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Gate Research: Starknet Sees Surge, BONK Up Over 52% Weekly, xStocks Ignites Tokenized Stock Boom|Gate VIP Weekly Report

Last week, BONK surged over 52%, fueled by optimism around its ETF application. Its launchpad, Letsbonk, surpassed Pump.fun in token issuance, and the number of holders exceeded one million. FLOKI gained more than 12% following the launch of its flagship game, VALHALLA, on the opBNB mainnet. Starknet saw renewed momentum thanks to ecosystem expansion and resonance with the BTCFi narrative. Meanwhile, xStocks sparked strong demand for on-chain equities, driving on-chain financial innovation and deeper integration with traditional assets.
Last week, BONK surged over 52%, fueled by optimism around its ETF application. Its launchpad, Letsbonk, surpassed Pump.fun in token issuance, and the number of holders exceeded one million. FLOKI gained more than 12% following the launch of its flagship game, VALHALLA, on the opBNB mainnet. Starknet saw renewed momentum thanks to ecosystem expansion and resonance with the BTCFi narrative. Meanwhile, xStocks sparked strong demand for on-chain equities, driving on-chain financial innovation and deeper integration with traditional assets.
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THORChain v.3.10.0 Release
THORChain is testing version 3.10.0 on Stagenet, with a planned release on August 24th. The update introduces Enshrined Oracles for perpetuals, lending, and trading strategies on RUJI, reduces outbound fees on the Base chain from $10 to $1, and adds wrapped assets cbADA, cbXRP, and cbDOGE. Fee mimirs are shifted to operational memory, enabling more flexible fee experimentation, while groundwork for the Advanced Swap Queue (limit orders) is laid, to be activated after version 3.11.
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Hackathon
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On-Chain Summit San Francisco in San Francisco
Constellation will present its latest developments, including a newly created bridge to the Base network, at the On-chain Summit San Francisco to be held in San Francisco on August 21st-24th.
DAG
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Ethereum Protocol Day in Shenzhen
On August 24, during Ethereum Protocol Day in Shenzhen, QuarkChain’s co-founder will present EIP-7907 — a proposal to eliminate the current 24 KB contract size limit. The proposal introduces dynamic gas metering, which would simplify development by removing the need to split smart contracts, thereby enhancing the developer experience and scalability. EIP-7907 is now officially considered for Ethereum’s upcoming “Glamsterdam” upgrade.
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CONNECT in Warsaw
GT Protocol will attend the CONNECT conference in Warsaw, on August 24. Organized by A01K, the open-format forum will assemble cryptocurrency projects, developers, marketers, influencers and other industry participants.
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