StackingDAO

Research, firm shelf, model-client eligibility, and advisor selection are recorded separately. The scheduled date is the outside bound; new evidence can reopen the file sooner.

StackingDAO has not received an adverse research assessment. Its earlier intake record used reported TVL as a dispositive threshold; that rule is retired. The position remains research-only until the economic claim, control path, loss path, and proposed-size exit capacity are established.

Research triggers: events that reopen the assessment or shelf decision
• Complete protocol-specific research and proposed-size entry and exit testing

Watched nightly: a warning on its venues or files, or a cited document that changes, reopens the memo. The first confirmation is due 2026-12-25.

The research file

Research status

Reported TVL is a scale observation, not quality, eligibility, or executable withdrawal evidence. Complete protocol-specific research and proposed-size capacity testing before a shelf decision.

Sources

The claims above trace to these. Where a number could not be independently verified, the thesis says so.

• Stacking DAO docs, liquid and native staking overview · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: stSTX, stSTXbtc, stBTC, rewards accrue to the ratio
• Stacking DAO docs, stSTX core contract · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: core contract address, deposit, init-withdraw
• Stacking DAO docs, withdrawing from stSTX · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: Bitflow swap, instant unstake 1% fee, withdrawal NFT at cycle end
• Stacking DAO docs, audits and security · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: single deployer, dao-executor sole admin, dao-multisig timelock, Clarity Alliance audits, Immunefi bounty
• Stacking DAO docs, restricted countries · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: United States restricted
• DefiLlama, StackingDAO survey record · secondary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: current TVL, chain

Inherited controls

The research above describes the protocol layer. Every position also inherits the asset it holds and the chain it settles on. The most administered layer sets the position’s effective control grade; that is a control description, not a quality or suitability score.