Key Highlights: Stacks outpaced Rootstock by $5.7 million at the close of the third quarter, generating $448,000 in quarterly fees—more than double Hemi’s $208,000 and Merlin’s $181,000. Growth was driven by the July 2026 PoX-5 hard fork, which launched mainnet Bitcoin staking and attracted approximately 735 $BTC alongside 493 million staked $STX. DeFi activity on ...
Key Highlights BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A. has rolled out institutional Bitcoin staking in partnership with Stacks, enabling qualified custody clients to earn BTC rewards while maintaining custodial custody. Participants must commit an STX position worth 5% of their staked Bitcoin value for a lockup duration of approximately six months, targeting an annual yield of ...
Key Highlights: Babylon Labs and HashKey Cloud have announced an integration featuring Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) for institutional clients. The integration enables HashKey Cloud users to leverage native Bitcoin as collateral to borrow stablecoins and participate in yield strategies. Through TBV, capital can be borrowed via Aave v4 directly without the requirement to bridge or ...
Stacks’ expanding role in Bitcoin DeFi could strengthen demand for $STX, positioning the token as a higher-potential, higher-risk Bitcoin investment. Its investment case depends on…