diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 0415fe4..cee1dbe 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
         "PGPORT": "5432",
         "PGUSER": "postgres",
         "PGPASSWORD": "postgres",
+        "STACKS_NODE_RPC_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "STACKS_NODE_RPC_PORT": "20443",
       },
       "killBehavior": "polite",
       "preLaunchTask": "npm: testenv:run",
diff --git a/migrations/1729684505757_chain_tip_pox_info.ts b/migrations/1729684505757_chain_tip_pox_info.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..414c4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1729684505757_chain_tip_pox_info.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+import { MigrationBuilder, ColumnDefinitions } from 'node-pg-migrate';
+
+export const shorthands: ColumnDefinitions | undefined = undefined;
+
+export function up(pgm: MigrationBuilder): void {
+  pgm.addColumns('chain_tip', {
+    first_burnchain_block_height: {
+      type: 'integer',
+      default: null,
+    },
+    reward_cycle_length: {
+      type: 'integer',
+      default: null,
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index 82f6501..c448659 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const schema = Type.Object({
   /** Port in which to serve the profiler */
   PROFILER_PORT: Type.Number({ default: 9119 }),
 
+  STACKS_NODE_RPC_HOST: Type.String(),
+  STACKS_NODE_RPC_PORT: Type.Number({ minimum: 0, maximum: 65535 }),
+
   /** Hostname of the chainhook node we'll use to register predicates */
   CHAINHOOK_NODE_RPC_HOST: Type.String({ default: '127.0.0.1' }),
   /** Control port of the chainhook node */
diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index 7a18818..46116d0 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,16 @@ export function unixTimeSecondsToISO(timestampSeconds: number): string {
 export function normalizeHexString(hexString: string): string {
   return hexString.startsWith('0x') ? hexString : '0x' + hexString;
 }
+
+export function sleep(ms: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (signal?.aborted) {
+      return reject(signal.reason);
+    }
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => resolve(), ms);
+    signal?.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      reject(signal.reason);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1f2e70e..385c305 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ENV } from './env';
 import { isProdEnv } from './helpers';
 import { buildProfilerServer, logger, registerShutdownConfig } from '@hirosystems/api-toolkit';
 import { closeChainhookServer, startChainhookServer } from './chainhook/server';
+import { startPoxInfoUpdater } from './stacks-core-rpc/pox-info-updater';
 
 /**
  * Initializes background services. Only for `default` and `writeonly` run modes.
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ import { closeChainhookServer, startChainhookServer } from './chainhook/server';
 async function initBackgroundServices(db: PgStore) {
   logger.info('Initializing background services...');
 
+  const poxInfoUpdater = startPoxInfoUpdater({ db });
+  registerShutdownConfig({
+    name: 'stacks-core RPC PoX fetcher',
+    forceKillable: false,
+    handler: () => {
+      poxInfoUpdater.close();
+    },
+  });
+
   const server = await startChainhookServer({ db });
   registerShutdownConfig({
     name: 'Chainhook Server',
diff --git a/src/pg/pg-store.ts b/src/pg/pg-store.ts
index 799865b..25c5355 100644
--- a/src/pg/pg-store.ts
+++ b/src/pg/pg-store.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,34 @@ export class PgStore extends BasePgStore {
     return result[0].block_height;
   }
 
+  async getPoxInfo() {
+    const result = await this.sql<
+      { first_burnchain_block_height: number | null; reward_cycle_length: number | null }[]
+    >`
+      SELECT first_burnchain_block_height, reward_cycle_length FROM chain_tip
+    `;
+    return result[0];
+  }
+
+  async updatePoxInfo(poxInfo: {
+    first_burnchain_block_height: number;
+    reward_cycle_length: number;
+  }): Promise<{ rowUpdated: boolean }> {
+    // Update the first_burnchain_block_height and reward_cycle_length columns in the chain_tip table only if
+    // they differ from the existing values. Return true if the row was updated, false otherwise.
+    // Should only update the row if the values are null (i.e. the first time the values are set).
+    const updateResult = await this.sql`
+      UPDATE chain_tip 
+      SET 
+        first_burnchain_block_height = ${poxInfo.first_burnchain_block_height},
+        reward_cycle_length = ${poxInfo.reward_cycle_length}
+      WHERE
+        first_burnchain_block_height IS DISTINCT FROM ${poxInfo.first_burnchain_block_height} 
+        OR reward_cycle_length IS DISTINCT FROM ${poxInfo.reward_cycle_length}
+    `;
+    return { rowUpdated: updateResult.count > 0 };
+  }
+
   async getRecentBlocks(limit: number, offset: number) {
     // The `blocks` table (and its associated block_signer_signatures table) is the source of truth that is
     // never missing blocks and does not contain duplicate rows per block.
diff --git a/src/stacks-core-rpc/pox-info-updater.ts b/src/stacks-core-rpc/pox-info-updater.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0945430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stacks-core-rpc/pox-info-updater.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { logger } from '@hirosystems/api-toolkit';
+import { PgStore } from '../pg/pg-store';
+import { sleep } from '../helpers';
+import { ENV } from '../env';
+
+// How long to wait between PoX rpc fetches when the database already has PoX info
+const POX_INFO_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 30000;
+
+// How long to wait between retries when fetching PoX info fails and the database is missing PoX info
+const POX_INFO_UPDATE_CRITICAL_RETRY_INTERVAL_MS = 3000;
+
+export function startPoxInfoUpdater(args: { db: PgStore }) {
+  const abortController = new AbortController();
+  void runPoxInfoBackgroundJob(args.db, abortController.signal);
+  return {
+    close: () => abortController.abort(),
+  };
+}
+
+async function runPoxInfoBackgroundJob(db: PgStore, abortSignal: AbortSignal) {
+  let isDbMissingPoxInfo: boolean | null = null;
+  while (!abortSignal.aborted) {
+    try {
+      // Check if isDbMissingPoxInfo is null, which means we haven't checked the database yet
+      if (isDbMissingPoxInfo === null) {
+        const dbPoxInfo = await db.getPoxInfo();
+        isDbMissingPoxInfo = dbPoxInfo.reward_cycle_length === null;
+      }
+
+      if (isDbMissingPoxInfo) {
+        logger.info(
+          `Database is missing PoX info, fetching from stacks-core RPC ${getStacksNodeUrl()}`
+        );
+      }
+      const rpcPoxInfo = await fetchRpcPoxInfo(abortSignal);
+      if (isDbMissingPoxInfo) {
+        logger.info(
+          `Fetched PoX info from stacks-core RPC: first_burnchain_block_height=${rpcPoxInfo.first_burnchain_block_height}, reward_cycle_length=${rpcPoxInfo.reward_cycle_length}, storing in database`
+        );
+      }
+      await db.updatePoxInfo(rpcPoxInfo);
+      isDbMissingPoxInfo = false;
+      await sleep(POX_INFO_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS, abortSignal);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (abortSignal.aborted) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (isDbMissingPoxInfo) {
+        logger.error(
+          error,
+          `Failed to fetch PoX info from stacks-core RPC, retrying in ${POX_INFO_UPDATE_CRITICAL_RETRY_INTERVAL_MS}ms ...`
+        );
+        await sleep(POX_INFO_UPDATE_CRITICAL_RETRY_INTERVAL_MS, abortSignal);
+      } else {
+        logger.warn(
+          error,
+          `Failed to update PoX info (database already has PoX info, this is not critical)`
+        );
+        await sleep(POX_INFO_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS, abortSignal);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+interface PoxInfo {
+  first_burnchain_block_height: number;
+  reward_cycle_length: number;
+}
+
+function getStacksNodeUrl(): string {
+  return `http://${ENV.STACKS_NODE_RPC_HOST}:${ENV.STACKS_NODE_RPC_PORT}`;
+}
+
+async function fetchRpcPoxInfo(abortSignal: AbortSignal) {
+  const url = `${getStacksNodeUrl()}/v2/pox`;
+  const res = await fetch(url, { signal: abortSignal });
+  const json = await res.json();
+  return json as PoxInfo;
+}