Gm Stackers 🟧
😋 Stacks Snacks
The Stacks roadmap is officially live and a self-custodial Bitcoin Staking whitepaper is dropping in the next few weeks. The ecosystem has been shipping hard and the rest of 2026 is packed 🟧
Michael Saylor namedropped Hermetica during his keynote at BTC Vegas: “Hermetica is doing it”- calling out one of the first onchain projects building with Strategy's $STRC ( ▲ 0.12% ).
👀 Other Tasty Content
A whale just borrowed 5.89 BTC against their collateral to earn up to 8% APY in the hBTC vault. Yep, getting paid to borrow. The Stacks DeFi loop in action.
We know serious Bitcoin holders won't touch DeFi without self-custody. Stacks is building the first Bitcoin Staking product that solves that, with yield paid in BTC.
Bitcoin Yield just dropped their latest rankings and 2 Stacks apps are in the top strategies. Hermetica's hBTC vault is sitting at #1 with 5.59% APY (paid in BTC) and Zest is on the board at 1.63%.
Stablecoins from Solana, Sui, Base, Polygon, and more can now bridge directly to Stacks through Allbridge Core. Check out the list of supported routes.
Happy stacking, Stackers 🟠
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.