Weekly Token Unlocks: STRK Unlocked Tokens Account for 4.2% of Circulating Supply
- Core Viewpoint: Both Starknet and ZKsync, two major Ethereum Layer 2 projects, have recently undergone large-scale token unlocks involving millions of dollars. Their core technologies utilize zero-knowledge proofs to enhance Ethereum's transaction efficiency and scalability.
- Key Elements:
- Starknet's current unlock involves 130 million tokens, valued at approximately $4.35 million. Its technological core is zk-STARKs, aiming to reduce transaction fees and increase speed.
- ZKsync's current unlock involves 170 million tokens, valued at approximately $2.72 million. It is a Layer 2 scaling solution based on zero-knowledge proofs developed by Matter Labs.
- Both execute computations off-chain and utilize zero-knowledge proofs for verification to alleviate the burden on the mainnet and achieve high throughput.
- Starknet is developed by the Israeli company StarkWare, which also includes StarkEx; ZKsync's fund security is guaranteed by mainnet smart contracts.

Starknet
Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/Starknet
Project Website: https://starknet.io/
This Unlock Amount: 130 million tokens
This Unlock Value: Approximately $4.35 million
Starknet is an Ethereum Layer 2 that utilizes zk-STARKs technology to make Ethereum transactions faster and cheaper. Its parent company, StarkWare, was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Israel. Its main developed products include Starknet and StarkEx. By using STARKs, Starknet verifies transactions and computations without requiring all network nodes to validate every operation. This significantly reduces the computational burden and increases the throughput of the blockchain network.
The specific release schedule is as follows:

ZKsync
Project Twitter: https://x.com/zksync
Project Website: https://zksync.io/
This Unlock Amount: 170 million tokens
This Unlock Value: Approximately $2.72 million
zkSync is a Layer 2 scaling solution developed by Matter Labs, which preserves the security properties of the underlying blockchain by leveraging the latest generation of succinct zero-knowledge proofs. All funds in zkSync are held by smart contracts on the main chain, while computation and storage are executed off-chain.
The specific release schedule is as follows:



