline to November 30.
Xverse wallet highlights next Stacking cycle to roughly start within the next 10 (now 7) days.
Jenny Mith releases Decentralized Grants launch information, with submissions closing November 19.
Bitcoin DeFi protocol ALEX lets community vote for ALEX Bridge transformation into XLink.
😋 Other tasty content
Kyle Ellicott sat down with sBTC Resident Andre Serrano to discuss all things sBTC. Listen to the full conversation here.
Gamma is hosting the Nolcha Shows during Art Basel Miami Art Week on December 7th together with Xverse, Stacks and Trust Machines.
House of Chimera publishes deep dive on why Bitcoin needs a layer 2 solution like Stacks.
DeFi protocol ALEX summarizes several updates for their finance layer for Bitcoin.
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