Welcome to the 232nd 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
@StarkWareLtd - Round 3 of the StarkWare delegation program has now been executed - All selected validators have received 5M–20M STRK each, with higher expectations around performance, reliability, testing, and active participation
Ecosystem Highlights
@extendedapp - Building the next chapter of Extended - Extended is aiming to evolve from a successful crypto-native trading venue into a regulated, globally distributed onchain trading platform
@extendedapp - Following the feedback we received from the community, we've updated how orders are executed on RFQ markets - Extended improved how limit and market orders are executed through its RFQ mechanism
@LootRealms - Realms Blitz & Eternum are getting their own L3 - Realms is building their own L3 on top of Starknet
@StarkWareLtd - The Private Sprint is in full swing on Starknet - Here's a sample of the projects being built on top of STRK20s
@extendedapp - Now available to trade: $MINIMAX, $AMAT, $XIAOMI, $GLW and $KIOXIA - You can now trade these 5 RWA markets
@extendedapp - Now available to trade: $UNITREE (Unitree Robotics) with up to 5x leverage - You can now trade UNITREE on Starknet
Ecosystem stats
@StarkWareLtd - 1,500,000,000 $STRK is now staked on Starknet - ~ 22% of the circulating supply
@Lyskey - 1,000,000 Trump dollarinos shielded on Starknet - STRK20s privacy pool is now shielding over $1M value of assets, across 36 different ones
@StarkWareLtd - 100+ builders are now building private apps on Starknet - Over 100 builders are participating in the STRK20 Private Sprint, and anyone can join them at any time
@StarkWareLtd - Our quant just ran the numbers on some of the recent milestones hit by the Starknet ecosystem - Here’s why the Starknet ecosystem is accelerating, according to the numbers
@lordcumberlord - Almost 600 users on Saturday night - Medieval Tech, a prediction market on AMMA, is up only in terms of users
Starknet TVS - Starknet TVS is now $380M
EP 3 | Zoe Cruz on Crypto spring, moving from TradFi to digital assets, & crypto’s new opportunities
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Update to StarkWare delegation program - call for feedback
Starknet 0.14.3 pre-release notes
Why Starknet needs a standard way to find account capabilities
Useful links & articles
@nansen_ai - H1 2026 marked a major shift for @Starknet - Here’s a recap of what shipped on Starknet in the first half of 2026
Developer resources
@l2beat - We’ve had the risk research on STRK-20 by @StarkWareLtd for a while, now we’re tracking the data too - TVL, deposits & withdrawals, and a full assets breakdown are live - You can now track STRK20s metrics on L2Beat
You can check out all of the past updates here.
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