This week, we’re celebrating multiple milestones in the Stacks community, including the launch of Velar’s AMM! Meanwhile, the Stacks ecosystem is closing in on yet another milestone with the Nakamoto Testnet set to launch on March 25th. An upgrade highlighted by Grayscale, Pantera Capital, Franklin Templeton Digital and many, many others.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Digital assets investment firm Franklin Templeton gives a March 2024 update on Stacks: The Nakamoto Upgrade.

• Velar launches its AMM, now live with STX<>aeUSDC, STX<>sBTC, and more!

• 70,000 people started Stacks developer challenges in the EasyA app.

• Arkadiko officially announces Arkadiko 2.0, introducing a complete vault overhaul, liquid stacking collateral, redemption mechanism, and more.

• MEXC announces Arkadiko’s DIKO to be listed on their exchange.

• StackingDAO crossed $90M TVL, the largest amount locked in a protocol for Stacks.

• Bitcoin Frontier Fund shares its partnership with ALEX and Bitcoin Labs to launch a Bitcoin Launchpad Advisory board.

• Xlink partners with Bifrost Network to bring cross-chain capabilities to the Stacks ecosystem.

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😋 Other tasty content

• BuidlerDAO features the Stacks Nakamoto Upgrade as the next big thing.

• Seoul colors orange! Fid out where you can meet the Stacks community in Seoul during Buidl Asia.

• Not sure what the Stacks Nakamoto Upgrade entails? Zest Founder Tycho Onnasch breaks it down for you.

• Data driven newsletter OurNetwork features Stacks & ALEX.

• Future Stacks Signer Figment does a deep dive on the Nakamoto Release.

• ALEX crosses $1.25 Billion in Total Transaction Volume.