diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/src/starknet.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/src/starknet.ts
index cfe2e00883..66e26c0dfa 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/src/starknet.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/src/starknet.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@ export class Starknet extends BaseCoin {
   async verifyTransaction(params: VerifyTransactionOptions): Promise<boolean> {
     const { txParams, txPrebuild } = params;
     const txHex = txPrebuild?.txHex;
-    if (!txHex) {
-      throw new Error('txHex is required');
+
+    // 0x-prefixed txHex means this is the Starknet transaction hash (signableHex), not the
+    // full serialized transaction. Recipient verification already happened in prebuildAndSignTransaction
+    // using serializedTxHex — nothing to verify from a hash alone.
+    if (!txHex || txHex.startsWith('0x')) {
+      return true;
     }
 
     const explainedTx = await this.explainTransaction({ transactionHex: txHex });
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/test/unit/starknet.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/test/unit/starknet.ts
index 19b5902f25..97e0942ad1 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/test/unit/starknet.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-starknet/test/unit/starknet.ts
@@ -102,4 +102,37 @@ describe('Starknet', function () {
       kp1.pub.should.not.equal(kp2.pub);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('verifyTransaction', () => {
+    it('should return true when txHex is a 0x-prefixed signableHex (deploy_account, no recipients)', async function () {
+      // During TSS ECDSA signing, sdk-core passes signableHex (0x-prefixed transaction hash)
+      // as txHex. It cannot be decoded as internal JSON hex, so verification must short-circuit.
+      const result = await basecoin.verifyTransaction({
+        txParams: { recipients: [] },
+        txPrebuild: { txHex: '0xdeadbeefcafe1234567890abcdef' },
+        wallet: {} as any,
+      });
+      result.should.equal(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should return true when txHex is a 0x-prefixed signableHex (transfer with recipients)', async function () {
+      // Same signing path for transfers — signableHex is 0x-prefixed, full verification
+      // is already done in prebuildAndSignTransaction with serializedTxHex.
+      const result = await basecoin.verifyTransaction({
+        txParams: { recipients: [{ address: '0xabc', amount: '1000' }] },
+        txPrebuild: { txHex: '0xdeadbeefcafe1234567890abcdef' },
+        wallet: {} as any,
+      });
+      result.should.equal(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should return true when txHex is absent', async function () {
+      const result = await basecoin.verifyTransaction({
+        txParams: { recipients: [] },
+        txPrebuild: {},
+        wallet: {} as any,
+      });
+      result.should.equal(true);
+    });
+  });
 });