Clarity smart contracts up 60% QoQ, BRC-20, and more

This week we’re sharing out Messari’s latest report on all things Stacks (for Q1 2023), a bunch of BRC-20 news, updates from ALEX, Xverse, and more.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Messari’s Q1 “State of Stacks” report is out now

• Messari research compares Stacks within top 15 crypto blockchains

• Hiro Wallet re-introduced its Stacking hub, Lockstacks 

• Stacks & Xverse partner with UniSat marketplace for BRC-20 trading

• Total of 1.6 Million $LUNR burned re: minting of Nakamoto 1 Android NFTs

• Hiro shares 101 on transferring BRC-20 tokens via their wallet

• Register for Bitcoin Startup Lab (less than 2 weeks left!)

• Scaling BRC-20 with sBTC

• Xverse reopens Stacking, now continuous + no manual restacking.

• Bitcoin secured NFT creator "The Artist" launches free stealth NFT collection

😋 Other tasty content

• Trust Machines: What is the RGB protocol on Bitcoin?

• Trust Machines: What is the Blockchain Trilemma and how does it work?

• Gamma: Ordinals on Bitcoin - art that will live on

• Trust Machines: BRC-20 Token Standard vs. ERC-20: What’s the Difference?

• Trust Machines: How BRC-20 Token Standard Makes the Case for Bitcoin Layer 2s

_{This newsletter is curated by the Stacks Ecosystem Comms Working Group.}