Starknet roundup 206
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Welcome to the 206th 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 5 minutes of reading!
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Protocol & dev tool updates
@kasarLabs - Cairo Coder v0.4.0 is out - Featuring JIT Skill generation + MCP serving and major improvements
Ecosystem Highlights
@StarkWareLtd - Today, we’re bringing Nightfall, EY’s ZK privacy layer, to Starknet - Institutions can now run payments, tokenized assets, & DeFi strategies onchain, without leaking sensitive information to the world, all using the Starknet Stack
@ready_co - Introducing Virtual Cards - Ready Card is now available to everyone, for free and instantly
@ready_co - Introducing the Focus Tree virtual card - Ready has partnered with Focus to launch a dedicated card for students
@LootSurvivor - The largest fully onchain battle ever recorded on @ethereum has just begun - Summit, the new game of the Loot Survivor universe, is now live on Mainnet
@Starknet - 17 TradFi markets are now live onchain on Starknet - Including commodities, FX, indices, and equities, all powered by Extended
@StarkWareLtd - Bitcoin’s quantum proposal features StarkWare co-author - StarkWare’s @isabelfoxenduke is now a co-author of Bitcoin’s BIP 360, proposing a new output type for quantum-resistant script trees, while keeping compatibility with Tapscript
@just_brove_it - After months of work, ₿rove Royale 2.0 is finally here, a strategic card game where your skill defines victory - Brove launched a gamified way to explore BTCFi on Starknet
@extendedapp - You can now trade $COIN and $HOOD with up to 10x leverage - Two new equities are now available for trading on Starknet
@Blobarena - Private Testing sign-up for the new version of Blob Arena is now available - If you want to try this new version before the official release, you can now fill out the form in the tweet for a chance to get access
@paradex - Spot Trading is now live on Paradex - Spot expands the core trading suite (spot, perps, and options) and advances Paradex’s goal of building the DeFi Supercenter for the internet economy
@MentorNotPseudo - Starknet is becoming a native zk verification layer - This is what SNIP36 is all about
Ecosystem stats
@Starknet - From 44 to 17 in under 6 months - Starknet is now top 17 chains by TVL
@Starknet - Loot Survivor now ranks #8 by TX across the entire Ethereum ecosystem
Starknet TVL - Starknet TVS is now $550M
Zooko & Eli on Zcash, ZK, Privacy, and Scaling — From 2013 Bitcoin to Starknet & Bitcoin L2
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Periodic manual configuration of minimal base fee
Snip 36: in protocol proof verification
RFC: Improving Mobile Wallet Integration for React Native on Starknet
17.12.2025: Monthly Starknet Governance Call: Meeting Minutes
[Showcase] Glacis Protocol — Post-Quantum Proof of Humanity on Starknet
Useful links & articles
@StarkWareLtd - Spotlight: Climb the Summit - Deep dive article into the Loot Survivor’s new game
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