ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi

🟧 Building Bitcoin DeFi Since 2021

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

💧 ALEX AMM: Create Your Own Pool 💧

Over 25 AMM pools are live on ALEX, with several offering fee rebates above 15% 👀

Want to launch a new pool? Here’s how 👇

1️⃣ Fill out this short survey 🔗 https://t.co/gN1LwQVEdX
2️⃣ The ALEX team will review your request and share a link to the new "Add Liquidity" page
3️⃣ Provide at least 1,800 STX in token value on each side of the pool
4️⃣ Once liquidity is added, the pool will go public and open for trading

Create new AMM pools with any token currently or previously listed on ALEX today! 🪙

[tycho.btc @TychoOnnasch]

The flywheel in @Stacks Bitcoin Staking is elegant, and it gets stronger as the network earns fees from Bitcoin DeFi.

Users stake BTC to secure the chain, earn BTC yield, and lock STX supply in the process.

This new STX utility as staking capacity results in increased demand, which in return drives up the BTC yield from miner spend.

This pulls more demand for STX as staking capacity.

What will give the flywheel real momentum is network fees, and fees come from capital being used on-chain.

Securing the chain lays the foundation. Putting that secured capital to work is what builds the activity on top of it.

This is where an stBTC comes in. The BTC staked to secure the chain would otherwise sit still, and stBTC keeps it productive the whole time it stakes.

That liquid BTC becomes collateral on @ZestProtocol, gets looped for leverage, and trades on DExes, and the underlying yield is BTC-on-BTC.

The deeper effect is that this sets a floor for BTC yield across the entire Stacks chain. Any BTC posted as collateral on Stacks can be looped back into staking, so the staking yield becomes the baseline every other strategy builds on top of.

That floor is why Stacks Bitcoin DeFi can offer BTC-on-BTC yields no other ecosystem can match. Every time that stBTC moves through Stacks DeFi it generates fees, and those fees are what keep the wheel accelerating.

So the staking design secures the chain, and stBTC is what makes it compound.

[stacks.btc @Stacks]

Stacks is now live on @FireblocksHQ.

2,400+ institutional clients can now reach Bitcoin DeFi directly: lending, trading, and BTC yield using the custody infrastructure they already trust.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

📅Reminder: Two weeks until TGP 2024 Claims Grace Period Ends ⏲️

As approve by governance vote, the final 30-day grace period for remaining TGP 2024 claims runs from June 1 to July 1.

After this period, TGP 2024 will formally close. 🔗https://t.co/Ofz2kAibAw

TGP 2025 obligations have already been fully discharged.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

Implementing End of Emissions, Token Buyback & Burn, Closure of TGP

Following approval of the ALEX governance proposal, the next steps are as follows:

🔸 End of Emissions
Farming and staking rewards will conclude at Cycle #409, 32 cycles from the current Cycle #377. After this point, no new $ALEX will be issued.

🔸 TGP Wind-Down
A final 30-day grace period for remaining TGP 2024 claims will run from June 1 to July 1. After this period, TGP 2024 will formally close. TGP 2025 obligations have already been fully discharged.

🔸 Buyback & Burn
Approximately 1.49M STX remains unclaimed in the TGP treasury, subject to reduction as additional claims are made during the grace period. Following TGP closure, these funds, together with future protocol revenue after essential operating expenses, will be used to buy back and burn $ALEX at market prices.

This marks ALEX’s transition from an inflationary token model to a deflationary one.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

🚨 Attention ALEX Users: Brotocol is Moving to a New Settlement Layer 👇

❗️Please peg out all $aBTC or $aUSD on Stacks before July 15 📅

Key dates and next steps:

• Peg-ins for aBTC and aUSD are now paused
• Stacks-based aBTC and aUSD holders should initiate peg-outs before July 15, 2026 at UTC
• Peg-outs are now processed manually in weekly batches
• The Solana migration is expected to be ready in Q3 2026

If you hold $aBTC or $aUSD on Stacks, please initiate your peg-out before the July 15 deadline to remain within the standard wind-down process.

After this date, peg-outs will no longer follow the standard process. Late requests will need to be handled directly with the Brotocol team on an ad hoc basis.

Assets remain backed and recoverable, but post-deadline processing will be manual, slower, and more operationally heavy.

Please plan accordingly and see the full article for details.

[Brotocol @Brotocol_xyz]

https://t.co/OW092fxiUJ

[muneeb.btc @muneeb]

Thoughts on Stacks (blockstack:native) and markets:

- The four year cycle stays true. Bitcoin highs are muted but lows also likely muted.

- The AI models discovering bugs issue is real. Flight to safety will be a trend to watch.

- Bitcoin stayed simple with verifiable and transparent supply. All additional functionality can be built on top.

- Stacks optimized for safety and went for a decidable language (Clarity). Safety will end up being *the* thing to optimize for.

- There is likely going to be one maybe two Bitcoin L2s that take all/most of the traffic.

- After Bitcoin gets a quantum upgrade, depending on new signatures, Bitcoin bandwidth will likely decrease by 50%-97%; highlighting increased need for L2s.

- Bitcoin staking is a $100B+ market with increased demand for BTC on BTC yield coming from institutions and DATs.

- Stacks has seen two cycles before (1) mainnet launch (BTC smart contracts), (2) Nakamoto launch (speed & sBTC), now we’re working on (3) Bitcoin Protocol Bonds launch that unlocks the largest market yet.

- Last year, the ecosystem restructured for operational efficiency plus a new treasury. Stacks Labs is well funded, laser-focused, and hyped up about the new launch.

- Stacks is Lindy in crypto & Bitcoin at this point. Largest Bitcoin project by marketcap & active devs for 5 years. When BTC starts to recover, so will STX but as higher beta.

- Bitcoin might reach $150K-$250K next cycle (halving is early 2028) which is a 3-4x, Stacks is more in the 20-50x range given higher beta history and upcoming catalyst of Bitcoin Protocol Bonds. (Not financial advice and more on protocol bonds later).

- In the chart below, there were only three times in history for lowest entry points. Before mainnet when everything was unproven, before Nakamoto, and now.

- The upcoming SIP for protocol bonds launch will likely get accepted, with good feedback from community to drop/adjust the boosted rewards period (I support adjusting/removing this variable.)

We’re buying here and then patiently waiting next 6-months for protocol bonds to go live, markets to bottom out, and our thesis of Bitcoin as the king asset with a thriving on-chain BTC economy to play out. Let’s go! 🟧

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

Implementing End of Emissions, Token Buyback & Burn, Closure of TGP

Following approval of the ALEX governance proposal, the next steps are as follows:

🔸 End of Emissions
Farming and staking rewards will conclude at Cycle #409, 32 cycles from the current Cycle #377. After this point, no new $ALEX will be issued.

🔸 TGP Wind-Down
A final 30-day grace period for remaining TGP 2024 claims will run from June 1 to July 1. After this period, TGP 2024 will formally close. TGP 2025 obligations have already been fully discharged.

🔸 Buyback & Burn
Approximately 1.49M STX remains unclaimed in the TGP treasury, subject to reduction as additional claims are made during the grace period. Following TGP closure, these funds, together with future protocol revenue after essential operating expenses, will be used to buy back and burn $ALEX at market prices.

This marks ALEX’s transition from an inflationary token model to a deflationary one.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

🗳 ALEX Governance Proposal Passed ✅

The community of ALEX holders have overwhelming approved the ALEX Governance Proposal: End of Emissions, Token Buyback and Burn, Close of TGP ☑️

Finals Results:
✅ Approve: 91%
❌ Disapprove: 9%

What this means 👇
🔸 Full Proposal 🔗 https://t.co/WtUzhsfyYc
🔸 ALEX emissions will conclude, date and details to be announced.
🔸The formal closure of the 2024 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2024); and the confirmation that all obligations under the 2025 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2025) have been fully discharged
🔸The introduction of a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism to be announced.

Thank you to all community members and voters for your participation in shaping the future of ALEX.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

⌛️ Less than 12 Hours to Vote 🗳

Final call to vote for ALEX Governance Proposal: End of Emissions, Token Buyback and Burn, Close of TGP 🔗https://t.co/WtUzhsfyYc

Current results:
✅ Approve: 91%
❌ Disapprove: 9%

Proposal Summary:

🔸 The conclusion of ALEX community emissions

🔸The formal closure of the 2024 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2024), subject to a governance vote; and the confirmation that all obligations under the 2025 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2025) have been fully discharged

🔸The introduction of a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism

🗳 Vote Page 👉 https://t.co/7tfd4PfbGM
⏳ Voting Opens: May 17, 02:00 UTC
⌛️ Voting Closes: May 31, 02:00 UTC

💬 Discussion Channel: https://t.co/lRNgJQ0mtQ…

Make your voice count, be sure to cast your vote while there's time.

https://t.co/WtUzhsfyYc

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

3️⃣ Days Left to Vote 🗳️

We're nearing the end of voting for ALEX Governance Proposal: End of Emissions, Token Buyback and Burn, Close of TGP 🔗https://t.co/VHZCzdxQS6…

Current results:
✅ Approve: 79%
❌ Disapprove: 21%

Proposal Summary:

🔸 The conclusion of ALEX community emissions

🔸The formal closure of the 2024 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2024), subject to a governance vote; and the confirmation that all obligations under the 2025 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2025) have been fully discharged

🔸The introduction of a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism

🗳 Vote Page 👉 https://t.co/7tfd4PfbGM
⏳ Voting Opens: May 17, 02:00 UTC
⌛️ Voting Closes: May 31, 02:00 UTC

💬 Discussion Channel: https://t.co/lRNgJQ0mtQ…

Make your voice count, be sure to cast your vote while there's time.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

⌛️ 21 Hours Left to Join Cycle #377 Rewards ⌛️

Less than 21 hours remain to the join the next rewards cycle 🔗https://t.co/qg1r7KMDG0 🧑‍🌾

Current Farming Yields + Fee Rebate for cycle #377 👇
$ALEX - $WELSH 86% APR
$aBTC - $aUSD 89% APR
$ALEX - $LEO 50% APR
$STX - $ALEX 28% APR
$ALEX - $LiALEX 18% APR

Fees and yields are dynamic and can change up to the last moment.

🐶 $WELSH @Welsh_Community remains strong in second place with a combined rewards of 86% 🔥

🐱 $LEO @LeoCoinSTX coming in third combined 50% APR. 👀

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

@cryptofronts Answered here

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

To clarify: the Option 1 → Option 2 switch window for TGP 2024 closed on 8 June 2025, so moving to Option 2 is no longer an available path. Holders remain in whichever option they're currently in.

On the STX itself, recovered STX is claimable now via the recovery page, independent of the vote. The unclaimed STX remaining in the TGP treasury is what this proposal would address: if the vote passes, a 30-day grace period would follow, after which any residual unclaimed STX would be redeployed for the $ALEX buyback and burn. CEX recovery efforts have concluded.

We'd encourage everyone to check the recovery page for any claimable STX: https://t.co/Ofz2kAiJq4

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

7⃣ Day Left to Vote 🗳️

We're halfway through voting for ALEX Governance Proposal: End of Emissions, Token Buyback and Burn, Close of TGP 🔗https://t.co/WtUzhsf18E

Current results:
✅ Approve: 92%
❌ Disapprove: 8%

Proposal Summary:

🔸 The conclusion of ALEX community emissions

🔸The formal closure of the 2024 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2024), subject to a governance vote; and the confirmation that all obligations under the 2025 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2025) have been fully discharged

🔸The introduction of a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism

🗳 Vote Page 👉 https://t.co/eARiyAPCLm
⏳ Voting Opens: May 17, 02:00 UTC
⌛️ Voting Closes: May 31, 02:00 UTC

💬 Discussion Channel: https://t.co/eOEWOkusm5

Make your voice count, be sure to cast your vote while there's time.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

To clarify: the Option 1 → Option 2 switch window for TGP 2024 closed on 8 June 2025, so moving to Option 2 is no longer an available path. Holders remain in whichever option they're currently in.

On the STX itself, recovered STX is claimable now via the recovery page, independent of the vote. The unclaimed STX remaining in the TGP treasury is what this proposal would address: if the vote passes, a 30-day grace period would follow, after which any residual unclaimed STX would be redeployed for the $ALEX buyback and burn. CEX recovery efforts have concluded.

We'd encourage everyone to check the recovery page for any claimable STX: https://t.co/Ofz2kAiJq4

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

🟧 ALEX Governance Proposal: End of Emissions, Token Buyback and Burn, Close of TGP🗳

📖 Full Proposal 🔗 https://t.co/pES4tLIZ1g

Subject to governance vote approval, the ALEX Lab Foundation proposes:

🔸 The conclusion of ALEX community emissions

🔸The formal closure of the 2024 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2024), subject to a governance vote; and the confirmation that all obligations under the 2025 Treasury Grant Program (TGP 2025) have been fully discharged

🔸The introduction of a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism

🗳 Vote Page 👉 https://t.co/eARiyAPCLm
⏳ Voting Opens: May 17, 02:00 UTC
⌛️ Voting Closes: May 31, 02:00 UTC

💬 Discussion Channel: https://t.co/eOEWOkusm5

Make your voice count, be sure to cast your vote. ✅

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

⌛️ 29 Hours Left to Join Cycle #376 Rewards ⌛️

Less than 29 hours remain to the join the next rewards cycle 🔗https://t.co/JpvfuvBC9U 🧑‍🌾

Current Farming Yields + Fee Rebate for cycle #376 👇
$ALEX - $WELSH 77% APR
$aBTC - $aUSD 96% APR
$ALEX - $LEO 52% APR
$STX - $ALEX 37% APR
$ALEX - $LiALEX 18% APR

Fees and yields are dynamic and can change up to the last moment.

🐶 $WELSH @Welsh_Community remains strong in second place with a combined rewards of 77% 🔥

🐱 $LEO @LeoCoinSTX coming in third combined 37% APR. 👀

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

@ZestProtocol Congrats to the Zest team! 👏

[Zest Protocol @ZestProtocol]

$ZEST, the native token of Zest Protocol, is officially here.

$ZEST is now listed across exchanges and season 1 airdrop is live.

It's the starting point in the next chapter of Zest Protocol’s growth.

[ALEX 🟧 No. 1 Bitcoin DeFi @ALEXLabBTC]

⌛️5 Hours Left to Join Cycle #374 Rewards ⌛️

🏆 94% APR for $ALEX - $WELSH pair 🤩

Less than 5 hours remain to the join the next rewards cycle 🔗https://t.co/qg1r7KM5Qs 🧑‍🌾

Current Farming Yields + Fee Rebate for cycle #374👇
$ALEX - $WELSH 94% APR 🥇
$aBTC - $aUSD 64% APR🥈
$ALEX - $LEO 31% APR🥉
$STX - $ALEX 26% APR
$ALEX - $LiALEX 17% APR

Fees and yields are dynamic and can change up to the last moment.

🐶 $WELSH @Welsh_Community leading the memecoin pack with a combined rewards of 94% 🔥

🐱 $LEO @LeoCoinSTX solid right behind with a combined 31% APR 👀

[stacks.btc @Stacks]

Hold BTC. Earn BTC. That's what Bitcoiners want.

Today we're publishing the Bitcoin Staking whitepaper.

Self-custodial. BTC-denominated yield.

Here's what it is and why it matters 🧵