Sota Watanabe
Founder at Astar · CEO at Startale Labs
Sota Watanabe is Co-founder at Staked and Astar Network. Previously, he used to work at Chronicled, a blockchain startup based in San Francisco. In , he was selected Forbes Under Asia and Japan. In , he was selected " Most Respected Japanese in the World" by Newsweek.
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Recent airdrop activities you shouldn't skip 🛑: 🔹 StripChain @Stripchain Cross-chain interoperability protocol. $10M raised from Mechanism, Sora, Hypersphere. Live public testnet v1. How to farm: - Go to home.stripchain.xyz - Connect wallet - Claim test tokens from BTC, Sepolia, Solana Devnet,
Recent airdrop activities you shouldn't skip 🛑: 🔹 StripChain @Stripchain Cross-chain interoperability protocol. $10M raised from Mechanism, Sora, Hypersphere. Live public testnet v1. How to farm: - Go to home.stripchain.xyz - Connect wallet - Claim test tokens from BTC, Sepolia, Solana Devnet,
🧵 2/3 日元稳定币 vs 港元稳定币：路径创新与监管差异 谈到政策支持稳定币，不得不和香港的稳定做一点对比。日元稳定币已进入“产品 + 收益场景”阶段，而香港还在“牌照落地、产品筹备”阶段。 日本（已落地）： JPYC（资金移转型）：多链流通，链上量已破 20 亿日元，适合零售/Web3 用户（有上限）。 JPYSC（SBI + Startale，信托型）：2026 年 6 月正式发行，日本首个无上限信托型日元稳定币。7 月已上线 Lending 服务，首期年化 3%（远超普通日元定期），12 周固定期限。 定位机构级、大额 B2B、RWA 结算，已与 Ondo Finance 探索
The Astar Fi private beta opens to a small, early group first. Join the waitlist now, and you're part of that group: first access, first feedback, first to see what this becomes. 🔗 https://t.co/Og6iRrVI4W https://t.co/oqacOiiJlh
Startale @StartaleGroup 七月任务上线 这次活动奖励的积分80XP，以前的活动都是抠抠索索的5–10 个XP。 四个任务也很简单： 1，购买至少10 USDSC → 40 XP 2， Vault存款10 USDC → 20 XP 3，提供10 USDC流动性 → 20 XP 4，存入 10 USDSC → 8 XP 任务2，3需要存满7天 活动时间：7月15日-7月25日 任务链接：app.startale.com 该活动仅持续 10 天，所以请确保在结束前完成所有任务。
据 CoinPost 报道，资产管理公司 SBI 宣布，已与新加坡 DigiFT 和 Startale 共同启动一项技术验证（PoC），旨在测试代币化日本股票基金的结算与分配。此次验证在以太坊测试网上进行，使用 JPYSC（SBI 发行的日元稳定币）的模拟代币，重点测试基金认购时的链上结算以及向持有人的分红支付。若测试成功，该方案有望将通常需要多个营业日处理的证券交易受让结算时间缩短至秒级，并实现分红的自动化与即时支付。wublock123.com/news/news-64644
Startale Brings Institutions and Consumers Into Its Onchain Finance Ecosystem
Heads up, we're winding down Validator and Relayer support for the following chains with minimal activity by July 10: Artela, Astar, B Squared, Chiliz, Endurance, LitChain, Manta Pacific, Miraclechain, Molten, Neutron, Ontology, Sophon, Stride, Swellchain, Torus, XRPL EVM, Zero Network, and Zircuit
连Aster的人都开始发solana了，自己的生态也不管了，现在bn生态也不打压别的链了，bsc链上也是一潭死水毫无任何流动性，官方甚至懒得搭理bsc上的人，天天忙着和别人口水舆论战，是赚够了打算慢慢引退吗？
Protocols building on Astar get one standardized path for Bridged USDC to design against. It's routed through @chainlink CCIP, with @xswap_link handling routing across CCIP lanes, including multi-hop paths. One liquidity base for trading, lending, and collateral markets.