StarkWare announced the launch of Shadow Accounts on October 13, 2026, allowing decentralized finance users to create persistent, application-specific identities without exposing links to their primary crypto wallets.

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StarkWare demonstrated a Private Know Your Customer system on June 23, 2026, using zero-knowledge proofs on mobile devices to verify identity criteria without exposing full passport documents.

StarkWare introduced its STRK20 privacy framework on June 9, 2026, providing zero-knowledge shielded balances, private transfers, and viewing keys for auditing ERC-20 assets on Starknet.

StarkWare launched OffMarket, a privacy service that enables users to trade on Polymarket without publicly linking their trading positions to their primary accounts.

Financial Privacy Inc. holds OffMarket's master viewing key in a secure enclave under a multisignature arrangement with StarkWare, screening deposits against sanctions and reviewing legal requests for transaction data.

When withdrawing from a Starknet Shadow Account, funds return to shielded STRK20 balances using zero-knowledge proofs managed by a Starknet wallet

Starknet Shadow Accounts allow users to manage decentralized finance positions without publicly linking their application activity to primary cryptocurrency wallets.

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

OffMarket cannot mask public transaction sizes, order prices, execution timing, or public USDC pool transfers, which can potentially expose trader identities during low liquidity periods.

Shadow Accounts maintain persistent onchain addresses across multiple transactions with a specific application, while leaving account balances and transaction histories publicly visible on blockchain explorers.

Starknet's Shadow Account balances and transactions remain publicly visible on the blockchain, but the connection to a user's primary wallet address is obscured

Starknet Shadow Accounts hold public ERC-20 tokens, allowing blockchain observers to examine transaction histories once a specific Shadow Account address is identified.

Users fund Starknet Shadow Accounts by depositing supported assets into a shared privacy pool represented through encrypted STRK20 balances.

Developers can integrate StarkWare's Shadow Accounts feature into applications using Starknet Wallet API version 0.10.4 or starknet.js version 10.8.0 via the shadow_account_invoke method without handling users' private state

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Following the unauthorized minting of 39.8 million ARRR tokens on October 14, 2026, the illicit tokens were rapidly moved into Pirate Chain's Sapling shielded pool

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Galaxy Research reported that $3 million of the stolen Ledger funds had been moved into Tornado Cash and other relay accounts as of October 9, 2026.

TRM Labs reported over $700 million in inflows to Tornado Cash through mid-June 2026, representing more than 20% of total mixer activity.

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