Headlines
LayerZero Launches Airdrop Eligibility Query Page
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the LayerZero Foundation announced the launch of the airdrop eligibility query page on X date.
LayerZero Labs CEO Bryan Pellegrino subsequently added that the screening process did not eliminate all witches. The quotas of those witches who appear on the final list (to be announced tomorrow) will be reallocated to core qualifiers on the token claim day.
Binance to Introduce HODLer Airdrop for BNB Holders
Odaily Planet Daily reports that on June 19, Binance is introducing a HODLer airdrop for BNB holders. Users who subscribe to Simple Earn using BNB will receive airdropped tokens from projects with a large token circulation and plans to be listed on Binance soon. Before HODLer starts the airdrop of new tokens, Binance will make an announcement. User balances and total pool balances will be snapshot multiple times per hour to obtain the average hourly balance of users in the Simple Earn product (flexible and/or locked).
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Binance co-founder He Yi posted on X platform: "An upgraded version of Launchpool: users who hold BNB for the long term will receive benefits, and Hodler's project will distribute to BNB holders. The statistical time does not follow future holding logic, but retrospective logic."
Crypto Hedge Fund Pantera Capital to Invest $200 Million in AI
Odaily Planet Daily reports that crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital is raising a new fund of $1 billion. Portfolio manager Cosmo Jiang stated that over $200 million is specifically allocated for artificial intelligence, and he is actively seeking projects that use AI to promote blockchain businesses. Additionally, he stated that an early fund has already injected approximately 15% to 20% of its capital into AI-related blockchain projects, and the new fund is expected to invest more funds.
Industry News
Nigerian High Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Binance Executive Detention
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Nigerian High Court has dismissed the lawsuit of Binance regional manager Nadeem Anjarwalla due to lack of diligent prosecution. Anjarwalla accused the Nigerian government of violating his fundamental rights when detaining and confiscating his passport. Anjarwalla's lawyer applied to withdraw representation so that he could hire a new lawyer. Anjarwalla has now fled to Kenya and failed to appear in court. Nigeria is seeking his extradition. Meanwhile, Binance's financial crime compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan has also been detained on similar charges and has filed separate lawsuits against the NSA and EFCC, with a hearing scheduled for July 9.
Upbit Amends User Terms of Use, Involving a Total of 36 Articles and Set to Take Effect on July 19
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to an official announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has announced amendments to its user terms of use, with the revised terms and conditions set to take effect from July 19, 2024. It is reported that a total of 36 articles are involved in the revision, with one of them indicating that the "digital assets" on its platform have the same meaning as the "virtual assets" defined in the South Korean "Virtual Asset User Protection Act."
North Dakota Revokes Binance.US Money Transmitter License
Odaily Planet Daily reports that due to compliance issues and legal disputes involving former Binance CEO CZ, multiple states in the United States have taken action to revoke or refuse to renew Binance.US's money transmitter licenses. The North Dakota financial regulatory agency announced that the state has joined the ranks of Alaska, Florida, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, and Connecticut in taking similar actions, becoming the seventh state to revoke Binance.US's license since CZ's guilty plea in November 2023. (Bitcoin.com)
Montenegro Prime Minister Milojko Spajic is One of Terra's Early Investors
Odaily Planet Daily reports that a court filing submitted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that Montenegro Prime Minister Milojko Spajic, who took office in October last year, is one of Terra's early investors. In April 2018, he invested $75,000 in Singapore's Terraform Labs, purchasing 750,000 LUNA. Prior to the public disclosure of the court filing, the Montenegro Prime Minister claimed that he had never personally invested in failed cryptocurrency projects. He claimed that the company he worked for was defrauded of $75,000, not him personally. (Vijesti)
Project News
Eigen Foundation: EIGEN Staking Airdrop Phase 2 Now Open
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Eigen Foundation announced on X platform that the second phase of the EIGEN staking airdrop for Season 1 has officially started. The addition of the second phase brings the total allocation for Season 1 to approximately 113 million EIGEN, accounting for 15% of the reserved EIGEN total supply for staking airdrops, or 6.7%. According to the announcement, the application period runs from now until September 7, 2024, and all Season 1 users (including Phase 2 users) will receive a 100 EIGEN reward, but no user will receive the reward twice.
Interchain Foundation Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Product Officer
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to official sources, the Interchain Foundation announced two new members, Chief Product Officer (CPO) Alix Keller (formerly of Consensys) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Nico Poggi. The former will be responsible for promoting the long-term roadmap of the Interchain Stack and its engineering implementation with the management team, consolidating the product impact and development lifecycle of the stack; the latter will guide Interchain's business and listing strategy, drive a cohesive narrative, and promote the development and visibility of the Interchain ecosystem.
Insiders: ZKsync Commits to Provide Over $20 Million in ZK to Attract Lens to Build on Its Platform
ZKsync Promises to Provide a Large Amount of Tokens to Lens for Building on the Protocol
Insiders revealed that ZKsync has committed to providing a large amount of tokens to Lens for building on the protocol. The specific quantity of tokens is not yet clear, but other projects seeking to attract Lens have reportedly received around 0.5% of the total supply of ZK tokens and exited the competition. Based on the current price of ZK (approximately $0.21), this is equivalent to around $22.4 million. Core developers of ZKsync, Matter Labs, and Lens' parent company Avara, have not commented on this. Previously, Lens founder Stani Kulechov announced plans to build a new version of Lens on ZKsync in May. On Monday, Matter Labs airdropped a total of 3.6 billion ZK tokens to around 700,000 wallets. Kulechov's lending protocol Aave received approximately 8.3 million tokens, while Lens received around 5.6 million tokens, equivalent to approximately $3 million at the current price. Kulechov stated that many ZK-native and non-ZK-native projects have similar token distributions, and the tokens received by Lens will be decided on how to use them by the Lens community through the LIP process. (DL News)
Linea to Open Linea Park LXP Minting Tomorrow
Linea announced on the X platform that Linea will open Linea Park LXP minting tomorrow. Due to the high participation in Linea Park, a large number of robots and witch addresses have appeared. After official anti-witch work, addresses identified as robots or witch addresses will be unable to receive LXP from Linea Park and will be marked as "POH for this account has been disabled."
Solana Gaming Chain Sonic Launches Testnet and Sonic Odyssey Event
Solana's atomic SVM Layer 2 Sonic announced on the X platform that it has launched the Sonic testnet and introduced the Sonic Odyssey testnet event, which will reward players with Sonic Rings for playing games and interacting on the chain. Previously, the Sonic ecosystem's Layer 2 network completed a $12 million Series A financing round, led by Bitkraft Ventures.
Aleo Deprecates Testnet 3 and Launches Testnet Beta Version
Programmable privacy network Aleo announced on X that it has officially deprecated Testnet 3, and the new public development environment Testnet Beta is now live, with developers advised to migrate their applications.
Lido: Introducing Community Staking Module
The liquidity staking protocol Lido announced on X the introduction of the Community Staking Module (CSM), which will allow a group of independent operators to join the CSM on the mainnet before it is open to everyone, to avoid large operators crowding out capacity. In addition to early access, eligible operators can also enjoy a special bond curve, which provides a discount bond amount for their first validator, further lowering the entry barrier. The early adoption mechanism will be tested on the Holesky testnet and a list of testnet environments will be provided. The testnet eligibility checker page is now live, allowing users to verify their eligibility status.
Babylon: Bitcoin Staking Testnet 4 Chapter 3 Goes Live
The Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon announced on the X platform that Bitcoin Staking Testnet 4 Chapter 3 has gone live. Based on community feedback, a fee adjustment feature has been introduced on the staking page, allowing for custom transaction fees to increase the chance of inclusion in Signet blocks.
Renzo: Opens ezETH Withdrawals
Official information shows that the liquidity re-staking protocol Renzo has opened ezETH withdrawals, with an expected waiting time of 3 days.
LayerZero Founder Address Receives 3266.26 ZRO Airdrop
On-chain data shows that Bryan Pellegrino, the previously disclosed founder of LayerZero, received a total of 3266.26 ZRO in the airdrop. Of this amount, 2803.25 ZRO came from Abracadabra Money staking, 438.08 ZRO from Pudgy Penguins holdings, 14.21 ZRO from using Stargate, and 10.72 ZRO from using Clusters.
Sophon Initiates Farming Phase, Staking Selected Assets Eligible for SOPH Airdrop
Modular blockchain based on ZKsync, Sophon, announced on X the initiation of the Farming phase, allowing participants to stake certain assets to receive SOPH, initially supporting BEAM and BEAM/ETH LP, with more assets to be supported soon. 10% of the total supply of SOPH will be allocated as rewards during the Farming phase (6% on Ethereum and 4% on the Sophon mainnet). Users will be eligible for SOPH airdrops based on the length of staking, activation of the booster, and deposit amount, earning Sophon points (SP). The SOPH airdrop program is set to launch in the third quarter. Airdrops obtained during the initial Farming phase will be distributed to eligible participants before the network launch (including the set vesting period).
Jupiter Co-founder Announces J4J Plan Draft, Proposing a 30% Reduction in Token Total Supply
Jupiter co-founder Meow posted on X the draft of the J4J plan, which includes initiating the JUP proposal:
- Proposing a 30% reduction in the total supply of JUP;
- The team will voluntarily reduce its allocation by 30%;
- A corresponding 30% reduction in Jupuary release;
- For those without direct investments in JUP, this move will reduce the burden on FDV, activate genuine community understanding of JUP token economics, address concerns about high emission levels, and incentivize everyone to develop metadata together. Meow stated that the team will stake 100% of the tokens from the first year's cliff over the next two years to ensure there is no supply shock. He and Siong (and many others in the team) have committed to locking all vested tokens until June 2026. The related plan is currently only a draft, and the complete proposal will be submitted before the DAO vote.
Odaily Star News: Lista DAO announced the "opening of the official airdrop collection page," and the LISTA airdrop collection link has been published in the official Twitter bio, with the collection window open for 30 days. At 18:00 on June 20, Binance will list Lista and open trading.
Odaily Star News: Velocore announced on X the launch of the ZK airdrop claim for ZKsync users. The official statement indicates a 100% protocol airdrop, along with 100,000 developer wallet airdrop allocations, added to the initial compensation pool. While this may not be enough, further injections into the compensation pool will continue when funds are available. Please refer to the official claim website and beware of scams.
Nyan Heroes Second Season Airdrop Now Open for Claim
Odaily Star News: Solana's Nyan Heroes, a gaming project in the Solana ecosystem, announced on the X platform that the second season token airdrop is now open for claim.
Investment and Financing
Binance Labs Announces Investment in Rango
Odaily Star News: Binance Labs announced its investment in Rango, a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) and bridging aggregator. Rango has excellent cross-chain interoperability, supporting major blockchains such as BTC, Solana, Tron, Cosmos ecosystem, and Starknet, aiming to simplify the transaction process between different blockchain ecosystems and drive DeFi development. Rango's services have been integrated into well-known wallets and applications such as TrustWallet, Exodus, Binance Web3 Wallet, and Compound, with plans to further integrate more popular blockchains. Rango currently supports over 60 blockchains, 70+ DEXs, and 20+ cross-chain bridges, with a total trading volume exceeding $3 billion. As of June 19, Rango has processed over 2.5 million exchanges, serving 590,000 unique wallets, and processing over 3,000 organic cross-chain exchanges daily. Rango is accelerating infrastructure upgrades and expanding support for more chains to welcome the next billion DeFi users.
Odaily Star News: Web3 talent market Bondex announced the completion of over $10 million in financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, Morningstar, Dext Force Ventures, and iAngels. Bondex aims to become a gamified version of the professional social network LinkedIn. (TheBlock)
Odaily Star News: ZKX, a derivatives DEX based on Starknet and Ethereum, announced the completion of a $7.6 million new round of strategic financing, with major investors including Flowdesk, GCR, DeWhales, and previous investors such as Hashkey, Amber Group, Crypto.com, and StarkWare. The new financing will be used to accelerate the expansion of the ZKX protocol and introduce new features such as the social copy trade pool, as well as expand to cross-chain interoperability. ZKX's launch will also initiate staking and airdrops. Starting from June 19, users can stake ZKX to receive a portion of the platform's earnings. The staking program aims to incentivize a stable and loyal user base, which is crucial for the platform's growth and sustainability. The airdrop will reward active community members and early adopters. The total token supply is 1 billion, with 33% unlocking at the launch of ZKX. ZKX aims to expand its business to multiple L1 and L2 blockchain ecosystems by 2024. (BeInCrypto)
Blockchain Ticketing Platform EventCHI Completes Over €1.6 Million Seed Round Financing
Odaily Star News: The Dutch blockchain ticketing platform EventCHI completed over €1.6 million in seed round financing, with specific investors undisclosed. The new funds will drive the expansion of its AI and blockchain platform, enhancing global event experiences. By seamlessly integrating artificial intelligence and blockchain, EventCHI provides a unified platform for cashless payments, NFT ticketing, and intelligent event provisioning. The company's main products include the CHI application for visitors and staff, the CHI POS application for event payments, on-site ticketing, and token top-ups to maximize ticket sales, and the CHI Backstage application for event management.
Linea Invests in Tomo, ZeroLend, MYX.Finance, Entangle, Agora, and CARV
Odaily Star News: According to crypto-fundraising disclosures, Ethereum Layer 2 solution Linea has invested in SocialFi wallet Tomo, lending market ZeroLend, crypto derivatives protocol MYX.Finance, Web3 infrastructure Entangle, stablecoin project Agora, Web3 identity project CARV, and decentralized collaboration project Inverter, but the investment amounts for each project have not been disclosed.
Regulatory Trends
Trump: If Elected President, Will Repeal Bidenomics on First Day in Office
Odaily Star News: Trump stated that if elected as the President of the United States, he will repeal Bidenomics on his first day in office and replace it with Maganomics. (Watcher.Guru)
Odaily Star News: The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong released its 2023-24 annual report, stating that as of March 3, 2024, the total number of licensed individuals and registered institutions reached 47,851, including 44,493 licensed individuals, 112 registered institutions, and 3,246 licensed entities, of which 2,140 were licensed for Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities. There were 23 applications for virtual asset trading platforms under the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, with 4 applications from existing virtual asset trading platform licensees under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and 19 new applications. As of March 31, 2024, 2 virtual asset trading platforms were licensed under the Securities and Futures Ordinance, and 234 on-site inspections were conducted on licensed institutions and related entities.
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong stated that the first tokenized private open-ended fund company registered with the commission was established in December 2023, and the first tokenized retail gold product was approved by the commission in March 2024.
Pantera Capital Analyst: Biden's Veto of SAB 121 Bill Due to Reluctance to Oppose SEC Chairman
Odaily Star News: A Pantera Capital analyst stated that despite U.S. President Biden recently blocking a bill seen as supportive of crypto (SAB 121), his veto is more likely due to his reluctance to openly oppose Gary Gensler, the SEC chairman he appointed. Even though Biden vetoed the SAB 21 bill, he has certainly affirmed a favorable stance towards onshore crypto innovation, indicating a shift in the current U.S. government's tone. (dlnews)
Personal Insights
DWF Labs: Investing in Undervalued Tokens to Diversify Portfolio
Odaily Star News: DWF Labs partner Andrei Grachev stated, "We have decided to look for undervalued tokens to diversify our investment portfolio and prepare for the next bull market."
Renowned Trader GCR: We Are Still in a Bull Market
Odaily Star News: Renowned crypto trader GCR replied to other users on X platform, stating, "We are still in a bull market." He pointed out that the current structure resembles the aftermath of the DeFi summer crash in late 2020, and even has shades of the summer of 2021, but people should not be too fixated on historical trends, as each cycle will have different outcomes.
Odaily Star News: LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino stated on X that the Sybil Hunter will be included in the airdrop eligibility query portal next week, ensuring that everyone receives their allocation. Pellegrino added that nearly 10 million tokens have been returned from Sybil addresses to users.
Kanpai Pandas Whale: Disappointment with Airdrop Allocation for On-Chain Users by LayerZero
Odaily Star News: User Axel Bitblaze, who holds 36 Kanpai Pandas and received 10,000 LayerZero (ZRO) tokens through an airdrop, expressed disappointment with the airdrop allocation given to on-chain users by LayerZero. Axel mentioned that as the first NFT series to integrate the LayerZero Omnichain protocol, Kanpai Pandas holders should receive a larger share of the ZRO airdrop. Axel also mentioned that the airdrop allocation for on-chain users by LayerZero was disappointing, with wallets in the top 1% receiving only 200-500 tokens, which Axel found to be "crazy." Despite efforts to interact and qualify for the airdrop, Axel's family and their interactions only resulted in a small airdrop allocation, despite being in the top 1%.
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