下周必关注 | 比特币现货ETF审批结果出炉；Starknet推进V0.13.0升级（1.8-1.14）
Highlights for next week:
SEC to decide on Bitcoin spot ETF application no later than January 10；
Starknet has launched a proposal for the V 0.13.0 upgrade, and voting will end on January 8；
From January 8 to January 14, more noteworthy events in the industry are previewed below.
January 8
Swan Bitcoin CEO: Bitcoin spot ETF approval window may have been narrowed to January 8, 9 or 10
Odaily News Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten said in an interview with Bloomberg that the Bitcoin spot ETF functions like an IOU for the product and is different from futures-based alternatives. Essentially, it represents a paper version of Bitcoin, but requires companies to back investors by purchasing actual Bitcoins.
“This is a great way for people to get exposed to Bitcoin and then hold more Bitcoin if they want to explore it more deeply,” Klippsten said.
Furthermore, Klippsten echoes the views of other cryptocurrency analysts who believe that a Bitcoin ETF is 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 are getting from the US SEC and people familiar with the matter, this (speculative time) seems to make sense. (Cointelegraph)
UK releases digital securities sandbox regulations, will come into effect on January 8
Odaily News The UK has introduced a new regulation that allows the country’s financial regulator to run a Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) so that companies can test new solutions and products under regulatory supervision.
The new regulations, which will come into force on January 8, will see the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the central bank operate DSS, and businesses will also test distributed ledger technology, which enables crypto to digitize or tokenize traditional securities. (CoinDesk)
BitMEX plans to send Bitcoin to the moon on January 8
Odaily News BitMEX will cooperate with Astrobotic, Bitcoin Magazine and Oxcart Assembly to send Bitcoin to the moon.
The mission will launch on January 8, 2024, from Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida. Designed to demonstrate the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in establishing borderless financial systems beyond Earth.
It will be the first Western soft-landing mission to the moon since NASAs Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Bitcoin is expected to reach the moon on February 23, 2024. (financefeeds)
Bitstamp will end services to Canadian customers on January 8 next year
Odaily News Encryption 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 starting January 8, 2024. All Canadian accounts will be closed and customers will no longer have access their account. (The Block)
Starknet has launched a proposal for the V 0.13.0 upgrade, and voting will end on January 8
Odaily News Starknet Governance Committee has launched a proposal on activating the Alpha V 0.13.0 upgrade on the main network in the Governance Hub. The voting will be held at 12:00 UTC time on January 4 (20:00 Beijing time). 00) and last until 12:00 UTC on January 8 (20:00 Beijing time).
According to previous news, Starknet has announced in the community that it plans to upgrade to V 0.13.0 on January 22. The main content of this upgrade is to add the V3 transaction type. Its purpose is to enable the Starknet network to support some future functional upgrades, such as ETH. In addition, STRK is added as a gas token.
Odaily News public chain Artela announced on the X platform that it will start public beta testing of the testnet on January 8, 2024.
Odaily News Merchant Moe announced on the X platform that Mantle has been launched. Users can now deposit liquidity and conduct transactions in the Moe Classic AMM pool.
In addition, according to its disclosure, Merchant Moe will start the MOE airdrop on January 8. More functions will be launched during the TGE, including MOE staking and veMOE voting. The farm will be online after the airdrop.
In December last year, it was reported that Trader Joe launched the DEX Merchant Moe dedicated to Mantle, aiming to expand the innovative liquidity hub established by Trader Joe. Trader Joe token JOE holders will receive a share of the total project tokens when the new token TGE 2.5% airdrop, with an additional 5% distributed over the next 12 months.
January 9
According to Odaily’s official announcement, Binance’s new coin mining has now launched the 43rd phase of project Xai (XAI), which is the first gaming blockchain built on Arbitrum L3.
Users can invest BNB, FDUSD, and TUSD into the XAI mining pool on the Launchpad website after 8:00 on January 5, 2024 (Eastern Eighth District time) to obtain XAI rewards. XAI can be mined for a total of 4 days. The website is expected to be updated within approximately twenty-four hours of this announcement and before the mining activity opens.
Binance will list Xai (XAI) at 18:00 on January 9, 2024 (Eastern Eighth District time), and open XAI/BTC, XAI/USDT, XAI/BNB, XAI/FDUSD, XAI/TUSD and XAI/TRY In the trading market, seed tag trading rules apply.
According to Odaily’s official announcement, starting from 14:00 on January 9, 2024 (Eastern Eighth District time), Binance DeFi staking mining will stop providing related products and will no longer provide subscription services.
The BNB, USDT, XVS, DAI, and CVX balances held by users in Binance DeFi staking mining will be automatically redeemed after 14:00 on January 9, 2024 (Eastern Eighth District time), and will be deposited into the users spot on the same day wallet. Users can also choose to redeem their assets from DeFi mining products by themselves before 14:00 on January 9, 2024 (Eastern Eighth District time).
Note: The above updates are only applicable to DeFi mining products and will not affect the availability of Binance Coin Earning Platform products.
Coinbase: BSV will be delisted on January 9 next year, users must withdraw funds in time
Odaily News Coinbase stated in an email to users that it will remove support for BSV on January 9, 2024, and users must withdraw funds before then.
If it cannot be withdrawn in time, Coinbase will liquidate the BSV in the users account and convert it into other supported equivalent cryptocurrencies on the platform and issue it to the corresponding account.
According to official news from Odaily, 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, with each price of 0.3 ETH (approximately 0.015 BTC). Participate Tokens include ETH, 1 CAT (Ethereum main network) and BAKE (BSC network).
Odaily News Bounce Brand posted on the X platform that the AI-generated Ordinals NFT series AI Meets Bitcoin auction has been launched.
Users can participate in the lottery by destroying AUCTION, MUBI, BSSB, DAII, BDID, and AMMX in exchange for Tickets. The final result will be announced at 4:00 UTC on January 9 (12:00 noon Beijing time).
January 10
SEC to decide on Bitcoin spot ETF application no later than January 10
Odaily News SEC officials have previously met with representatives of at least seven issuers who hope to launch Bitcoin spot ETFs in early 2024, and will decide whether to approve or reject the joint draft submitted by ARK Investments and 21 Shares no later than January 10 next year.
Miner Core Scientific postpones final hearing to exit bankruptcy proceedings until January 10
Odaily News Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific will postpone the final joint hearing to exit bankruptcy proceedings from December 22 to January 10, 2024. Additional global settlement plans have been reached, and the deadline for equity issuance has been extended to December 28th. (TheMinerMag)
Odaily News Solana ecological MEME project Silly Dragon announced on the People, SILLY pioneers and outstanding community members, will also provide tasks 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 11
Odaily 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 an exchange and clearing house 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 ecological node operators to upgrade nodes before January 11, 2024
Odaily News OP Labs issued a reminder on the X platform that Optimism ecological node operators need to upgrade their nodes before the protocol upgrade (Canyon) on January 11, 2024.
January 12
ETHGlobal announces 2024 Hackathon schedule, LFGHO will start on January 12
Odaily News ETHGlobal officially announced the 2024 schedule and announced that it will hold 20 hackathon events, including LFGHO (January 12-January 24), Circuit Breaker (February 2-21), Pragma Denver (February 28th), 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 -22nd), Pragma San Francisco (October 15th-17th), ETHGlobal San Francisco (October 18th-20th), ETHGlobal Devcon 2024 (tentatively scheduled for November) and 5 other additional events.
Odaily 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.
GEC token price has more than quadrupled in the past week. The XI token is said to be used to pay for advertisements displayed on satellites, and the token price has increased by 36% in the same period. On-chain data shows that the combined market capitalization of both tokens exceeds $30 million, with more than 6,000 individual holders. (CoinDesk)
Vertex: Plans to migrate USDC.e to native USDC on January 12
Odaily News Vertex issued a document on the X platform stating that Vertex App will migrate USDC.e (bridging USDC) to native USDC at 1:00 on January 12.
Once there is no longer USDC.e in the Vertex contract, user withdrawals will automatically be converted to USDC. All markets will be migrated from USDC.e to native USDC. Users do not need to perform any manual actions during the migration process.
Additionally, starting on January 16, 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 News The DODO community has passed the proposal to suspend the release of DODO in the vDODO pledge pool to alleviate inflation and enhance long-term stability. The proposal aims to reduce inflation by approximately 3.1% per year by suspending the release of vDODO rewards. The suspension of vDODO rewards will not affect the rights of 15% of platform transaction fees to repurchase DODO and distribute it to vDODO holders.
DODO will cancel the redemption fee for 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 finalist projects, Demo Day will be held on January 14
Odaily News The finalists for the 2023 Winter Polkadot Hackathon, co-organized by OneBlock+ and Parity, have been officially announced. A total of 25 outstanding projects have successfully advanced to the finals. The selected projects cover multiple fields, including decentralized operating system (W 3 OS), blockchain index (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 win over US$600,000 in prizes! This event will provide a unique opportunity for the project team to showcase their innovation and technical strength, while having in-depth communication and interaction with industry professionals, looking forward to their plans in the Polkadot ecosystem.
The finalists for the 2023 Winter Polkadot Hackathon are as follows: W 3 OS, Bilinearity, CBIndex, Space Trader, Mimir, OpenQF, CreatorX, AIDot, zkPokerdot, Melodot, ThreeCat, Trable, 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 to be determined)
Odaily 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.
