PANews reported on August 12 that Extended, a decentralized perpetual futures trading exchange built by the former Revolut team, has launched on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet Mainnet, supporting over 50 trading pairs and up to 100x leverage. Extended previously operated on StarkWare's StarkEx, with an average daily trading volume of $319 million, and an annual percentage rate of approximately 70% over the past 30 days. The project has completed $6.5 million in funding, with investors including Tioga Capital, Semantic Ventures, and StarkWare. Extended will migrate to Starknet in three phases, with the first two weeks running both old and new versions in parallel, followed by a gradual shutdown of the old version. Users in the United States cannot access the platform.

This week, the token unlock amounts for ARB, APT, SEI, STRK, and IO exceeded $120 million, with ARB unlocking $38.63 million, APT unlocking $30.31 million, SEI unlocking $17.07 million, STRK unlocking $16.05 million, and IO unlocking $6.08 million.

According to official news, MGBX will launch POL (Polygon Ecosystem), STRK (Starknet Token), CFX (Conflux Network), VELVET (Velvet), AIO (OLAXBT) spot trading on August 4, 2025, at 19:30 (SGT). Deposit open time: August 4, 2025, 19:00 (SGT) Trading opens at: August 4, 2025 19:30 (SGT) Withdrawal opening time: August 7, 2025, 19:00 (SGT)

Gate News Bot news, August 1st, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, STRK (Starknet) is currently priced at $0.12, falling by 8.15% within 24 hours, with a highest point of $0.14 and a lowest point of $0.11. The current market capitalization is approximately $444 million. Starknet is a Layer 2 scaling solution that utilizes STARK technology to ensure computational integrity. It overcomes Ethereum's scalability limitations by verifying transactions off-chain through advanced mathematics and cryptography. As a validity Rollup, Starknet provides unlimited scalability while maintaining Ethereum's security and decentralization. Important news about STRK recently: 1️⃣ **StarkWare and Starknet team massively sold off STRK tokens

PANews July 28 news, according to the X platform "Andrew 10 GWEI", StarkWare and the Starknet team have sold at least 400 million $STRK tokens on their network to the market, accounting for about 4% of the total supply. Andrew stated that the actual amount sold may be more, but is still in the process of collecting complete evidence. In addition, he criticized the team as the "largest extractor" of this cycle, actively making bullish statements while continuously selling tokens.

Gate News Bot message, July 23, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, STRK(Starknet) is currently priced at $0.14, falling 4.74% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.16 and a low of $0.13. The current market capitalization is approximately $521 million, a decrease of $25.9314 million compared to yesterday. Starknet is a network that utilizes STARK technology to achieve computational integrity. By employing advanced mathematics and cryptographic techniques to verify off-chain transactions, Starknet overcomes the scalability limitations of Ethereum. As a validity rollup, Starknet provides infinite scalability while maintaining the security and decentralization of Ethereum. Important news about STRK recently: 1️⃣ **Starkware adjusts the STRK token issuance plan

Trusta announced the launch of the address binding event. Addresses that participated in its activities on TON and Starknet need to bind their EVM addresses from July 15 to 19, 2025, expected to be related to the Trusta TGE and Airdrop rewards.

Golden Finance reports that Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), stated on the X platform that MSTR (Strategy) is more like an enhanced Bitcoin, BTC is a pure Bitcoin, and STRK is a structured Bitcoin, and all three will succeed. (Note: STRK is a perpetual convertible preferred stock issued by Strategy Company, which previously outperformed BTC and the S&P 500 in the market. The funds raised from this preferred stock are intended to be used for further increasing holdings of Bitcoin.)

Odaily News Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that Strategy is promoting the digital transformation of the credit market through its STRK, STRF, and STRD.

Gate News bot message, Threshold Network has deployed tBTC on Starknet, allowing users to bring Bitcoin into Decentralized Finance without intermediaries, with transaction fees as low as $0.01. Users can mint tBTC directly on Starknet or mint it through the Ethereum bridging.

Gate News bot message, StarkWare announced on X that Starknet v0.13.6 is about to be released, making the network compatible with S-Two. This upgrade is completely transparent to applications and Wallets.> Testnet: June 30 (next week)> Mainnet: July 8 Additionally, the release of Starknet v0.14.0 Testnet has been postponed to July 7. The Mainnet release date remains unchanged: still scheduled for July 28. According to community feedback, the maximum transaction size in v0.14.0 will remain unchanged.

Gate News bot news, Starknet announced on X that the new version v0.13.6 is about to be released: > Launch of the Testnet on June 30 (next week) > Launch of the Mainnet on July 8 This version is part of the roadmap to integrate StarkWare's next-generation STARK prover S-Two into the Starknet Mainnet. S-Two will reduce the proof time for 2B L2 gas Blocks from 24 minutes to under 3 minutes, while dropping the proof cost by at least 2 times. This is just the MVP version, and further optimization work is underway.

Gate News bot message, Starknet announced that the amount of STRK staked on Starknet has exceeded 300 million.

Odaily News On-chain analysis platform Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik stated on the X platform that there are currently some issues with claiming Nansen Points, which may involve HYPE, STRK, and Ledger connections. The Nansen team is working on fixes and will provide updates on the progress.

Odaily News StarkWare announced the launch of the Delegation Program, aimed at helping to secure the network by authorizing validators (especially smaller validators) and earning rewards in the process, thus supporting the decentralization of Starknet. As part of this program, StarkWare will gradually delegate millions of STRK to eligible validators to expand the staking pool, improve stake distribution, encourage new validators to participate, and enhance the overall level of decentralization of the network, with the initial sign-up period open until July 1, 2025.

PANews June 17th news, Starknet announced on platform X that the stake migration has been completed, the mainnet has now restored the staking function and enabled two new features: block validation and commission adjustment. This upgrade optimized the STRK token staking economic model, improved the transparency of validator node behavior, and users can monitor the activity of validator nodes and commission policies in real-time through the staking interface. The technical updates include: validating nodes must verify randomly selected blocks in each cycle; commission adjustments will be subject to strict time lock limitations; stakers can change validating nodes at any time. This v2 version upgrade is an important step for Starknet to achieve complete decentralization, and the team plans to launch the v3 version by the end of the year and implement Bitcoin staking functionality.

Starknet announced the completion of stake migration, the resumption of staking operations, and the launch of block proof and commission adjustment functions. This upgrade enhances the economic efficiency of STRK staking, increases the transparency of validators, allows delegators to assess the activity and reliability of validators, and enables monitoring and adjustment of commission policies.

Gate News bot message, StarkWare announced on X that the STRK stake migration has now started. The staking protocol has been paused and will last for several hours, and validators have begun upgrading their infrastructure.

Gate News bot message, Starknet announced on X that STRK staking v2 will go live on the mainnet tomorrow. The staking protocol will be paused for several hours to allow operators time for migration, during which the Starknet network will remain fully operational. Starting from the Staking v2 version, the Starknet Foundation and StarkWare will begin participating in STRK staking. StarkWare's plans are as follows: > Delegate among multiple validators > Run their own validator (with a staking limit of 10% of the total staking amount) Additionally, the official release date for Starknet v0.14.0 is: Testnet around June 30, Mainnet around July 28.

The permanent convertible preferred stock STRK launched by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has performed excellently, with a rise of 16% since issuance, surpassing Bitcoin and the S&P 500. Through the weekly ATM plan, $59.7 million has been raised, continuing to increase Bitcoin holdings. Strategy holds 576,230 Bitcoins, with an Annual Percentage Rate of 16.3%, an effective yield of 8.1% for STRK, and a low correlation with common stock, providing investors with differentiated market exposure.

PANews April 29 news, Starknet announced that the Garden bridge tool is officially launched, providing a direct path for Bitcoin native liquidity. Garden focuses on improving the speed of Bitcoin flowing into Starknet, dropping costs, and reducing trust assumptions, providing users with a more efficient interactive experience.

Golden Finance reports that the Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet has announced data on the X platform. Currently, the number of Starknet account contracts has just reached 5 million, and the network's adoption curve is accelerating. In addition, the on-chain Lock-up Position for Starknet has reached 3,816,423 ETH, and the number of bridge Addresses has reached 2,949,590.

PANews April 10 news, Starknet announced that its STRK Staking v2 has been launched on the Testnet, validators and accomplices can familiarize themselves with the relevant content in advance and prepare for the launch of the Mainnet. It is reported that the Mainnet is planned to be launched within this quarter. According to previous news, Starknet is about to launch the STRK Staking V2 voting, which is expected to go live on the Testnet in a few weeks.

Golden Finance reported that Starknet announced on the X platform that the voting for STRK Staking V2 officially begins today at 4 PM (UTC time). This Staking V2 upgrade will transform validators from running full nodes and monitoring the network to sending Block proofs, with the main goal of assessing their activity level before they take on roles that impact Starknet Consensus (planned to be completed by the end of 2025). Additionally, the proposal introduces a new transparent Commission adjustment feature to enhance economic incentives.

Starknet announces that the STRK Staking V2 voting will start on March 21, the upgrade will enhance validator functions and optimize economic incentives to prepare for the consensus role in 2025. The testnet will be launched in the coming weeks, with plans to launch the mainnet in the second quarter of 2025.

The preferred stock Strike (STRK) of Strategyissuance has been listed for over a month, with the stock price pumping 3% compared to the listing price, and dropping 20% compared to common stocks in the same period. STRK is seen as a hybrid of equity and debt, giving holders higher priority in dividends and company liquidation. (Coindesk)

Odaily Planet Daily News Starknet Foundation announced on the X platform that it will continue to be active on the ETH chain and become the execution layer of Bitcoin, aiming to increase the throughput of the Bitcoin network from 7 TPS to thousands of TPS.

Odaily Planet Daily News ETH layer 2 solution Starknet revealed data on X platform, with STRK staking amount reaching 200 million coins on its network.

Odaily Planet Daily News Michael Saylor announced on the X platform that the Strategy website has added a tag page to track the performance of $STRK.

Odaily Planet Daily News Starknet announced on the X platform that Starknet v0.13.4 is now online on the testnet. This version will achieve faster Smart Contract execution with Cairo-Native, ensure accurate L2 gas transaction fees, compress states to reduce storage costs, and the new version will enter the Mainnet in a few weeks (expected arrival time: March 17th to 24th).

Odaily Planet Daily News Starknet is giving away on the X platform, the second phase of STRK stake will begin several months later (Q2 2025), with the main goal of enabling validators to play an active role in stake and evaluating their activity before they take on the formal role of Consensus. The third phase is expected to start in Q4 2025. To achieve this goal, Starknet proposes to introduce validator block proofs and may include commission increase functionality.

Golden Finance reported that Cairo v2.10.0 has been released according to the ETH Ethereum L2 network Starknet, this version is associated with Starknet 0.13.4, and the new version optimizations include changing the priority of output diagnostics, using the correct type on Snapshot mismatches, adding const to Starknet types, etc.

PANews February 15th news, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor wrote on X platform that $STRK was one of the best performing perpetual convertible preferred stocks in the first two weeks of trading. Earlier news, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has listed its convertible preferred stock Strike (STRK) on Nasdaq.

Odaily Planet Daily News StarkWare announced on the X platform that the dApp zkLend, built on Starknet, was attacked by a Hacker. The StarkWare team immediately initiated a coordinated response and took the following steps: 1. Mark suspicious activities to the zkLend team. 2. Collaborate closely with network security companies to investigate the incident. 3. Confirm that the vulnerability does not involve a vulnerability in Starknet's core technology, but rather an irreparable application-specific issue.

ChainCatcher message, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the lending protocol zkLend suffered a vulnerability attack on the Starknet network, resulting in a loss of 4.9 million US dollars. The attacker stole the funds through Cross-Chain Interaction to ETH network and laundered them through the privacy protocol Railgun. However, due to the policy restrictions of Railgun protocol, the funds were forcibly returned to the original Address. Earlier news, zkLend has proposed 10% to the attacker through on-chain messages.

BlackRock's holding in Strategy increased to 5%, and the perpetual preferred stock pumped 2% on its first day of listing.

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Golden Finance reported that MicroStrategy announced that the size of its preferred stock STRK fundraising has been increased from $250 million to $564 million. MicroStrategy estimates that after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, as well as MicroStrategy's estimated issuance expenses, the net amount obtained from the issuance is approximately $564 million. MicroStrategy intends to use the net proceeds from the issuance for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of Bitcoin and working capital.

Odaily Star News According to Starknet's article on the X platform, the second phase of STRK stake is scheduled to start in the second quarter of this year, and the specific situation of the first phase of stake is as follows: Stake 150 million STRK; 100 validators; Over 60,000 representatives participated. The main goal of the 1st phase of stake is to test the basic principles of Starknet's stake mechanism and economic parameters, which will take about 3

Odaily Planet Daily News Michael Saylor announced on the X platform that MicroStrategy

Odaily Planet Daily News Starknet disclosed data on the X platform. After the first phase of STRK stake was launched, there were 100 validators contributing to the network in just 2 months, with over 60,000 delegates.

Odaily Planet News Starknet announced on the X platform that it has reached a cooperation with R as a service provider AltLayer, committed to helping builders complete SN Rollup deployment and autonomously building optimized

Odaily Daily News Starknet Engineering and Research Laboratory Kasar Labs announced the launch of the Starknet Agent Kit, allowing users to use AI on Starknet.

Golden Finance reported that the Starknet Winter Hackathon is officially online, and registration is now open. The project submission deadline is January 19th, and the prize pool includes a value of $45,000.

PANews News on January 2, ETH Fang Layer

ChainCatcher News, Starknet announced on the X platform that it plans to launch Stwo verifier in April 2025, which is expected to be about 940 more efficient than the current Starknet verifier.

Odaily Planet Daily News Aligned Foundation announced that it will Airdrop 26% of ALIGN Tokens to 891322 Address. The specific Airdrop targets are holders of tokens such as STRK, MINA, ZK, POL, SCR, TAIKO, EIGEN, etc. Users need to hold the tokens at the historical lowest price, but the minimum Holdings requirement has not been disclosed. Addresses eligible for the Airdrop need to register before December 23rd. Previously, Aligned Foundation has released the economic model of the token ALIGN. The total supply of ALIGN is 10 billion, with an initial circulation of 3 billion (i.e. 30% of the total supply).

Odaily Planet Daily News Starknet disclosed data on the X platform, stating that the staked amount of STRK Token on Starknet has exceeded 1

StarkWare's scientific committee welcomes computer science professor Moni Naor, who will focus on BTC cryptography and Decentralization. Naor has made important contributions in areas such as Public Key systems, visual cryptography, and captcha concepts, and co-proposed Proof of Work with Cynthia Dwork.

Odaily Planet News: Starknet mentioned on the X platform, 'Just mentioning, Starknet'