The Stacks Foundation is launching a Residence Program to help community members go full-time on Stacks.

Residents will be funded for up to 1 year to pursue longer-term projects (such as research, large scale development, entrepreneurial experiments, etc.) aimed at advancing the ecosystem.

Learn more about the program and nominate, propose, or a apply to be a resident here:
https://twitter.com/StacksOrg/status/1438083944566726661

Mayor Francis X. Suarez shared this video signing the legislation to accept MiamiCoin generated funds, and usher in a new model for municipal funding!
🌴$MIA is the first CityCoin. 🔌 Powered by Stacks blockchain and secured by Bitcoin!

https://twitter.com/FrancisSuarez/status/1438230032464420867

🥇25 teams graduated from the Stacks Accelerator Demo Day!👋 Meet and learn about the Stacks builders that are unleashing the full potential of Bitcoin: https://lnkd.in/eNFvZ3xH

$STX Ecosystem is scorchinggggg!! 🔥

Catch up with the latest edition of our newsletter!👇
🚀 Stacks Accelerator Demo Day, 25 teams showed us the future on Bitcoin
🌴 Miami accepts MiamiCoin protocol contributions, to put funds to work
👛 Coinbase Custody, a leading option for institutional STX holders is live
🌏 Clarity Universe, 100+ new devs learn to wield smart contracts for Bitcoin
🔌 D'CENT, top Korean wallet brings biometric, Android, iOS options to STX

[https://newsletter.stacks.org/issues/defi-on-bitcoin-charges-ahead-on-stacks-stacks-ac-mia-clarity-universe-735494](https://newsletter.stacks.org/issues/defi-on-bitcoin-charges-ahead-on-stacks-stacks-ac-mia-clarity-universe-735494)

Satoshibles is coming to Stacks (STX) thru an NFT bridge between Ethereum and Stacks Blockchain. This collaboration will allow very first NFT on Ethereum that can be ported over to Bitcoin via Stacks. 🔥

https://satoshibles.medium.com/nfts-on-bitcoin-satoshibles-announce-partnership-with-stacks-blockchain-cdf78df75191

Stacks ($STX) is now listed in the INR market⚡️

You can buy, sell, trade STX/INR on WazirX! 🙌

$STX community is loving Stacks Pop 🍦Do you have one already?

https://twitter.com/axopoa/status/1438233072806371332

The Stacks Foundation is hiring! We're looking for:

📜 Grants Program Manager who loves community
💱 Finance & Ops Administrator who's detail-oriented
🔐 DevOps Engineer with crypto skills
👩‍💻 Full-Stack Engineer who can support integrations

Join us: https://stacks.org/contribute

🌴MIAMIPOOL IS LIVE

Syvita is excited to announce the official launch of #MiamiPool - a smart contract-based trustless system that automates Syvita $MIA mining operations and significantly reduces the risk of pool members losing STX contributions when mining #MiamiCoin.

https://www.craft.do/s/j2QyMYbjo0B4Xo

☝️ The First Bitcoin One-Stop DeFi Service Platform Based on Stacks Secured by Bitcoin is here, ALEX. 💸

ALEX Platform Core Features:

✅ Launchpad for project bootstrap
✅ AMM + order book = DEX
✅ Fixed and variable rate loans with no liquidation risk
✅ DeFi products such as margin swaps and yield farming

https://medium.com/@alexgoBtc/what-is-alex-65efddd990f2

GoSats, a Stacks Accelerator team launched a Bitcoin cashback rewards card in India a while back. Curious about how users are earning yield paid in BTC on all the rewards they’ve accumulated through the app? Stacks Community Member Ethan Tan got you covered with his overview of GoSats in this blog post!👇

https://www.publish0x.com/randommusing/when-shopping-meets-digital-assets-xmmmewg

🌈 The Creator economy is coming to Stacks and SuperFandom is here to make it happen 🚀Soon Celebrities, Influencers, and Creators can connect to their fans by issuing special NFTs secured by Bitcoin which can be VIP access, 1-on-1 collabs, calls, and more.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rare-sense-nft-platform-superfandom-110000225.html

The Second Volume of Inside Clarity Universe is here 🪐

🏖 From a virtual field trip to Miami to learn about CityCoins all the way to deep-dives about time-locked contracts and Proof of Transfer. This week was definitely packed. 👊

https://stacks.org/clarity-universe-vol-2

Session for SIP-009 also known as Stacks Improvement Proposal for Standard Trait Definition for Non-Fungible Tokens is happening at 2pm EST on our Discord Stage 🎙

https://discord.gg/3Q6QBJ3T

🚨Play-to-earn is coming to Stacks and Bitcoin🚨

Moonray just dropped their NFT Presale Passes. FYI. There are 2000 spots, and only a few are left. Grab one now and don't miss it ☝️

https://blocksurvey.io/survey/1JkjyqP72N4yEzANLGq4N1cfpMR6VA4hZX/21ce3e70-9e4b-4d46-a5e1-ca60bc1218d8

$STX went live in the highest liquidity INR market this week. 🇮🇳 Checkout @wazirx for their community activities to celebrate the listing. They've got it all covered. 🪄

https://twitter.com/WazirXIndia/status/1440926416766476288

🚀Another day another trading pair! STX/BUSD is now live in Binance.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/1acb1631e9f34681b4131586d4731448

Hey y’all happy Friday!! We’re continuing to do Stacker Chats with Muneeb in addition to talking to founders building on Stacks. 😊 If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe to the Hiro YouTube channel to stay up to date!! https://twitter.com/gina__abrams/status/1441400794549571586?s=21

🚨 The Stacks Foundation x Boom just dropped their NFT giveaway🚨

FYI. These are not your ordinary minted NFTs. These are Limited Edition Boomboxes, each stacked with 100K STX. Get a chance to win these yielding NFTs by just amplifying Stacks 🧙

✅ 1 entry = 1 action.
✅ i.e., RT our NFT giveaway tweet about Boomboxes

Check how you can have more entry and win these Boomboxes 👇
https://stacks.org/100k-stx-limited-edition-boomboxes-nft-giveaway

🚀 IT IS TIME! We are going live. On Mainnet. October 21. Block height to be confirmed. Apes ready to ape 🦧🔥🚀

Spread the word 👉
https://twitter.com/arkadikofinance/status/1445043532251734018

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🚨If you're a STX Miner, Daemon Technologies just released a big update to stxmining.club, check what they've been up to the past few months 👇

https://daemontechnologies.co/blog/update-october2021