Starknet roundup 222
Everything you need to know about what happened in the Starknet ecosystem over the past week
Welcome to the 222nd 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
@l2beat - Today is a big day for all @Starknet fans: its proof system is finally 100% reproducible from the sources, verified by L2BEAT - Starknet no longer risks demotion to Stage 0 in 70 days, and the red warning is gone
Ecosystem Highlights
@Starknet - [STRK20] is live on Starknet - Practical privacy for all assets, accessible in one click, with deep DeFi integration is now live on Starknet
@StarkWareLtd - Practical privacy at real scale is now live - Here’s a website gathering everything you can do with privacy on Starknet
@StarknetFndn - Introducing: Proof, Starknet’s selective incubator and accelerator for high-potential, investor-grade teams - Applications for Cohort 01 (from July 20 to September 14, 2026) are now open
@arcxtrade - ArcX Private Beta is live - You can now get 50x exposure to Extended points, and earn 20% APY on USDC using this new Pendle-like mechanism on Starknet
@ZylithFi - Introducing zylith: a call auction dark pool that enables private order flow while reducing timing and access-pattern leakage - The first call auction dark pool on Starknet is now live on Testnet
@franklyteddy - Deadeye | Distribution Markets on Starknet - Distribution Markets are live on Starknet Mainnet
@StarkWareLtd - Shielded mode is on - You can now generate a Shinobi-like PFP to celebrate the launch of Starknet’s privacy offering
@Starknet - How exposed is your wallet really? Find out if you need a shield - Paste your EVM, Bitcoin or Solana address and get your privacy score
@xverse - STRK20 privacy is live on Xverse - You can now shield, unshield, and privately swap any asset directly from your Xverse wallet
@StarkWareLtd - The vote on Starknet v0.14.3 is now live - STRK stakers can now vote on this upgrade, which will be deployed on Testnet on June 22 and on Mainnet on July 6, the vote ends on June 16
@Medieval_Tech - Thrilled to announce that Medieval Tech Inc. has been accepted into NVIDIA Inception - Alongside Cage Calls, this project is building Octopi, a real-time spatial intelligence platform that transforms human movement into machine-readable state using multi-camera computer vision and edge AI
@SatsTerminal - Sats Terminal has received a grant from @StarknetFndn - This new project is building a native Bitcoin-backed lending
Ecosystem stats
@StarkWareLtd - 1,400,000,000 $STRK is now staked on Starknet - That’s over 22% of the circulating supply
@Lyskey - $200K is already shielded on Starknet - With 23 different tokens in the same privacy pool
@arcxtrade - $400,000 in 24hrs - ArcX just crossed $400,000 in TVL
@MSBIntel - Starknet $STRK token holders have doubled in a year, from 594K to 1.2M
Starknet TVL - Starknet TVS is now $430M
What Oklahoman’s actually think about Bitcoin | Documentary
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Snip 36: in protocol proof verification
# [SNIP] Pluggable Signer Interface for Smart Accounts
Remove LBTC from Starknet staking-reward eligibility
Useful links & articles
@EliBenSasson - Starknet has been doing formal verification for over 5 years - While ZEC is adopting this security standard now, Starknet has been using it for over 5 years
Developer resources
@rodro_pino - Juno now syncs Starknet 50% faster - StarkWare’s recent Feeder Gateway changes, paired with the latest Juno update, deliver a 50% performance improvement
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