> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.stacks.co/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.stacks.co/press-and-reports/press-and-top-links/2024/september-2024.md).

# September 2024

| Article                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Outlet / Author              |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| 📈 [New Milestone for Bitcoin DeFi: Over 1,400 Smart Contracts Deployed on Stacks](https://coinchapter.com/new-milestone-for-bitcoin-defi-over-1400-smart-contracts-deployed-on-stacks-even-before-major-upgrade/)                              | Coin Chapter                 |
| 📈 [Bitcoin layer-2 Stacks witnessed 1,400 smart contract deployments month over month](https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/stacks-registers-unseen-smart-contract-deployment-days-away-from-its-nakamoto-upgrade/)                                 | Live Bitcoin News            |
| 🗞️ [Stacks' smart contracts reach record high ahead of Nakamoto upgrade](https://cointelegraph.com/news/stacks-record-smart-contracts-nakamoto-upgrade?ref=stacksblog)                                                                         | Cointelegraph                |
| 🤝🏻 [Anchorage Digital Announces Custody Support for Stacks](https://x.com/Stacks/status/1831335327300309174?utm_source=stackssnacks.com\&utm_medium=referral\&utm_campaign=anchorage-digital-supporting-stacks-btc-bash-and-other-highlights) | X / Anchorage Digital        |
| 🚀 [Hermetica Labs Launches USDh, the first Bitcoin-native synthetic USD](https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-synthetic-dollar-25-percent-yield/?ref=stacksblog)                                                                                 | Crypto Briefing              |
| 💡 [What is sBTC? A Guide to the Non-Custodial Native Bitcoin DeFi](https://www.xverse.app/blog/what-is-sbtc?ref=stacksblog)                                                                                                                    | Xverse                       |
| ₿ [Over $1.5B worth of BTC is now locked in Bitcoin Layers](https://subscribe.bitcoinbuildersassociation.com/p/over-15b-worth-of-btc-is-now-locked?ref=stacksblog)                                                                              | Bitcoin Builders Association |
| 🤝 [Stacks x Aptos Foundations Join Forces to Bring Bitcoin to Aptos Network via sBTC](https://decrypt.co/249825/bitcoin-stacks-l2-brings-its-sbtc-to-the-aptos-network)                                                                        | Decrypt                      |
| 🖼️ [Gamma's United Bitcoin Ordinals and Stacks Platform Enters Beta](https://nftinsider.io/gamma-bitcoin-beta/?ref=stacksblog)                                                                                                                 | NFT Insider                  |
| 🤝 [Tokensoft partners with Stacks Foundation and Bitcoin Frontier Fund to Accelerate Bitcoin Builders](https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-builders-acceleration-partnership/?ref=stacksblog)                                                   | Crypto Briefing              |
| 🗞️ [Stacks Asia Foundation Launches with $15M in Funding to Boost Bitcoin Layer-2 Adoption](https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/66e2998ae0c16b2dea22b4f1/?ref=stacksblog)                                                             | CoinMarketCap                |
| 🚀 [Zest Introduces BTCz, leveraging Babylon and Stacks](https://subscribe.bitcoinbuildersassociation.com/p/zest-introduces-btcz-leveraging-babylon?ref=stacksblog)                                                                             | Zest                         |


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