Next week's highlights
September 30
CME Group plans to launch a new Bitcoin futures product, Bitcoin Friday futures, on September 30 ;
Ethena: Season 2 airdrop claims will open on September 30 ;
October 1
(1:00) Powell will speak at the National Association for Business Economics ;
(8:00) Grass Foundation: Users need to connect their Solana wallets before October 1 to receive the airdrop ;
October 2
October 4
From September 30 to October 6, more noteworthy events in the industry are previewed below.
September 30
CME Group plans to launch new Bitcoin futures product Bitcoin Friday futures on September 30
Odaily Odaily: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced that it plans to launch Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) on September 30, 2024, providing a precise and flexible way to trade Bitcoin. Each BFF contract represents 1/50 of a Bitcoin, ensuring capital efficiency and accessibility.
It is reported that these shorter-term Bitcoin futures contracts will expire every Friday at 4 pm (Eastern Time) and will be settled based on the New York variant of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Price, which may be closer to the spot price of Bitcoin.
Cyprus regulator extends suspension of FTX EU license until September 30
Odaily Odaily reported that the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has once again extended the suspension of the license of FTX (EU) Ltd, the local subsidiary of the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX in Cyprus. The latest suspension will last until September 30, 2024. It is reported that the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission initially suspended the FTX EU license in November 2022 and has since extended the suspension several times. Although FTX EU has entered bankruptcy proceedings, the Cypriot regulator emphasized that as long as the license is suspended, the exchange cannot "provide/conduct investment services/activities, conduct any commercial transactions with anyone and accept any new transactions."
Ethena: Season 2 airdrop claims will open on September 30
Odaily Odaily that members of the Ethena team stated in their official Discord channel that the second season airdrop claim will begin on September 30.
Polygon Labs: Eggfruit upgrade will be launched on the mainnet on September 30
Odaily Odaily reported that according to official news, the Polygon zkEVM testnet is about to usher in a new, higher-performance and more stable sequencer. This important technological breakthrough will not only benefit Polygon zkEVM developers and dApps, but will also have a profound impact on chains built with Polygon CDK. The upgrade named "Eggfruit" has been launched on the testnet today (September 20, 2024) and will be officially pushed to the mainnet beta version after a 10-day lock-up period, that is, on September 30.
The Eggfruit upgrade will be launched on the mainnet beta version on September 30 (18:30 Beijing time). During the upgrade, there will be about two hours of maintenance, during which the Polygon zkEVM beta version will suspend service.
ZK Nation: Free commissioned transactions from now until September 30
Odaily Odaily ZK Nation published an article on X stating that thanks to ZKsync’s native account abstraction, delegated transactions will be free from now until September 30, 2024.
Token holders with at least 50 ZK can now delegate (or re-delegate) their ZK to their preferred delegates for free on the ZKsync governance portal powered by tally.
Chromia will end the MVP phase on September 30 and then officially enter the mainnet phase
Odaily Odaily Blockchain platform Chromia officially announced that it will end the "MVP"mainnet stage on September 30, after which the network will be officially called the "Chromia Mainnet". At the same time, the Chromia native staking function will be launched on September 24. After the native staking is launched, users can stake CHR tokens on Chromia, Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Pledgers need to select a service provider on the Chromia mainnet for delegation, and rewards will be automatically issued in the form of native CHR every day. The old EVM staking system will stop issuing rewards on September 28, 2024, and users have 6 months (until April 1, 2025) to claim unclaimed EVM rewards.
UniSat: PizzaSwap will be launched on Fractal mainnet on September 30
According to the official Odaily, UniSat said PizzaSwap will be launched on Fractal on September 30, and will support assets bridged by Bool Bridge and SimpleBridge. On September 25, UniSat will open source the brc-20 index implementation on Fractal.
Additionally, the team said it has evaluated UniSat Wallet support for CAT 20 and will announce the integration as soon as it finalizes the engineering implementation of the protocol next week.
Odaily Odaily News Settlement agreement Kima Network published a post on X stating that more than 400,000 users have participated in Kima's Season 2 airdrop event, which will end on September 30.
Port 3 Airdrop Season 2 Snapshot will be available on September 30th
Odaily Odaily News Decentralized AI data network Port 3 Network announced that the airdrop second season snapshot will be conducted on September 30. The team will then conduct a thorough anti-fraud check to detect Bot and Sybil attacks. After completion, users will be able to view the airdrop distribution on the official website.
Odaily Odaily News: OneKey announced the OneKey Card offline service to users. The specific offline schedule is as follows:
Phase 1 (September 30, 2024): Users can consume and withdraw money normally, and the registration and recharge functions will be offline.
Phase 2 (October 31, 2024): All cards will be automatically deleted by the system, and the card balance will be transferred to the user's OneKey Card wallet account and can be withdrawn to an exchange account or Web3 address at any time.
Phase 3 (January 31, 2025): OneKey Card service will be discontinued.
October 1
Powell to speak at National Association for Business Economics
Odaily Odaily News: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will deliver a speech at the National Association for Business Economics at 1:00 Beijing time next Tuesday.
Coinbase International plans to suspend MATIC-PERP trading on October 1
Odaily Odaily: Coinbase International Station announced on the X platform that it plans to suspend MATIC-PERP trading on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced at around 10:30 am UCT time on October 1 (18:30 Beijing time). Coinbase reminds that any remaining open positions will be automatically settled at the time of suspension, and Coinbase reserves the right to suspend trading at any time and adjust the final settlement price to a reasonable level.
Odaily Odaily News: The Eigen Foundation published a statement on X stating that the transfer restrictions on EIGEN tokens are expected to be removed at 21:00 PST on September 30, 2024 (13:00 Beijing time on October 1).
Please note that if a user has currently staked EIGEN, there is a 7-day withdrawal period to unstake EIGEN.
Odaily Odaily Grass Foundation issued a reminder on X: "Please connect your Solana wallet on the Grass dashboard before 8 pm EST on Monday, September 30 (8 am Beijing time on October 1). If you miss the deadline, you will not be able to receive rewards from the first airdrop."
Uniswap Labs: Uniswap v4 security competition will end on October 1st
Odaily Odaily News: Uniswap Labs announced on the X platform that the Uniswap v4 security competition will end at 20:00 Beijing time on October 1. Security researchers need to submit vulnerability reports before the deadline to share a prize pool of $2.35 million.
According to the Uniswap Labs announcement, the bonus will be allocated based on the severity of the vulnerability, with a maximum bonus of $2.25 million. Researchers can get rewards by submitting vulnerability reports for smart contracts, and the earlier they submit, the more they will receive an additional 20% bonus incentive.
Lisk launches a vote to "keep or burn 100 million LSK tokens", voting will end on October 7
Odaily Odaily News: Blockchain application platform Lisk has initiated a vote to "retain or destroy 100 million LSK tokens" (accounting for 25% of the total upper limit supply of 400 million). The vote is scheduled to take place on the new Lisk DAO on September 24 and will last for 7 days until October 1. If the community chooses to allocate to the DAO fund, 100 million LSK tokens will be allocated to the Lisk DAO fund. These tokens will belong to the fund from 2027 to 2033, with 15 million LSK tokens distributed each year for six years and 10 million in the seventh year. If the community chooses to destroy, 100 million LSK tokens will be permanently removed from the total supply.
The Arena Social Protocol reschedules ARENA launch to between October 1 and 14
Odaily Odaily News Avalanche Ecosystem Social Protocol The Arena posted on X: "We are processing multiple transactions that have appeared recently. One of the transactions is expected to become the largest user acquisition and new user introduction event in Arena's history.
We will confirm the token launch date once we are able to announce everything publicly. For these reasons, we have rescheduled the launch of ARENA to between October 1st and 14th. Arena Uprising will begin 7 days prior to the token launch.
Please stay tuned for updates on the launch date, which will be announced on the Arena main channel.”
October 2
Odaily Odaily reported that the Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio Senator JD Vance both accepted the invitation of the American Columbia Broadcasting Corporation and agreed to participate in the vice presidential debate to be held at 21:00 Eastern Time on October 1 (9:00 Beijing Time on October 2).
Odaily Odaily reported that the Blockchain Association of the United States will host a Capitol Hill event on October 2, when CESS will demonstrate DePIN technology to members of Congress and discuss the future of decentralized networks with DePIN projects such as Helium and Filecoin, as well as their potential role in key industries such as data storage, energy, and telecommunications.
Bitstamp: Plans to stop ANT withdrawals on October 2
Odaily Odaily News Bitstamp announced on the X platform that due to the upcoming dissolution of the Aragon project, your ANT needs to be exchanged for ETH before November 2024. Bitstamp will stop withdrawals on October 2, and you need to take immediate action to manage related assets.
Pichi Finance will take a snapshot of the second season airdrop on October 2
Odaily Odaily reported that the second season airdrop snapshot of the points trading protocol Pichi Finance will be taken at 7:59 on October 2.
October 3
Odaily Odaily News: Sky (MakerDAO) has passed a proposal to divest $200 million of WBTC collateral asset exposure, which is divided into five stages. The first step will be implemented on October 3 and the last stage will end on November 28.
Odaily Note: The latest news is that Sky may be ready to suspend its original plan to strip WBTC as collateral under the latest advice of its consultant BA Labs.
October 4
Odaily Odaily News: At 20:30 Beijing time on October 4, the United States will release the September unemployment rate data and the September seasonally adjusted non-farm employment data.
Odaily Odaily that NEAR and Delphi Labs jointly launched an AI accelerator. The application will close on October 4 and the accelerator will be launched on October 14.
October 5
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October 6
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