Institutional investors including Bullish Capital and 21Shares are staking Bitcoin through the Stacks network, with three bond offerings selling out since September 2026 and approximately 1,740 BTC now staked. The process requires participants to lock up STX tokens worth around 5 percent of their Bitcoin value for six month terms, creating direct demand for the token.
The staking mechanism pays rewards in Bitcoin without moving assets off the base layer, addressing custody concerns for institutional holders. Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali plans to expand the ecosystem in 2027 with auction-based capacity allocation and self-custodial borrowing features that would allow staked Bitcoin to serve as collateral for stablecoin loans.
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