Tthe OP Stack has remained dominant, with "bridge abstraction" volume surging ahead of Ethereum's next major upgrade.

Axelar Foundation, the nonprofit supporting the growth and adoption of the Axelar Network interoperability protocol, has disclosed strategic AXL token sales worth $30 million.

Canary Capital, led by ex-Valkyrie co-founder Steven McClurg, has filed for an Axelar ETF with the SEC. AXL token surged 20% after the Axelar ETF filing, with trading volume up 180%.

Stacks has created history with its mind blowing hold over the world. The financial system was revolutionized when Stacks started climbing the ladder.

Asset Manager Canary Capital has filed an S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to Axelar (AXL).

Canary Capital has officially filed an S-1 registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking Axelar's AXL token. The announcement led to a rapid increase in AXL price, surging over 15% before settling at approximately $0.44.

Canary Capital filed an S-1 registration with the SEC on Wednesday for the right to launch an Axelar ETF, according to a filing.

Axelar also announced the appointment of former Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks to its newly formed Institutional Advisory Board.

A bank teller has been arrested for allegedly grabbing $1,000,000 in cash from his employer's vault and successfully sneaking it out of the premises. Daniel A. Acebo was hired by a New York bank – which hasn't yet been named – as a business banker, according to local reports.

Stacks (STX) has been facing a challenging market environment, aligning with the broader downturn in the cryptocurrency market. After reaching a peak of around $2.5 in December 2024, the price of STX has steadily fallen, with each subsequent peak lower than the previous one.

In this piece, we'll assess if Stacks (STX) can rebound above its key EMAs.

Bitcoin's drop below $80,000 comes as ETF outflows surge and macro pressures mount. But how does the current dip stack up against the past?

TL;DR Companies like Jump Crypto, SNZ, and UTXO have made strong commitments to this innovative Bitcoin solution. Due to this, the value of the Stacks' token has increased by more than 11%, currently trading at $0.8629.

While Bitcoin remains below the supply zone around $90k, bulls have seen BTC bounce from lows of $82k hit on Wednesday as cryptocurrencies crashed. Despite the lingering economic concerns and tariffs, Bitcoin has reclaimed the $86k area. Several altcoins have also held up at key support levels, including Ethereum, XRP and Solana.

Stacks, the leading Bitcoin (BTC) Layer-2 (L2) network for BTC-oriented decentralized finance (DeFi), has announced that its sBTC token has been adopted by a number of institutional clients, as detailed to Finbold on Thursday, February 27.

Stacks, a prominent layer-2 solution designed to unlock the potential of Bitcoin for decentralized finance (DeFi), is gaining significant momentum. The platform announced today that a number of major institutions are adopting sBTC, a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed, decentralized programmable asset, as a key component of their Bitcoin strategies.

Blockchair announced today the launch of its Stacks Explorer, further expanding its mission to provide comprehensive blockchain analytics.

Institutional and accredited investors will be able to take advantage of the private vehicle in the "blockchain interoperability" category.

Axelar is a Web3 interoperability network that lets developers tokenize real-world assets.

Canary Capital has launched the Canary AXL Trust for institutional investors to gain exposure to the Axelar native token, AXL, which jumped 12.5% after the news.

Metaplanet shares have risen 4,800% as the company, known as “Asia's MicroStrategy,” has stacked Bitcoin.

Bitcoin (BTC) dived back into the red as momentum stalled around the $99,000 price level and fell to a low of $95,891 before recovering and moving to its current level. The flagship cryptocurrency is down almost 1% as it oscillates between $95,000 and $99,000, nearly 11% below its all-time high as it struggles to reclaim $100,000.

Velar launches the BTC Name Grant Program to drive .btc digital identity adoption and unify the Stacks ecosystem.

Velar's new initiative aims to improve Bitcoin interactions, partnering with Stacks and other leaders to enhance user identity management.

Velar and its partners have raised more than 6,000 STX to incentivize users to adopt the .BTC digital identity on the Stacks layer-2 network.

Hermetica, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol operating on Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks, has announced a major liquidity initiative that is set to establish USDh as the largest stablecoin within the Stacks ecosystem. USDh is Hermetica's Bitcoin-backed yield-bearing stablecoin. The protocol has finalised a liquidity deal that will bring in approximately $3 million in USDh liquidity.

Fresh off completing significant technical upgrades, Ali is now laser focused on growing Stacks' user base.

AXL's recent price slump shows no signs of easing, with on-chain metrics hinting at more pain ahead for the crypto asset. Axelar, a programmable blockchain interoperability platform with the ticker AXL, fell for three straight days to $0.

Stacks, a layer-2 blockchain built on Bitcoin, has faced a significant outage lasting over four hours. According to its status page, the network ceased producing transaction blocks at 7:15 UTC on Jan. 6.

Stacks (STX) has experienced a significant 26% decline over the past week, with its price falling to around $1.71 at the time of writing. The cryptocurrency has dropped sharply, but it is approaching a crucial support level, which could signal a potential rebound.

Stacks (STX) tumbled by 26% in a week, approaching the critical $1.75 support within a bullish channel.

Bitflow, a decentralized exchange (DEX), and Pontis, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, have introduced the first-ever Bitcoin Runes Automated Market Maker (AMM) on Stacks, a Bitcoin (BTC) Layer-2 (L2) scaling solution, as reported to Finbold on Wednesday, December 18.

Bitflow's automated market maker uses Stacks' Nakamoto upgrade with the aim of addressing some shortcomings inhibiting Runes trading.

Starting in January 2025, Travala is the top crypto-friendly travel platform. This will let users book flights, hotels, and activities using sBTC and $STX.

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TL;DR Stacks has successfully launched sBTC on the mainnet, enabling Bitcoin integration into decentralized finance (DeFi). sBTC is fully backed by Bitcoin, ensuring its security and offering new opportunities in decentralized lending and exchanges.

The initial launch will allow deposit-only functionality with multiple features expected to follow in the first half of 2025.

According to reports from Bitcoin L2Labs, which leads the development of the layer-2 of Bitcoin Stacks, the launch of sBTC has been made official.

Stacks (STX), the blockchain project aimed at bringing smart contracts and decentralized applications to Bitcoin, has been experiencing notable upward momentum recently. In the past 24 hours alone, the cryptocurrency has surged by 11.63%, climbing from $2.27 to a high of $2.62 before slightly pulling back to $2.53.

Bitcoin L2 Labs, the core development team behind Stacks, announced the successful mainnet launch of a programmable 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset, sBTC. It marks a major step toward building an on-chain Bitcoin economy and follows October's Nakamoto Upgrade, which delivered faster transactions and 100% Bitcoin finality to the Stacks network.

STX has experienced a strong upswing over the past month, hiking by 29.42%.

Several events are in the pipeline for the top crypto news this week, including updates in the Fantom ecosystem, the planned release of Stacks' network, project listings and airdrops, and key token unlock events.

The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant upswing on December 16, with Bitcoin (BTC) hovering around $105K at press time. Earlier, BTC reached an all-time high of $106,400. The broader market followed suit, as major altcoins, including Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Solana (SOL), recorded steady gains.

Today, the crypto prices reflect bullish momentum as Bitcoin (BTC) touched a historic all-time high of $106K. Major altcoins like Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Solana (SOL) also witnessed gains over the last 24 hours.

The price of GOUT has surged over 70% as Ethereum shows signs of reclaiming the $4,000 level. According to CoinGecko data, the price of GOUT has pumped from a 24-hour low of $0.0003233 to as high as $0.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, XRP has a maximum supply of 100 billion tokens, with approximately 57 billion XRP circulating.

Stacks continues to push the boundaries of possibilities on Bitcoin with a planned launch of SBTC. SBTC to Promote Bitcoin Defi Ecosystem Stacks, a Bitcoin layer two (L2) platform recently teased the impending launch of SBTC, a 1:1 bitcoin-backed asset designed to bridge bitcoin with decentralized finance (defi) and Web3.

Stacks has announced the launch of a 35% annual percentage yield for Hermetica's stablecoin USDh, setting a record for the Stacks DeFi ecosystem. In a recent post on Dec.