The sUSN product on Starknet has grown its market cap by approximately 160% year-to-date in 2026.

Has implemented a Poseidon precompile, enabling efficient hash verification in ZK proofs.

Integrated with Threshold validators through Endur's liquid staking infrastructure to support tBTC staking flows, enabling delegated tBTC stake routing and securing Endur's BTCFi stack.

Launched Starknet Academy, an official learning hub for developers to learn Cairo and build on the platform.

Extended (a platform on Starknet) has achieved over $200 million in TVL and $42.416 billion in 30-day trading volumes.

Re7 Labs manages over $100 million in combined TVL across several chains and protocols including deployments on Starknet.

Launched Starkzap, an open-source TypeScript SDK enabling invisible wallets, paymasters, DeFi integrations, social login, and BTC staking integration.

Bitwise filed an ETF application for STRK token.

Powers Tone Music App, enabling fans to own royalty-linked artist shares, built by a former StarkWare engineer.

Offers gasfree transactions on AVNU, Starknet Earn Portal, and the majority of Dojo-powered games, with an acceleration scheduled for 2026-02-24.

Reached 1,132,076 on-chain STRK token holders across all chains.

Onboarded over 1 million students via Focus Tree.

Loot Survivor, a consumer app on Starknet, ranks #8 by transaction count across the entire Ethereum ecosystem.

Ready Card, a payment card product, became available to all users for free and instant access on February 18, 2026.

Generated $7k in gas fees from Gaming activity over the past 7 days, representing 35% of total gas fees in that category.

Generated $7k in gas fees from DEX activity over the past 7 days, representing 39% of total gas fees in that category.

Experienced 2 network outages over the past five years (as of February 2026).

Ranks 2nd by asset net flows, largely attributed to BTCFi campaign activities.

Provided STRK token incentives to encourage adoption of BTC wrapper assets on the network.

Game Jam VIII prize pool increased to $15,000 and rescheduled to March 6-8, 2026 to avoid conflicting with Starknet Re{define} event.

A tBTC vault deployed via Vesu on Starknet offers 12.28% APR as of February 12, 2026.

Hosting a Founder Series interview with Atomiq Labs CEO and CTO on 2026-02-13 at 10am EST to discuss Bitcoin interoperability and cross-chain swaps involving Starknet.

Application metrics for Starknet are now available on growthepie, enabling users to track which apps are gaining momentum and allowing builders to label their contracts.

Included in a list of "under the radar chains for gaming" alongside Beam, Soneium, and XAI GAMES, with four gaming projects mentioned as building on Starknet: Realms, Ponzi.Land, Blob Arena, and Ninth.

Generated $26.7K in revenue, representing a 115% year-over-year increase.

Introduced strkBTC, a 1:1 BTC-backed product with optional privacy features through shielded and unshielded versions, composable with DeFi protocols. Integrated EY Nightfall ZK privacy layer for compliant privacy.

Enabled AI agents, scripts, and backend services to execute Starknet transactions through ClawdBot integration with Controller security model.

Plans to add post-quantum resistant signing schemes for wallets, expanding beyond current Bitcoin and Ethereum curve-based wallets which are not quantum safe.

Integrated MetaMask, Rabby, Phantom, and EVM wallets into Earn Portal, enabling WBTC deposits from Ethereum and Arbitrum for BTC strategies.

Eli Ben-Sasson participates in "Intents Day Special" discussion on The Rollup podcast on February 9th, 2026 alongside Helius, Dash, and NEAR Protocol.

Ranked 3rd in development activity among Ethereum-based ecosystem projects in February 2026, down from 2nd place the previous month.

Unlocks 127M STRK tokens ($5.93M), 4.61% of supply, for investors including Polychain, Coinbase, Sequoia, and Consensys on February 15, 2026.

Native USDC is now available on Starknet.

Appointed Prof. Scott Aaronson, Schlumberger Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and founding director of its Quantum Information Center, to StarkWare's Scientific Advisory Board to advance quantum-readiness research for Starknet and Bitcoin.

Native USDC holders on Starknet increased by approximately 60% from the start of 2026 to February 4, 2026.

Fourth delegation round of the StarkWare Delegation Program executed to new program validators on February 3, 2026.

STRK staking increased 11x during 2025.

Staking v3 is expected to launch in late 2026.

Dominates DEX volume among Layer 2 networks.

partnered with Carbonable for carbon markets integration

Integrated Extended App copy trading functionality on HyperSignals AI platform for perpetual futures trading execution. Launched 17 TradFi markets onchain (6 commodities, 1 FX pair, 2 indices, 8 equities).

Added to Binance Soft Staking program alongside THETA and DASH, bringing total supported tokens to 18.

A Pendle-like application (yield tokenization protocol) is launching on Starknet with early access available.

Deployed a shielded dutch auction launchpad smart contract to testnet on January 26, 2026.

Hosting a networking event called Starknet Grand Prix in Denver on February 19, 2026, featuring F1 simulators with limited spots available by application.

Hosts a Private Trader Meetup in Denver featuring live demos of open-source trading bots running onchain with transparent performance dashboards, and approved attendees receive tool access plus STRK tokens for their first bot run.

Runs a weekly Loot Survivor 2 Showdown gaming competition starting January 23, 2026, awarding 1,666 STRK per win to players who defeat StarkWare team members in 1v1 matches, with events held every Friday at 1pm CET for 5 weeks.

Integrated into Privacy Pools as the first non-EVM chain.

Integrated with AVNU to enable bridging from 15+ chains supporting 200+ tokens into STRK on Starknet.

LayerZero goes live on Starknet mainnet on January 21, 2026, enabling omnichain messaging protocol and Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard for cross-chain use cases.

Plans to increase throughput by 2x, then another 2x (total 4x improvement) in 2026.

Hosts Re{define} Hackathon from February 1, 2026, as a 100% virtual event, offering $21.5K in prizes for building trustless apps, including a Privacy Track with $9,675 in STRK prizes, for solo participants or teams up to 5, with no Cairo knowledge required.

Co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson participates in "Privacy is the Priority" panel at Intents Day online event on January 22, 2026 at 1:30-2:30 PM EST.

Achieved 8.1 UOPS (transactions per second for multicall chains) over the last 30 days on mainnet.

Reached 305K monthly users, representing a 227% year-over-year increase.

Hosts a gaming tournament on Loot Realms offering 220,000 LORDS tokens in rewards, running from January 16 to January 19, 2026, with an additional $2,000 allocated for top content creator posts.

Generated approximately $9,000 in daily fee revenue on January 14, 2026, ranking third among Ethereum L2 chains that exceeded $5,000 in daily fees.

STRK is supported on Meteora for liquidity provision and swaps.

STRK is supported on Jupiter Exchange for spot trading.

SolvBTC became supported as collateral on Uncap Finance on Starknet, enabling DeFi users to use their BTC holdings for yield generation.

Achieved a new all-time high in app revenue.

Has more perpetuals trading volume than Ethereum and Solana combined.

Paradex appchain on Starknet reached approximately $800 million in open interest as of 2026-01-12.

Paradex generated over $10 billion in trading volume in 7 days and over $34 billion in 30 days by 2026-01-12, operating as a ZK L2 with privacy-first architecture.

Listed on Cash App Investing alongside STRC, STRD, and STRF.

Paid $0.0075 in rent to Ethereum L1 per active address over the past 30 days.

Bitwise submitted an application to the U.S. SEC for a Bitwise STRK Strategy ETF on December 30, 2025.

Cairo 2.0 delivered 1 million transactions per second with STARK proofs

Increased TVL in 2025.

Increased stablecoin holdings in 2025.

Achieved 433% year-over-year growth in active addresses as of late 2025.

Nominated for "Best In Privacy" award at The Rollup awards ceremony scheduled for December 30th, 2025.

Autonomous agents on Starknet are predicted to function as liquidity providers, arbitrageurs, and mercenaries within gaming ecosystems, creating new economic roles in digital economies.

Featured in Messari's 2026 Theses Podcast episode discussing L1/L2 competition, with analysts providing hot takes and predictions for 2026.

Daily transactions reached 2025 peak levels.

Hosting an onchain pub quiz event on December 19th, 2025 at 1:30pm UTC featuring Vitalik Buterin.

Cairo Contracts v3.0.0 completed audit and released with ERC6372 clock standard for governance, AccessControlDefaultAdminRules for admin management, and simplified ERC4626 fee configuration.

Achieved over $150M in weekly DEX volume.

Integrated NEAR intents protocol for cross-chain gameplay from Solana, Base, Arbitrum, and 20 other chains.

Unlocks 128M $STRK tokens valued at $6.26M on February 9, 2026.

Ranks #6 for development activity among crypto projects in the past 30 days with upward rank movement since last month according to Santiment data.

FocusTree app launches on the network with 1M+ downloads and large active mobile user base, gaining popularity outside crypto for productivity and digital wellness.

A perpetual DEX with team members from Revolut settles on the network, offering 50 crypto markets and TradFi assets including S&P 500, using hybrid off-chain matching with onchain settlement and 10 millisecond latency.

BTCFi goes live with staking functionality and BTC usage incentives, alongside S-Two Prover and Grinta protocol upgrades.

Integration with NEAR intents coming very soon, bringing chain abstraction capabilities to enable seamless cross-chain transactions without manual bridging.

127 million STRK tokens (~5% of circulating supply) unlock on December 15 for investors and early contributors.

Ranked 2nd in monthly net flows. Solana developers at Breakpoint conference express interest in deploying on and working with the platform, with Cairo's ZK-Rust implementation receiving positive reception.

A connectivity issue is being fixed in real-time on the network.

Tongo SDK enables confidential payment flows with hidden amounts, no trusted setups, and efficient ZK proof verification.

Staking reaches 23% of circulating STRK and nearly 2000 Bitcoin across validators as the network progresses to phase 2 of its staking roadmap. Ready, the largest validator with $130 million staked, will introduce a 10% staking fee in January 2026.

Native USDC has been live for over a week, with protocols Vesu and Ekubo now directing liquidity and incentives exclusively to native USDC instead of bridged USDC.e.

BTCFi campaign subsidizes borrowing to 0.5% rate against BTC collateral on Vesu, while Extended claims the #1 TVL position in the ecosystem with USDC vaults offering 15% APR.

Extended launches XVS, tokenized vault shares that serve as yield-bearing perp collateral, bringing capital efficiency to DeFi on the network.

Holyheld card and cashback program go live on Starknet, offering 1% STRK rewards for card ordering, spending, and service usage with a 150€ monthly cap.

A cashback rewards program offers up to 100% on in-app spending and fees, allowing users to earn up to $150 USD in $STRK each month.

The Foundation Delegation Program transitions to quarterly review cycles with year-round applications, quarterly cut-off dates on Feb 16, May 16, Aug 16, and Nov 16, and stake rebalancing scheduled for the end of March, June, September, and December.

v0.14.1 upgrade completes successfully on mainnet, introducing EIP-1559 pricing mechanism, 2-second block times when uncongested, and real-time cost alignment that increases fees to cover costs while maintaining sub-cent simple transfers.

Starknet v0.14.1 deploys to mainnet with a scheduled 10-minute downtime starting at approximately 08:30 UTC where transactions will not be processed.

Xverse wallet now serves as a gateway to Starknet, allowing Bitcoin users to access DeFi features including trading, lending, borrowing, looping, and strategy automation without leaving the wallet.

Starknet launches a Trading Guild research group to gather feedback from DeFi traders, farmers, and bot runners to improve tooling, infrastructure, and user experience.