Bitcoin sitting idle in a wallet earns nothing. Stacks has a pitch for changing that, and it comes with real BTC attached.

The Stacks network is launching a 90-day incentive program designed to pull users deeper into its Bitcoin-native DeFi ecosystem. The program distributes 1 BTC per month, totaling 3 BTC across the full run, paid directly to participants as rewards for borrowing the stablecoin USDCx or supplying liquidity to USDCx trading pairs.

The program kicks off around September 10, 2026, timed to Bitcoin block 966,350.

What participants actually do to earn rewards

Users who borrow USDCx against sBTC or STX collateral qualify for a share of the monthly BTC distribution. So do users who add liquidity to USDCx trading pairs on the network.