Early voting on Starknet's October 15, 2026 Layer 1 governance proposal showed over 99% of cast voting power supporting research into transitioning to an independent Layer 1 blockchain

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PayPal USD became available natively on Polygon through Open Money Stack in July 2026.

Perpetuals.com plans to execute tokenized stock trades through automated market maker liquidity pools on Kronos X Public, an Ethereum-compatible layer-2 blockchain.

StarkWare introduced the STRK20 framework on June 9, 2026, providing shielded balances and private transfers for supported ERC-20 assets on Starknet.

StarkWare launched Shadow Accounts on the Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet on October 13, 2026, introducing persistent application-specific identities.

Babylon's governance representatives will manage the underlying Trustless Bitcoin Vaults protocol configuration, including emergency controls and participating actor sets.

Polygon Labs reportedly sought up to $100 million in April 2026 to support the development of its payments business.

Starknet derives each Shadow Account address from user-specific data, the selected application, and a unique identifier known as a nonce.

Developers can integrate Shadow Accounts into applications using the shadow_account_invoke method in Starknet Wallet API version 0.10.4 or starknet.js version 10.8.0 or newer.

The Pirate Chain development team proposed a blockchain rollback to revert the network to its state as of 20:00 UTC on October 14, 2026, discarding all subsequent blocks

Robinhood built Robinhood Chain on Arbitrum Orbit to maintain direct control over settlement while remaining connected to Ethereum liquidity and infrastructure

Robinhood Chain operates as an Ethereum Layer-2 network built on the Arbitrum Orbit stack, utilizing ETH for gas fees and featuring block times under 100 milliseconds

Under any governance vote outcome, STRK will remain Starknet's native token without introducing a new asset, and cross-chain bridges between Starknet and Ethereum will remain open

Transitioning to a standalone Layer 1 would require Starknet to maintain its own network security backed by the market capitalization of STRK, which stood at $580.24 million on October 15, 2026

The Starknet Snapshot poll, launched October 15, 2026, offers voters three choices: approve funding further research into becoming an independent Layer 1, oppose further research, or remain neutral pending additional information

On October 15, 2026, Starknet initiated a seven-day non-binding governance vote on Snapshot asking STRK holders whether to research transitioning from an Ethereum Layer 2 to an independent Layer 1 blockchain, where 'Yes' does not trigger immediate network migration

Starknet's bridge to Ethereum and Starknet's data availability layer remain tied to Ethereum's underlying infrastructure and upgrade schedule

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson argued that operating as an Ethereum Layer 2 leaves Starknet dependent on Ethereum's upgrade schedule for quantum readiness

Robinhood Chain launched its mainnet on July 1, 2026, and surpassed 100 days of operation by mid-October 2026

Autheo launched its mainnet on May 14, 2026, as a Layer-0 operating system with an integrated Layer-1 blockchain supporting validator staking and transaction fees.

ENS Labs expects to publish transaction records and a verification script after its administrative handover so community members can verify it no longer holds privileged permissions over ENSv2 contracts.