Finally, $ATOM buybacks are coming! ⚛️
Injective will provide $USDC for the whole ecosystem for at least 4 years. This fixes the mess after Noble left.
A portion of the fees will be used to buy back $ATOM.
Big win for the Hub. More details coming soon. 👀
INCOMING STACKING REWARDS 🪂
6.27 BTC was just distributed to 9645 wallets in Stacking Cycle #132.
Stacking rewards come directly from Stacks' Proof of Transfer consensus mechanism — real Bitcoin yield, no wrapped tokens.
In everything you do in this crypto space.
Just make sure you have an @xverse wallet or @LeatherBTC wallet with at least 10 STX @Stacks in it.
Don't say you were never told!.
Curious about what Pharos is building and trying to learn more as early as possible.
Also been following some smaller voices sharing good insights:
@pharos_insights @chainminds_xyz @defi_nomad
Here is your fast-pass to "Stake before the Stake" 📍
Pharos is dropping 500 exclusive whitelist spots via @layer3 for sailors who move the fastest, to enter the Stake before the Stake: Pharos Genesis Stage
👇 Here’s why you don’t want to miss:
INCOMING STACKING REWARDS 🪂
7.37 BTC was just distributed to 9,620 wallets in Stacking Cycle #131.
Stacking rewards come directly from Stacks' Proof of Transfer consensus mechanism — real Bitcoin yield, no wrapped tokens.
Promised a full breakdown on @Stacks.
Here it is.
Quick recap if you missed the last post:
Stacks has paid out users 3,700+ BTC, avergaing 10% APY through its Stacking mechanism.
Now, they're building the first Self-custodial Bitcoin Staking.
You hold your own BTC, earn yield in BTC, and the more STX you commit as staking capacity, the higher your yield goes.
Let's take a look at the ecosystem powering it ↓
1️⃣ DeFi
@bitflow is the main DEX. They launched HODLMM, a concentrated liquidity engine built for Bitcoin. The play is BTC/USD trading on Bitcoin rails instead of routing through Ethereum or Solana. Shipped first week of March.
@ZestProtocol handles lending and borrowing with over $80M in TVL. Bitcoin supplied, Bitcoin yield paid out, and a clean liquidation record with zero bad debt so far. They're also supporting borrow markets for Circle's USDCx.
@HermeticaFi has USDh, a Bitcoin-backed stablecoin, and is now shipping hBTC, a Bitcoin Earn Vault. One-click deposit, non-custodial, all profits convert back to BTC.
Circle chose Stacks as the only Bitcoin L2 for native USDC through xReserve. Not wrapped, but natively issued.
StackingDAO offers liquid staking for STX with yield paid in sBTC.
2️⃣ Institutions
The infrastructure institutions already use is plugged in:
→ Fireblocks: institutional Bitcoin DeFi workflows
→ BitGo: qualified custody for BTC and sBTC
→ Grayscale: STCK trust live on OTC markets
→ Fordefi: SOC 2 Type II execution, EY audited
→ Figment: enterprise staking, Stacks node operator
→ Blockdaemon: node infra, sBTC signer
→ 21Shares: regulated ETP with built-in staking rewards
→ Nansen: onchain analytics
→ Wormhole: cross-chain liquidity starting with Solana and Sui
→ Coinbase 50 Index inclusion
→ Asymmetric Research: independent security analysis
→ Immunefi: ongoing bug bounty programs
Most Bitcoin L2s don't have a single one of these. Stacks has all of them live.
At Token2049 Singapore, @muneeb talked about hedge funds and Bitcoin treasury companies actively looking at Stacks for BTC yield.
That conversation is already happening.
3️⃣ AI Agents
@aibtcdev has 140+ autonomous AI agents on Stacks earning BTC. Trading on Bitflow, making pay-per-request API calls through x402, building onchain reputation.
It's early. But agents earning and transacting in BTC through Stacks is live, not theoretical.
4️⃣ The Data
→ $545M sBTC TVL across 7,400+ holders
→ DeFi TVL in STX up 120.8% QoQ, daily transactions up 153.5% YoY
→ Highest new account creation since 2023 in February 2026
→ Dual Stacking ranked #1 BTC yield strategy paying out in BTC
No other Bitcoin L2 has the yield, the infrastructure, and the data to back it up. Stacks does.
Stacks is growing Bitcoin.
Disclosure: I hold $STX
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Why @grvt_io stands out:
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Let's do this.
We're launching a 1,000 STX bounty on
@zeroauthdao. 10 winners, 100 STX each.
The task: Spread the word about our upcoming USDCx campaign with up to $10k in STX prizes.
INCOMING STACKING REWARDS 🪂
7.3540 BTC was just distributed to 9,473 wallets in Stacking Cycle #128.
Stacking rewards come directly from Stacks' Proof of Transfer consensus mechanism — real Bitcoin yield, no wrapped tokens.