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The Genesis Bond is now weeks away, and the institutional signals keep stacking up. Let's dig in.
😋 Stacks Snacks
24 days out: the Genesis Bond brings the first self-custodial Bitcoin yield mechanism live. It opens with limited BTC capacity reserved for institutions, and staking pools like StackingDAO come online right alongside it.
Stacks' TTF report is now on Bloomberg Terminals, adding Stacks to Blockworks' industry standard disclosure framework.
Tune into Muneeb with Emon Motamedi from the Solana Foundation on a decade of building on Bitcoin and what the cycles teach you.
Bitflow crossed $6 billion in trading volume. Moving in and out of native Bitcoin happens on Stacks.
📆 Coming Up
Catch up on the latest news, launches, and updates with next week’s Monthly Ecosystem Update, Aug 27 at 10 AM ET.
Muneeb heads to the HashKey Cloud x Cactus Custody event next week for the future of Bitcoin yield, and then to BTC Asia to connect with institutional leaders on Bitcoin-native finance.
👀 Other Tasty Content
Esbee DAO is open for deposits on testnet, letting you stake sBTC as a self-organized pool.
Alex Miller joined SALT's Wyoming Blockchain Symposium this week, connecting with institutional leaders and representing Stacks.
A fresh reintro worth reading: Why Stacks, Why STX. With almost all Bitcoin sitting idle onchain, Stacks is built to close the gap between holding BTC and earning on it.
Happy staking 🟠
Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts. It enables 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, and decentralized asset. Learn more here.