Welcome to the 182nd 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
@messiah_network - We’re excited to announce that @Starknet Mainnet RPC nodes are now live on NodeHub - With just a few clicks, you can deploy your own private RPC endpoint, giving you faster, unrestricted access to Starknet
@kasarLabs - Cairo Coder v0.2.1 is out - Migration to DSPy + a 41% performance boost on Cairo Coder requests without feedback
@swmansionxyz - Test Code Lens - New in Cairo Language Server 2.12.0
@ScaffoldStark - New major version of Scaffold-Stark is out - v1.1.0
@LayerAkira - Introducing the AKIRA-BOUT MOAR TOKENS CAMPAIGN - Layer Akira is bringing 8 new tokens to Starknet and launching a 4-week trading campaign to celebrate, with a $10K prize pool
@extendedapp - Extended is migrating to Starknet – Stage 1 begins August 12 - Extended on Public Starknet is officially starting next week
@LayerAkira - Yes, we did the impossible and brought SOLANA to Starknet - You can now trade SOL on Starknet
@LayerAkira - $JUP is on @Starknet for the very first time - You can now trade JUP on Starknet
@odin_free - Very nice @cartridge_gg controller with gmail login - You can now open a Cartridge Controller wallet with your gmail credentials
@Starknet_OG - Just realized @RocketXexchange supports Starknet bridging - You can move funds from over 100 chains (Solana, Hyperliquid, Sui...) straight to Starknet with it
@devJimenezz22 - We’re now live in the @worldcoin app sending mainnet tx and onboarding real humans to @Starknet - You can now play this fully onchain game just like a classic Web2 game: no wallet management, no gas fees…
@schizodio - SchizodioBrothers NFTs MINT is now LIVE on @Starknet - A new NFT collection is now live on Starknet
@cavosxyz - We are releasing a public analytics dashboard for you to see live updates of Aegis-v1 performance - You can track all Cavos transactions in real time with this new dashboard
@GrugsLair - Discover the new Store on the Grug’s Lair website - You can now buy or gift Arcade Tokens instantly with LORDS or STRK using your cartridge controller
@Typhoon_mixer - We are now officially on Starknet mainnet, with the goal of bringing proven, top-level privacy to your money - This permisionless mixer is now live on Starknet Mainnet
@vedantutage03 - Send a payment link, client pays with any crypto and you get stable USDC instantly - Here is a payment-based protocol supporting Starknet, so you can easily pay and get paid for your work
@Stark_mining - We are beyond thrilled and deeply honored to announce that @Stark_mining has proudly received a Seed Grant from @StarknetFndn - Here is a new gaming project building on Starknet
@ohayo_dojo - This is our monthly recap, where we’ll break down the biggest happenings from across the Dojo ecosystem - Here is the Dojo Monthly recap
@ohayo_dojo - Welcome to the first Dojo Weekly Roundup of August - Here is the Dojo weekly recap
Ecosystem stats
@Starknet_OG - From 40k monthly active addresses to 300k in a month - Yearly ATH in monthly active addresses on Starknet
@Dune - A year of Starknet on Dune, in charts - Here are Starknet’s activity metrics from the past year
Starknet TVL - TVL on Starknet now worth $550m
Vibecoding on Starknet | Build a Web3 app with AI under 15 minuets
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
SNIP 30: v0.14.0
SN 0.14.0 pre-release notes
SNIP 33 - proposal for Starknet decentralized validation
What should be the next Starknet features?
Proposal for the Monetary Committee: Adjusting the Inflation Coefficient (c) to Support Sustainable Staking Participation
Bitcoin Staking on Starknet
30.07.2025: Starknet Governance Call on Decentralization: Meeting Minutes
Useful links & articles
@Starknet_OG - Starknet monthly recap #24: July - Here is the Starknet monthly recap for July
@StarknetAfrica - The Realms are evolving - Here is a deep dive thread about the new mode of Realms: Blits
Developer resources
@StarkWareLtd - Thrilled to be collaborating with @Blockstream on Simplicity, a new Bitcoin scripting language - Among the first to experiment with it, StarkWare is combining it with STARKs to explore Bitcoin scaling like never before
@gb_0z - Introducing Otis — the first AI-powered IDE for Cairo smart contracts - Otis is a smart IDE for Starknet that requires no setup, no CLI, and no friction
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