Gate News message, April 28 — Stacks released its Q1 2026 ecosystem data. sBTC (Stacks’ Bitcoin-backed token) total value locked (TVL) reached $545 million, with deposit caps fully removed. The Stacks protocol’s decentralized finance (DeFi) active deployment capital totaled $121 million.
Zest Protocol led DeFi applications with $75.9 million TVL, followed by Granite at $26 million and StackingDAO at $20 million. The Bitcoin staking pilot product Dual Stacking App attracted over $100 million in participation.
On infrastructure, integrations with Fireblocks, BitGo, Circle, and Nansen went live. Stacks completed the 3.3.0.0.6 network upgrade in March, with SIP-034 improvements increasing network capacity by up to 30 times.
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