StarkWare 🥷

Pioneering scaling and privacy with ZK-STARK.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

Crypto is slowly returning to its cypherpunk ethos.

And Starknet has one of the most cypherpunk origin stories of any chain.

In 2013, @EliBenSasson was already on stage presenting ZK as a way to scale Bitcoin.

In 2014, he co-published a paper on Decentralized anonymous payments powered by ZK.

In 2016, he then co-founded Zcash, pushing privacy into crypto before most people even understood why it mattered.

In 2018, he finally co-founded StarkWare to tackle scalability, privacy, and post-quantum security on a single layer (Starknet).

If you really care about cypherpunk ethos, you know what you need to do.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

@itamardvir @Starknet legend

[Itamar Dvir @itamardvir]

you can now play fantasy world cup on @Starknet

link below, limited spots

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1 $STRK = 1 $STRK btw

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@SuperVegaXYZ 👀

[Robinhood @RobinhoodApp]

New assets now available to trade on Robinhood Crypto, including NY.

$BAT (Basic Attention Token)
$FLR (Flare)
$STRK (Starknet)

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

@tranaiht thanks to strk20
https://t.co/SpUsonywBn

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

STRK20. 9th June.

https://t.co/3MuWiZ3n6x

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

Privacy for every ERC-20 token.

🫦

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

Take a few minutes to seriously contemplate what the ecosystem shipped in only 5 months.

Among the biggest updates:
> Brought STRK to Solana manlets
> Finished integrating LayerZero bridging technology, as well as Stargate Finance
> Open-sourced S-two, making it possible to verify proofs on EVM, while greatly improving efficiency with recursive circuit proving (a big unlock for privacy, ZK-threads, in-protocol proof verification, and client-side proving)
> Launched StarkZap v1, then v2: a TypeScript SDK allowing anyone, from Web2 to Web3 builders, to bring their apps onchain on Starknet and integrate DeFi use cases while abstracting away blockchain complexity. Already 6,000 builders have tried it, and privacy is coming soon
> Partnered with EY to bring our stack and privacy to institutional players
> Introduced the strkBTC plan and vision: the first Bitcoin-backed asset designed to be productive, with compliant privacy features built in
> Presented STRK20s, Starknet’s privacy pool, allowing ERC20s on Starknet to be encrypted, and released its technical paper
> Launched Shinobi, the protocol upgrade enabling in-protocol proof verification on Starknet, the last missing piece for native privacy on Starknet
> Provided a concrete solution to Bitcoin’s quantum-computing problem
> Helped Share Internet raise a seed round to build better financial infrastructure in Africa, powered by Starknet
> Launched strkBTC on Mainnet and prepared the upcoming full launch of STRK20 on June 9
> Released the multi-collateral feature on Extended, allowing traders to trade perps using USDC, XVS, USDT, wBTC, and ETH as collateral across crypto and TradFi assets
> Got native USDC on Starknet integrated into Binance deposits and withdrawals

And the intern in me can already tease that:
> A solution to Bitcoin’s quantum-computing problem with strkBTC will be announced
> More broadly, the roadmap to make Starknet fully post-quantum secure end-to-end will be announced (spoiler: most of the hard work is already done)
> STRK20s will likely go bananas, with the launch on 9th June and the Privacy SDK to be released soon after
> And much more

40% of the year is already done.

The ecosystem has shipped a lot, but there’s still much more to come in the remaining 60%.

Lock in. Seriously.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

Only ~40% of 2026 is done btw.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

@Ztark_Labs June section will be interesting 😏

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Only ~40% of 2026 is done btw.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

@StarknetDegenz wdyt @Cudan_Svat

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@Starknet 🤫

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May shipping

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

This month on Starknet.

1️⃣ Bitcoin privacy is now possible on Starknet

- The Starknet community approved both the strkBTC bridge architecture and its initial signer set, validating the design, trade-offs, and roadmap toward more trust-minimized BTCFi.
- Following this approval, strkBTC officially hit the market, a new Bitcoin wrapper on Starknet, with built-in compliant privacy.
- Among the first users case available today: Shield and unshield strkBTC directly from Xverse and Ready interfaces - Transfer privately inside Starknet’s privacy pool - Bridge Bitcoin to strkBTC on Starknet through Atomiq Labs and GardenFi - Stake and liquid stake strkBTC through Endur - Provide liquidity on Ekubo - Trade it on avnu and Ekubo - Lend and borrow it on Vesu
- Next steps: anonymous swap on avnu & Ekubo, and the full launch of STRK20s on June 9, bringing privacy to all ERC-20 assets, not only Bitcoin.

2️⃣ Starknet is getting ready for the post-quantum era

Post-quantum resistance is becoming one of the most important long-term topics in crypto, and Starknet is one of the best-positioned ecosystems:

- Starknet is powered by STARK proofs, a proving system already considered post-quantum secure.
- It also has native account abstraction, making it easier for users to migrate to post-quantum secure wallets (1 click/tx migration)
- Even better: post-quantum wallets are already live on Starknet Mainnet today.
- The remaining pieces would require around 4 to 6 months of engineering work to bring Starknet fully to end-to-end post-quantum resistance.

3️⃣ The ecosystem keeps shipping

- Xverse had a strong month, improving access to Starknet through Due’s Bank Transfer integration, integrating Vesu’s USDC markets directly inside the wallet, and becoming the first wallet on Starknet to support strkBTC shielding on mobile.
- Ready launched Ready Rewards, allowing users to earn points through swaps and Ready Metal card spending, while also making Ethereum yield opportunities accessible directly from the wallet, starting with USD Prime by Morpho and SteakHouse.
- Extended keeps accelerating with Multi-Asset Collateral, allowing traders to use wBTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, and XVS as collateral. The team also shipped email signup, improved onboarding, migrated data feeds to RedStone Live, and launched SpaceX Pre-IPO trading with up to 3x leverage.
- Privily released its SDK, launched its MCP Plugin & Skill for Claude Code, and shipped Disperse Mode, allowing users to send payments to up to 20 recipients in one transaction.
- Native USDC deposits and withdrawals to and from Starknet are also now live on Binance.
- 2 new projects launched on Mainnet: 0dAMM, the first PropAMM on Starknet, now live through avnu & Stark Lens by Aegis, a Bubblemaps-like tool to track token holders and supply movements on Starknet
- And one last alpha: SuperVega is coming very soon to Mainnet, providing users with a new way to trade markets.

4️⃣ The numbers keep improving

- Extended surpassed $25M in total cumulative revenue.
- Starkzap, the SDK allowing builders to integrate Starknet DeFi use cases while abstracting away blockchain complexity, crossed 6,000 downloads.
- STRK staking crossed 1.3B STRK staked, representing around 22% of the circulating supply.
- The Starknet Foundation also opened a new delegation round, with up to 1.7B STRK in voting power available for active community members who want to participate in governance.

We’re definitely getting there.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

February shipping

[Starknet (Privacy arc) 🥷 @Starknet]

This month on Starknet.

1⃣ Starknet’s privacy arc is officially beginning

> Combining two of crypto’s biggest moats, the Starknet ecosystem is preparing to launch strkBTC, the first Bitcoin wrapper with built-in privacy capabilities
> StarkWare also partnered with EY to bring the Nightfall Privacy Layer to the Starknet Stack, pushing forward an institution-ready private stack
> Starknet is preparing to evolve from a Validity Rollup into a native ZK verification layer through SNIP36

2️⃣ Building fully onchain apps is now possible in minutes

> StarkWare launched Starkzap, an open-source TypeScript SDK that lets teams build fully onchain apps with web2-like UX in minutes, making it easier to add crypto features, improve retention, and unlock new revenue streams
> avnu Portal is now live, giving developers a full dashboard to manage gas sponsorship, API keys, transactions, failures, and gas runway
> Starknet Academy also launched as the official hub to learn Cairo and build on Starknet

Between vibe coding, Starkzap, and Starknet Academy, there are now literally zero excuses left not to ship whatever ideas you have in mind

3️⃣ The ecosystem keeps shipping

> Extended expanded from 6 to 19 TradFi markets, including its first equity pairs
> Projects building on top of Extended have already generated $2.5B+ in volume
> Ready launched Virtual Cards, a student-focused Focus Tree card, and a referral program for the Ready Metal card
> Paradex launched Spot Trading, revealed its Money Badgers NFT collection, ended Season 2 XP & launched Season 3, and looks increasingly close to TGE
> Paradex also improved latency to sub-second position updates and added chart trading
> Cartridge Controller is now integrated into Vesu, letting gamers lend and borrow directly from their wallet
> All EVM wallets can now access Starknet’s Earn Portal and get one-click exposure to Starknet BTCFi strategies
> 3 new projects launched on Mainnet: Summit (game from Loot Survivor), Olena (Peer Prediction Markets), and a fully revamped zKube (game)
> 2 more projects were spotted building on Starknet: Tone Music (tokenizing artists and their musics) and Medialane (new sustainable monetization rails for IP owners)

4️⃣ The numbers keep improving

> Starknet climbed from the 44th chain by TVL to the 19th in under six months
> Stablecoin supply is up 300%+ YoY, with Starknet now among the fastest-growing networks in the Ethereum ecosystem on that metric
> Loot Survivor now ranks 8th by transaction count across the entire Ethereum ecosystem, alongside giants like Uniswap, Tether, and Circle
> Ekubo switched from withdrawal fees to swap fees and has now quadrupled its protocol-generated revenue on Starknet, with roughly $300k in annualized revenue from Starknet alone
> Forge Yield went from $0 to $1M+ TVL, with no marketing and no incentives
> growthepie also launched a new dashboard dedicated to Starknet app metrics

Keep shipping no matter what.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

April shipping

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

This month on Starknet.

1️⃣ Starknet is entering Phase 4

- After years of improving the infrastructure layer, the focus is now shifting from “better infrastructure” to “what can only be built with this infrastructure.”
- To support this new phase, StarkWare also adapted its strategy: more focus, fewer low-signal activities, and a stronger push toward products, adoption, and economic alignment.

2️⃣ Starknet now has the native infrastructure for privacy, and the first use case is ready

- The Shinobi upgrade is live on Starknet Mainnet, introducing the protocol-level changes needed to make native privacy possible on Starknet.
- The first major use case is STRK20s, bringing privacy to all ERC-20 assets.
- Among them: Bitcoin, through strkBTC, a new Bitcoin wrapper from Starknet Foundation and StarkWare.
- The vote to validate the strkBTC bridge structure and signers is live and ends on May 7.
- The vote to make strkBTC eligible for Bitcoin staking is also live and ends on May 7.

3️⃣ The ecosystem keeps shipping

- Privily, the first L3 built on Starknet, is now live in beta, building a privacy-focused neobank.
- Private transactions powered by Paymaster and private swaps are already possible thanks to avnu.
- Private cross-chain swaps to and from Starknet are live through RocketX.
- Ready launched USD Prime, allowing users to access Ethereum yield strategies through their wallet UI without leaving Starknet.
- Share Internet raised a seed round led by Greenfield to build better financial infrastructure in Africa.
- Extended keeps expanding its TradFi markets, with around 30 markets now live across equities, commodities, ETFs, and forex.
- 8 new projects are live on Mainnet: Privily, YieldStark, Nums, Abyss, Midgard, Armored_MMA, Lil Duckies, and GuessMyNFT.

4️⃣ The numbers keep improving

- 248 projects submitted an entry for the latest Re{define} Hackathon on Starknet.
- Starknet is the top chain in the Ethereum ecosystem for onchain developer activity.
- Starkzap crossed 4,000 downloads.
- Ready Card users have already spent $50M IRL.
- Loot Survivor is the 9th most active app across the entire Ethereum ecosystem.
- That same game has already generated 100,000,000 onchain transactions on Starknet.
- Vesu keeps seeing usage metrics go up only.

Can't stop, won't stop.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

January shipping

[Starknet (Privacy arc) 🥷 @Starknet]

This month on Starknet.

1️⃣ Interoperability going bananas

> STRK is now tradable and integrated into the @solana DeFi ecosystem
> @avnu_fi launched cross-chain swaps, letting users swap 200+ assets from 10+ networks into STRK on Starknet
> @LayerZero_Core, the leading interoperability network, has integrated Starknet
> This also brings two bridges: @StargateFinance (the leading LayerZero-powered bridge) and StarkGate (Starknet’s canonical bridge), now using LayerZero for the Ethereum ↔ Starknet route for SolvBTC and wBTC
> Ethereum Foundation’s Open Intents Framework (EVM) is now also compatible with CairoVM (on testnet), thanks to @NethermindStark

2️⃣ Infra keeps optimizing

> S-two, the fastest proving stack on the market, is now fully open-source and available to all devs
> S-two proofs can also be verified on EVM
> The Starknet infrastructure roadmap for 2026 is live
> Ztarknet keeps shipping optimizations to enable a real Starknet-like rollup on top of Zcash

3️⃣ Ecosystem keeps shipping

> @bitwise filed a STRK ETF
> @EkuboProtocol is switching from withdrawal fees to swap fees, and has 4x’d its Starknet revenue since the move
> @avnu_fi launched v2: better execution for traders, improved DevX, fully gasfree UX, and all products unified in one view
> @extendedapp listed Silver and now offers 6 TradFi assets fully onchain, with more coming
> Extended also increased the contribution of XVS to 90% for both Trading Equity and Available Balance
> @uncapfinance now supports tBTC and SolvBTC as collateral (in addition to WBTC)
> They also launched a WBTC Yield vault on Ethereum, letting Ethereum users generate yield on Starknet directly from Ethereum
> 1 new vault and 1 new pool (brought by a new curator) are now live on @vesuxyz
> Both @Privily_fi and @shiftprotocol_ successfully raised a pre-seed round
> @0xprivacypools is now live on Starknet Mainnet
> 2 @LootSurvivor contests are currently running
> @cartridge_gg acquired an onchain gaming OG; Playmint

Solid start to the year, ngl.

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

@AbdelStark ZK STARK everywhere

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@Lyskey 😎👈

[StarkWare 🥷 @StarkWareLtd]

This month on Starknet.

1️⃣ Bitcoin privacy is now possible on Starknet

- The Starknet community approved both the strkBTC bridge architecture and its initial signer set, validating the design, trade-offs, and roadmap toward more trust-minimized BTCFi.
- Following this approval, strkBTC officially hit the market, a new Bitcoin wrapper on Starknet, with built-in compliant privacy.
- Among the first users case available today: Shield and unshield strkBTC directly from Xverse and Ready interfaces - Transfer privately inside Starknet’s privacy pool - Bridge Bitcoin to strkBTC on Starknet through Atomiq Labs and GardenFi - Stake and liquid stake strkBTC through Endur - Provide liquidity on Ekubo - Trade it on avnu and Ekubo - Lend and borrow it on Vesu
- Next steps: anonymous swap on avnu & Ekubo, and the full launch of STRK20s on June 9, bringing privacy to all ERC-20 assets, not only Bitcoin.

2️⃣ Starknet is getting ready for the post-quantum era

Post-quantum resistance is becoming one of the most important long-term topics in crypto, and Starknet is one of the best-positioned ecosystems:

- Starknet is powered by STARK proofs, a proving system already considered post-quantum secure.
- It also has native account abstraction, making it easier for users to migrate to post-quantum secure wallets (1 click/tx migration)
- Even better: post-quantum wallets are already live on Starknet Mainnet today.
- The remaining pieces would require around 4 to 6 months of engineering work to bring Starknet fully to end-to-end post-quantum resistance.

3️⃣ The ecosystem keeps shipping

- Xverse had a strong month, improving access to Starknet through Due’s Bank Transfer integration, integrating Vesu’s USDC markets directly inside the wallet, and becoming the first wallet on Starknet to support strkBTC shielding on mobile.
- Ready launched Ready Rewards, allowing users to earn points through swaps and Ready Metal card spending, while also making Ethereum yield opportunities accessible directly from the wallet, starting with USD Prime by Morpho and SteakHouse.
- Extended keeps accelerating with Multi-Asset Collateral, allowing traders to use wBTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, and XVS as collateral. The team also shipped email signup, improved onboarding, migrated data feeds to RedStone Live, and launched SpaceX Pre-IPO trading with up to 3x leverage.
- Privily released its SDK, launched its MCP Plugin & Skill for Claude Code, and shipped Disperse Mode, allowing users to send payments to up to 20 recipients in one transaction.
- Native USDC deposits and withdrawals to and from Starknet are also now live on Binance.
- 2 new projects launched on Mainnet: 0dAMM, the first PropAMM on Starknet, now live through avnu & Stark Lens by Aegis, a Bubblemaps-like tool to track token holders and supply movements on Starknet
- And one last alpha: SuperVega is coming very soon to Mainnet, providing users with a new way to trade markets.

4️⃣ The numbers keep improving

- Extended surpassed $25M in total cumulative revenue.
- Starkzap, the SDK allowing builders to integrate Starknet DeFi use cases while abstracting away blockchain complexity, crossed 6,000 downloads.
- STRK staking crossed 1.3B STRK staked, representing around 22% of the circulating supply.
- The Starknet Foundation also opened a new delegation round, with up to 1.7B STRK in voting power available for active community members who want to participate in governance.

We’re definitely getting there.

[Brother Lyskey 🥷 @Lyskey]

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