Starknet

Starknet Foundation launched Bramble, a self-custody wallet native to Starknet. The wallet lets users swap, store, and shield assets, and is available for download via a link shared on Starknet's official X account. The Foundation positions it as a native wallet for the Starknet ecosystem, complementing its broader product push around privacy and self-custody.

Starknet is now available on ShapeShift, the self-custody crypto platform, letting users swap straight into the network in one swap with no separate bridge step.

• Users can convert into Starknet assets directly on ShapeShift without using a bridge.
• Announced via Starknet's official X account as an expansion of the network's distribution/onboarding channels.

Starknet has launched its VIP Program, an invitation-only service for eligible STRK and strkBTC holders, announced via Starknet's official channels. Holders can check whether they qualify at a dedicated eligibility page (vip.starknet.io).

• VIP status is now wired into Endur, Starknet's liquid staking protocol, so eligible holders can use their VIP standing within the Endur app.
• The program is positioned as support for the token's core holders, alongside the strkBTC faucet campaign promoting shielded Bitcoin on Starknet.
• Eligibility is by invitation, with no public detail yet on tier structure or perks.

Shadow Accounts are now live on Opus, Starknet's lending protocol, via STRK20 — letting users open and manage borrowing positions with no link back to their main wallet. The launch extends Starknet's Shadow Accounts rollout beyond Ekubo to private lending.

• Users can start borrowing privately immediately.
• Part of Starknet's broader push toward optional privacy on public DeFi rails, following the same feature's release on the Ekubo DEX.
• Opus is the lending venue; the account abstraction keeps borrowing activity untethered from the user's primary wallet.

Starknet published a governance post with a non-binding poll inviting STRK holders to share their views on whether the network should leave Ethereum and pursue a path toward becoming an independent post-quantum L1. The 7-day poll opened on the day of announcement and is exploratory and advisory, with no decision taken yet.

• Part of Starknet's broader quantum-resilience push, which includes post-quantum account signing on testnet and a roadmap for moving its own surfaces to post-quantum primitives.
• The proposal frames self-sovereignty and post-quantum security as a potential long-term direction for the network.
• The vote drew attention the same week StarkWare shipped Shadow Accounts as part of its wider product push.

Shadow Accounts are now live on Ekubo, Starknet's largest DEX, allowing users to trade, provide liquidity and manage LP positions without publicly linking those actions to their main wallet.

• Users keep the same pools and share the same liquidity — zero liquidity fragmentation.
• Announced via Starknet's official channels as part of its push toward optional privacy on public DeFi rails.

Haven, a private neobank built on Starknet, is now live. Users can create an account and deposit crypto from six chains, with Starknet settling the transactions. Haven pitches itself as a privacy-first neobank for the onchain economy, keeping identity separate from on-chain activity.

• Live features: account creation and multi-chain crypto deposits, settled on Starknet.
• Coming next: savings, staking, and spending via a global card, with a card waitlist now open.
• Announced via Starknet's official channels.

StarkWare demonstrated a phone signing a transaction on Starknet testnet using ML-DSA (Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm), the lattice-based post-quantum signature standardized by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST FIPS 204).

• The demo shows post-quantum account signing running on ordinary mobile hardware on Starknet's testnet.
• It extends StarkWare's quantum-resilience work, which so far has centered on hash-based/STARK cryptography, including the quantum-safe Bitcoin spend demonstrated on mainnet in August.
• Starknet has published a roadmap for moving its own surfaces to post-quantum primitives, with a Quantum Hub tracking migration status.

Starknet has opened claims for the latest strkBTC faucet reload, with selected registrants now able to claim the bridged Bitcoin asset on Starknet. The faucet is now pausing and will return soon with a further round.

• Rounds split an $833 prize pool among up to 100 randomly selected users, roughly $8.33 in strkBTC each.
• Unselected users can register again when sign-ups reopen on the 29th.
• Part of Starknet's broader effort to distribute bridged Bitcoin across its network.

STRK20 is live on Starknet as a privacy pool rather than a protocol standard, with shielded assets production-ready on mainnet and composable with Starknet's public DeFi rails. Chance's STRK20 integration has now gone live as well: Chance checks each transfer against a signed mandate and returns a receipt showing it was authorized, while keeping the sender, recipient and amount confidential.

• Shielded balances and transfers run on existing Starknet liquidity and wallets, no separate privacy wallet required.
• The Chance integration points at compliant, verifiable private payments — proof of authorization plus confidentiality.