Starknet

Blockchain-data network Lava now offers Starknet RPC endpoints through its Lava Gateway, a decentralized provider network. A free tier is available for developers to access Starknet's node infrastructure.

• Access runs via Lava's decentralized providers rather than a single centralized RPC.
• Retweeted by Starknet's official account, signaling it as a supported access route.

AEON, a ZK-powered payments network, has enabled $STRK on Starknet for merchant payments, bringing ZK-scalability to physical retail. The move lets merchants accept STRK as a payment method through AEON's infrastructure.

• Builds on Starknet's ZK-rollup technology for fast, low-cost transactions.
• Extends crypto payments beyond online checkouts into physical merchant aisles.
• Part of AEON's push to make Starknet-based assets usable in everyday commerce.

StarkWare has mined what it calls the first quantum-safe Bitcoin spend, sending 3.1 BTC with a method described by StarkWare researcher Avihu (avihu28)—a spend no quantum computer could forge under Bitcoin's existing rules. The Block independently confirmed the milestone as the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction, citing StarkWare. StarkWare has since published details of the mainnet demonstration and a talk by @thedamooo at Bitcoin Asia explaining the approach.

• Uses a quantum-safe signature approach built around StarkWare's research, rooted in the hash-based cryptography Starknet itself is built on.
• QSB is opt-in and works under Bitcoin's existing rules, protecting coins prepared in advance.
• Starknet frames the real quantum risk to Bitcoin as paralysis rather than theft—a break would strand large holdings—so QSB gives custodians a spend path they can provision now, without waiting on a soft fork or anyone else's timeline.
• Serves as a proof-of-concept for making Bitcoin transactions resilient to future quantum computing.

Starknet's Bitcoin bridging to and from the network is temporarily unavailable after Atomiq, one of its Bitcoin bridging providers, went offline following a security incident on its infrastructure. The two networks are connected by several providers; with Atomiq down, cross-chain BTC swaps are halted. Starknet posted a status update noting that users with a swap in progress should contact the team for assistance, and asked affected users to follow a provided link for help with their in-flight swaps.

CREDI is bringing private credit markets to Starknet, aiming to put some of the $1.75 trillion private-credit market onchain. It reduces default risk by routing a borrower's Visa settlement directly into CREDI's vault, so the borrower never holds the cash. CREDI is part of the first Proof of Privacy cohort, an incubator/accelerator run by the Starknet Foundation.

PriPay, built on STRK20, demonstrates how payroll can move onchain without leaking wallets, amounts, timing, or patterns. It positions privacy as a requirement for the onchain economy to grow.

The STRK20 Private Sprint hackathon is now live, giving builders until 31 August to ship privacy apps. The 18-day event offers $5,000 in prizes plus full support from the Starknet ecosystem to build and ship a first privacy app on mainnet.

HabitFi (Everyday) has launched on Starknet, combining financial commitment with social accountability so users can put stakes behind habits they want to build. Account abstraction keeps wallets behind a clean app experience built to reach millions.

Chance has gone live on Starknet, bringing intent verification for AI agents. Before an agent transaction executes, Chance simulates the exact action and checks it against the user's mandate, with settlement proofs anchored on Starknet and native Starknet escrow wallets.