EVM Leads the Charge While Starknet Powers the Future – The Ultimate Blockchain Combo
The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) isn't stepping aside—it's just getting backup. Starknet's zero-knowledge proofs are quietly revolutionizing scalability from behind the scenes.
Why settle for one powerhouse when you can have both? EVM handles the front-end familiarity developers crave, while Starknet's cryptographic muscle crunches transactions off-chain. TradFi banks still can't decide if they're 'blockchain curious' or just terrified.
This isn't a layer war—it's a collaboration. EVM chains keep onboarding users with their battle-tested interfaces. Meanwhile, Starknet's proving (literally) that validity rollups can slash gas fees without sacrificing security. The result? A 100x throughput boost that makes legacy finance's settlement times look medieval.
Watch the EVM-Starknet combo eat market share all through 2025—while hedge funds still debate whether 'digital assets' belong in their pension funds.
Source: extended.exchange
The offering includes TradFi pairs like EUR/USD, gold, oil, and an SPX index. Arbitrum rival Ostium has been touting the same. On Starknet, Extended competes with Paradex, with both angling for a CEX-like user experience.
The Extended team says the migration sets up a bigger product roadmap, including unified margin, integrated lending, and eventually spot.
By walling off the Starknet side from the EVM side, Extended is betting it can capture both audiences without forcing either to change habits. For Starknet, that means more on-chain volume. For EVM traders, it means tapping into a new set of markets with the same wallet, networks, and flows they already use.
If the model sticks, it could be a template for how non-Ethereum chains court EVM liquidity with less friction.
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