Starknet roundup 226
Everything you need to know about what happened in the Starknet ecosystem over the past week
Welcome to the 226th 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
@Starknet - Starknet v0.14.3 is live on Mainnet - This upgrade makes Starknet more stable, predictable, and quantum-safe
@StarkWareLtd - Today, we’re proposing a major update to our $STRK delegation program - Under the proposed Round 3 structure, delegation would go to up to 31 validators, compared to 130+ before, and selected validators would typically receive between 5M and 20M STRK, compared to 2M to 5M STRK in previous rounds
@haycarlitos - We shipped private balances as a React hook, live on @Starknet mainnet - You can now easily add confidential balances to your app using it
Ecosystem Highlights
@trovesfi - 10-11% APY on your xSTRK. deposit and the vault handles the rest - Reminder: you can currently earn over 10% APY on your STRK with Troves
@SuperVegaXYZ - We're running a small trading competition for our beta - Trade on Supervega between July 7 and August 1 for a chance to rank among the top 8 traders by payouts and split the $500 USDC prize pool
@everydaydotapp - We built Screen Minimizer to make distraction harder and focus easier - You can now set a maximum screen-time limit: if you stay under it, you earn money; if you go over it, you lose money
@Aegis_fyi - Meet Midas; the easiest way to put your BTC to work on Starknet - With Midas’ Strategy Maker you can compare strategies, understand the risk, and execute all in one click across Endur, Troves, Vesu, Ekubo, avnu, and more
@paradex - New Listings: Intel + Roundhill + SanDisk + iShares + Micron + Marvell - These new RWA perps are now live on Paradex
@arcxtrade - Today we're shipping the first two features to make point farming easier - Cost per Point to know exactly what the market is paying for points - Break-even FDV to see what FDV you need at TGE to break even
@Lyskey - Starknet is becoming the most complete privacy ecosystem on the market - Here’s what’s available right now, and what’s coming over the next few weeks
Ecosystem stats
@arcxtrade - $500,000 crossed in total value locked - ArcX already reached $500k TVL
@paradex - @tradeparadigm's average in the same period was $420M, more than 7x all the DEXes combined - Options volume on crypto is taking off on Paradigm, and soon this flow will be brought onchain into Paradex
Starknet TVS - Starknet TVS is now $400M
What Oklahoman’s actually think about Bitcoin | Documentary
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Remove LBTC from Starknet staking-reward eligibility
Starknet 0.14.3 pre-release notes
Why Starknet needs a standard way to find account capabilities
Useful links & articles
@StarkWareLtd - Practical privacy is finally possible onchain - Here’s everything you can do with STRK20s on Starknet
@adiiHQ - Introducing stablecoin payroll payments that are private so people can’t link back to treasuries/ salaries - Here’s a privacy-powered stablecoin payroll app powered by STRK20s
Developer resources
@paradex - Paradex bug bounty is live on @sherlockdefi - Paradex is launching a bug bounty, with up to $500k in rewards
@adiiHQ - If you're someone building on top of privacy or want to add privacy to your app @StarkWareLtd has you covered - Here’s a new webpage gathering everything you need to add privacy on top of your app
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