Bitcoin Miami, Stacks 2.4, ALEX does BRC-20, $10B in trading, and more

We’re back this week with more hits from a big week in Miami, the next Building on Bitcoin event, news from the Stacks art world, more Stacks milestones, and more.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Stacks 2.4 was released, re-enabling Stacking for Cycle 60!

• ALEX introduces permissionless listings for BRC-20 tokens

• STX reached $10B in cumulative trading volume & 65,000 deployed smart contracts

• Stacks Foundation puts up 12 BTC & 250k STX for key infrastructure

• Bithumb (#2 exchange in Korea) adds STX

• Gamma debuts Ordinals alley at Ordinals conference ‘23

• Stacks Founder addresses a recent Blockworks report on Stacks

• Taproot + Gamma hosted “Make Bitcoin Magical Again”

😋 Other tasty content

• MattySTX drops a thread on BRC-20’s

• BNS Review, Q1 2023 courtesy of the BNS Working Group

• A new sBTC website has been spotted!

• A guide to Stacks via @FlagshipFYI

• What’s happening with BRC-20, Ordinals, and Stacks?

• This week in sBTC: Bitcoin Miami 2023

• HireVibes breaks down how Stacks aligns w/Satoshi’s early thoughts

• USV (early Stacks backer) to 'double-down' on web3 investing

• Foundation blog: Stacks creators’ new exhibit at W Hotel

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