The past few weeks have been packed with progress across the Stacks ecosystem. At Token2049 Singapore, Stacks leaders shared how Bitcoin treasury companies are turning to Stacks to make their BTC productive, while new integrations, liquidity milestones, and developer initiatives continue to strengthen the Bitcoin Layer 2 landscape. Here’s a look at the latest highlights driving Stacks innovation forward.
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The “Productive Bitcoin Treasury Companies” Thesis for Stacks was unveiled at Token2049 Singapore, outlining how Bitcoin treasury companies face increasing pressure to generate yield — and how Stacks serves as the yielding layer for their Bitcoin.
Rena Shah at Token2049 highlighted how public treasury companies operate a step above ETFs, with the ability to make their Bitcoin productive through Stacks.
Muneeb Ali at Token2049 discussed the massive potential of Stacks’ upcoming self-custodial sBTC, empowering Bitcoin holders to earn yield on their capital while maintaining full control of their BTC.
Stacks Asia Foundation Executive Director Kyle Ellicott at Token2049 described the relationship between BTC and STX as the “holy grail” for the global economy, underscoring the synergy between Bitcoin as hard money and Stacks as its programmable layer.
DEX Screener integrated Stacks, marking another milestone for the leading Bitcoin layer.
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Block performance improves to 95.7% of blocks arriving within 5 seconds, with 31.9% finalizing within 2 seconds.
DoraHacks launches a double hackathon initiative for Stacks developers, expanding opportunities to build on Bitcoin.
StackingDAO surpasses 100 million STX in TVL through its liquid stacking protocol, marking a major milestone for Bitcoin yield on Stacks.
Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali meets with the Pakistan Finance Minister to discuss Bitcoin and the Stacks ecosystem.
Bitcoin perpetual DEX Velar deploys an additional $1 million in liquidity to meet surging demand for Bitcoin-based perpetuals.
Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and 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, decentralized asset. Learn more here.