Reminder: restack your STX before ~August 12 (Bitcoin block 962,050) to keep earning.

Here are quick tutorials based on the pool you are using: https://x.com/Stacks/status/2083267023916662923?s=20

The Genesis Bond officially has a block height 🟧

The bond runs during reward cycle 143, which starts at Bitcoin block 966,350.

→ Opens on Sept ~10
→ Enrollment closes Sept 9
→ First rewards are projected for Sept 17

Starting Bitcoin block 966,350 (~Sep 10) Stacks distributes 1 BTC per month through a 90-day incentive program with Zest Protocol and Bitflow.

Rewards paid in BTC and target DeFi activities:
→ Borrowing USDCx against sBTC and STX
→ Liquidity activity in core USDCx pairs

24 days until the first ever self-custodial Bitcoin yield mechanism goes live with its Genesis bond.

→ Genesis bond: first staking period with limited BTC capacity exclusive to institutions.
→ Staking Pools: Stacking DAO and others will come online.

For a long time, holding Bitcoin meant one thing: buy it and lock it in a hardware wallet.

Now, Institutions want more ways to put Bitcoin to work, and providers like Fireblocks are building the infrastructure to let them.

Stacks already integrates the custody infrastructure institutions rely on and Bitcoin Staking delivers BTC yield without moving Bitcoin out of custody.

That's the shift: idle Bitcoin becoming productive capital, on institutions' own terms.

Bitcoin capital needs to be productive.

→ Earn Bitcoin by providing liquidity on Bitflow
→ Earn Bitcoin by supplying on Zest Protocol
→ Earn Bitcoin by locking in a Hermetica vault

Stacks unlocks the the next phase for Bitcoin.

Stacks' Token Transparency Filing (TTF) is now live on Bloomberg Terminal, reaching 350,000+ terminals worldwide.

This level of transparency has been the standard from the start.

STX was distributed through the first SEC-qualified token offering in US history, and the Grayscale Stacks Trust as the first publicly quoted US product providing exposure to STX.

Every mature asset class has a capital market. Bitcoin's is taking shape on Stacks, with STX as its staking capacity asset. Capital entering that market deserves disclosure standards that match what it already expects elsewhere.

Trusted institutional infrastructure for Bitcoin-native finance continues to grow.

BitGo now supports sBTC, bringing institutional custody and SIP-010 compatibility to the Stacks ecosystem.

As institutions look beyond holding Bitcoin, secure infrastructure is essential.

https://x.com/Stacks/status/2092255484975935543?s=20

Fordefi will support Bitcoin Staking from launch on 10 September, adding institutional-grade custody infrastructure for BTC-denominated yield.

The integration meets the security, compliance, and operational standards institutions already work within.

Another sign that self-custodial Bitcoin yield is becoming the institutional default.

In 15 days, the Stacks Genesis Bond goes live: the first institutional Bitcoin staking bond of the PoX-5 bootstrap phase, capacity-limited.

Meanwhile, Stacking DAO's pooled L2 liquid Bitcoin staking and Zest Protocol's staking vault are coming to STX.

More soon.

HashKey Cloud is joining Bitcoin Staking on Stacks.

The firm has HKD 29 billion staked across more than 40 networks and will participate in the first Genesis Bond, expected around 10 September.

Bitcoin Staking pays yield denominated in BTC, with the underlying bitcoin held on Bitcoin L1.

With Bitcoin Staking, institutions and BTC holders can earn a target 3% APY, self-custodially.

Bond BTC with STX while BTC stays in your wallet and the yield is paid in native BTC.

Model your return under any scenario with the Bitcoin Staking yield calculator:
https://www.stacks.co/bitcoin-yield-calculator

The institutional stack for Bitcoin-native finance keeps filling in.

Stacks integrated with the infrastructure institutions already trust, meeting the security, compliance, and operational standards they require.

This is how asset managers and corporate treasuries start putting Bitcoin holdings to work.

The issuer of the world's largest suite of crypto ETPs is joining Bitcoin Staking on Stacks.

21shares will stake its own Bitcoin treasury in the inaugural institutional cohort, the Stacks Genesis Bond, launching ~September 10.

Bitcoin is becoming a productive asset on Stacks.

STX is now live on Bullish.

One of the largest venues in the world for BTC spot volume just listed the asset powering Bitcoin-native capital markets.

Institutions across 50+ jurisdictions can now access STX where they already trade Bitcoin.

New: Bitcoin staking through the Xverse pool is open.

Pair BTC with STX on Stacks and earn Bitcoin yield on Bitcoin.

Rewards start September ~10 with the first every bonding period for Bitcoin staking.

There is limited capacity available: https://x.com/xverse/status/2096945845568753878?s=20

Self-custodial Bitcoin staking goes live in 3 days.

Anchor participants in the first Genesis Bond include UTXO (a Nakamoto Inc. company), HashKey Cloud, and 21shares.

Not on the whitelist? Pooled Bitcoin staking is open to anyone via the Xverse pool.

Bitcoin Staking on Stacks is officially LIVE.

UTXO Management, 21 Shares, HashKey ,Sypher Capital and Fireblocks are the inaugural participants in the Genesis Bond, the first institutional bonding period.

Institutional Bitcoin now earns native BTC yield while staying on Bitcoin L1.

https://x.com/Stacks/status/2098033754044600628?s=20

Bitcoin has always priced as a passive asset: no income, no yield, just custody and appreciation.

When Ethereum moved to proof of stake, ETH gained a native yield, and the market began pricing ETH treasury companies differently from Bitcoin treasury companies with no comparable income.

The asset changed, so the price logic changed. Bitcoin hasn't made that shift. Most of the supply sits idle, earning nothing.

Bitcoin Staking changes that without changing what Bitcoin is. BTC stays on Bitcoin L1, under the holder's own keys, and starts generating yield through Proof of Transfer.

The Genesis Bond is live: a new era for Bitcoin yield begins with Bitcoin Staking.

Institutions making their Bitcoin productive, without it ever leaving Bitcoin L1.

UTXO Management, Sypher Capital, 21shares, and HashKey Group are the first in.