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, StarkWare announces the launch of a new initiative to drive innovation in the Starknet ecosystem, with an initial budget of 5 million STRK.The initiative aims to attract and retain top talent, promote development and innovation, enhance community education and enjoyment, and ensure accountability and reward contributions.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet's decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Paradex has released its Q2 roadmap on the X platform:Points system upgrade: Comprehensive revision of the points program, adding more ways to earn points (user OI and TVL points);Degen referral program;Cross-chain bridging and wallet support: Achieve faster, cheaper, and easier access to the Paradex application chain from any source chain, increasing support for Starknet native wallets (Argent/Bravos);Yield: Vaults 2.0, lending pools, enhancing the vault experience for professional traders and yield farmers.

ChainCatcher news, DefiLlama data shows that the Starknet ecosystem DEX & lending protocol Nostra's TVL has surpassed 120 million USD, while the current Starknet total TVL is 227 million USD, accounting for 52.8%. According to the protocol data, the current TVL is mainly composed of STRK and nstSTRK, amounting to 78 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, the OKX Web3 wallet now fully supports the Starknet ecosystem. Among them, the wallet section has added support for the Starknet network and on-chain asset management, and allows users to check and claim STRK airdrops through Giveaway. The DEX section supports the exchange of Starknet on-chain assets as well as cross-chain exchanges with 12 mainstream EVM public chains. The discovery section has established a Starknet DeFi Spring zone to help users explore popular DApps in the ecosystem and win rewards anytime, anywhere. Additionally, exclusive ecosystem-specific airdrop events will be launched soon. In the future, the OKX Web3 wallet will continue to support the development of Starknet and optimize product features, providing users with the best experience to fully engage with the Starknet ecosystem.It is reported that the OKX Web3 wallet is an industry-leading one-stop Web3 entry point, now supporting over 85 public chains, with a unified app, plugin, and web interface. It covers five major sections: wallet, DEX, DeFi, NFT marketplace, and DApp exploration, and supports the Ordinals marketplace, MPC and AA smart contract wallets, gas exchange, and hardware wallet connections. https://x.com/okxchinese/status/1760170598465179827?s=20

ChainCatcher news, the Starknet ecosystem AMM protocol Ekubo announced on social media that it will participate in the Starknet DeFi Spring program launched by the Starknet Foundation. In the next six to eight months, users will be able to earn STRK incentives by providing liquidity, starting with the following trading pairs:STRK/ETHSTRK/USDCETH/USDCUSDC/USDTIt is reported that the returns users receive will depend on how much liquidity is provided for these trading pairs.In addition, users can also earn NFTs by completing Intract tasks.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet ecosystem AMM protocol JediSwap tweeted that it has launched Jediswap v2. The new features include: concentrated liquidity (strategically providing liquidity within a certain price range to maximize capital efficiency); customizable fee tier pools (users can add liquidity to different currency pools for the same currency pair and charge different exchange fees); price efficiency (optimizing users' overnight interest by identifying the most efficient paths through an innovative router); design similar to Uniswap v3 (teams building tools for concentrated liquidity positions in the EVM ecosystem can quickly adapt their tools for Starknet); establishing a points system and leaderboard for liquidity providers and traders, ranking them based on the value they bring to Jediswap as users.In addition, the official announcement states that it has launched a new event on Galxe, where early Starknet users who add liquidity worth no less than $25 to the listed Jediswap pools will receive NFT rewards.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain tool and infrastructure developer Nethermind published a review of Starknet's 2023 metrics progress, showing that the number of active accounts has exceeded 69,000, and the block creation time has been reduced from 2000 seconds to 97.09 seconds. The total funds flowing through StarkGate cross-chain have increased from less than $6,000 to $109 million. As of October 1st this year, the number of full-time developers is 166.

ChainCatcher news, the Starknet ecosystem AMM Ekubo protocol has decided not to proceed with the proposal regarding the Uniswap DAO investment in Ekubo, and will not put the proposal to an on-chain vote. The reason is that implementing the proposal through the requested changes would impose a heavy burden on Ekubo and distract from the focus on the development of the Ekubo protocol. The related opinion proposal has been approved by a vote from the Uniswap community.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on Layer 2 cross-chain bridge Owlto Finance announces its successful integration into the StarkNet ecosystem. Owlto becomes the third cross-chain bridge to officially join the StarkNet official ecosystem, following Orbiter and Layerswap.It is reported that this integration means users can now achieve secure and convenient cross-chain transfers between Layer 2 networks such as Ethereum mainnet, zkSync Era, Arbitrum One, and StarkNet using Owlto. Owlto Finance provides users with the lowest-cost cross-chain option on StarkNet, offering efficient and secure asset cross-chain solutions for more Layer 2 ecosystem users.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Starknet ecosystem NFT market Unframed has launched a commemorative NFT for the community. Users can mint this NFT for free on the platform, with a time window limited to 24 hours.ChainCatcher previously reported that the smart contract wallet Argent announced the launch of the Starknet ecosystem NFT market Unframed. Currently, Unframed has launched NFT listing and trading functions, and in the future, Unframed will operate independently with a dedicated team.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet's self-custody wallet Braavos has announced the launch of a new feature: Multi-Owner Account (MOA), which has been open-sourced.Braavos stated that MOA aims to leverage the power of account abstraction to facilitate collaborative on-chain transaction management, thereby unlocking advantages such as collaborative control, dynamic owner structures, enhanced security, autonomous gas payments, and seamless dApp integration for Starknet ecosystem teams.

ChainCatcher news, the self-custody wallet Braavos on Starknet has announced the introduction of the Starknet Journey Map NFT. This event will last for 5 weeks, with tasks released weekly for users to complete. Users who complete the tasks by the weekly deadline will be able to claim NFTs on the map.It is reported that the first task is to achieve a Starknet Pro score of 10% or higher. Users who complete this task will receive the Starknet Journey Token NFT and the dynamic Starknet Journey Map NFT. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, including StarkNet.id and several other StarkNet ecosystem projects, jointly announced the launch of the community incentive event StarkFighter.It is reported that StarkFighter is a mini-game challenge event that will last until May 19. To participate in the game, the address must have a StarkNet domain or subdomain. The prize pool for the StarkFighter event is $12,000, and players at the top of the leaderboard can receive ETH rewards as well as special NFT rewards. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the StarkNet ecosystem crypto wallet Braavos has open-sourced its account contract, allowing developers to access and review the source code.According to Rootdata data, Braavos was established in 2022 and completed a $10 million financing round at the end of October last year, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, Crypto.com, Matrixport, and others. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the StarkRocks team from the StarkNet ecosystem NFT project will rewrite the StarkRock contract in Cairo 1.0, taking a snapshot of Rock holders' wallets and airdropping new Rock NFTs to those wallets.It is reported that StarkWare has released the first public version of Cairo 1.0, and the NFT contracts on the StarkNet mainnet need to be rewritten in Cairo 1.0 after the state reset. Users do not need to take any action; after the state reset, old NFTs will become invalid and cannot be sold, purchased, or transferred. (source link)