# August 2024

| Title                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Outlet/Author                |
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| 🧩 [Deploy Stacks nodes on AWS with the AWS Blockchain Node Runners](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/how-to-deploy-stacks-blockchain-nodes-on-aws-with-the-aws-blockchain-node-runners-stacks-blueprint/?ref=stacksblog)                                | Amazon Web Services          |
| 🗞️ [Bitflow and Leather Wallet Join Forces to Simplify Bitcoin L2 Asset Swaps](https://hackernoon.com/bitflow-and-leather-wallet-join-forces-to-simplify-bitcoin-l2-asset-swaps)                                                                             | Hackernoon                   |
| 🤝 [Aptos and Stacks Forge New Partnership for Bitcoin Innovation](https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/aptos-and-stacks-forge-new-partnership-for-bitcoin-innovation/)                                                                             | Altcoin Buzz                 |
| 🖊 [Millions of Dollars Worth of BTC Earned by New Institutional Signers Since Nakamoto Instantiation](https://stacks.org/institutional-signers-earn-millions)                                                                                                | Stacks Foundation            |
| 💲[Liquidium Raises $2.5M, Accelerating L1 Borrowing and Lending](https://subscribe.bitcoinbuildersassociation.com/p/liquidium-raises-25m-accelerating?ref=stacksblog)                                                                                        | Bitcoin Builders Association |
| 🧡[Bitcoin Network Stacks Begins Rollout of Speed-Boosting Nakamoto Upgrade](https://decrypt.co/246543/bitcoin-stacks-rollout-speed-boosting-nakamoto-upgrade)                                                                                                | Decrypt                      |
| 📙[Bitcoin Network Stacks Devs 'Can See the Finish Line' With Nakamoto Upgrade](https://decrypt.co/247247/bitcoin-network-stacks-devs-see-finish-line-nakamoto-upgrade)                                                                                       | Decrypt                      |
| 📙[Stacks co-creator on how the Nakamoto upgrade will drive a $70bn market for Bitcoin DeFi](https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/stacks-nakamoto-upgrade-brings-bitcoin-defi-with-sbtc-token/?utm_source=telegram\&utm_medium=organic_social\&utm_campaign=) | DL News                      |
| 🗞️[Bitcoin Layer-2 Network Stacks Begins Nakamoto Upgrade](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/08/28/bitcoin-layer-2-network-stacks-begins-nakamoto-upgrade/amp/)                                                                                             | Coindesk                     |
| 🗞️[Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks readies for Nakamoto upgrade activation](https://crypto.news/bitcoin-layer-2-stacks-readies-for-nakamoto-upgrade-activation/)                                                                                                      | Crypto News                  |
| [Stacks (STX) prepares for Nakamoto upgrade: here’s what to expect](https://coinjournal.net/news/stacks-stx-prepares-for-nakamoto-upgrade-heres-what-to-expect/) 🗞️                                                                                          | Coin Journal                 |
| 🗞️[Stacks (STX) poised for recovery as game-changer Nakamoto upgrade approaches](https://invezz.com/news/2024/08/26/stacks-stx-poised-for-recovery-as-game-changer-nakamoto-upgrade-approaches/)                                                             | Invezz                       |
| 🗞️[Bitcoin Layer-2 Stacks Set to Receive Its Nakamoto Upgrade, Will Enhance DeFi on Bitcoin](https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/bitcoin-layer-2-stacks-set-to-receive-its-nakamoto-upgrade-will-enhance-defi-on-bitcoin/)                                       | Live Bitcoin News            |
| 🗞️[Nakamoto Activation Begins: Leading L2 Stacks Sets the Stage for a Bitcoin-Led Future](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/nakamoto-activation-begins-leading-l2-stacks-sets-the-stage-for-a-bitcoin-led-future-1033729689)               | Markets Insider              |
| 🧡 [Bitcoin L2s Are Eating the World](https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-l2s-are-eating-the-world)                                                                                                                                                                | Hackernoon                   |
| 💰 [The Bitcoin Renaissance: Unlocking Trillions in Value](https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeorshimron/2024/08/13/the-bitcoin-renaissance-unlocking-trillions-in-value/?ref=stacksblog)                                                                         | Forbes                       |