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Eduard Jubany Tur, Founder of ZKX, on Perpetual Futures, DeFi Growth in Asia, and How DeFi Can Democratize Finance | Ep. 333
10.5.2024
Eduard Jubany Tur, the founder of ZKX, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange on Starknet, discusses getting people off centralized exchanges and into DeFi, the growth of the crypto industry in Asia, the region’s key relevance, and differences between crypto users in Asia and the rest of...
Starknet Foundation Boosts Blockchain Innovation With $5M Grants Program
8.5.2024
The Starknet Foundation announced a new $5 million seed grant program to support emerging projects on the network, boosting blockchain innovation.
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Starknet Foundation launches $5 million grants program
7.5.2024
The funding aims to help developers with final-stage blockchain projects come to market and boost overall blockchain innovation
Vested crypto tokens worth over $3B to be unlocked in May
3.5.2024
Sui, Pyth Network, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Aptos are set to release vested crypto tokens in May, according to data tracker Token Unlocks
Avail Data Availability Integrated by Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, ZkSync
25.4.2024
The chains' users will be able to opt in or out to use Avail for data availability, to stash the reams of data produced for all their transactions taking place
Ethereum Layer-2 Protocol Starknet Sheds Light On What Caused 4-Hour Block Outage
5.4.2024
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, Starknet, is giving insight into why the protocol experienced an estimated four hour outage on April 4. The Block outage marks the latest in a challenging year for the protocol ahead of the April launch of its STRK coin.
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Arbitrum Outpaces Ethereum in Daily Transactions Amidst L2 Networks’ Surge
20.3.2024
Recent statistics reveal that the layer two (L2) network Arbitrum has experienced a significant increase in daily transactions. On Tuesday, the network’s daily transactions even exceeded those on the Ethereum platform. Additionally, following Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, other L2 networks...
Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans 'Parallel Execution' to Mimic Solana's Speed Feature
20.3.2024
The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project road map for the second quarter of 2024, released Wednesday
Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network?
13.3.2024
While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to improve access to Ethereum could backfire
Starknet to Reduce Transaction Fees as Ethereum’s Dencun Hard Fork Takes Place
13.3.2024
Starknet Foundation said it is introducing new initiatives to reduce fees, which benefits users and developers in parallel to the Ethereum Dencun hard fork.
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Starknet Surges Despite Market Crash: STRK Up 24% Amid Scotty the AI’s $2.5M Milestone – Time to Buy?
6.3.2024
As wild Bitcoin price action fuels explosive market moves, promising ZK-rollup solution Starknet has seen STRK price surge up +24%. This article will provide an analysis of STRK’s current price trends and look to see whether a newer AI coin, SCOTTY, represents a more promising investment...
Ethereum Fees Set to Drop for Arbitrum, Polygon, Starknet, Base. But How Much?
6.3.2024
Leading figures behind layer-2 teams told CoinDesk how Ethereum's upcoming Dencun upgrade will affect their networks
StarkWare Unveils New 'Stwo' Cryptographic Prover That's 'Blazingly Fast'
1.3.2024
The upgraded prover should lead to faster and cheaper transactions, according to StarkWare. The news comes just a week after StarkWare and Polygon announced Circle STARKS, a new type of cryptographic proof
Starknet’s STRK Price Drops 50% as This New Meme Coin Prepares to List on Exchanges
23.2.2024
As Ethereum rollup Starknet initiates distribution of 728m tokens to more than 1.3m addresses, traders are vying to take position in what could be the largest airdrop of 2024. However, with STRK price plummeting -50% on launch, could this new meme coin be a better play as it heads for exchanges?...
Starknet's STRK Jumps After Developer StarkWare Agrees to Delay Token Unlocks
22.2.2024
StarkWare, the developer behind the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Starknet, had come under heavy criticism for the unlocking schedule for its new STRK tokens
STRK Token Claims Surge to 420M in a Day as Starknet Blockchain Transactions Reach Record High
22.2.2024
Starknet, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling protocol, commenced the distribution of its native network token, the STRK token, on February 20.
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Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs
21.2.2024
Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare
The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live
21.2.2024
In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet's STRK airdrop, Stellar's smart-contract facelift and bitcoin's supply crunch
STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar
21.2.2024
More than 490,000 individual wallets claimed 420 million starknet (STRK) tokens in the 24 hours after the highly anticipated airdrop went live, with the token's market cap remaining above $1.2 billion
Starknet’s STRK Drops 53% Amid Token Issuance Criticism
21.2.2024
The tokens started trading at around $5 apiece, exchange data shows, but fell ahead of significant token unlocks planned in the months ahead