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Starknet’s Layer 1 Research Poll Closes Oct. 22 After STRK Pullback

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Starknet (STRK) holders are voting in a nonbinding poll closing Oct. 22 on whether the Ethereum Layer 2 network should research becoming an independent Layer 1 after the token’s October pullback. Starknet raised the possibility of becoming an independent Layer 1 on Oct. 8, before STRK’s sharp rally and subsequent retreat. STRK had risen 122% from Oct. 8 to Oct. 11 before falling nearly 30% from its Oct. 11 peak by Oct. 13 . Active addresses dropped 63% and new-wallet counts fell 81% between Oct. 11 and Oct. 13. Starknet currently operates as a Layer 2 network on Ethereum. Its nonbinding poll asks STRK holders whether to research becoming an independent Layer 1.

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