Next week's highlights:
The SEC will make a decision on the application for a Bitcoin spot ETF by January 10 at the latest;
Starknet has launched a proposal for the V 0.13.0 upgrade, and voting will end on January 8;
Binance launched the 43rd project Xai (XAI) in the new coin mining, and trading will be open on January 9;
Silly Dragon will launch its first NFT series Silly Dragon Chibi on January 10, including 50 works;
Cboe Digital will launch Bitcoin and Ethereum margin futures and clearing services on January 11 next year;
DWF Lianchuang: The first batch of incubation projects and personal investments will be announced next week.
From January 8 to January 14, more noteworthy events in the industry are previewed below.
January 8th
Swan Bitcoin CEO: Bitcoin spot ETF approval window may have narrowed to January 8, 9 or 10
Odaily Planet Daily News Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten said in an interview with Bloomberg that the function of the Bitcoin spot ETF is similar to the product's IOU, which is different from futures-based alternatives. In essence, it represents the paper form of Bitcoin, but requires companies to support investors by purchasing actual Bitcoin.
“It’s a great way to get people exposed to bitcoin and then hold more bitcoin if they want to explore it more deeply,” Klippsten said.
In addition, Klippsten agrees with other cryptocurrency analysts that Bitcoin ETFs are expected to be approved in January 2024. He expressed optimism: "This time window seems to have narrowed to January 8, 9 or 10. Given all the signals we have received from the US SEC and people familiar with the matter, this (speculated time) seems to make sense." (Cointelegraph)
UK releases digital securities sandbox regulations, to take effect on January 8
Odaily Planet Daily News: The UK has introduced a new regulation allowing the country’s financial regulator to run a digital securities sandbox (DSS), allowing companies to test new solutions and products under regulatory supervision.
The new regulations, which come into effect on January 8, will allow the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the central bank to operate DSSs, and will also allow companies to test distributed ledger technology, which supports cryptocurrencies to digitize or tokenize traditional securities. (CoinDesk)
BitMEX plans to send Bitcoin to the moon on January 8
Odaily Planet Daily News: BitMEX will work with Astrobotic, Bitcoin Magazine and Oxcart Assembly to send Bitcoin to the moon.
The mission will be launched from Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida on January 8, 2024. It aims to demonstrate the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in building a borderless financial system beyond Earth.
This will be the first Western soft-landing mission on the moon since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Bitcoin is expected to arrive on the moon on February 23, 2024. (financefeeds)
Bitstamp to stop providing services to Canadian customers on January 8 next year
Odaily Planet Daily reported that the crypto trading platform Bitstamp will end its services in Canada on January 8 next year. Bitstamp US CEO Bobby Zagotta said in a statement: "After initially notifying customers in March, Bitstamp will officially stop providing services to Canadian customers from January 8, 2024. All Canadian accounts will be closed and customers will no longer be able to access their accounts." (The Block)
Starknet has launched a proposal for the V 0.13.0 upgrade, and voting will end on January 8
Odaily Planet Daily reported that the Starknet Governance Committee has launched a proposal on the Governance Hub to activate the Alpha V 0.13.0 upgrade on the mainnet. The voting will start at 12:00 UTC time on January 4 (20:00 Beijing time) and will last until 12:00 UTC time on January 8 (20:00 Beijing time).
According to previous news, Starknet had announced in the community that it planned to upgrade to V 0.13.0 on January 22. The main content of the upgrade is to add the V3 transaction type. Its purpose is to enable the Starknet network to support some future functional upgrades, such as adding STRK as a gas token in addition to ETH.
Public chain Artela announced that it will start testnet public beta on January 8, 2024
Odaily Planet Daily News: The public chain Artela announced on the X platform that it will start the test network public beta on January 8, 2024.
Mantle Ecosystem DEX Merchant Moe is announced to be online and will start MOE airdrop on January 8
Odaily Planet Daily News: Merchant Moe announced on the X platform that it has launched Mantle. Users can now deposit liquidity and trade in the Moe Classic AMM pool.
In addition, it was disclosed that Merchant Moe will start MOE airdrop on January 8, and will launch more features during TGE, including MOE staking and veMOE voting. Farm will be launched after the airdrop.
Last December, Trader Joe launched the DEX Merchant Moe dedicated to Mantle, aiming to expand the innovative liquidity Hub established by Trader Joe. Trader Joe's token JOE holders will receive an airdrop of 2.5% of the total project tokens at the time of the new token TGE, and another 5% will be distributed within the next 12 months.
January 9
Binance Launches 43rd Project Xai (XAI) for Newcoin Mining, Open for Trading on January 9
Odaily Planet Daily News According to the official announcement, Binance’s new coin mining has now launched the 43rd project Xai (XAI), which is the first gaming blockchain built on Arbitrum L3.
Users can stake BNB, FDUSD, and TUSD into the XAI mining pool on the Launchpad website after 8:00 (ET) on January 5, 2024 to receive XAI rewards. XAI can be mined for a total of 4 days. The website is expected to be updated within approximately 24 hours of this announcement before the mining activity is launched.
Binance will launch Xai (XAI) at 18:00 (ET) on January 9, 2024, and open XAI/BTC, XAI/USDT, XAI/BNB, XAI/FDUSD, XAI/TUSD and XAI/TRY trading markets, with seed tag trading rules applicable.
Binance DeFi staking mining will stop providing related products and subscription services starting January 9
Odaily Planet Daily News: According to the official announcement, starting from 14:00 on January 9, 2024 (Eastern Time 8), Binance DeFi staking mining will stop providing related products and will no longer provide subscription services.
The balance of BNB, USDT, XVS, DAI, and CVX held by users in Binance DeFi staking mining will be automatically redeemed after 14:00 (ET on January 9, 2024) and deposited into the user's spot wallet on the same day. Users can also choose to redeem their assets from DeFi mining products before 14:00 (ET on January 9, 2024).
Note: The above updates only apply to DeFi mining products and will not affect the availability of Binance Earn products.
Coinbase: BSV will be delisted on January 9 next year, and users need to withdraw funds in time
Odaily Planet Daily reported that Coinbase stated in an email sent to users that it will cancel support for BSV on January 9, 2024, and users must withdraw money before then.
If the withdrawal is not made in time, Coinbase will liquidate the BSV in the user's account and convert it into other supported cryptocurrencies of equivalent value on the platform and distribute it to the corresponding account.
Bitcoin Cats: Genesis NFT will be released on BakerySwap on January 9, with a total of 9,000 pieces available
Odaily Planet Daily reported that according to official news, the Bitcoin chain game project Bitcoin Cats announced that it will sell 9,000 Bitcoin Cats Genesis NFTs on the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol through BakerySwap at 16:00 on January 9. Each coin is priced at 0.3 ETH (about 0.015 BTC). Participating tokens include ETH, 1 CAT (Ethereum mainnet) and BAKE (BSC network).
Bounce Brand launches Ordinals NFT series "AI Meets Bitcoin" auction, results will be announced on January 9
Odaily Planet Daily News: Bounce Brand published a post on the X platform stating that the auction of the AI-generated Ordinals NFT series "AI Meets Bitcoin" has been launched.
Users can destroy AUCTION, MUBI, BSSB, DAII, BDID, and AMMX in exchange for tickets to participate in the lottery. The final results will be announced at 4:00 UTC on January 9 (12:00 noon Beijing time).
January 10
SEC to make decision on Bitcoin spot ETF application by January 10 at the latest
Odaily Planet Daily reported that SEC officials had previously met with representatives of at least seven issuers who hope to launch a Bitcoin spot ETF in early 2024, and will decide whether to approve or reject the joint draft submitted by ARK Investments and 21 Shares by January 10 next year at the latest.
Mining company Core Scientific postpones final hearing on exit from bankruptcy to January 10
Odaily Planet Daily News: Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific will postpone the final joint hearing for exiting bankruptcy proceedings from December 22 to January 10, 2024. An additional global settlement plan has been reached, and the deadline for equity issuance has been delayed to December 28. (TheMinerMag)
Silly Dragon will launch its first NFT series Silly Dragon Chibi on January 10, including 50 works
Odaily Planet Daily News: Solana ecosystem MEME project Silly Dragon announced on the X platform that it will launch its first NFT series Silly Dragon Chibi on January 10. This series is highly limited and contains only 50 unique 1/1 works of art, which will be provided to Solana founders, SILLY pioneers and outstanding community members. In addition, tasks will be provided to community members for them to win NFT whitelist qualifications.
It is reported that this NFT series adopts a destruction mechanism, which can reduce the supply of SILLY in each NFT transaction, thereby increasing value through scarcity.
January 11th
Cboe Digital to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum margin futures and clearing services on January 11 next year
Odaily Planet Daily News Cboe Digital plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum margin futures and clearing services on January 11, 2024. Cboe Digital said it will become the first regulated cryptocurrency-native company in the United States to merge exchanges and clearing houses to enable spot and leveraged derivatives trading on a single platform.
Cboe Digital plans to expand its product suite to include physically delivered products, subject to regulatory approval.
OP Labs reminds Optimism ecosystem node operators to upgrade their nodes before January 11, 2024
Odaily Planet Daily News: OP Labs published a message on the X platform to remind that Optimism ecosystem node operators need to upgrade their nodes before the protocol upgrade (Canyon) on January 11, 2024.
January 12th
ETHGlobal announces 2024 hackathon schedule, LFGHO will start on January 12
Odaily Planet Daily News ETHGlobal officially announced the 2024 schedule, announcing that it will hold 20 hackathon events, including LFGHO (January 12-January 24), Circuit Breaker (February 2-21), Pragma Denver (February 28), Pragma London (March 14), ETHGlobal London (March 15-17), Scaling Ethereum 2024 (April 5-26), Pragma Sydney (May 2), ETHGlobal Sydney (May 3-5), Pragma Brussels (July 11), ETHGlobal Brussels (July 12-14), ETHOnline 2024 (August 23-September 13), ETHGlobal Singapore (September 20-22), Pragma San Francisco (October 15-17), ETHGlobal San Francisco (October 18-20), ETHGlobal Devcon 2024 (tentatively scheduled for November), and 5 other additional events.
The DOGE-1 satellite is scheduled to be launched on January 12 from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States on a SpaceX rocket
Odaily Planet Daily News: The DOGE-1 satellite developed by Geometric Energy Corporation is scheduled to be launched on January 12 from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States on a SpaceX rocket.
The price of GEC tokens has more than quadrupled in the past week. The price of XI tokens, which are said to be used to pay for advertisements displayed on satellites, has risen 36% in the same period. On-chain data shows that the market value of the two tokens combined exceeds $30 million, with more than 6,000 individual holders. (CoinDesk)
Vertex: Plans to migrate USDC.e to native USDC on January 12
Odaily Planet Daily reported that Vertex published a statement on the X platform stating that the Vertex App will migrate USDC.e (bridged USDC) to native USDC at 1:00 on January 12.
Once USDC.e is no longer available in the Vertex contract, user withdrawals will be automatically converted to USDC. All markets will be migrated from USDC.e to native USDC. Users will not need to perform any manual actions during the migration process.
Additionally, starting January 16th, staking rewards will be distributed in native USDC.
January 13
DODO will suspend the release of vDODO rewards at 13:00 on January 1, 2024
Odaily Planet Daily News: The DODO community has passed a proposal to "suspend the release of DODO in the vDODO staking pool to ease inflation and enhance long-term stability". The proposal aims to reduce inflation by about 3.1% per year by suspending the release of vDODO rewards. The suspension of vDODO rewards does not affect the rights of the platform to repurchase DODO with 15% of the transaction fees and distribute it to vDODO holders.
DODO will cancel the redemption fee of vDODO at 13:00 on November 8, and suspend the release of vDODO rewards at 13:00 on January 1, 2024.
January 14
2023 Winter Polkadot Hackathon Announces 25 Finalists, Demo Day to be Held on January 14
Odaily Planet Daily News: The list of finalists for the 2023 Winter Polkadot Hackathon jointly organized by OneBlock+ and Parity has been officially announced. A total of 25 outstanding projects have successfully advanced to the final stage. The selected projects cover multiple fields, including decentralized operating systems (W 3 OS), blockchain indexes (CBIndex), games (Space Trader, zkPokerdot), financial applications (Whale Finance), etc. The shortlisted projects will be demonstrated at the Demo Day held at Hong Kong Cyberport on January 14, 2024, and will win a prize of over US$600,000! This event will provide a unique opportunity for project teams to showcase their innovation and technical strength, while having in-depth exchanges and interactions with industry professionals, and looking forward to their plans in the Polkadot ecosystem.
The list of qualifiers for the 2023 Winter Polkadot Hackathon finals is as follows: W 3 OS, Bilinearity, CBIndex, Space Trader, Mimir, OpenQF, CreatorX, AIDot, zkPokerdot, Melodot, ThreeCat, Treble, Blend, Whale Finance, Web3 Plugin Polkadot, EVM Account Mapping, Cyborg Network, Zerk, DeQ, MonteCarlo, Xcavate-RealXchange, Plats Event, DePHY Blockchain, PlanetDAO and Hexalem.
Others (specific time undetermined)
DWF Lianchuang: The first batch of incubation projects and personal investments will be announced next week
Odaily Planet Daily News: DWF Labs co-founder Andrei Grachev posted on the X platform that the first batch of incubation projects and his personal investment will be announced next week.
