TLDR; on @bitget hack Someone figured out how to trick Bitget’s system into sending them around $352 million in crypto. According to its CEO, they didn’t even steal the secret keys. They made fake transfer instructions look real, and Bitget’s own system approved them. Imagine a bank accepting a forged payment request and sending the money, that’s the idea. The wallets they use for everyday transfers got hit, but their offline storage was untouched. Once Bitget spotted what was happening, it stopped withdrawals while it investigated. @bitget says it has enough money in its protection fund to cover the loss, so customers’ balances haven’t changed. So funds are SAFU But imagine opening your account, seeing your money there, and still being unable to take it out. You’re stuck waiting, even though you didn’t do anything wrong. When an exchange holds your crypto, you’re relying on them to let you access it. With your own hardware wallet, you hold the keys but keeping the wallet and recovery backups safe becomes your responsibility. DYOR always!

🟧 @Stacks explained #28: How to stack STX Three common routes, all earning BTC from the same source. Pools: delegate your STX to a pool like @TheFastPool or through @xverse. No minimum to hit alone, the pool handles signing. Liquid stacking: deposit STX with @StackingDao and receive stSTX. The yield accrues inside the token, and you can still trade it or use it as collateral. Solo: lock directly and run or delegate signing yourself, if you meet the minimum. Pick by how much you hold and whether you need the STX to stay liquid.

We currently have thousands of users and are securing millions of dollars in assets. Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way! 💜

Our fastpool signer contract max500 does all the accounting. > 19 stakers set a minimum amount for rewards in Bitcoin L1 that wasn't met > The contract holds currently 39,863 sats for them until their minimum is reach or until they claim their rewards at any amount

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1 day left to join Staking for cycle #144

Bitcoin yield on @Stacks just became real. The first Bitcoin Bond completely sold out, with 230 BTC locked by institutions including 21Shares, Nakamoto, and HashKey. Think of it like a Bitcoin savings account. Institutions lock their BTC for six months and earn around 3% annual yield, paid weekly in Bitcoin. STX acts like the security deposit needed to open that account. For 230 BTC, approximately 11.5 BTC worth of STX was also locked for six months. More Bitcoin entering Stacks means more STX locked, more users coming onchain, and more activity across the entire ecosystem, including Fast Pool. This was only the first test. The next bond is expected in around four weeks with even more Bitcoin capacity. Bitcoin capital is coming to Stacks. Forward 🟧

Cycle 143 is looking massive for Stacks 👀 • 441.6M STX delegated in total • 438.0M STX in STX-only shares • 3.57M STX staked for Bond Some notable positions: → Fast Pool: 72.6M STX staked → Esbee DAO: 5 BTC + 77,461 STX staked Stacks participation keeps getting deeper every cycle.

What happened on Fast Pool Cycle 141 Fast Pool distributed ~0.42 BTC in rewards to 141 STX stackers for Cycle 141 with 0% pool fees. Users could choose to receive their rewards as either sBTC on @Stacks or native BTC directly to their Bitcoin wallet. Small rewards below a user's payout threshold are simply carried forward to the next cycle. TL;DR: Stack STX → earn BTC → choose how you receive it.

Esbee DAO staked 5 BTC with the Bond

We're up by~$4M STX from the previous cycle

Bitcoin Staking with Fast Pool is now live: esbee-dao.org/ You deposit sBTC (+ some STX) and earn 3%

On-chain data shows that 2706 stakers have claimed their rewards for the first pox-5 payout so far. 2 days until the next one.

Native Staking users claimed 300k sats out of 15.2m sats. Do you prefer claiming like Native Staking or airdropping rewards like Fast Pool?

We have a new members in #142 They stacked 4,104,586.727887 STX

For cycle 142 238 stackers staked 59,416,304 STX with Fast Pool so far. 6 hours to reach 60m STX! Thank you for trusting our signer - no other trust required.

You have about one day left to update your stacking settings for Cycle #142. Changing pools is now immediate, with no cooldown cycle.

Quick Fast Pool update 👇 715 members haven’t restaked yet, and only 15 moved to another pool. At the same time: 44.7M STX moved out 43.1M STX came in from 70 new members Fast Pool still grew from 54.7M → 55.4M STX. Most of the members who left were smaller stackers - the median balance was 2,521 STX, and 496 held under 10K STX. Still early in the cycle, so curious to see how many come back.

New ATH for STX locked in Fast Pool 😏

With some emotion, I can say this: Cycle 140 rewards have been distributed. For the last time, Fast Pool admin touched your rewards. From here on, your rewards are yours and only yours. Stacks pools are now fully trustless. You choose the signer you trust and the reward distribution rules encoded in their signer-manager contract. A huge milestone for @Stacks. And yes, I’m biased, but I still don’t think there’s an alternative to Fast Pool Max500