Next week's must-see | Gitcoin Grants 18 will launch on August 15; Binance will list SEI and CYBER (8.14-8.20)
Highlights for next week:
Fed Eagle Bullard to resign on August 14；
Gitcoin Grants 18 will run from August 15th to 29th；
Binance will list SEI and CYBER on August 15；
CyberConnect has opened the airdrop inquiry webpage, and applications will be open on August 15；
115th Ethereum ACDC Conference: Devnet 8 Launches Early Next Week；
From August 14th to August 20th, all noteworthy events in the industry are forecasted as follows:
August 14th
Fed Eagle Bullard to resign on August 14
Odaily News St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Bullard, known as the Eagle King, will resign on August 14.
The opBNB testnet will undergo a PreContract hard fork on August 14th
Odaily News BNB Chain announced that the opBNB test network will carry out the PreContract hard fork at block height 5114294, and the estimated time is 14:00 on August 14th, Beijing time. opBNB full node operators need to complete the upgrade before the specified time.
This upgrade includes setting the pre-deployment contract WBNB name to Wrapped BNB and the symbol to WBNB. Delete the GovernanceToken pre-deployment contract 4200000000000000000000000000000000000042.
dYdX: Still working on some features of Public Testnet 2, which will launch on Monday, August 14th
Odaily News dYdX tweeted that some functions of the public testnet 2 are still being improved and will be launched on Monday, August 14th.
August 15th
Gitcoin Grants 18 will run from August 15th to 29th, applications open on August 1st
According to official news from Odaily, Gitcoin Grants 18 (GG 18) will be conducted from August 15 to 29, 2023, and applications will be opened on August 1.
Binance will list SEI and CYBER on August 15
Odaily News Binance announced that Sei will be listed on Binance Launchpool, and Sei (SEI) will be listed at 20:00 on August 15, 2023 (UTC+8). BNB, TUSD, and FDUSD can be used for mining, and the proportion of BNB mining pool 80%, TUSD accounted for 15%, FDUSD accounted for 5%.
At the same time, CYBER will also be listed on Binance Launchpool and will be listed at 20:00 (UTC+ 8) on August 15, 2023. It will be mined using BNB, TUSD, and FDUSD. The BNB mining pool accounts for 80% and TUSD accounts for 15%. FDUSD accounts for 5%.
CyberConnect has opened the airdrop inquiry webpage, and applications will be open on August 15
Odaily News CyberConnect issued an article introducing the first season of community rewards (Season 1), and the airdrop query page is currently open. Users can check the qualification and quantity of airdrops through the official website.
The CYBER airdrop will be open for claim at 20:00 on August 15th, Beijing time, and will last for 30 days. All unclaimed CYBER will then be transferred to the community treasury.
In previous news, CyberConnect released community reward details. Community rewards Season 1 will be open for claim at 12:00 UTC on August 15th (20:00 Beijing time). A total of 2.4 million tokens are available for redemption, accounting for 2.4% of the total. Users who hold Mystery Box, The Shards, Mini Shards, CyberProfile Premium Handle, and CyberProfile Early Adopter NFT can claim it. The NFT snapshot was taken on August 1.
Acala: Exodus upgrade will happen on August 15th if approved by community vote
Odaily News Acala tweeted that if the community vote passes, the Exodus upgrade will be carried out on August 15. This upgrade will optimize network growth, sustainability, and security, and increase the utility of ACA through staking, realigning incentives, and more.
In addition, 50% of the ACA unlocked annually will be used for ACA staking, and 50% is reserved for liquidity mining for liquidity pools, dApps built on the Universal Asset Center (UAH), etc. Part of the unused ACA is used for destruction, such as 1% every month, and part of the network fees accumulated over a period of time will also be destroyed through governance, such as 20% every six months.
August 16
KuCoin Pool will suspend operations from August 16th
According to Odailys official announcement, due to the companys strategic adjustment, KuCoin Pool will suspend operations at 16:00 UTC on August 15th (0:00 August 16, 2023). The above situation will not affect the security of user account assets and can be used normally. Other services on the KuCoin platform.
In addition, in order to ensure that users’ mining income is not affected, please switch the BTC computing power and LTC computing power to the backup mining pool before 16:00 on August 15, 2023 (UTC), and transfer the computing power to the backup mining pool on August 27 (UTC). Before downloading and retaining the corresponding mining data.
Odaily News Lawyers for bankrupt crypto lending company Genesis said at a hearing on Wednesday that the company has extended the mediation deadline with creditors for the last time.
Company lawyer Sean ONeal told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane: If we cannot make substantial progress on a deal in principle within the next two weeks, we do not believe we will seek to further extend the mediation period. Therefore, negotiations must be held until 8 Ends before January 16th.
If the two sides cannot reach an agreement by August 16, Genesis will move forward with its existing bankruptcy plan, subject to certain modifications, the lawyer said. The settlement is one of the last hurdles preventing Genesis from going bankrupt.
At some point, we need to move forward, ONeal said. He told the hearing that the parties were very close to reaching an agreement, but acknowledged that he had said similar things before.
It is reported that Genesis has been in mediation with key stakeholders, including parent companies Digital Money Group and Gemini Trust Co., since May. They are trying to salvage a proposed bankruptcy exit plan backed by DCG, but it was rejected by its official committee of unsecured creditors. (Bloomberg)
Cosmos Hub is expected to be upgraded to v1 1 on August 16
Odaily News Cosmos Hub tweeted that proposal #804 has been passed and will be upgraded to v1 1. The upgrade block is 16596000 and is expected to be carried out on August 16. The v1 1 upgrade includes updates and fixes to many core dependencies, and the liquidity module is deleted. During the upgrade, there will be a brief downtime, and transactions and transfers may be delayed, but the team expects the downtime to be limited.
August 17
Odaily News Following last month’s announcement that Binance would no longer operate in the Netherlands, the exchange told its Dutch customers that they must withdraw their crypto-asset holdings by August 17.
As of Monday, Dutch users can no longer trade cryptocurrencies on the platform and now have a month to withdraw funds.
Binance has signed an agreement with Dutch cryptocurrency platform Coinmerce to support user withdrawals through the Binance app’s one-click system. According to the company’s CEO Jaap de Bruijn, more than 100,000 users have moved their cryptocurrency holdings. That number will increase, according to the NL Times . (Protos)
August 18
According to official news from Odaily, 1inch Labs announced the launch of a beta version of its developer portal, a Web3 SaaS (software as a service) platform that provides APIs for building new products.
It is reported that the portal provides services including 1inch Swap API, 1inch Spot Price API, 1inch Balance API, 1inch Token API, 1inch Transaction Gateway API, 1inch Portfolio API, 1inch Orderbook API, and 1inch NFT API. Over the coming months, developers will be able to test various features of the software solution.
Additionally, the 1inch public API will be deprecated on August 18th.
Decentralized prediction platform Acara will hold its first round of IDO on August 18
Odaily News Acara officially announced that it will conduct the first round of IDO at 22:00 on August 18, Eastern Time, with the subscription amount accounting for 2% of its total token supply ACR.
Acara is a digital sovereignty platform that integrates social networking, prediction, and gaming. Through smart contracts and oracles, it supports the prediction of hot and controversial events in the world (such as politics, economy, current affairs, entertainment, sports, etc.). Users can launch multiple gaming games on the chain as a game publisher, publish social content on the chain, and add liquidity mining to gain income.
August 19
Doodles is partnering with Camp for an in-person event in Chicago on August 19th
Odaily News Doodles will cooperate with Camp to launch an offline event in Chicago on August 19. The main contents of the event include character graffiti, game playing, craft making and retail product purchase.
Doodles will provide a ribbon-cutting event for NFT holders before the official opening, and they can bring family and friends for the official play.
August 20
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Others (the specific time has not been determined)
Russia’s central bank will start digital ruble pilot with 13 banks next week
Odaily News The Central Bank of Russia announced on Wednesday that it will start a digital ruble pilot with 13 banks next week to expand the scope of its pilot.
The Bank of Russia said in a statement: “The launch of a real digital ruble pilot operation is the most important stage of the project. This will allow us to test the operation of the digital ruble platform in an industrial environment, developing all necessary procedures with the participation of customers, Adjust processes where necessary and ensure customer paths are convenient and easy for users to understand.
Starting in 2025, citizens and businesses should be able to use the central bank digital currency according to their own requirements, Olga Skorobogatova, the first deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia, said in a statement.
According to the announcement, the test will be conducted among 13 banks and a limited number of their customers. The first phase of testing will focus on digital wallets, transfers between citizens, the use of QR codes to purchase goods and services, and simple automated payments.
Specifically, pilot participants will be able to pay in digital rubles at 30 retail outlets in 11 Russian cities. By the end of this year, the central bank will expand the target audience for participation by citizens and businesses. (CoinDesk)
115th Ethereum ACDC Conference: Devnet 8 Launches Early Next Week
Odaily News Christine Kim, Vice President of Galaxy Research, published a post summarizing the 115th Ethereum Core Developer Consensus Conference (ACDC), stating that Devnet 8 will be launched early next week. This will be the first dedicated testnet containing all completed EIPs for the Cancun/Deneb upgrade. In addition, the Holesky testnet will be launched at the end of September with 1.4 million validators, twice the size of the mainnet. The developers also reiterated their decision to rewrite EIP 4788 as a normal contract.
Odaily News Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty posted a response to recent SEC-related actions on Ripple will file a response to the court next week.
As previously reported, the SEC has submitted a letter to Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York seeking an interlocutory appeal of two adverse liability rulings in the Ripple Labs case. The SEC said it is seeking to appeal parts of the ruling, while other parts are heading to trial, with Ripple having until August 16 to respond and the SEC filing its opening brief on August 18.
