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Why Stacks' Muneeb Ali Wouldn't Buy Bitcoin at $100

Muneeb Ali, co-creator of Stacks and CEO at Trust Machines, answers five rapid-fire questions from CoinDesk including the most exciting development in the Bitcoin ecosystem, a preview of his upcoming talk at ETH Denver, and why he wouldn't buy bitcoin in 2013 when it was trading at $100.

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Bitcoin Is the 'Apex Predator': Stacks Co-Creator

Stacks' co-creator and Trust Machines CEO Muneeb Ali joins "First Mover" to discuss the excitement around the Bitcoin ecosystem and the significance of Stacks' upcoming upgrade. Plus, insights on Bitcoin’s scalability problem and outlook on challenges and developments of Layer 2s.

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Finance

Crypto Startup Velar Plans Perpetual Swaps Exchange for Bitcoin DeFi After Raising $3.5M

"Bitcoin DeFi is just too nascent right now," CEO Mithil Thakore said. But that's beginning to change.

Heading of Bitcoin Whitepaper

Tech

Bitcoin Could See Growth in Layer-2 Ecosystem, Drawing on Ethereum's Experience: Report

The report by Singapore-based blockchain investment Spartan Group and Kyle Ellicott details how these auxiliary networks have drawn a page from the Ethereum blockchain's playbook, and could spring up as demand grows for blockspace on Bitcoin.

(Dynamic Wang/Unsplash)

Finance

Stacks' STX Soars 27% on Positive Comments From Tim Draper

The venture capitalist believes applications built on bitcoin will perform similarly to how Microsoft applications did in the internet boom.

Venture Capitalist Tim Draper (CoinDesk TV)

Tech

Polygon Emerges as Suitor for Celo’s New Layer-2 Blockchain, Competing With OP Stack

Celo, which is ditching its standalone blockchain in favor of a new "layer-2" network atop Ethereum, had originally signaled plans to rely on Optimism's OP Stack, a similar customizable kit to Polygon's but using Optimism’s “optimistic” technology.

Image tweeted by Celo officials on Monday from conference in Barcelona. (Celo)

Tech

Polygon Releases 'Chain Development Kit' for ZK-Powered Networks on Ethereum

The new software toolkit will allow developers to build their own customizable chains, and connect to each other through a ZK-powered bridge to form a “Value Layer.”

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon)

Tech

StarkWare’s ‘Starknet Stacks’ Could Add to Growing Field of Blockchain-in-a-Box Offerings

The announcement is part of a growing trend in Ethereum’s layer-2 ecosystem, where developers can create application-specific chains using the blockchain’s native software stack.

StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

Tech

Bitcoin Use Cases Are Seeing ‘Explosive Growth,' Trust Machines Says

"Bitcoin is fun again because there's a place to build again," said Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and co-founder of Stacks, on StageX at Consensus 2023.

Muneeb Ali, CEO, Trust Machines, in conversation with CoinDesk reporter Frederick Munawa (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks' Token a Top Performer in March

STX has gained 23% for the month and is up 350% over the past year.

(Francesco Carta/Getty Images)

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