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New UK digital securities sandbox rules to take effect on January 8
Binance Launchpool will list XAI at 18:00 on January 9
SEC to make decision on Bitcoin spot ETF application by January 10
Coinbase will delist BSV at 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, and users must withdraw their funds before then
Silly Dragon will launch its first NFT series on January 10th, reducing the supply of SILLY with each NFT transaction
Aptos (APT) will unlock approximately 24.84 million tokens at 9:59 am on January 12, worth approximately $240 million
January 8
Policy supervision:
New UK digital securities sandbox rules to take effect on January 8
The UK has introduced a new regulation that allows the country's financial regulator to run a tokenized securities sandbox. The sandbox allows companies to test new solutions and products under supervision. The new regulations will come into effect on January 8, when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England will be able to run the Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). Companies will also test distributed ledger technology.
Exchange:
BitMEX to launch 1 BTC of physical Bitcoin to the moon on January 8
Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is about to launch physical Bitcoin to the moon from Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 15:18 (Beijing time) on January 8. The mission aims to demonstrate the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in building a borderless financial system beyond the Earth, marking the first soft landing on the moon by the West since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The Bitcoin carrying 1 BTC (physical weight 43 grams) is expected to arrive on the moon on February 23, 2024. This will be the first financial asset sent to the moon.
Crypto exchange Bitstamp will stop serving Canadian customers on January 8
Bobby Zagotta, Bitstamp’s US CEO and global chief commercial officer, said in a statement: “After initially notifying customers in March, Bitstamp will officially stop providing services to Canadian customers from January 8, 2024.” As a result, all Canadian accounts will be closed and customers will no longer be able to access their accounts. "Zagotta urged customers to withdraw their funds before January next year. According to previous news, due to regulatory crackdowns by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bitstamp stopped providing MATIC, SOL, NEAR, AXS, CHZ, MANA and SAND transactions to U.S. customers on August 9, and stopped providing Ethereum staking services on August 23.
Project dynamics:
Circle: Will Expand Support for USDC and EURC on Multiple Sepolia Testnets from January 8th to 19th
Given that the community will no longer maintain the Goerli testnet in the future, Circle will expand support for USDC and EURC on multiple Sepolia testnets, aiming to provide services to its stablecoin protocols and platform developers. Among them: USDC and CCTP will be launched on the Sepolia testnets of Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum and Optimism, EURC will be launched on the Ethereum Sepolia testnet, USDC's Circle Mint and faucet will support the Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum Sepolia testnet, and EURC's Circle Mint and faucet will support the Ethereum Sepolia testnet. The relevant support services will be launched from January 8th to 19th.
Governance Voting:
Starknet will complete the proposal vote on the V0.13.0 upgrade on January 8
The Starknet Governance Committee has launched a proposal on the Governance Hub to activate the Alpha V0.13.0 upgrade on the mainnet. Voting will begin at 20:00 Beijing time on January 4 and will last until 20:00 Beijing time on January 8.
January 9
Exchange:
Binance will stop providing DeFi staking mining products and will no longer provide subscription services starting January 9
Binance announced that from 14:00 on January 9, 2024 (GMT+8), Binance DeFi staking mining will stop providing DeFi staking mining products and will no longer provide subscription services. The balances of BNB, USDT, XVS, DAI, and CVX held by users in Binance DeFi staking mining will be automatically redeemed after 14:00 on January 9, 2024 (GMT+8) 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 on January 9, 2024 (GMT+8).
Binance Launchpool will list XAI at 18:00 on January 9
Binance announced its 43rd Launchpool project Xai (XAI), a gaming blockchain (L3) built on Arbitrum. Users will be able to stake BNB, FDUSD and TUSD in different pools to mine XAI tokens over a four-day period, starting at 8:00 (UTC) on January 5, 2024. In addition, Binance will list XAI at 18:00 (UTC) on January 9, 2024, and open XAI/BTC, XAI/USDT, XAI/BNB, XAI/FDUSD, XAI/TUSD and XAI/TRY trading pairs. Seed tags will be applied to XAI.
Project dynamics:
Bitcoin Cats sets the release date of its Genesis NFT for January 9, 2024
Bitcoin Cats, a Bitcoin blockchain game project, updated the release date of Bitcoin Cats Genesis NFT on BakerySwap in its official blog, which is 16:00 on January 9, 2024, Beijing time. It is reported that Bitcoin Cats Genesis NFT is a collection of 10,000 unique pixelated cat artworks launched on Bitcoin Ordinals. Earlier news, Bitcoin Cats announced that it would release Genesis NFT on BakerySwap in early January, with a limited number of 9,000 pieces.
January 10
Policy supervision:
SEC to make decision on Bitcoin spot ETF application by January 10
Earlier, U.S. SEC officials met with representatives of at least seven issuers who hope to launch a Bitcoin spot ETF in early 2024. According to a public memo and two people familiar with the matter, the SEC will decide whether to approve or reject the joint proposal of ARK and 21 Shares on January 10.
In addition, according to the betting odds of US gambling websites, the Bitcoin spot ETF is likely to be approved before January 10, and BlackRock's application has the highest probability of being approved first; Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas believes that the Bitcoin spot ETF has a 90% chance of being approved before January 10; investment bank TD Cowen: The US SEC may approve a spot Bitcoin ETF before January 10 due to "political needs."
Reuters: SEC vote on 19b-4 rule changes scheduled for January 10
Investment management companies, stock exchanges and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) discussed final wording changes for Bitcoin spot ETF applications on Friday, according to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter. According to executives and representatives of five companies, ETF issuers discussed the S-1 prospectus with SEC officials. Several issuers said they expect to receive final approval of the S-1 application late Tuesday or Wednesday. Several Bitcoin spot ETF issuers said on Friday that they expect to receive final approval of the S-1 application late next Tuesday or Wednesday. The SEC has asked three Bitcoin ETF issuers to make "minor" adjustments, and some asset management companies are expected to modify documents to disclose the market maker fees or identities of their ETFs. It is reported that a source from one of the ETF issuers has said that the SEC's vote on the 19b-4 rule change is scheduled for January 10.
Exchange:
Coinbase will delist BSV at 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, and users must withdraw their funds before then
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that it will stop supporting Bitcoin SV (BSV) at approximately 12:00 noon EST on January 9, 2024 (1:00 am Beijing time on January 10). Customers can transfer BSV out of Coinbase before this time. After this time, any BSV funds in Coinbase accounts will be liquidated and converted to the equivalent market value of another supported digital asset at that time and deposited into the user's account after deducting any transaction costs.
OKX will close the withdrawal services of 7 tokens including HNT and BTM on January 10
OKX has suspended the deposit of HNT, BTM, PICKLE, QOM, SAITAMA, COVER, and DHT. The withdrawal of the above tokens will be suspended at 4:00 pm (UTC+8) on January 10, 2024, and will no longer be supported in the future.
Project dynamics:
Silly Dragon will launch its first NFT series on January 10th, reducing the supply of SILLY with each NFT transaction
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. The series will only contain 50 unique 1/1 artworks, which will be provided to Solana founders, SILLY pioneers and outstanding community members. In addition, tasks will be provided to community members 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. After the launch of Chibi Collection, the team will launch a second NFT series (name to be announced soon), which will showcase static works with various attributes, with a supply of approximately 8.888 pieces.
Japanese messaging giant LINE’s NFT marketplace LINE NFT shuts down, new global NFT platform DOSI to launch on January 10
LINE NFT, the NFT market under Japanese communication giant LINE, announced the termination of service on January 5 this year. The "DOSI" platform provided by LINE NEXT Inc. will start providing services on January 10. The assets currently on sale on LINE NFT will be returned one by one.
Mint Blockchain to launch Mint Genesis NFT airdrop event on January 10, 2024
Mint Blockchain, an NFT-focused Ethereum L2 network launched by NFTScan Labs, announced that it will launch the Mint Genesis NFT airdrop event on January 10, 2024. Users who have actively participated in the NFT ecosystem in the past few years will have the opportunity to obtain the airdrop qualification of Genesis NFT. Users with wallet addresses that receive the Mint Genesis NFT airdrop can actively claim the airdrop reward between January 10 and January 24, 2024. The airdrop reward is limited to a period of 2 weeks and will expire.
Airdrop qualifications include: 1. NFT Marketplace users (Opensea, Blur, LooksRare, X2Y2, OKX NFT, Alienswap, Element, Bitget NFT), wallet addresses with historical cumulative transaction volume greater than 20 ETH; 2. NFT Collection holders (CryptoPunks, BAYC, Doodles, Azuki, MAYC, PudgyPenguins, CloneX, DeGods, Milady, Moonbirds, Mocaverse, Cool Cats, Checks, Ready Player Club, Matr1x, Weirdo Ghost Gang, Debox, y00ts); 3. NFTFi users (Blur, BendDAO), wallet addresses with more than 3 on-chain interactions; 4. Ethereum inscription asset holders (eths, Facet, gwei, Ethereum Punks, Epoch). The snapshot time for airdrops is December 21.
Governance Voting:
Gemini Trust: Genesis Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan voting deadline is January 10
Gemini Trust Company tweeted that voting on Genesis' Chapter 11 plan will begin this week, and the deadline for voting to accept or reject the plan is 5 a.m. Beijing time on January 11, 2024. Next week, Gemini will oppose Genesis' motion to dismiss certain claims previously filed by Gemini, which aims to recover $1.6 billion in value for Earn users.
Starknet will open community voting for the deployment of v0.13.0 on mainnet on January 10
Starknet officially updated its 2024 roadmap, which will reduce transaction fees on the v0.13.0 test network in the first quarter, and will launch a new transaction type v3 transactions, where users can use STRK to pay transaction fees. At the same time, Starknet will open a community vote on January 10 to deploy the above updates on the main network.
ENS developers submit a draft proposal to upgrade ENS’s DNSSEC functionality to support “gas-free DNSSEC” and plan to open a vote on January 10
ENS developer nick.eth tweeted that he recently posted a draft proposal on the ENS DAO forum about upgrading ENS's DNSSEC functionality to support the new "gas-free DNSSEC". And hopes that the proposal will enter the voting window on January 10. The so-called "gas-free DNSSEC" will enable anyone with a DNS name to enable it in ENS by simply setting a DNS text record. Once the correctly formatted text record is set, the name can be resolved in any application that supports ENS. Nick.eth said that they are also working with DNS registrars to add features to help users set these records in a friendly way while minimizing trouble. This upgrade will greatly simplify and improve the integration of ENS with the DNS system, allowing more DNS domain name owners to easily connect their domain names to the Ethereum network.
January 11
Project dynamics:
Cboe Digital plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum margin futures trading on January 11
Cboe Digital plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum margin futures trading and clearing starting January 11, 2024. With this launch, Cboe Digital will become the first regulated, cryptocurrency-native joint exchange and clearinghouse in the U.S., supporting spot and leveraged derivatives trading on a single platform.
MixMob to start public sale of exclusive MixBot and MXM token bundles starting January 11
MixMob, a Solana-based P2E blockchain game project that previously completed a $7 million seed round, announced that it will publicly sell exclusive MixBot and MXM token packages, supported by more than 70 KOLs and multiple industry leaders. Sales began on January 11, with each token package costing $250, including 1 MixBot and $250 worth of MXM tokens. The sales process is divided into three stages, including guaranteed whitelisting, first-come-first-served whitelisting, and public sales. Each MixBot comes with MXM rewards based on rarity.
ZKFair is open for airdrops until January 11, 2024
The community-driven Ethereum L2 network ZKFair has opened airdrop applications until January 11, 2024, and all unclaimed tokens will be destroyed. ZKFair is 100% fair to start, and all tokens are airdropped to community users, of which 25% are airdropped to users who have interacted with Polygon zkEVM, ZKSpace, zkSync, Linea and Scroll in the past two months, as well as Lumoz loyalty point holders. 75% of the tokens are distributed to ZKFair community users in the form of gas fee airdrops. According to Polygon's official Twitter, ZKFair is the first L2 network based on Polygon ZK and Celestial DA, with computing power supported by Lumoz.
Token unlocking:
Moonbeam (GLMR) will unlock approximately 3.04 million tokens at 8 am on January 11, worth approximately $1.2 million
January 12
Project dynamics:
DOGE-1 satellite is scheduled to launch on January 12, and two tokens associated with it have surged ahead of the SpaceX launch
The DOGE-1 satellite, developed by space technology company Geometric Energy Corporation, is scheduled to be launched on a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States on January 12. The company's token GEC has more than tripled in the past week. Another token, XI, which is said to be used to pay for advertisements displayed on the satellite, has risen 36%. On-chain data shows that their combined market value is just over $30 million, with more than 6,000 individual holders.
community activity:
ETHGlobal announces 2024 season plan, hackathon "LFGHO" will be held on January 12
ETHGlobal announced its 2024 season plan in its official blog, planning to hold 20 hackathon events around the world, of which LFGHO will be held from January 12th to January 24th.
Token unlocking:
Aptos (APT) will unlock approximately 24.84 million tokens at 9:59 am on January 12, worth approximately $240 million
January 13
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January 14
community activity:
BNB Chain launches TVL incentive program to encourage project owners to deploy opBNB, the competition will end on January 14
BNB Chain announced the TVL Incentive Plan, which aims to encourage project owners to deploy their projects on opBNB. This initiative can not only prosper the opBNB ecosystem, but also provide an incentive mechanism for project owners who participate in the construction. According to the plan, it will be open to project owners from December 6 to December 14, 2023, and the competition will be held from December 15, 2023 to January 14, 2024. The total prize pool can be up to 160,000 US dollars, and participating project owners will receive a corresponding share based on their ranking ratio in the competition.
Specific time to be determined
DWF Labs founder: The first batch of incubation teams and personal investments will be announced next week
Andrei Grachev, founder of DWF Labs, said on the X platform that the first batch of incubation teams and individual investments will be announced next week.
Ethereum developers may release Goerli client next week
Geth team developer @lightclients shared the content of the 178th Ethereum Core Developer Executive Meeting (ACDE) on the X platform. This meeting reconfirmed that the Dencun upgrade time on the Goerli test network is January 17, and January 30 and February 7 are the upgrade dates for the Sepolia test network and the Holesky test network respectively. If all goes well, the developers will release the Goerli client next week, and the Sepolia/Holesky clients will be released the week of January 22. In addition, the 179th ACDE meeting is scheduled for January 18. If there are problems within the first 24 hours after the fork, the upgrade time will be rescheduled. The developers also decided that the next upgrade of Ethereum will be the Prague/Electra (Pectra) upgrade.
