Stacks Launches Bitcoin Staking with Institutional Partners
Stacks (STX)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
manilatimes.net reports that Stacks has launched Bitcoin Staking, with 21shares, HashKey Cloud, UTXO Management, and Sypher Capital becoming the first institutional participants to bond Bitcoin on Stacks. These entities are participating in the Genesis Bond, the first institutional bonding period, allowing them to earn BTC-denominated rewards while keeping their BTC on Bitcoin L1. A total of ~250 BTC was bonded at launch. The first weekly BTC rewards are expected to be distributed soon.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for STX, measured when this story was written up on 11 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
STX is trading at $0.2534 with a buy ratio of 54.2% over both the 1-hour and 4-hour periods, indicating a slight edge for buyers. This compares to a 56.1% buy ratio over the last 24 hours, suggesting that short-term buying pressure is fading relative to the daily average. The volume delta shows positive inflows of +$13,305 in the last hour and +$21,841 over four hours, contrasting with a +$174,813 delta over 24 hours. A positive volume delta means that the volume of buy orders has exceeded the volume of sell orders, pushing the net flow upward. CVD closed at +$235,378 over 24 hours, confirming that net buying has dominated the day's activity.
The latest daily buy ratio of 51.8% sits at the 61st percentile of the last 324 days, against a median of 50.8% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for STX, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the buy ratio averaged 53.4%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 56.1% an increase of 2.7 points above the weekly norm. Trading volume was recorded at 0.62x the average, indicating that activity is lower than usual despite the higher buy ratio. The coin experienced a price change of -7.9% over eight days, with a total volume delta of +$1,070,974. This represents a day of net buying in a period where only 5 of the last 7 days saw net buying, marking a shift in momentum against a recent downtrend.