Starknet roundup 172
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Welcome to the 172nd edition of my weekly comprehensive Starknet summary. Reading this newsletter allow you to catch up on all the important news from the last week in just 10 minutes of reading.
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Protocol & dev tool updates
@kasarLabs - Madara's blockifier is now under v0.14.0-rc3 - Which means
Madara has been fully updated to v0.13.5 and is almost already for Starknet v0.14.0
@Starknet - Introducing a brand new offering for Bitcoiners: Asset Runes - Asset Runes: Bitcoin-native assets giving you 1:1 exposure to Ethereum tokens, minted directly on Bitcoin, redeemable 1:1 on Starknet, so Bitcoiners can now diversify without ever leaving the chain
@Starknet - You can now bridge your Runes to Starknet and finally use them with the UX they deserve - That means: Better UX for Runes traders, and more assets for Starknet users
@StarkWareLtd - The fastest prover in the world, and the first to make client-side proving actually possible on everyday devices, is live - S-two, ~100x faster than the current Starknet prover, will power cheaper, faster STARK proofs across all Starknet-powered chains, unlocking a whole new range of use cases
@karnotxyz - Institutional finance demands throughput, transparency, and provability at scale - This is what the SN Stack provides; the SN Stack combined with the UNITS engine = 7,000 TPS settled on Ethereum
@XverseApp - @Starknet in Xverse - first phase going live later this June - That means Bitcoiners get easy access to better UX at scale and the full range of Starknet use cases from this wallet
@RemusDEX - The #1 Bitcoin memecoin $DOG has arrived on Starknet - You can now trade DOG on Remus
@LayerAkira - $DOG is now live for trading on LayerAkira - You can now trade DOG on Layer Akira
@StarknetFndn - Partnering to build next-generation payment infrastructure in Africa - SNF and StarkWare are partnering with
@EjaraApp to bring their mission to Starknet, becoming the backbone for African entrepreneurs shaping real-world solutions.
@endurfi - We're distributing the revenue that Endur earned as fee rebates over the past 6 months
@OpusMoney - We're thrilled to announce that we have boosted our CASH<>USDC LP staking with T-Bills yield - Users can now supply CASH<>USDC LP via the LP-Staking tab to earn 75% of protocol revenue and additional T-bill yield
@argentHQ - Introducing Argent Lite - It’s the new free tier in the Argent Card lineup; a self-custodial card, now accessible to all with no hidden fees, no extra cost, and 0.5% cashback
@StormbitX - Introducing Stormbit, the zkTLS Credit Layer: borrow up to 99% of your asset’s value with no liquidation - This new DeFi project is now live in private Mainnet Beta
@cavosxyz - We are excited to share something we’ve been working on at Cavos, a virtual card that lets you spend your DeFi earnings in the real world - Public in general will be able to register to the waitlist on June 1st
@OnChainGm - Now you can keep your GM streak alive on-chain and be part of the movement - You can now GM fully onchain on Starknet (note: it costs 0,5 STRK to do so)
@0xCurvy - We are live on mainnet - This new DeFi protocol is live on Starknet Mainnet
@UncapLabs - Just took home TWO prizes at the @StarknetFndn Re(ignite) hackathon with bitUSD - digital cash for digital gold - Here is a new DeFi project building on Starknet
@Starknet_OG - Square announces they will accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments at all terminals - That means Starknet users (via Braavos) will soon be able to pay all across America
@karnotxyz - Announcing the first cohort of the Karnot Accelerator - Here are the three new projects building appchains on Starknet as part of the Karnot Accelerator program
@NimboraIntern - Stage 2L Nimbora UI disabled - Starting 27/05/2025, to prevent new deposits or staking activity, Nimbora UI at https://app.nimbora.io/earn/ is disabled
@vlladezy - Explore all the Runes available on Starknet with Voyager
@ohayo_dojo - Welcome to the roundup - Here is the Dojo ecosystem weekly recap
Ecosystem stats
@odin_free - Starknet mindshare continues to rise. on a 12 month high now. 5th among the L2s
Starknet TVL - TVL on Starknet now worth $515m
Building a Bitcoin dApp- Broly Demo and Dev Libraries | Starknet
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Fall Roadmap Updates
Cairo v2.11.0 is out!
SNIP 28: Staking V2 proposal
Useful links & articles
@p_e - For @Starknet, all roads lead to Bitcoin - Here's the full breakdown of all the ways Starknet could become a BTC rollup
@StarknetFndn - A Case Study: Eternum Behind the scenes of the game and the mechanics that power it - Live presentation of the game
Developer resources
@NethermindStark - New blog: What is Juno? The Go-powered Path to Starknet Decentralization - Here is a deep dive into this open-source Go implementation of a Starknet full-node client: Juno
@starkience - Building a mobile app with Starknet as a backend? - Check out http://starknetdart.dev
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