STRK rallies as Starknet weighs a move from Ethereum layer 2 to its own layer 1

StarkWare's CEO floated an independent chain built around quantum resistance, and traders responded faster than any governance vote could Starknet spent years as one of Ethereum ’s best-known scaling networks. Now it is openly considering leaving the nest. On October 8, 2026, the project said it is weighing a transition from an Ethereum layer 2 into an independent layer 1 blockchain. The market did not wait for the details. STRK, Starknet’s native token, rallied to a nine-month high and outpaced both Bitcoin and ether. The pitch centers on quantum computing.

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Source: Crypto Briefing