diff --git a/src/event-stream/reader.ts b/src/event-stream/reader.ts
index 36f9d1a904..66cd32a043 100644
--- a/src/event-stream/reader.ts
+++ b/src/event-stream/reader.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ import {
   TxSpendingConditionSingleSigHashMode,
   decodeClarityValueList,
 } from 'stacks-encoding-native-js';
-import { DbMicroblockPartial, DbPox2DelegateStxEvent, DbPox2EventData } from '../datastore/common';
+import {
+  DbMicroblockPartial,
+  DbPox2DelegateStxEvent,
+  DbPox2StackStxEvent,
+} from '../datastore/common';
 import { NotImplementedError } from '../errors';
 import {
   getEnumDescription,
@@ -79,7 +83,8 @@ function createTransactionFromCoreBtcStxLockEvent(
   event: StxLockEvent,
   burnBlockHeight: number,
   txResult: string,
-  txId: string
+  txId: string,
+  stxStacksPox2Event: DbPox2StackStxEvent | undefined
 ): DecodedTxResult {
   const resultCv = decodeClarityValue<
     ClarityValueResponse<
@@ -108,9 +113,14 @@ function createTransactionFromCoreBtcStxLockEvent(
 
   const contractName = event.stx_lock_event.contract_identifier?.split('.')?.[1] ?? 'pox';
 
+  // If a pox-2 event is available then use its pox_addr, otherwise fallback to the stacker address
+  const poxAddrArg = stxStacksPox2Event?.pox_addr
+    ? poxAddressToTuple(stxStacksPox2Event.pox_addr)
+    : poxAddressToTuple(c32ToB58(stacker.address));
+
   const legacyClarityVals = [
     uintCV(lockAmount.value), // amount-ustx
-    poxAddressToTuple(c32ToB58(stacker.address)), // pox-addr
+    poxAddrArg, // pox-addr
     uintCV(burnBlockHeight), // start-burn-height
     uintCV(lockPeriod), // lock-period
   ];
@@ -363,13 +373,15 @@ export function parseMessageTransaction(
         (e): e is StxLockEvent => e.type === CoreNodeEventType.StxLockEvent
       );
 
-      const pox2Event = events.map(e => {
-        if (
-          e.type === CoreNodeEventType.ContractEvent &&
-          e.contract_event.topic === 'print' &&
-          (e.contract_event.contract_identifier === Pox2ContractIdentifer.mainnet ||
-            e.contract_event.contract_identifier === Pox2ContractIdentifer.testnet)
-        ) {
+      const pox2Event = events
+        .filter(
+          (e): e is SmartContractEvent =>
+            e.type === CoreNodeEventType.ContractEvent &&
+            e.contract_event.topic === 'print' &&
+            (e.contract_event.contract_identifier === Pox2ContractIdentifer.mainnet ||
+              e.contract_event.contract_identifier === Pox2ContractIdentifer.testnet)
+        )
+        .map(e => {
           const network = chainId === ChainID.Mainnet ? 'mainnet' : 'testnet';
           const decodedEvent = decodePox2PrintEvent(e.contract_event.raw_value, network);
           if (decodedEvent) {
@@ -378,20 +390,24 @@ export function parseMessageTransaction(
               decodedEvent,
             };
           }
-        }
-        return null;
-      })[0];
+        })
+        .find(e => !!e);
 
       if (stxTransferEvent) {
         rawTx = createTransactionFromCoreBtcTxEvent(chainId, stxTransferEvent, coreTx.txid);
         txSender = stxTransferEvent.stx_transfer_event.sender;
       } else if (stxLockEvent) {
+        const stxStacksPox2Event =
+          pox2Event?.decodedEvent.name === Pox2EventName.StackStx
+            ? pox2Event.decodedEvent
+            : undefined;
         rawTx = createTransactionFromCoreBtcStxLockEvent(
           chainId,
           stxLockEvent,
           blockData.burn_block_height,
           coreTx.raw_result,
-          coreTx.txid
+          coreTx.txid,
+          stxStacksPox2Event
         );
         txSender = stxLockEvent.stx_lock_event.locked_address;
       } else if (pox2Event && pox2Event.decodedEvent.name === Pox2EventName.DelegateStx) {
diff --git a/src/tests-2.1/pox-2-burnchain-stack-stx.ts b/src/tests-2.1/pox-2-burnchain-stack-stx.ts
index 846e16166b..3c5b3a2915 100644
--- a/src/tests-2.1/pox-2-burnchain-stack-stx.ts
+++ b/src/tests-2.1/pox-2-burnchain-stack-stx.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { RPCClient } from 'rpc-bitcoin';
 import * as supertest from 'supertest';
 import { Pox2ContractIdentifer } from '../pox-helpers';
 import { ClarityValueUInt, decodeClarityValue } from 'stacks-encoding-native-js';
+import { decodeBtcAddress } from '@stacks/stacking';
 
 // Perform Stack-STX operation on Bitcoin.
 // See https://github.com/stacksgov/sips/blob/0da29c6911c49c45e4125dbeaed58069854591eb/sips/sip-007/sip-007-stacking-consensus.md#stx-operations-on-bitcoin
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ async function createPox2StackStx(args: {
   cycleCount: number;
   stackerAddress: string;
   bitcoinWif: string;
+  poxAddrPayout: string;
 }) {
   const btcAccount = ECPair.fromWIF(args.bitcoinWif, btc.networks.regtest);
   const feeAmount = 0.0001;
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ async function createPox2StackStx(args: {
     })
     // The second Bitcoin output will be used as the reward address for any stacking rewards.
     .addOutput({
-      address: c32ToB58(args.stackerAddress),
+      address: args.poxAddrPayout,
       value: Math.round(outAmount1 - feeAmount * sats),
     })
     .signInput(0, btcAccount)
@@ -145,6 +147,11 @@ describe('PoX-2 - Stack using Bitcoin-chain ops', () => {
   const accountKey = '72e8e3725324514c38c2931ed337ab9ab8d8abaae83ed2275456790194b1fd3101';
   let account: Account;
 
+  // testnet btc addr: tb1pf4x64urhdsdmadxxhv2wwjv6e3evy59auu2xaauu3vz3adxtskfschm453
+  // regtest btc addr: bcrt1pf4x64urhdsdmadxxhv2wwjv6e3evy59auu2xaauu3vz3adxtskfs4w3npt
+  const poxAddrPayoutKey = 'c71700b07d520a8c9731e4d0f095aa6efb91e16e25fb27ce2b72e7b698f8127a01';
+  let poxAddrPayoutAccount: Account;
+
   let testAccountBalance: bigint;
   const testAccountBtcBalance = 5;
   let testStackAmount: bigint;
@@ -159,6 +166,7 @@ describe('PoX-2 - Stack using Bitcoin-chain ops', () => {
     ({ db, api, client, stacksNetwork, bitcoinRpcClient } = testEnv);
 
     account = accountFromKey(accountKey);
+    poxAddrPayoutAccount = accountFromKey(poxAddrPayoutKey, 'p2tr');
 
     const poxInfo = await client.getPox();
     const [contractAddress, contractName] = poxInfo.contract_id.split('.');
@@ -246,6 +254,7 @@ describe('PoX-2 - Stack using Bitcoin-chain ops', () => {
     stxOpBtcTxs = await createPox2StackStx({
       bitcoinWif: account.wif,
       stackerAddress: account.stxAddr,
+      poxAddrPayout: poxAddrPayoutAccount.btcAddr,
       stxAmount: testStackAmount,
       cycleCount: 6,
     });
@@ -298,11 +307,16 @@ describe('PoX-2 - Stack using Bitcoin-chain ops', () => {
     expect(callArg1.name).toBe('amount-ustx');
     expect(BigInt(decodeClarityValue<ClarityValueUInt>(callArg1.hex).value)).toBe(testStackAmount);
 
+    const expectedPoxPayoutAddr = decodeBtcAddress(poxAddrPayoutAccount.btcTestnetAddr);
+    const expectedPoxPayoutAddrRepr = `(tuple (hashbytes 0x${Buffer.from(
+      expectedPoxPayoutAddr.data
+    ).toString('hex')}) (version 0x${Buffer.from([expectedPoxPayoutAddr.version]).toString(
+      'hex'
+    )}))`;
     const callArg2 = txObj.contract_call.function_args![1];
     expect(callArg2.name).toBe('pox-addr');
-    const callArg2Addr = decodePoxAddrArg(callArg2.hex);
-    expect(callArg2Addr.stxAddr).toBe(account.stxAddr);
-    expect(callArg2Addr.btcAddr).toBe(account.btcAddr);
+    expect(callArg2.type).toBe('(tuple (hashbytes (buff 32)) (version (buff 1)))');
+    expect(callArg2.repr).toBe(expectedPoxPayoutAddrRepr);
   });
 
   // TODO: this is very flaky