Gm Stackers 🟧
📰 Bitcoin Staking Whitepaper
Last week we dropped the Bitcoin Staking whitepaper. This week we published the 7 institutional grade features that make it different. If you read one thing this week, make it this.
😋 Stacks Snacks
$ZEST is officially live. Listed across big name exchanges, season 1 airdrop is out, and the $ZEST ( ▲ 17.56% ) / $STX ( ▲ 3.98% ) pool on Bitflow did $1M+ in swap volume in the first 24 hours, turning capital 14x its TVL.
Bitcoin Yield dropped their quarterly report on Stacks. Stackers earned an estimated 9.27 BTC in Q1 through Dual Stacking alone. The report covers which products attracted the most capital, how the top 4 compare, and what to watch next. The report was also featured on Bitcoin.com.
👀 Other Tasty Content
Big week for Stacks coverage. Three independent reports dropped: Stacy Muur broke down the value of STX with Bitcoin Staking, Rand Group dug into how $1.57T in idle Bitcoin actually starts earning, and DeFi Warhol did a full ecosystem dive on why Stacks is the top project that held up after the L2 hype dried up.
Rena Shah from the Stacks Endowment joined The Tie's Innovator Series on what crypto products will actually see long term traction.
SIP-031 grantee Skullcoin just shipped Strike's first onboarding wave as a new gaming experience on Stacks.
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.