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Endur and the Liquid Staking Layer

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Trading remains one of crypto’s most enduring use cases, and many ecosystem that try to scale trading eventually runs into the same bottleneck: liquidity is a balance-sheet problem before it’s an execution problem. Ekubo’s “AMM endgame” framing nails this point; the protocols that win are the ones that turn capital into efficient, persistent market inventory. … Read more

Eli Ben-Sasson on Bitcoin, Starknet, and the Future of Decentralization

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In this episode, Andy sits down with Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, to discuss the evolving landscape of crypto and blockchain.

Eli shares his 12+ years of perspective in the industry—from launching Zcash in 2014 to building StarkWare and Starknet today—and explains why the future of crypto lies in a return to fundamentals.

We discuss:

  • Why crypto still lacks global product-market fit

  • The cycles of hype vs. long-term fundamentals (payments, stablecoins, credentials)

  • Why fully decentralized systems (Bitcoin, Starknet) are the true end state

  • Institutional adoption, stablecoins, and the role of corporate chains

  • The coming wave of Bitcoin staking on Starknet

  • Decentralizing the sequencer and scaling Ethereum with ZK-STARKs

  • The importance of privacy, UX, and self-custody for mainstream adoption

Eli also explains why he believes Starknet is best positioned to become the Bitcoin settlement layer, shares updates on Starknet’s decentralization milestones.

Builders, DeFi, Gaming & BTCFi on Starknet

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Join Victor and Shadowfax from StarkWare’s ecosystem team to unpack Starktember—a month-long push to supercharge builders, users, and creators across Starknet. We cover what’s live now, what’s coming next, and how ~1,000,000 STRK in rewards are being allocated across hackathons, app competitions, and community bounties. We also look at the surge from Extended (on-chain perps), the latest UX upgrades (pre-confirmations, native AA, paymasters), and a peek at the post-Starktember roadmap: BTCFi and BTC staking on Starknet.

The State of the Starknet Ecosystem 2025

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The past year was one of tremendous growth in the number of projects, tools, and dApps built on Starknet alongside a definite evolution of Starknet’s ecosystem, displaying new use cases that broaden Starknet and single it out as a hub for innovation across Layer 2 (L2) solutions, and blockchains more generally. This report will present … Read more