Stacks just launched Stack Sats, a 90-day DeFi rewards program running from September 10 to December 10, 2026. 1 BTC is distributed every month, for 3 BTC in total, across @bitflow and @ZestProtocol. If you have sBTC, STX or USDCx, here’s how you can participate 👇 First: get a self-custodial Stacks wallet You’ll need a compatible Stacks wallet where you control the assets yourself. ╰➤ Hold sBTC, STX or USDCx ╰➤ Connect your wallet to the protocol you want to use ╰➤ Choose your Stack Sats track From there, you can participate on Bitflow, Zest, or both. BITFLOW — 3 ways to participate Bitflow receives 0.50 BTC per month from the Stack Sats program, distributed across three tracks. ╰➤ Trading Trade the eligible sBTC/USDCx and STX/USDCx pairs and earn based on qualifying trading activity. ╰➤ Liquidity / market making Provide liquidity in the eligible pairs and earn based on qualifying liquidity activity, with rewards focused on liquidity close to the active price. ╰➤ The Daily Stack Make a single $25+ swap to enter The Daily Stack. The Daily Stack does not require enrollment. For the trading and market-making tracks, you need to pre-register and enroll through the Bitflow campaign dashboard using a wallet signature. Trading and market-making incentives begin September 16. So the Bitflow flow is: Connect → enroll → trade or provide liquidity → track your activity → earn qualifying rewards. ZEST — 2 ways to participate Zest receives 0.50 BTC per month, split between its two qualifying sides. ╰➤ 0.25 BTC/month for sBTC suppliers Supply sBTC to Zest’s lending market. No borrowing is required for this track. You can earn Stack Sats rewards alongside the market’s organic lending yield. ╰➤ 0.25 BTC/month for USDCx borrowers Deposit eligible sBTC or STX as collateral, borrow USDCx and maintain a time-weighted LTV of at least 20%. Your LTV is the size of your loan relative to the value of your collateral. The 20% threshold means the borrowing position needs to maintain meaningful eligible activity throughout the campaign. HOW REWARDS WORK Rewards aren't simply a fixed amount for everyone. ╰➤ Qualifying positions compete for the available monthly allocation. ╰➤ Rewards are distributed pro rata. ╰➤ Zest and Bitflow verify results using daily onchain snapshots. ╰➤ Rewards are distributed monthly. The full Stack Sats timeline: September 10 → December 10 1 BTC → every month 3 BTC → total program allocation And Bitflow's trading and market-making incentives begin September 16. So there are several ways to participate: ╰➤ Trade on Bitflow ╰➤ Provide liquidity on Bitflow ╰➤ Make a $25 swap for The Daily Stack ╰➤ Supply sBTC on Zest ╰➤ Borrow USDCx against eligible collateral on Zest while maintaining the 20% LTV requirement The important part is to use a self-custodial Stacks wallet, follow the enrollment requirements for the specific track, and monitor your eligibility through the relevant campaign dashboard. And as always, DeFi isn't risk-free. Smart-contract risk, liquidation risk, market volatility, borrowing costs and liquidity-provider risks still apply. Stack Sats is live from September 10 to December 10. If you're already holding sBTC, STX or USDCx, now you know where the different paths are.

Fartmare might actually be one of the funniest things coming this Halloween 💨 8 neighbours. 40 levels. 3 hearts. And apparently the only way to deal with what’s chasing you is to let it rip. 😭 Fartmare is the next layer of the Fartverse, and the first gameplay preview is already out. From October 15–31, holders get to jump into a survival run, hunt for keys, make it to the exit and try not to become decoration. What I like is that this isn’t just another Halloween skin slapped onto a meme coin. They’ve already been building games, running weekly verified prize pools, creating characters with the community and pushing merch. Now Fartmare is bringing all of that into one chaotic survival game. 40 levels is crazy though. Let’s see who actually makes it to level 40. 😂 stay farted 💨 $fARTKMM fartkmm.com

The institutional demand for $STX is real @UTXOmgmt @nakamoto @21Shares & @HashKeyCloud all maxed out their Genesis bond allocations Also yesterday @Anchorage announced that their clients will be able to access BTC staking on @Stacks

That's right. Native BTC stays self-custodial on Bitcoin, its value works elsewhere. The capital layer for Bitcoin.

It's @Stacks Trivia Time Was the previous Stacks logo color inspired by one of @muneeb's favorite songs? True or False

Quick update on the loop I opened on @ZestProtocol. My original position was: • $133 in sBTC supplied • $40 in USDCx debt • $93 in net value It’s now sitting at: • $148.17 in sBTC supplied • $40.02 in USDCx debt • $108.16 in net value So in about a week, the net value is up ~$15, or +16%, without the debt meaningfully changing. Most of that came from BTC moving higher, but that’s also what makes this interesting: I borrowed against my $sBTC while keeping leveraged exposure to Bitcoin. Zest now wants to take that idea further by building a capital layer for Bitcoin. So instead of moving $BTC to another chain and trying to build liquidity from scratch, Bitcoin Collateral Vaults keep it on Bitcoin while letting users borrow stablecoins from EVM chains. Zest already has two years of lending experience, 800+ BTC deposited, and 1,500+ liquidations processed. On top of that, its first capped mainnet demo uses real $BTC and $USDC, while @babylonlabs_io’s comparable product is still on testnet. IMO, that’s an interesting setup for a ~$20M $ZEST token from a team that includes former core @Stacks contributors. Disclosure: I’m holding $ZEST.

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Zest Protocol will be in Seoul next week for
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Stacks $STX and Zest $ZEST are going to be massive.

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Anchorage is the first federally chartered crypto bank with clients including @Strategy, @tether & @BlackRock 👀 They will be enabling Bitcoin Staking on their platform Yet another huge institutional partner for @Stacks 🟧

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STACKED UP EP.2 - BTC reaches $85k, Stacks Market Heating Up nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1rxmqpRPe…

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STACKED UP EP. 2 recap 👇 → $BTC climbs to $85k despite the CLARITY act failing and a fed rate hike → Big day for Bitcoin ETFs, ~$1b in inflows → $STX breaks $0.34 and is back in the coingecko top 100 → @Stacks ecosystem overview from @tenero_io → Stacks news: @randgroup AMA, defi incentives with @bitflow and Zest → @ZestProtocol launches Bitcoin collateral vaults → NFT and ordinals round up from @trygamma, @Satflow and @ord_net Follow @StackedUpStream for next week's episode

I set up a daily sBTC DCA on @bitflow and this is the 2nd time I have won the 41,666 sats reward I will now supply this sBTC on @ZestProtocol to earn more rewards The DeFi incentive campaign on @Stacks is great because its rewarding you for normal activities

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