Institutions have already bought Bitcoin. ETFs, public companies, and treasuries solved the exposure problem. The next question is what do they do with that BTC once it’s sitting on the balance sheet? That’s where Stacks’ Bitcoin staking design gets interesting. Why? Because it's built around BTC staying on Bitcoin L1, under the holder’s own keys, while earning BTC-denominated yield. STX acts as the capacity asset in the system, with a proposed 3% BTC APY, and early exit built into the design. That matters because staking could become the entry point into the stacks ecosystem. Once BTC capital starts earning natively, the app layer around it gets more useful too: • @ZestProtocol for BTC lending. • @GraniteBTC for BTC-backed borrowing. • @bitflow for liquidity. • @HermeticaFi for BTC yield products. • sBTC and USDCx as the core rails. So institutions are finally getting a cleaner path from passive BTC exposure into Bitcoin-native finance. Pleased to partner with @Stacks on this one.(Edgy - The DeFi Edge 🗡️)