ChainCatcher message, according to official news, OKX Connect launched by OKX Web3 now officially supports the Starknet network.OKX Connect is a communication protocol between wallets and applications within the Telegram ecosystem, helping developers seamlessly connect their DApps developed on Telegram with different blockchains to provide users with the best experience. For Telegram Mini Apps that support OKX Connect, they can directly invoke the OKX Web3 wallet and the Telegram-based OKX Mini wallet for signing transactions and other DApp interactions. For more details, please see the source link.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet disclosed data on the X platform stating that the staking amount of STRK tokens on Starknet has exceeded 100 million.In addition, according to on-chain blockchain Voyager data, the current number of staked STRK tokens has reached 101,303,963.261.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet posted on platform X: "Just a reminder, Starknet is supported by a quantum-resistant proof mechanism."

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet announced on platform X that the cross-chain bridge StarkGate v2.0 is officially launched on the mainnet. This version improves user experience, adds support for more tokens, and includes additional features for all bridgoooors.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet announced that v0.13.3 has been launched on the mainnet. This version will enhance the data efficiency of Starknet, and the Blob gas cost on the mainnet has been reduced by about 5 times, which means that the fees for all Starknet users will become lower.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Layer2 scaling solution Starknet officially launches its crypto staking feature, becoming the first Ethereum L2 network to support users earning rewards through staking tokens. Users holding at least 20,000 STRK (approximately $12,000) can become validators, staking their assets as collateral to validate transactions and earn rewards; users holding less than 20,000 STRK can delegate their tokens to validators for staking.Users must wait 21 days to stake and retrieve their tokens, including the rewards generated during the staking period. Meanwhile, Bitwise Asset Management announced that it will operate a public validator node for STRK holders to delegate staking and provide independent validator services for institutional clients.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet posted on X that the core infrastructure for STRK staking has been deployed to the Starknet mainnet. The Validator tools are now in use, and users holding at least 20,000 STRK tokens and running a full node can become Validators.The UI and DApp for Delegators will go live with the official release tomorrow.

ChainCatcher news, Nethermind researcher Aayush Giri published a summary of the 15th Starknet Core Developer Consensus (ACDC) call. This week, developers discussed the upgrade of the mainnet to version v0.13.3, equipped with Stateless Compression features to reduce mainnet costs; the network architecture is divided into three different layers; new methods to prevent remote consensus attacks; improvements in P2P message routing between nodes, etc.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet posted on the X platform that the integration phase of STRK staking's first stage has now begun. Starknet is deploying the system on the Starknet mainnet, and it is expected to be completed within a few hours.Starting tomorrow, validators can begin integrating with the staking contract. For users, a little more patience is needed; the delegated UI and dApp will be ready on Tuesday, November 26.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet tweeted that its mainnet will upgrade to version v0.13.3 on November 27. At that time, the Blob Gas price on Starknet will be 5 times cheaper. Some node operators running Juno instances need to upgrade to version v0.12.4 to sync with the v0.13.3 blocks; if using Pathfinder > v0.14.2, no action is required.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet announced on the X platform the launch of Starknet v0.13.3 to meet the stable growth demand of Ethereum blobs. The Blob gas on Starknet is now 5 times cheaper; it has been launched on the testnet and is expected to go live on the mainnet this week.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on the X platform that part of L2 scaling is Ethereum increasing its blob capacity, and another part is Rollups becoming more data-efficient. It's great to see Starknet rise to the challenge, and I hope to see more EVM Rollups improve data efficiency.Previously, Starknet announced the launch of the solution Starknet v0.13.3, aimed at meeting the steadily growing demand for processing Ethereum blobs.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet has released its latest roadmap, indicating that as the demand for Ethereum blobs steadily rises to significant levels, the project's short-term focus has shifted back to reducing fees.According to the roadmap, Starknet plans to launch Phase 1 of STRK staking this November, which will further advance its decentralization process, unlock new use cases for STRK tokens, and expand new business use cases on Starknet. Secondly, Starknet plans to implement "Stateless compression" and "squash-pricing" in version v0.13.3 this December to reduce network fees. Next, Starknet aims to achieve "Stateful compression" in version v0.13.4 in February 2025 to continue lowering fees, which will improve devX by supporting try/catch patterns and introduce L2 gas as a protocol-level resource to encapsulate all L2 native computation, storage, and bandwidth without coupling to the L1 resource market.Additionally, Starknet plans to implement 2-second blocks, a memory pool with a fee market, and other pending features in version v0.14.0 in April 2025.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet ecosystem DeFi yield aggregator STRKFarm.xyz posted on X stating that it is committed to becoming a profitable DeFi project aimed at developing and fully supporting its community. In light of this goal, the team has decided to implement fees.Looking ahead, STRKFarm will charge a 10% performance fee on each harvest of the Sensei strategies (such as STRK Sensei and USDC Sensei). The user experience on the application will remain unchanged, and the displayed APY is after all fees are deducted.As always, the team will maintain transparency regarding the measures taken. These fees will also be displayed in the user interface.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet announced a new record for transaction speed in the Ethereum Layer-2 network, with a maximum transaction rate (TPS) of 127.5 within 24 hours, and a peak reaching 857 TPS, far exceeding the previous record of 79.92 TPS set by Coinbase's Layer 2 Base.This test was jointly conducted by StarkWare, game development company Cartridge, and the Starknet Foundation, simulating large-scale user scenarios. The test game was "flippyflop," where players compete against robots, flipping tiles on a grid to generate a large number of high-frequency simple transactions, validating Starknet's scalability and TPS limits.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet announces the mainnet launch of the cross-chain bridge StarkGate v2.0 Beta, featuring new cross-chain standards, offering more functionalities, more tokens, and a better user experience.