Next week's highlights
Bloomberg ETF Analyst: The SEC may approve the Ethereum spot ETF on July 18;
Sanctum: CLOUD airdrop claims will open on July 18;
The 137th Ethereum ACDC meeting: Pectra Devnet 1 will release a new version of the testnet next week;
From July 15th to July 21st, more events worth paying attention to in the industry are as follows.
July 15th
Odaily Planet Daily News The ETF Store President Nate Geraci wrote on X two weeks ago, "I would be 'shocked' if the spot Ethereum ETF does not start trading in the next two weeks. It may be launched later next week, but it is more likely to be the week of July 15."
Zero-knowledge proof blockchain Gevulot will launch the Firestarter mainnet on July 15
Odaily Planet Daily News Zero-knowledge proof blockchain Gevulot will launch the mainnet proof network Firestarter on July 15. Gevulot Devnet is currently a free public testnet for registered users, and projects on the whitelist will have public access to the mainnet. Gevulot also elaborated on ZK Endgame and its ZK methods, ultimately making verifiable computation and cost close to zero. Gevulot's roadmap includes the release of the incentive computing network in the third quarter of 2024, and the ZkCloud mainnet is expected to be released in the first financial quarter of 2025. ZkCloud is a decentralized computing network optimized for unloading arbitrary verifiable computation, aimed at solving the current proof infrastructure problems and accelerating the adoption of zero-knowledge proofs. Earlier news, Gevulot completed a $6 million seed round of financing in January 2024, led by Variant.
Odaily Planet Daily News Solana's ecological real estate digital investment platform Parcl announced the details of the second PRCL token community distribution.
The Perpetual Points Program (PPP) Season 1 distribution involves 6% of the total supply (60,000,000 PRCL tokens), with 4% of the tokens (40,000,000 tokens) distributed linearly according to the S1 rankings, and 2% of the tokens (20,000,000 tokens) distributed to S1 traders.
To ensure the overall consistency of the ecosystem, this distribution includes attribution and streaming components. PRCL tokens will be divided into three attribution/streaming plans based on user staking.
Staking has started, and each epoch starts at 00:00 UTC on Thursday and will take a snapshot next Thursday (July 11) to determine the attribution schedule. The PPP Season 1 application page will open on July 15.
Solend Season 2 will airdrop 1.1 million SLND rewards, and the application will open on July 15
Odaily Planet Daily News Solana's lending protocol Solend announced that Season 2 will end today at 21:00, and a total of 1.1 million SLND will be distributed to users. Deposits enabled between April 11 and July 12 are eligible for rewards, and deposits made before April 17 and held until now are eligible for double rewards. Users can check and claim the rewards at 21:00 on July 15.
Odaily Planet Daily News TON's Meme project DOGS announced in the official channel that the activity of purchasing DOGS points with Telegram Stars will end on July 15, and 100% of the proceeds from Telegram Stars will be donated to charity. The specific charity organization will be selected through community voting.
Earlier news, TON's Meme project DOGS mini-program has launched a new function that allows the purchase of DOGS points with Telegram Stars, with 1 Telegram Star being able to purchase 1 DOGS point.
July 16th
Korean crypto exchange GDAC will terminate services on July 16
Odaily Planet Daily News Korean crypto exchange GDAC announced that it will terminate services due to system restructuring, with the service end date set for July 16. From the service end date of July 16, automatic withdrawals will be changed to manual withdrawals, and GDAC will implement a separate withdrawal fee policy for manual withdrawals.
Earlier, Korean crypto trading platform GDAC announced that it had been hacked, resulting in the loss of nearly $13 million in assets, including nearly 61 bitcoins, 350.5 ethers, 10 million WEMIX, and 220,000 USDT, accounting for 23% of its total custodial assets. (News1)
Layer1 blockchain Chromia will launch the MVP mainnet on July 16
Odaily Planet Daily News Layer1 blockchain Chromia announced that its MVP mainnet will launch on July 16, and after the MVP mainnet launch, users will be able to cross-chain CHR from Ethereum and BNBChain to Chromia. Additionally, Chromia plans to provide native staking services in the third quarter.
Pudgy Penguins: The "Pudgy Wizard" series will be released on NTWRK on July 16
Odaily Planet Daily News Pudgy Penguins announced that the "Pudgy Wizard" series will be exclusively released on NTWRK on July 16 at 8:45 AM Beijing time (July 15, 8:45 PM EST).
Dough Finance requests hackers to respond or return funds by 7:00 on July 16
Odaily Planet Daily News Cyvers Alerts monitoring shows that Dough Finance has sent an on-chain message to the hacker, hoping to discuss the next steps to resolve the issue. Dough Finance has requested the hacker to email them or return the funds by 23:00 UTC on July 15, 2024 (7:00 AM Beijing time on July 16), otherwise legal action will be taken.
Earlier, Dough Finance suffered a $1.81 million loss due to a hack.
July 17th
Odaily Planet Daily News According to the official announcement, Binance will conduct wallet maintenance on July 17, 2024, at 15:00 (GMT+8). To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend all network deposits and withdrawals on July 17, 2024, at 15:00 (GMT+8). The maintenance is expected to take 1 hour, and after the maintenance, deposits and withdrawals will automatically resume. During the wallet maintenance, users can trade tokens as usual.
July 18th
Odaily Planet Daily News The SEC plans to hold a closed-door meeting next Thursday (July 18), and although the official agenda has not been disclosed, sources say the meeting may address the Ripple lawsuit and potential settlement.
The notice outlines the agenda of the meeting, including the initiation and resolution of injunction lawsuits, administrative procedures, litigation claims, and other matters related to review and enforcement procedures. Although the notice does not explicitly mention the Ripple case, the crypto community speculates that given its prominent position and the SEC's involvement in multiple legal proceedings, the Ripple lawsuit will be the focus. (Coin Edition)
Bloomberg ETF Analyst: The SEC may approve the Ethereum spot ETF on July 18
Odaily Planet Daily News Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas predicts that the U.S. SEC may approve the Ethereum spot ETF on July 18.
Odaily Planet Daily News Grayscale announced that July 18, 2024, is set as the record date for the initial creation and distribution of Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (Ethereum Mini Trust) shares to Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) shareholders.
Grayscale plans to launch the Ethereum Mini Trust on the New York Stock Exchange Arca after obtaining regulatory approval, with the trading symbol "ETH".
In the initial distribution, ETHE will contribute 10% of its Ethereum holdings as of 16:00 Eastern Time on the record date, and as of 16:00 Eastern Time on the record date, each ETHE shareholder will have the right to receive Ethereum Mini Trust shares in a 1:1 ratio. (Globenewswire)
Sanctum: CLOUD airdrop claims will open on July 18
Odaily Planet Daily News Solana's liquidity staking protocol Sanctum announced on X platform that the LFG website will go live on Tuesday (July 16), where users can check airdrop allocations; Alpha Vault will open. On Thursday (July 18), CLOUD will officially go live, and users can claim the airdrop and start trading CLOUD.
Polyhedra Network will start the next staking plan on July 18
Odaily Planet Daily News Polyhedra Network announced on X that the next staking plan will start on July 18, and the previous staking plan has ended, with rewards distributed.
Flipster opens free TON and USDT withdrawals on the TON network, until July 18
Odaily Planet Daily News According to an official announcement from TON on X platform, users can withdraw TON and USDT for free on the TON network through @flipster_io, until July 18.
July 19th
Odaily Planet Daily News The South Korean State Council has passed the enforcement decree of the "Virtual Asset User Protection Act," which will be effective on July 19. The law aims to protect virtual asset users and regulate the order of the virtual asset market. According to the new law, Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) must secure user deposits through banks and keep users' virtual assets isolated from the internet to prevent risks such as hacking.
In addition, the Financial Services Commission will establish a virtual asset committee responsible for providing policy and regulatory advice for the cryptocurrency market. The new law also stipulates criminal penalties and fine mechanisms for unfair trading practices such as the use of undisclosed material information and market manipulation. Virtual asset service providers have the right to suspend users' cash and virtual asset deposits under reasonable circumstances. (Economic Pioneer)
Upbit revises user terms of use, a total of 36 clauses, and is set to take effect on July 19
Odaily Planet Daily News According to an official announcement, the cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has announced the revision of user terms of use, and the revised terms and conditions will take effect from July 19, 2024. It is reported that a total of 36 clauses have been revised, and it is stated that the "digital assets" on their platform have the same meaning as the "virtual assets" defined in the South Korean "Virtual Asset User Protection Act".
Odaily Planet Daily News The innovative Denim protocol, independently developed by the Inscription Alliance, will issue the first aggregated cross-chain inscription BTIA and will be publicly minted on July 19, 2024.
The Denim protocol aims to address the current pain points of insufficient liquidity and interoperability in the inscription race track. Denim Swap, built on this protocol, can achieve the interaction of various protocols and public chains.
It is reported that BTIA, as the flagship inscription of the new Denim protocol, has planned to participate in minting, and the registration volume has reached 150,000.
July 20th
Lista DAO airdrop claims will end at 17:00 on July 20
Odaily Planet Daily News Lista DAO's airdrop claim window is open for 30 days and will end at 17:00 on July 20.
July 21st
No news available
Other (specific time undetermined)
Odaily Planet Daily News Polymarket prediction platform data shows that the likelihood of crypto-friendly Senator JD Vance becoming Trump's running mate is 29%. It is reported that Trump is expected to announce his vice presidential candidate next week.
Ethereum ACDC Meeting 137: Pectra Devnet 1 to release new testnet next week
Odaily Planet Daily News Galaxy Research Vice President Christine Kim summarized the main content of the 137th ACDC conference call, where developers discussed the progress of Pectra Devnet 1 and PeerDAS Devnet 1, as well as the fork choice test generator research led by Consensys' research team TxRx.
CL and Execution Layer (EL) clients are ready for the release of Pectra Devnet 1, and developers expect to launch the next testnet next week.
EF DevOps engineer Barnabas Busa stated that the CL client team is fixing errors in PeerDAS Devnet 1. Once all client fixes are completed, developers plan to restart PeerDAS Devnet 1 this weekend.
The TxRX research team has implemented the initial version of the fork choice test generator. The test generator aims to identify errors in client software that could lead to chain splits, as well as any areas where client software may deviate significantly from CL specifications.
ether.fi Foundation: Season 2 claims to open next week, witch addresses being removed
Odaily Planet Daily News The ether.fi Foundation announced on X platform that Season 2 claims will open next week. The team is working to implement the feedback provided by the claim checker to ensure accurate allocations to users. Once confirmed that accurate allocations have been provided (including the removal of witch addresses), it will go live. Further updates will be provided after the date is confirmed, and users are reminded to follow the official link.
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