Thread by @louiseivanvp

1/ $STX Onward & Upward

Your favourite tweetstorm about @Stacks Ecosystem Growth is back

📌Let's start with Network Health (QvQ)
-STX Addresses 417K to 444,490
-Smart Contracts 3,235 to 5,127
-TVL 478M STX to 524M
-BTC Rewards 1127 BTC to 1770 BTC
-Entities 45 to 72

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- Trading Pairs 38 to 49
- Transactions crossed 1.5M from 1M

I love a hockey stick and these metrics are giving us that. Could $STX be an uprising L1 in the next cycle?

3/Blockchain Highlights

📌NEW SIPS got approved
-SIP 016 Metadata for Tokens
-SIP 018 Arbitrary messages signing s/o to @MarvinJanssen
-SIP 019 Notifications for Token Metadata Updates

Check SIP Proposals here & ping @herogamerbtc21 to get involved
github.com/stacksgov/sips

4/ Ecosystem News

- #BitcoinOdyssey $165M pledge
- @trustmachinesco $150M funding and hired top talent w/ Former Coinbase COO & former BNY Mellon. Hiro is honourable mention w/ @austinfish as new board
- @StacksOrg grants continued to grow last quarter &

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launched the grant ambassador program
-Launching of Founders Lab, a pre-accelerator program @btc_albert
-@StacksStartups is now Stacks Ventures to provide more than seed/pre-seed and invest in non-accelerated
- @clarity_lang Brand Update w/ Cohort 3 kicking off July 11th!

6/
The "Clarity of Mind" book on the Clarity smart contract language of the @Stacks blockchain is now completely open-source.

https://twitter.com/MarvinJanssen/status/1544295206954348545

7/ Hello VCs! Cohort 2 teams just graduated @1Huddle @bazooka_tango @bluestudiosNFT @dlc_link @efani @epioneergo @flatlay @ForeveToday @frensplace @genobank_io @ethrMusic @NeoSwap_ai @RadNFTV

8/ @Ryder_ID @StackerDAOLabs @StacksDegens @stacksonchain @gamma @SwapiTweets @SyvitaMining @TheopetraLabs @xverseApp

Of course, my favourite is @Ryder_ID and you know why

9/ Let's move on to STX Access

- Stacks @UnbankedHQ integration (60 countries)
- @moonpay now supports Stacks
- Stacking support on @DCENTwallets
- 11 new market pairs from first on-ramp JPY in @TeamLiquid and the 1st decentralized exchange listing on Injective Protocol

10/

to first decentralized perp on @InjectiveLabs
- Blockchain.com Adds Wallet Support for STX
- STX Integrates with Major eCommerce Platform Shopping.io

11/ NFTs

-@trygamma new social branding
-@MegapontNFT launched $MEGA, free mint and MegaParty at #NFTNYC with @CBCreepz
-@satoshibles charitable campaign
-@Ryder_ID WL announced
-@Heylayer superb collabs with @surfingcomtweet @noisypanda, etc

vimeo.com/725819363

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- @alexgoBtc with xUSD, dual-yield token pool with $USDA, AutoALEX, and Lend & Borrow is now live
- @ArkadikoFinance new feat to participate in USDA liquidations automatically
-@Stackswap_BTC working on direct Bitcoin purchase of their listed tokens

https://twitter.com/alexgoBtc/status/1539258913756958720

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- @magicstx, native BTC swaps into xBTC testnet

https://twitter.com/JakeBlockchain/status/1545134564804243456?s=20&t=0lSw-bFCd58HgB57X5GMCg

I feel like we all need a tutorial on why is this super important! 😉

15/

DAO
- @mineCityCoins protocol upgrade
- @fmdroid will payout in xBTC soon
- @StackerDAOLabs launched MEGADAO

16/

Apps and Infrastructure

-@xverseApp supports BNS
-@hirosystems MVP of hyperchains on testnet
-@KYVENetwork Adds Support for the Stacks
-@redstone_defi
-@DappRadar Integration

hiro.so/blog/an-update…

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There are also tons of new apps in the ecosystem such as 👇

-@notrustXYZ which enable you to Borrow xUSD with your #NFTs as collateral
-@multisafexyz multi-sig safe app
-@StackPot deposit & Stack $STX to win $BTC
-@Bitflow_Finance stable swap DEX & earn a yield on Bitcoin

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-@derisc_io insurance-alt
-@dy_finance permissionless derivatives on Bitcoin via
-@anononchain DeFi & NFT analytics for #Stacks.
-@BliqDefi Synthetic assets to increase #NFTs liquidity.
-@apeonthehill NFT raffles.
-@oursoundsbt music platform for emerging artists.

19/ Special thanks to @herogamerbtc21, sleepi, @the_advisor_btc for providing info for this one!

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