Stacks is now live on @FireblocksHQ. 2,400 institutional clients can now reach Bitcoin DeFi directly: lending, trading, and BTC yield using the custody infrastructure they already trust.

Today is my last day at Stacks Labs. I've been in the Stacks ecosystem for 5 years now, just over 4 working on Developer Relations full time. One thing I have repeated since the very beginning, that I will continue to repeat, is that the community is the best part of this ecosystem. While I am of course sad to be leaving, I am also excited to see the work of everyone in the ecosystem come to fruition over the rest of the year, both the core contributors and the amazing community of builders I've worked with over the years. They say you should try to never be the smartest person in your circle, and I've been able to surround myself with smart, competent, caring people over the last 5 years. I still strongly belive in the mission of Bitcoin and building a robust economy on top of it with Stacks, and I'll be around still. As for what I will be focusing on going forward, I've been deeply embedded in building with AI the last two years, and I am going to be leaning strongly that direction for the foreseeable future. I'll be focusing on pursuing opportunities in the AI space, including consulting (take a look below if you need some help implementing or building with AI 😉) and looking for career opportunities in that space. Again, I can't stress enough how much I've enjoyed being a part of this ecosystem and working with you all. See you around 🫡

Don’t miss the upcoming Stacks community calls. Join in if you want to stay involved in the ecosystem’s progress, from development and marketing to governance. Details and registration for each call are listed below.

The Let Africa Build initiative is gaining traction& @Stacks is paving the pathway for Africa! Stacks just published an introductory article for the African Bitcoin L2 LAB. Read about it here stacks.org/let-africa-build?…

I think there is a market for hardware wallets that implements the same security measures as centralised exchanges. For example facial verification, passkeys/yubikeys, whitelisted addresses, advanced security protection for malicious state updates and private key recovery. If one were to really transition into full self custody then the hardware wallets should be made as same as centralised exchanges. Once this is guaranteed then DeFi adoption should explode. If anyone is building this please reach out. Also possible that tech giants implement this first but don't see them getting there until 3-5 years out.

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