This week's focus
- The Harris campaign will attend a meeting in Washington next Monday with crypto industry leaders;
- Gitcoin Grants 21 will launch on August 7;
- The deadline for filing claims in the Terraform Labs bankruptcy case has been set at 5 a.m. Beijing time on August 10;
- Insider: Harris may announce her running mate soon
From August 5 to August 11, more noteworthy events in the industry are previewed below.
August 5
Fox reporter: Harris campaign team will attend a meeting in Washington with crypto industry leaders next Monday
Forbes reporter Eleanor Terrett revealed on X that California Congressman Ro Khanna will host another meeting in Washington on Monday, attended by crypto industry leaders, Democratic politicians, and representatives of the Harris campaign.
OKX will launch pre-market trading of DOGS/USDT delivery contracts on August 5
According to official news, OKX will launch DOGS/USDT pre-market trading (USDT margin delivery contract) at 11:00 on August 5, 2024.
The image of DOGS is inspired by Spotty, the mascot created by TON founder Pavel Durov for the Telegram community, reflecting its unique spirit and culture.
Starknet is about to release Cairo 2.7.0, and plans to upgrade the testnet on August 5
According to the Starknet community, Cairo 2.7.0 is about to be released. Currently 2.7.0-rc.3 is available and can be tested by the community. This version involves upgrading Sierra to v1.6.0, which means that contracts written in v2.7.0 can only be deployed in Starknet 0.13.2 (inclusive) and above.
The testnet upgrade is scheduled for August 5, and the mainnet upgrade is scheduled for August 26.
L1 Chain Vanar will open Velocity and Galxe Vanguard testnet participant rewards on August 5
Layer 1 blockchain Vanar announced on X that all participants of the Velocity and Galxe Vanguard testnets can claim rewards starting from August 5. Officials remind users to beware of related scam links and remain vigilant.
The Parallel L2 points collection program has ended and will enter the maintenance phase starting August 5
According to official news, Parallel Network announced that the Parallel L2 points collection plan has ended and will retain a snapshot of all user points data. After the plan ends on July 24, 2024, assets on the Parallel L2 chain will no longer generate new Parallel points.
Parallel will focus on its core areas and enter a new development phase. Starting from August 5, 2024, Parallel L2 will enter a maintenance phase, during which only withdrawal-related functions will be available. The following pages will enter maintenance mode: Parallel L2 Wallet, Parallel L2 Bridge, Parallel L2 Airdrop Page, Parallel L2 Lending, and Parallel L2 Swap.
PancakeSwap reminds users to claim ZK airdrop before 18:30 on August 5
PancakeSwap posted on X that eligible users should apply for the ZK airdrop before 18:30 on August 5.
Earlier on July 5, PancakeSwap announced that it would airdrop 2.4 million ZK tokens to the community.
The blockchain game Lumiterra will launch its first closed beta test on Ronin on August 5, offering a $1 million prize pool
The blockchain game Lumiterra announced on X that it will officially launch the first round of closed testing (CBT#1) on Ronin at 15:00 on August 5, with a total prize pool of 1 million US dollars.
Ethereum privacy protocol DOP mainnet will be launched on August 5 Polygon
Ethereum privacy protocol Data Ownership Protocol (DOP) announced on X that its mainnet will be launched on Polygon on August 5, and the NFT Encryptions function will also be launched.
MultiversX plans to release xExchange V3, public beta will be held from August 5 to 7
MultiversX, a highly scalable blockchain platform, plans to release xExchange V3. The public test will be conducted from August 5 to 7, and the official launch will take place shortly after the test. It said that it will use the new MultiversX Testing Fork technology instead of devnet/testnet, which was originally built to meet specific xExchange testing needs. Users will be able to test directly with their mainnet balances and positions without having to start from a new account.
August 6
Binance plans to upgrade spot and margin trading systems on August 6
According to the official announcement, Binance will upgrade its spot and margin trading systems at 15:00 (ET on August 6, 2024), and the upgrade is expected to take 10 minutes. During the upgrade, Binance spot and margin trading will not be affected. During the upgrade, App/Web/client users will not be able to view the transaction history of completed orders during the upgrade period; API users can still receive transaction history data.
August 7
Gitcoin Grants 21 will start on August 7
Gitcoin Grants 21 will be open from August 7th to 21st.
August 8
Ola plans to take a snapshot of Massive Season 2 token distribution on August 8
Layer 2 modular ZKVM project Ola announced on X Platform that the token distribution snapshot for the second season of its mobile ZKP verification network Massive will be conducted at 8 pm on August 8. The points accumulated in the second season will be recorded and used as the basis for the qualification and proportion of obtaining Ola tokens.
It is reported that Ola issued an announcement to solicit proposals from the community on the token distribution method for the second season of Massive, and provided 10,000 OVP (Ola Community Points) as a reward.
August 9
BNB Chain: BEP-341 temperature check has passed, on-chain voting is scheduled to end on August 9
BNB Chain announced on the X platform that the BEP-341 temperature check has now passed. According to the governance process, this BEP will enter the on-chain voting stage, and the voting will end in 7 days, that is, on August 9.
August 10
The deadline for filing claims in the Terraform Labs bankruptcy case has been set at 5 a.m. Beijing time on August 10
Terra posted on X that the general deadline for filing claims in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Terraform Labs Pte Ltd (TFL) and Terraform Labs Limited (TLL) has been set at 5:00 a.m. (Beijing time) on August 10, 2024. If users have any claims against TFL that arose before January 21 or July 1, 2024, they must be submitted before the general deadline.
August 11
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Others (specific time undetermined)
Harris may soon announce her running mate
Democratic presidential candidate Harris will visit key states next week with her vice presidential candidate, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, suggesting that the selection process for her running mate is nearing the end. The high-stakes decision of who will be Harris' running mate has been in the spotlight since Harris became the Democratic general election frontrunner after Biden ended his campaign more than a week ago. Harris' campaign team said she will choose her vice presidential candidate by August 7 - but her choice may be announced earlier. One of the sources said Harris will announce her vice presidential choice before visiting a swing state next week. The list of candidates under consideration includes Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Jupiter: Next week, we will select 3-5 best applications on the LFG forum for the next round of voting
Jupiter posted on X that 3-5 best applications will be selected on the LFG forum next week to participate in the next round of voting, and interested project parties should apply as soon as possible.
