October 15th 2026, 9:18 PM
Stacks Achieves Record-Breaking Bitcoin Staking Milestone
Key Summary
Stacks has reported that its Bitcoin Staking feature has pulled in around 735 BTC across its first two bonding periods on mainnet, with a significant portion staked via a single liquid staking provider, Stacking DAO's stBTC. This milestone has implications for the cryptocurrency markets and the broader DeFi ecosystem.
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Ecosystem Update
Stacks has reported that its Bitcoin Staking feature has pulled in around 735 BTC across its first two bonding periods on mainnet.Bonding Periods
The total came from two separate windows, with the first, called the Genesis Bond, opening on September 10, 2026, and contributing 230 BTC.The second bond opened around October 10, 2026, and drew approximately 505 BTC.
Staking Yield
Most of that second round came through a single channel, with around 483 of the roughly 505 BTC staked via Stacking DAO's stBTC, a liquid staking token.The yield itself is projected at around 3% APY, paid weekly in BTC.
Institutional Participation
Stacks named 21Shares, HashKey Cloud, UTXO Management, and Sypher Capital among the institutions that participated in the Genesis Bond.Custody Integrations
On the custody side, integrations came from Fireblocks, Fordefi, and Anchorage Digital.Future Bonding Periods
Stacks expects Bond 3 to launch around November.Staking Expectations
The stBTC route let a large share of Bond 2 stay in circulation as collateral across various decentralized finance applications while those coins kept earning staking yield at the same time.#Bitcoin#Stacks#DeFi#LiquidStaking