Winners Announced: The Buidl Battle Competition 🟧 Over the past few weeks, @StacksOrg hosted the Buidl Battle—an open competition for Bitcoin builders to ship powerful new tools, protocols, and apps across the Bitcoin ecosystem. With nearly a hundred submissions, two intense judging rounds, and a finale judged by top-tier VCs, Buidl Battle proved that the next wave of Bitcoin apps is already being built. Round 1: Themed Innovation Round 1 of the Buidl Battle was organized around four major themes: DeFi, the Digital Economy, Real World NFTs, and Developer Tooling. Each theme surfaced winners who demonstrated strong technical execution and potential for real impact on Bitcoin and Stacks. DeFi 🏆 BigMarket – A Bitcoin-native, AI-powered prediction market 🥈 BitForward – NFT-backed forward contracts using Bitcoin as collateral Digital Economy 🏆 KultureFun – Token-gated wallet chat and ad channel with DAO governance 🥈 StacksTube – AI-driven memecoin launchpad and entertainment platform Real World NFTs 🏆 Offers & Counter Offers – A seamless marketplace for BNS name trading 🥈 Truth-Chain – Onchain verification for digital content authenticity Tooling / Infrastructure 🏆 Blaze – A scaling protocol for fast off-chain transfers with secure onchain settlement 🥈 PoX Agents – Conversational interface for blockchain operations Partner Challenges To expand the playing field, partners held Challenges, incentivizing builders with more prizes for building innovative solutions with cutting-edge technology on the Internet Computer Protocol, AWS Bedrock platform, and AIBTC’s Agent-governed DAO platform. ICP Challenge 🏆 ckBoost — Reduce confirmation times to 15 minutes while rewarding liquidity providers 🥈 CounterParty ICP — API for retrieving asset information related to the Counterparty AWS Bedrock Challenge 🏆 StacksAI – AI-powered Clarity contract generator leveraging AWS Bedrock. Honorable Mentions Alongside these winners, a number of strong entries earned Honorable Mentions, including AutoStacks, Claride, Stacks Brain, Creator’s Web3 Economy, Bitcoin Loan Bank, TipCloud, Bolt Protocol, Kraxel, and Skullcoin. Wildcard Finalists To keep the competition dynamic and inclusive, four teams were nominated as Wildcard Finalists based on creativity, execution, and promise: TipCloud Bolt Protocol Kraxel Skullcoin After a final vote, Bolt Protocol—which enables users to pay transaction fees with sBTC and supports instant transfers between Bolt Wallets—earned its spot in the finals as the Wildcard Winner. From Builders to Finalists Round 1 was judged by a panel of experienced developers and startup operators who selected the top projects from each theme. These winners advanced to Round 2, where venture capitalists judged the finalists based on the problem their product solves, their vision, and team execution. Round 2: The Final Showdown In Round 2, twelve finalists—eight selected from the four themes, three teams from the partner challenge categories, and one wildcard—competed for the top prize. After pitches, demos, and a lot of deliberation, the judges awarded: 🏅 4th Place: ckBoost (ICP Challenge) 🥉 3rd Place: BitForward (Bitcoin DeFi Theme) 🥈 2nd Place: BigMarket (Bitcoin DeFi Theme) 🥇 1st Place: Blaze Protocol (Infra & Tooling Theme) Blaze Protocol by @lordrozar stood out as the most well-executed and visionary project, offering a new scaling layer for Bitcoin and Stacks apps with responsive, invisible blockchain interactions. The team impressed with both technical execution and long-term potential. What’s Next? The Buidl Battle was more than just a hackathon—it was a showcase of what’s possible when Bitcoin builders are given the right tools, support, and platform to build. These teams now have a launchpad to take their prototypes into production, and the Stacks community will be watching—and supporting—every step of the way. To all the builders: You showed up. You shipped. And you’re building the future of Bitcoin.

TOMORROW I Building a Sustainable Future - The Revision of the Energy Performance of Buidlings Directive. Join this Euractiv Virtual Conference to discuss the revised EPBD. Register here: https://t.co/8nelziazeT More info here: https://t.co/YGkBYIF6Oo. https://t.co/QzHrjcxqYj

不查不知道，一查吓一跳！🧐 贝莱德的 #BUIDL# 国债代币化RWA的TVL已经24.7亿美金，而在3月1日的时候，才6亿多，不到50天，增长了4倍，大家为了4%左右的收益率，已经这么疯狂了嘛？ 话说，当时我们1月份写下面👇‘全天候配置策略’的时候，10年期美债的产品，还有4.99%的收益率！ https://t.co/VOyuoNYo5W

Main Tournament 37 is now open for entry. 🎟️ In collaboration with @devfunpump x @buidldev, there are TWO WAYS to win this week! - $777 in $BUIDL bounty to each league winner 🏆 - $500 bonus to the best Fantasy-related app entered in the Buidl Hackathon. (Winner selected in collaboration with the Fantasy/Buidl teams.) More details ⬇️

陈凤霞真得不是只有主任一个人在战斗,奈何技术极客擂台竞技的时代已经过去了,变成了赌场校园拉新,美女荷官带货,各路KOLAgency叠码仔,一夜成名的赌棍赌横行天下的时代。 这是万马齐喑的年代,是buidler最煎熬的低谷！

🚀 ETC Nova Hackathon Demo Day is LIVE NOW! 🎬 Watch now: https://t.co/nuOjffWEv8 Don't miss the most exciting projects built on Ethereum Classic! 🚀🔥 #ETCNova# #EthereumClassic# #Hackathon# #DemoDay# #ETC# #BTC# #ETH# #BUIDL#

🚀 DeFi on the @arbitrum network is Thriving! 🚀 This week, several projects on Arbitrum have seen massive growth across user activity and TVL. Let’s dive into the top performers 👇 🔹 Top DApps by User Growth: ▫️ @aave – 14.73K users (+127.22%) ▫️ @UXLINKofficial – 3.81K users (+123.32%) ▫️ @layer3xyz – 6.05K users (+89.42%) ▫️ @JumperExchange – 44.81K users (+53.41%) ▫️ @OpenOceanGlobal – 1.27K users (+39.06%) 💰 Leading DeFi Protocols by TVL Growth: ▫️ @BlackRock BUIDL – $32.38M (+173.00%) ▫️ @DinariGlobal – $11.37M (+77.04%) ▫️ @summerfinance_ – $11.55M (+30.93%) ▫️ @SushiSwap – $18.52M (+29.06%) ▫️ @Spiko_finance – $34.82M (+24.58%) ▫️ @StargateFinance – $311.24M (+19.91%) Arbitrum’s DeFi scene continues to expand—who’s leading the next wave? 🌊🔥

🚀 ETC Nova Hackathon: Demo Day is Here! 🎉 The wait is over—it's time to see the future of #EthereumClassic# in action! 🌍🔥 📅 Date: March 12th, 9:00 PM EST 📍 Where: YouTube (Playlist will go live at the event!) 🔗 Demo Day Playlist：https://t.co/nuOjffW6FA This is your chance to witness the most innovative projects emerging from #ETCNova#. From DeFi to infrastructure, security to scalability—builders have been pushing the limits of what’s possible on ETC. Come check out the demos, share your thoughts, and support the incredible teams shaping the future of Ethereum Classic. See you there! 🚀 #ETCNova# #EthereumClassic# #Hackathon# #BUIDL# #DemoDay#

🚨 Last call! 🚨 Today is the FINAL day to submit your project for #ETCNova#! ⏳ Don’t miss your shot at 29,200 $ETC in prizes, ecosystem support, and the chance to shape the future of #EthereumClassic#! Even if it’s just a demo, submit what you’ve got—every valid entry gets rewarded! 💰 ⏳ Time’s running out. Apply NOW: https://t.co/MP3aGeyHQG #Hackathon# #Crypto# #PoW# #BUIDL# 🚀

Sup Denver, we've got big plans for you this week! Catch the Supra team across these events during ETHDenver 🏔️ ➡️ @wrappedxyz MultiChain Day (big panel with @aniketpkate here!) ➡️ @StandfordCrypto BASS Denver 2025 (catch up with @JonEvansJones here!) ➡️ @1kxnetwork d/Infra Summit (drop by for a talk by @aniketpkate here!) ➡️ @CUBE_Summit by @BuidlerDAO and @CalBlockchain (catch a stacked panel with @JonEvansJones here!) 🌟 MoveCon at ETHDenver 2025, most of the Supra crew is going to be here along with folks from all MoveVM ecosystems! MoveCon will also be streaming live online, sign up for the stream now on https://t.co/9SsWfNORjt 🔔 If you're dropping by any of these event, be sure to say SUP to the Supra crew. See you all there!