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Stacks Labs CTO outlines PoX-6: blind auctions and on-chain yield replace curated settings

  • —PoX-5 activated on July 30, 2026 at Bitcoin block 960,230, with SIP-045 approved by 99.99% of votes
  • —PoX-5 targets roughly 3% annual BTC yield for institutions with a 5% minimum STX pairing
  • —PoX-6 would swap Stacks Endowment curation for blind auctions and on-chain yield adjustments
  • —Founder Muneeb Ali becomes permanent CEO of Stacks Labs on October 15, 2026
Why it matters: Market-driven auctions and algorithmic yields would cut reliance on the Stacks Endowment and make BTC staking returns less predictable.
Source: Crypto Briefing