Bitcoin has always had a big liquidity problem. It’s crypto’s safest asset - but also the least productive. Locked away mostly idle in cold wallets: barely scratching its potential. @Stacks just introduced an ambitious solution to finally unlock Bitcoin’s full utility at scale: the Stacks Endowment SIP. Here's how it works: The SIP creates a community-controlled treasury funded by ongoing STX emissions (500M STX minted over 5 years) + seed funding from ecosystem contributors. The treasury is specifically focused on driving growth through: • Deep liquidity pools (think of sBTC pairs, BTC backed stablecoins, perps) • Direct user & builder incentives (rewards for onboarding, farming, trading on-chain) • Strategic partnerships with top exchanges, bridges (Axelar, Wormhole) and institutional custodians (BitGo, Copper) • Major protocol upgrades, like <10-second transaction finality and fee abstraction (pay gas directly in BTC) Why is this important? Builders have struggled to scale BTC-native DeFi without sufficient liquidity and cohesive support. This proposal answers those needs directly. And critically because it’s designed sustainably, with inflation remaining below the top 50 crypto average. Stacks already proved it can ship w/ sBTC (30M+ deployed). This SIP-031 lets them finally compete head-to-head with major ecosystems and scale Bitcoin DeFi properly. Pumped to partner with Stacks on highlighting their next growth phase. Feels like Bitcoin’s liquidity problem just got a serious solution.