It’s the natural evolution for Bitcoin to move from a store-of-value only to a productive asset.

Stacks is paving the way with a trust-minimized BTC asset, BTCFi protocols, Dual Stacking, yield vaults, and more.

Building a Bitcoin economy is how we accelerate Bitcoin’s growth.

The best builders and OGs in crypto want to see Bitcoin thrive.

The shoutout from EigenLayer’s founder about Stacks’ growth is proof of that.

Developers are coming back to build on Bitcoin and Stacks is where it’s happening.

https://x.com/sreeramkannan/status/1978520969296937042

Grayscale’s Stacks Trust has now started trading on OTCMarkets under the ticker STCK.

STCK is now the first U.S. public investment product offering exposure to STX.

This is an important step towards a potential Stacks ETF in the future.

https://x.com/Grayscale/status/1981345439992652046

What’s happening on Stacks lately?

• New SIPs introduce sBTC transfers via Bitcoin addresses and Stacking improvements

• Dual Stacking V1 which combines yield for holding sBTC with an STX multiplier is coming this month

• Bitflow HODLMM launches this November

The “State of Stacks H1 2025” report by Messari highlights strong ecosystem progress.

Alongside a new roadmap and growing institutional traction, Stacks saw growth across key metrics from DeFi TVL and transactions to STX revenue.

Read the full report here: https://messari.io/report/state-of-stacks-h1-2025

The best way to attract new Bitcoin builders is to make it easier to build apps on Stacks.

SIP-033 - Clarity 4 introduces key upgrades that make smart contracts faster, more efficient, and easier to build.

Review the SIP, vote, and contribute to @Stacks governance.

https://ballot.gg/4110d783-f95a-4aed-85eb-a0b97324bb3e/18PmM4YrmZeuQV4iwcEnxsV9kUi3VSVRdu

Voting for SIP-033 has concluded, with 99% of votes in favor of Clarity 4.

The community is clearly looking forward to faster execution and a smoother developer experience.

It will become even easier to build Bitcoin apps on Stacks.

Clarity 4 hard fork has been slightly delayed to around November 10–13.

The exact target block will be confirmed early next week.

The plan is to publish the release to network operators on November 3, giving everyone time to upgrade ahead of the hard fork.