Starknet told
“Starknet is back online and fully operational,” posted the team behind the layer 2 Ethereum network on
Downtime may impact decentralized finance and other on-chain applications, including blocked swaps, delayed withdrawals, and difficulty updating positions. It can also disrupt sequencer-based networks, where transaction ordering and block production depend on a smaller set of operators than that of Ethereum itself.
CoinDesk reached out to the team for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
The price of its native token, STRK, remains little changed according to CoinMarketCap, up only 1.92% in the last 24 hours.
UPDATE (JANUARY 5, 2026 – 4:11 p.m. UTC): Story updated to indicate the outage is over.
