Starknet (STRK) News Today: Why STRK Is Up – 05 October 2026

• STRK rose 10.69% in 24 hours to $0.05923, with market cap at $439.61 million and volume at $363.78 million. • Starknet announced on 2 October 2026 it would cover bridge fees for the first 100 BTC moved via strkBTC. • strkBTC enables staking on Endur, liquidity on Ekubo Protocol, and borrowing on Vesu, with Endur yielding about 3% in STRK. • STRK gained 45.51% over seven days and 128.24% over 30 days, but sits 98.66% below its $4.41 all-time high. • Starknet v0.14.4 mainnet deployment is scheduled for 5 October 2026, pending governance approval, supporting up to 1.1 billion Layer-2 gas.