❤️ The Bitcoin Odyssey ❤️

$165M+ in capital from 20+ top VCs to invest in you when you build in the Stacks and Bitcoin ecosystem 🚀

Interested in receiving support for your project and being part of The Odyssey?

👇 Submit here 👇

📰 Okcoin 🤝 Stacks 🤝 Bitcoin 📰

How does Stacks relate to Bitcoin? 🤔
⭐️ Stacks is a way to bring DeFi to Bitcoin without changing Bitcoin’s code
⭐️ Stacks is a smart contract layer-1 protocol that runs on a new consensus mechanism called proof-of-transfer (PoX)
⭐️ PoX implies that Stacks’ security and existence depend on the Bitcoin blockchain

👇 Read the full Okcoin article here 👇

🚀 Stacks Accelerator Cohort 2 🚀
Funding building web3 on #Bitcoin & Accelerating new business models on $STX ✊

The next Stacks Accelerator Cohort will soon show their new business models to the 🌍

Join our Twitter spaces with ⬇️
Kyle Ellicott (Stacks Accelerator, Host), Zero.btc, Muneeb Ali (Stacks Founder), Patrick Stanley (CityCoins)

And Stacks Accelerator Cohort startups ⬇️
⭐️ Aki Balogh, DLC-Link
⭐️ Orlando Cosme, Stacker DAO Labs
⭐️ Ryan Waits, DAO Tooling
⭐️ Kevin Grace, e8 internet

👇 Set a reminder here 👇

🚨 Stacks 🤝 shopping.io 🚨

Breaking: Major eCommerce platform Shopping.io has added support for $STX payments, meaning $STX holders can now use $STX tokens on the world’s largest eCommerce sites like Amazon eBay Walmart & HomeDepot 🚀

Highlights for $STX holders:
⭐️ STX holders can now use tokens for purchases without cashing out
⭐️ STX holders will also be able to enjoy a 2% discount on all orders made using $STX for 30 days

👇 Read more 👇

What Upcoming Updates Are Increasing Stacks' Potential?

Watch Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali, together with Gina Abrams, talk about the new features coming to Stacks and why there's so much potential 🚀🗣

👇 Watch the video here 👇

🚨 Stacks 🤝 Ozys 🤝 Polygon 🚨

The ability to import KLAYTN / POLYGON assets to Stacks on the Sandbox site of Ozys is now available 🙏

⭐️ See the STX TX ➡️ Polygon TX ⭐️

More Details
Assets can be important from KLAYTN / POLYGON to Stacks via Ozys. This means that users can more easily access the Stacks ecosystem, and vice versa. For example, bridge USDA to another ecosystem, while keeping your $STX exposure on-chain ⤵️

🚀 Supporting a chain-agnostic world
🚀 More liquidity to Stacks' ecosystem

📺 Muneeb Ali on Bitcoin Builders Culture 📺

"Stacks is a revival of Bitcoin Builders culture, which has gone down over the last few years" - Muneeb Ali 🗣

1️⃣ The Bitcoin culture is focussed on the money aspect
2️⃣ Stacks agrees & focussed on building on top of Bitcoin

👇 Watch here 👇

[ALEX x OKX AMA]

A gentle reminder that the OKX x ALEX AMA is going live soon in an hour and half! 🚨

Time 👉 June 1st, 11AM UTC / 7PM SGT
Location 👉 https://t.me/OKXBlockdream

Stand a chance to win a share of $100 by leaving your best questions within the tweet. OR, get lucky by being the top 10 quiz winners during the end of the AMA! 🥳

Read rules and post question to this tweet 👉 https://twitter.com/OKX_Ventures/status/1531240711474991104

🚨 WEB3WEEK Starting in 2 hours 🚨

Stacks' free virtual event is starting in about 2 hours 🚀
Haven't registered yet? Set a reminder for the YouTube livestream here 👈

Want to watch a specific talk? ➡️ Check out the schedule here 👈

Any other questions? Drop them below 👇

Enjoy the Web3Week experience 🙏❤️

📺 Web3Week live on YouTube 📺
Stacks NFTs secured by Bitcoin 🚀

Next up during #web3week
1️⃣ Bitcoin NFTs with Brittany Laughlin & Muneeb Ali

After this during #web3week
2️⃣ Alpha Leaks: Getting My First 20 ETH in Profits with Bored Ape holders Mai & Tropo farmer

👇 Watch here 👇

🍊 Zest Protocol on Stacks 🍊
Zest Protocol Offers Bitcoin Hodlers A Simple Way To Generate Passive Income 🚀

✊ Working on Active Bitcoin Liquidity ✊
Bitcoin liquidity lacks producitvity. The good news is that this lack of productivity in Bitcoin is now being addressed with the coming launch of the Zest Protocol on the Stacks blockchain. Zest is delivering on-chain Bitcoin capital markets that allow holders to generate a sustainable yield on their assets through professionally managed lending pools.


👇 Read the full ZyCrypto article 👇

Accelerating the Growth of Stacks' Smart Contract Language, Clarity 🚀
Stacks will host two Clarity events to accelerate the growth of people building on Bitcoin ✊ The events will take place in Miami & New York City. Are you a builder and do you live nearby? Register quickly and become part of the Stacks builders culture!

Miami for Everyone
The Miami for Everyone tech conference + hackathon is open to everyone. The event will kick start a campaign to engage citizens within their own communities to embrace Miami's growing tech opportunities. Register here 👈

New York City - IRL Clarity Workshop
In this workshop, you'll learn to build on Bitcoin, the world's most secure and robust blockchain. Experts will guide you hands-on through the Clarity smart contract language and get you started quickly. Register soon, as space is extremely limited. Register here 👈

📺 A Possible EVM Compatible Hyperchain? 📺

Listen to the latest episode of Stacker Chats with Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali & Stacker Chats host Gina Abrams where they discuss the possibility to make Hyperchains EVM compatible 🗣

👇 Watch the full video here 👇

🔥 The latest Xverse version is now released 🔥

What's new:
- Fixed transaction onFinish and onCancel events in browser.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐭𝐜.𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬
- Locked and available balance now displayed on dashboard
- In-app browser URL bar allows input of IP addresses
- Fixed fungible token names not being displayed properly on dashboard
- Fixed stacking estimated total reward calculation
- Fixed fiat equivalent amount being displayed incorrectly for some fungible tokens

Hyperchains Update: Scaling Solution for Stacks 🚀

Hyperchains come with the promise of high throughput, low latency workloads, so you can build fast and reliable experiences for your users. 📈

TL;DR: Live on Testnet and on target to launch our first NFT use case on Testnet in July 2022!

👇 Read the full Hiro article here 👇

We encourage everyone to join our discord server for updates, discussion, community support and to share feedback on the wallet 👇👇

https://discord.com/invite/8ucAwxHepZ

🚨 Clarity Language: Brand Update 🚨

Today, thanks to the Stacks community, it gets an updated look and feel that better reflects the importance of the language and will serve it well as adoption continues to grow. 🚀

Thanks to the recently appointed Stacks Residents from Whitelabel, Clarity Camp is rapidly expanding to teach thousands of new developers to create smart contracts for Bitcoin. 📈

👇 Read the full article here 👇

((( 👁 Clarity Workshops to Recruit New Builders on Bitcoin 👁 )))

🌆 Miami Workshop & Hackathon
This event provides options for those completely new to the tech industry and are interest in learning more and those that want to participate in a traditional hackathon.

Join the workshop here 👈

🏙 Smart Contracts for Bitcoin IRL Clarity Workshop
In this workshop, you'll learn to build on Bitcoin, the world's most secure and robust blockchain. Experts will guide you hands-on through the Clarity smart contract language and get you started quickly. Previous developer experience is required and you must be able to attend in person.

NYC Workshop 👈

🗽 Stacks 🤝 NFT:NYC 🗽

A quick overview of the events happening during #NFTNYC with Stacks' NFTs secured by Bitcoin 🚀

IRL Clarity Workshop
June 21 & 22

In this workshop, you'll learn to build on Bitcoin, the world's most secure and robust blockchain. Experts guide you hands-on through the smart contract language and get you started quickly. 🚀

👉 Join here 👈

MEGA PARTY - Megapont
June 21

Megapont, joined by Gamma & Creepz, are hosting one of the largest NFT parties at #NFTNYC supporting the adoption of Stacks NFTs 🚀

NFT:NYC talks with Stacks
June 22

⭐️ Louise Ivan, Co-founder of Ryder is speaking: On-Chain NFTs in the Physical Space: Embedding Your Decentralized Identity in Hardware
⭐️ Jamil, Founder of Gamma is speaking: Support him talking about NFTs as the Center of your Digital Identity in Web3.0

Stacks Party: Ghost
June 22

Celebrating the growth of NFTs on #Bitcoin at #NFTNYC 🚀

Incredible seeing Stacks NFTs represented during the largest NFT event in the world ✊

If you are attending, support the Stacks ecosystem and join the events 🙏

Meet the New Startups From Stacks Ventures' Cohort 2 🚀
Builders are gonna keep building, and in a bear market, they can find a tighter community, less noise, and greater focus.

Cohort 2
Last week, the Stacks community got a little bigger. Stacks Ventures hosted a Demo Day introducing Cohort 2 to the world. A new wave of builders just graduated from the Stacks Accelerator program and are ushering in a host of new applications for the Bitcoin economy. Watch the Demo Day recordings from Stacks Ventures below:

📺 Cohort 2 - Day 1 👈
📺 Cohort 2 - Day 2 👈