As consumers, we are in relationships with every brand, application, and community we spend ⏳time and money 💵 with. At Stack.so, we are all about recognizing and rewarding the relationships that matter - and are helping teams and organizations of all shapes and sizes do so.

Our digest covers loyalty and consumer crypto must-reads, highlights points programs and rewards offers you need to know about, and keeps you informed on product updates from the Stack team.

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Stack Digest #12 - How big of a fan of Doodles am I?

"How big of a fan of Doodles am I?" I asked my self this week. Doodles represents all of my favorite things in one: Disney-style animation, TikTok-style short-form video, Ethereum-style PFP NFTs. While I don't own a Doodles OG myself, I do collect all of their onchain media, am an early follower on TikTok (see below), and am the proud owner of a Doodles G-SHOCK watch. I am provably, verifiably, undoubtedly a big fan. But how big, exactly? That's what I set out to understand this week. So I di...

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Stack Digest #11 - The US Government Cares About Points?

The US Department of Transportation is investigating airline loyalty programs

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Stack Digest #10 - I create data, therefore I am.

I create data, therefore I am

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Stack Digest # 9 - Gyu-Kaku is the Disneyland of Restaurant Loyalty

If you want to experience the Disneyland of loyalty programs, go to Japanese BBQ chain Gyu-Kaku.

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Stack Digest #8 - Friends With $BENEFITS

Onchain Arcade, FWB, Coop Records, Rehash are in the arena, issuing points. Plus stablecoins might be the future of loyalty onchain?

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Stack Digest #7 - My Olympics-Life Crisis

I have a mid-life crisis every four years during the Olympics, but at least I have a shot at the high score on arcade.fun

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Stack Digest #6 - Not your father's Asteroids

Someone played 420 games of Asteroids in the onchain arcade, Rarible rewarded users with 3M $DEGEN, and Google Cloud thinks the future of loyalty is onchain

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Stack Digest #5 - Earn Your Stripes

A story on martial arts and the power of perceived value, permissionless rewards are now live on Stack, and must-reads from Blackbird, Orangetheory fitness, and BCG

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Stack Digest #4 - Airdrops are cooked

Airdrops are officially cooked. What was once surprise-and-delight has become an expectation and, more often than not, a disappointment. How did we get here and what comes next?

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Stack Digest #3 - 🇺🇸 American Hustle

America is the world's loyalty innovation lab, so for this Fourth of July we take a look at how loyalty has evolved over the last 200 years from B.T. Babbitt to Betty Crocker.