Launched a regional native-language affiliate account for Japan (Stacks Japan) to increase local community engagement and awareness.

New wallet creations reached their highest level since April 2024.

Transaction volume reached its highest level since January 2024.

Transaction fees reached their highest level since December 2024.

Active accounts reached their highest level since June 2024.

An active proposal exists to support pruned Stacks nodes that would impact the `at-block` function in smart contracts.

Offers 8 STX reward to first 400 users who join Zealy and deposit at least $1 of USDCx into Zest Protocol on 2026-02-25.

Featured in Nansen's 2025 on-chain analytics report.

Contract deployments reached highest level since March 2023.

Achieved $545M in sBTC TVL as of the end of 2025.

Launched 1,000 STX bounty program with 10 winners receiving 100 STX each. Distributing up to $10,000 in STX through a 30-day bounty program on Zealy starting February 24, 2026.

Distributed 7.3540 BTC as stacking rewards to 9,473 wallets in Stacking Cycle #128.

Went live with Clarity 4 upgrade in Q4 2025; one-third of blocks confirm in less than 2 seconds.

DeFi TVL increased 120.8% quarter-over-quarter in Q4 2025.

Uncapped the sBTC peg in Q4 2025, expanding scalable BTC liquidity.

Average total STX stacked increased 6.1% quarter-over-quarter in Q4 2025.

Launched new Stacks Ecosystem Grants Program offering up to $50,000 in STX per project.

Partnered with ALEX and Welsh_Community on a joint prize distribution where 3 runner-up winners receive 2 STX each.

Hosted 7-day hackathon with DoraHacks from 2026-02-09, concluding February 17, 2026, with 177 participants submitting 61 projects for x402 protocol and AI use cases, awarding a $3,000 prize to @0xSYNERGI.

Velar perpdex halted trading and withdrew liquidity due to an oracle price feed issue that allowed users to drain LP pools; Stacks Foundation coordinated withdrawal of its majority liquidity position after an exploit on a Velar pool drained most funds.

STX Townhall is scheduled for February 4, 2026, to present plans for 2026 and host a Q&A session.

Launched USDCx via Circle xReserve. Awarded Flowvault $3,000 for winning the DoraHacks "Programming USDCx" challenge.

Integrated with Figment to provide institutional staking infrastructure, enabling over $15B of institutional assets to access Bitcoin earning opportunities on Stacks.

Receives independent security and protocol analysis from Asymmetric Research as one of 10 grade-A ecosystems covered by the firm.

Participated in The Tie's Innovator Webinar titled "Bitcoin 2.0: Token Standards, Rollups, and Infrastructure Layers" on January 14, 2026 at 12pm ET, with Adriano Di Luzio as a speaker.

Experienced TVL consolidation by late 2025, with approximately 80%+ of remaining Bitcoin L2 TVL concentrated among a handful of leaders, while long-tail chains faded into irrelevance after liquidity mining rewards dried up.

Integrated with Nansen for onchain analytics, enabling asset managers and hedge funds to track flows, monitor protocol health, analyze risk, and perform due diligence.

Ranks as the #5 fastest growing developer ecosystem.

Participated in 120+ speaking engagements globally in 2025.

Sponsored 60+ conferences worldwide in 2025.

STX included in the Coinbase 50 Index.

Grayscale listed STCK on public markets.

DeFi TVL in USD increased 16.7% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2025.

Total STX stacked increased 1.7% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2025.

Daily active addresses increased 22.6% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2025.

Total transactions increased 61.9% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2025, averaging 20,000 daily transactions as of the end of 2025.

Hosted the 2025 Stackies Awards on December 18, 2025, recognizing builders, creators, contributors, and community leaders in the Stacks ecosystem through community-voted awards across 14 categories.

Distributed 250 STX to each of 10 builders as prizes for a Clarity 4 challenge that concluded on December 16, 2025.

$100M whale inflows recorded for STX with volume spikes.

Treasury Committee and Stacks Endowment share December 2025 community update detailing 2026 budget overview and core focus areas.

Integrates Dual Stacking feature in Q4 2025, enabling sBTC collateral to earn up to 5% APY with current net-negative borrow rates, introducing BTC-native yield. Achieved over $100M in Dual Stacking capital by the end of 2025.

ALEX platform announces final 15 hours to join cycle #337 farming rewards, featuring $STX-$ALEX liquidity pool at 20% APR among six available pairs with rates ranging from 2% to 62% APR.

Platform includes feature that displays whale activity from Hyperliquid for traders to gauge position sizing and direction.

Zero-fee USDC trading pairs launch on December 11.

New collaboration with TalentProtocol introduces weekly builder challenges starting today, offering 5,000 $STX in rewards for the first weekly challenge.

Stacks Ecosystem records 4.21% price gain in 24 hours, ranking 12th among 20 top-performing crypto sectors during a bullish reversal.

Social metrics accelerate in the last week with social share versus all crypto up 4x, engagements spiking, mentions accelerating, unique creators posting increasing, and sentiment moving up.

Gamma rolls out a major upgrade to its create flow, featuring an all-new inscription engine supporting any file type, parent/child inscribing, and reinscription capabilities.

Liquidity pool yields for cycle #336 feature ALEX-WELSH at 56% APR, ALEX-LEO at 37% APR, and STX-ALEX at 24% APR, with less than 11 hours remaining to join the rewards cycle.

Rewarded over 3,700 BTC through Proof of Transfer consensus mechanism, offering up to 5% APY for bridged BTC holders.

Liquidity pool yields for cycle #335 feature ALEX-WELSH at 67% APR, ALEX-LEO at 31% APR, and STX-ALEX at 23% APR, with less than 27 hours remaining to join the rewards cycle.

11 teams gather at the inaugural Stacks Hacker House in Buenos Aires for a week of building applications on Bitcoin, culminating in presentations at the Bitcoin Builders Conference.

Liquidity pool yields for cycle #334 feature ALEX-WELSH at 44% APR, ALEX-LEO at 31% APR, and STX-ALEX at 17% APR, with less than 23 hours remaining to join the rewards cycle.

Bitflow, a DEX on Stacks blockchain, re-launches bug bounty program offering $100,000 rewards for bug discoveries.

sBTC launches on MEXC exchange with sBTC/USDT trading pair on November 24, 2025 at 9AM EST.

Liquidity pools offer APRs of 27% for STX-aBTC, 19% for ALEX-WELSH, and 18% for STX-LEO, with WELSH farming providing 41% additional yield.

sBTC from Stacks is now available on Sui Network as part of Bitcoin-based DeFi offerings, joining other Bitcoin variants like tBTC, xBTC, and LBTC.

AMM v2 upgrade in development addresses small-swap failures from AMM v1 by adopting the Solidly formula, which uses square roots instead of powers for precise calculations.

Bitfinex and Stacks host an AMA on Twitter Spaces on November 21st at 2pm UTC, featuring Alex Miller, CEO of Stacks Labs, to discuss the Stacks ecosystem, $STX, and building DApps on Bitcoin.

Circle xReserve goes live on Stacks, marking Circle's first move into Bitcoin DeFi with a USDC-backed stablecoin, with approximately 4,400 BTC currently deposited on the platform.

Circle partners with Stacks to integrate xReserve, a new USDC interoperability infrastructure enabling 1:1 transfers between USDC and USDC-backed stablecoins, with integration expected in the coming weeks.

Active development underway on stealth BTC addresses for L2 with emphasis on fully self-custodial design ensuring BTC recovery even if L2 completely fails.

Stacks becomes a customer of Immunefi Magnus, gaining access to a unified environment for running structured onchain security programs across the ecosystem.

21shares includes Stacks in their $ASTX factsheet, stating that Stacks enables greater utility for the Bitcoin network.

Integration with WalletConnect completes, expanding accessibility to millions of users.

Over a dozen interim grants awarded to ecosystem builders for project development.

Clarity 4 officially launches with SIP-033 activation at Bitcoin block 923222, introducing contract-hash and restrict-assets functions that enable safer bridge and marketplace operations across the ecosystem.

STX Flash Rewards program launches November 13-27 with 12% annual return, 14-day lockup period, limited to first 263,500 STX allocated.

Hex Trust, a leading Asian digital asset custodian, integrates STX and sBTC into its custody platform.

Over $100M of sBTC and STX capital now participates in Dual Stacking, earning Bitcoin yields.

Top liquidity pool rewards show STX-aBTC at 19% APR, STX-WELSH at 14% APR with additional 32% farming yield, and STX-LEO at 12% APR.

Current TVL stands at $116m with FDV at $724m, according to competitor comparison with BOB chain which has $271m TVL and $165m FDV.

ZestProtocol becomes the top Bitcoin yield strategy across all Bitcoin layers fueled by Dual Stacking according to bitcoin_yield. HermeticaFi announces upcoming hBTC vault that turns trading profits into Bitcoin and pairs with Dual Stacking to compound rewards.

Deploying sBTC in HermeticaFi automatically grants maximum Dual Stacking boost with additional 4-5% APY from hBTC.

Testnet upgrade goes live at block 109280, with mainnet Clarity 4 upgrade scheduled for block 923222 around 16:00 UTC, November 11.

WalletConnect integration launches, expanding STX stacking access to millions of users, with Hex_Trust enabling institutional participation in Bitcoin DeFi yield opportunities.

Bithumb exchange suspends STX deposits and withdrawals starting November 11 at 5:00 PM.

SIP-033 governance proposal passes with over 99.99% approval, and the Clarity 4 hard fork reschedules from November 6 to November 10-13 with exact target block announcement expected early next week. Q4 TGP distribution schedules for end of December.

Quarterly roadmap includes sBTC multichain expansion via Axelar and Wormhole bridges, a Tier 1 stablecoin launch for DeFi, and integration with a major wallet platform serving millions of users.

VELAR completes its first token buyback using 4,150 STX purchased from the open market, marking the beginning of an ongoing community-focused buyback program.

A technical comparison thread positions Stacks against Arch Network, revealing Stacks has $3.2B TVL and 7 years of operating history with a bridge-less approach to Bitcoin smart contracts.

Specific yield rates for dual stacking revealed: 0.5% base APY on sBTC, 2% APY with minimal STX stacking (1-2% of sBTC value), and up to 6% APY with maximum STX stacking, with all yields paid in BTC.

Bitflow opens early access for HODLMM, a concentrated liquidity engine for Bitcoin built on the platform.

SIP-033 voting concludes with 99% approval, officially passing the Clarity 4 upgrade proposal.

A new companion tool automatically deposits bitcoin into wallets every 2 weeks for users enrolled in dual stacking.

Dual Stacking launches today, offering bitcoin-denominated rewards on the platform.

Price rises almost 20% in a single day.

Grayscale publicly lists the Stacks Trust and STXFUND becomes available on global Bloomberg terminals.

If SIP-033 passes, the Clarity v4 hard fork implementation is scheduled for around Nov 6.

Over 187M STX have voted "Yes" on SIP-033 with 3 days remaining in the voting period.

Messari's State of Stacks H1 2025 report highlights institutional integrations from Jump Crypto, BitGo, Hex Trust, and Copper.

21Shares launches Stacks Staking ETP with ticker ASTX, offering institutional investors 100% physically-backed STX and automated yield compounding.

The voting period for SIP-033 proposal ends in 7 days.

Grayscale Stacks Trust starts trading on OTCQB today under ticker $STCK.

The Stacks Foundation requests community feedback on two SIP proposals concerning Stacking and BTC addresses.

Bitflow Finance HODLMM launches in November on the network.

Dual Stacking with BTC and STX launches next week.

sBTC announces upcoming transition to self-custodial model where users retain full control of their Bitcoin.

Aspen Digital releases institutional report on Bitcoin capital markets, identifying Stacks as the primary venue for the first wave of BTCFi.

SIP-033 protocol upgrade for Clarity v4 expected to activate around November 6 pending vote approval. LiaBTC has sunset with emissions transferring to STX-ALEX pool after cycle #345.