Gm Stackers
Momentum is building around native Bitcoin Staking, and the market is making it clear there's real demand for this product. A major launch partner signed on, and Q2 grants are back open for builders. Let's dig in.
😋 Stacks Snacks
Bitflow's Dylan makes the case for why Bitcoin Treasuries Need Bitcoin Bonds. With Strategy just selling 32 BTC to cover a dividend, it's a compelling argument for making treasury BTC productive instead of selling it.
UTXO will enter Bitcoin Staking on Stacks. As a launch partner targeting native BTC yield, it's proof institutions want productive Bitcoin without handing over their keys.
Q2 2026 Grants are open. The Stacks Endowment is backing builders advancing Bitcoin-native finance across DeFi & perps, RWAs, agentic apps, and privacy. Not sure what to build? Their curated requests for projects map the real gaps across all four themes.
👀 Other Tasty Content
Castle Labs lays out how Stacks solves Bitcoin's capital problem. Most BTC earns nothing, and the yield options that exist force you to give up custody, wrap, or bridge off mainnet. Their take: Proof of Transfer turns miner BTC bids into native yield, so your coins stay on L1 and the incentives line up end to end.
Spotting our orange self in Tier 2 of House of Chimera's "L2 by TVL" Orbit. Self-custodial Bitcoin Staking is how we climb to #1 👀
Happy stacking, Stackers 🟠
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