Starknet told X that service was fully restored following a four-hour outage early Monday, adding that some transactions sent during a narrow window may not have been processed correctly.
“Starknet is back online and fully operational,” the team behind the Ethereum Layer 2 network on
Downtime can have knock-on effects on decentralized finance and other on-chain applications, including stalled exchanges, delayed withdrawals, and difficulties updating positions. It may also disrupt sequencer-based networks, where transaction ordering and block production depend on a smaller set of operators than Ethereum itself.
CoinDesk contacted the team for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
The price of its native token, STRK, has barely changed according to CoinMarketCap, with an increase of just 1.92% in the last 24 hours.
UPDATE (JANUARY 5, 2026 – 16:11 UTC): Update the story to reflect that the outage has ended.
