{"id":518,"date":"2026-11-09T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/?p=518"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:54:52","slug":"stacks-led-bitcoin-linked-networks-88-9-million-locked-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/stacks-led-bitcoin-linked-networks-88-9-million-locked-q3","title":{"rendered":"Stacks Led Bitcoin-Linked Networks With $88.9 Million Locked in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stacks (STX) ended the third quarter of 2026 with $88.9 million in DeFi total value locked, leading all Bitcoin-linked networks. The figure put Stacks ahead of Rootstock at $83.2 million and Mezo at $77.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Apps on Stacks generated $448,000 in user fees during the quarter, compared with $208,000 on Hemi and $181,000 on Merlin. Weekly trading volume on Stacks decentralized exchanges reached a peak of $16.7 million in late September.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"crn-inline-figure\"><img width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Stacks STX 30-day candlestick price chart with volume on Coinranking\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/coinranking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/stacks-stx-30-day-candlestick-price-chart-with-volume-on-coi-chart-036c881188-320x180.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Stacks (STX) price over the last 30 days. Source: Coinranking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Bitcoin Staking and PoX-5<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin Staking went live on Stacks mainnet in July 2026 through the PoX-5 hard fork. The upgrade introduced miner-funded yields distributed through set bonding periods. Roughly 735 BTC was staked during the first two post-launch bonding periods.<\/p>\n<p>Staking of Stacks tokens reached 493 million STX following the upgrade. In early September, StackingDAO introduced stBTC, a token representing staked Bitcoin that can be transferred and used elsewhere. This gave the ecosystem a liquid-staking option alongside its Bitcoin staking product. Traders can follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/coin\/mMPrMcB7+stacks-stx\">Stacks (STX)<\/a> coin page for real-time market data.<\/p>\n<h2>Lending Dominates Stacks DeFi<\/h2>\n<p>At the end of Q3, lending accounted for $81.9 million, or 92.1 percent of Stacks&#039; DeFi TVL. Zest Protocol held the largest share of locked value, leaving the quarter-end total concentrated in lending and one protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The concentration in lending mirrors a broader trend across Bitcoin-linked finance. Stacks competes with Rootstock, Mezo, Hemi, and Merlin for activity in this sector. Weekly DEX volume peaked at $16.7 million in late September, showing active trading alongside the lending growth. The <a href=\"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/chart\/coin\/mMPrMcB7+stacks-stx\/price\">Stacks price chart<\/a> tracks STX market performance through the same period.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin-Linked DeFi Landscape<\/h2>\n<p>Stacks operates its own consensus mechanism while anchoring to Bitcoin. Bitcoin&#039;s base layer has a narrower role than applications for lending or token swaps. The network&#039;s PoX-5 upgrade and Bitcoin Staking product have helped it capture the top spot among Bitcoin-adjacent DeFi chains.<\/p>\n<p>By early November 2026, a chain-level measure for Stacks was about $57 million, while a broader ecosystem measure including liquid staking was about $123 million. Those figures describe different scopes from each other and from the $88.9 million quarter-end DeFi TVL. The broader <a href=\"https:\/\/coinranking.com\/coins\/layer-1\">layer-1 blockchains<\/a> market continues to evolve as more networks build Bitcoin-anchored DeFi infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacks topped all Bitcoin-adjacent DeFi networks in Q3 2026, with lending making up over 90 percent of its total value locked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crn_external_id":"oc-2026-11-09-stx-q3-defi-tvl-bitcoin-staking","_crn_dek":"Stacks topped all Bitcoin-adjacent DeFi networks in Q3 2026, with lending making up over 90 percent of its total value locked.","_crn_takeaways":"[\"Stacks led Bitcoin-linked DeFi networks with $88.9 million TVL at the end of Q3 2026.\",\"Bitcoin Staking launched in July via the PoX-5 hard fork, with 735 BTC staked in the first two bonding periods.\",\"Lending made up 92.1% of Stacks DeFi TVL, with Zest Protocol holding the largest share.\",\"Stacks DEX volume peaked at $16.7 million per week in late September.\"]","_crn_faq":"[{\"question\":\"How much DeFi TVL did Stacks have in Q3 2026?\",\"answer\":\"Stacks ended Q3 2026 with $88.9 million in DeFi total value locked, leading all Bitcoin-linked networks ahead of Rootstock ($83.2M) and Mezo ($77.3M).\"},{\"question\":\"When did Bitcoin Staking launch on Stacks?\",\"answer\":\"Bitcoin Staking went live on Stacks mainnet in July 2026 through the PoX-5 hard fork, introducing miner-funded yields through set bonding periods.\"},{\"question\":\"What is stBTC on Stacks?\",\"answer\":\"stBTC is a token introduced by StackingDAO in September 2026 that represents staked Bitcoin. 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