Starknet roundup 218
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Welcome to the 218th 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
@Privily_fi - Today, we’re releasing the Privily SDK - Builders can now integrate private transfers, shielding, and cross-chain privacy directly into apps, wallets, agents, or infrastructure
Ecosystem Highlights
@Starknet - strkBTC is live on Starknet Mainnet - strkBTC is live, finally bringing onchain privacy to Bitcoin
@Starknet - strkBTC Live: Bitcoin's Privacy Chapter Begins - Here’s a 30-minutes video explaining everything you need to know about strkBTC
@Starknet - The strkBTC Faucet is now open - If you were selected in the draw, you now have 7 days to claim
@avnu_fi - strkBTC is live on @Starknet and yes avnu supports it from day 1 - avnu is already powering strkBTC through its Private Paymaster, and will soon offer private swaps as well
@endurfi - xstrkBTC, Endur's liquid staking token for strkBTC, ships with it - You can now liquid stake your strkBTC on Endur
@vesuxyz - Introducing strkBTC: earn yield, borrow liquidity - You can now lend and borrow using strkBTC on Vesu, with borrowing even subsidized by BTCFi incentives
@gardenfi - strkBTC is live on garden - You can now cross-chain swaps your Bitcoin to strkBTC using Garden
@xverse - strkBTC is live in Xverse - Xverse users can now shield and unshield their strkBTC directly inside the wallet UI
@ready_co - We’re supporting strkBTC from day one on Ready desktop - Ready users can also shield and unshielf their strkBTC directly inside the wallet UI
@endurfi - Bridging now lives inside Endur - You can now bridge asset on Starknet directly inside Endur UI
@atomiqlabs - Bitcoin (on-chain & Lightning) <> strkBTC swaps are live on atomiq - You can now bridge your Bitcoin to strkBTC on Starknet using atomiq
@Starknet - Here's your guide to getting started with strkBTC - Recap of all strkBTC Day 1 partners, the incentive program, and what you can do with it
@vesuxyz - Someone paid 6 cents to borrow ~$100k against strkBTC
@Lyskey - Few people know this, but post-quantum-secure wallets are already live on Starknet - S2morrow is a post-quantum-secure wallet that can already sign real transactions on Starknet Mainnet
@extendedapp - USDT collateral is now live - As collateral asset, USDT contributes 95% to equity, and 90% to available-to-trade balance
@Blobarena - Breakout is live; 35 guilds, 5 weeks, $2,500 on the line - The Blob Arena new contest is now live
@Privily_fi - Monthly Recap #1 - Nearly $1.5M Moved Privately - Here’s Privily’s first monthly recap since launching on Mainnet
@jokers_of_neon - Jokers of Neon just got a massive onboarding upgrade - You can now sign in to Jokers of Neon with Google, Apple ID, email + OTP code, in addition to the Cartridge Controller
@EliBenSasson - After a long journey through blockchains, cryptography, and ZK rabbit holes, my new book is finally out - You can now buy Eli’s book, which explains blockchain and ZK in simpler terms
Ecosystem stats
@growthepie_eth - @Starknet Stablecoin ATH - Stablecoin supply on Starknet is now above $330m
@extendedapp - Extended surpassed $25M in Total Cumulative Revenue
Starknet TVL - Starknet TVS is now $620M
What Oklahoman’s actually think about Bitcoin | Documentary
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
SNIP 38 - strkBTC: Bitcoin on Starknet
SNIP 39 - strkBTC as a Stakable Token on Starknet
Snip 36: in protocol proof verification
# [SNIP] Pluggable Signer Interface for Smart Accounts
Useful links & articles
@StarkWareLtd - Here’s what you can already do with strkBTC on Starknet - Here’s all the use cases available right now using strkBTc on Starknet
@Decentralisedco - Bitcoin's Dark Pool Moment - Here’s how Starknet bring compliant privacy to Bitcoin
@Xangle_official - STRK20: An Institutional-Grade Privacy Framework - Here’s another article explaining the deep vision behind STRK20
Developer resources
@StarkWareLtd - How STARKs Work - Here’s a full guide article explaining in simple terms of STARK technology work for scaling and privacy
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