KuCoin enters into agreement to list Stacks (STX) and increase access to the Blockstack network. https://twitter.com/br_ttany/status/1253290571801780224?s=20

JUST IN: CoinDesk article on Stacks 2.0 testnet: Blockstack is ready to let people try out its new consensus mechanism
https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1253354675589562368

ANNOUNCEMENT: Stacks 2.0 testnet just went live! This marks a major milestone in Blockstack’s work towards Stacks 2.0 mainnet launch and Proof of Transfer (PoX) mining
https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1253383409596092417

Over 200 community members tuned in to today's community town hall. Watch a replay here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/testnet-townhall

CoinDesk covered Blockstack PBC's patent pledge and second patent. Blockstack PBC pledges to use all of its existing patents for defensive purposes only: https://www.coindesk.com/blockstack-pledges-to-enforce-patents-for-defensive-purposes-only

Blockstack PBC has filed its annual SEC report, the most comprehensive report since July 2019. The report, which includes audited financials and ecosystem progress since 2019, reflects an unparalleled level of transparency in crypto: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1255502779856105480

We’re having a public call to go over Blockstack PBC annual report filed with the SEC and general ecosystem updates at 10am ET today. Registration link: https://community.blockstack.org/sec-annual

Blockstack will be part of Consensus Distributed next week. There will be a fireside chat between Muneeb Ali and Nathaniel Whittemore, as well as a multi-part session covering recent ecosystem highlights led by Muneeb, Brittany Laughlin, Xan Ditkoff, and Hank Stoever. Join us on May 12th: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1258049603112448001

The May 8th edition of "This Week in Blockstack" covers all the latest technical and community developments within the Blockstack ecosystem: https://twitter.com/blockstackrs/status/1258897932448866304

To celebrate Bitcoin halving, we released the full PoX paper v1.0. This improves on the earlier draft with a dynamic threshold for consensus participation from STX holders, a native delegate operation to delegate STX to other services for consensus particulation amongst other things. Details in the paper: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1260230643117699074?s=20

JUST IN: The Stacks Foundation has officially launched today in a major step toward decentralization for the Stacks ecosystem.
https://twitter.com/StacksOrg/status/1263544139263561728

JUST IN: Today, Non-US users will be able to trade STX on KuCoin
https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1265498329234001922

The second phase of the Stacks 2.0 testnet is live!: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1268207553080680459

The winners for Part 1 of the Clarity Hackathon have been announced! All of the submissions really showcased the power of Clarity, and we are already looking forward to the results of Part 2: Tooling. A huge congrats to all of the prize recipients, especially PSQ’s Trustless Token Exchange project for landing the Best Overall Contract award. Head on over to the Hackathon site to check out descriptions and Github links for all of the submissions.
https://community.blockstack.org/clarity-winners

From Forbes Crypto: "Blockstack PBC Makes Case for Blockchain Business Model to Wall Street Analysts"
https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1270723113710305293

JUST IN: In a major step toward blockchain interoperability, Blockstack PBC and Algorand are working together on the development of the Clarity smart Contract language.
https://www.coindesk.com/algorand-and-blockstack-are-building-a-multi-chain-smart-contract-language

Blockstack is partnering with Dystopia Labs to launch #FutureProof virtual conference: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1272973804340297729

Coinbase has just released a new, open-source technical integration framework for assets called Rosetta. We're excited about the potential of Rosetta and to be part of the initial set of projects testing the framework: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1273324722252636160

JUST IN: Blockstack makes significant progress towards decentralization with the formation of new entities, including an Asia community entity and an independent investment fund.
https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1275807086803378176

Updated Blockstack Connect JavaScript library comes with brand new authenticator that simplifies user onboarding and sign-in for Blockstack applications. https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1276172923812950017