Highlights for next week
Invesco Galaxy Ethereum Spot ETF reaches decision moment (possible delay)；
EigenLayer will restart the re-staking window on February 6；
Dymension Community Mod: The team plans to launch the mainnet on February 6；
Ethereum Holesky testnet will perform Dencun upgrade on February 7；
Ethereum developers plan to set mainnet launch date for Dencun upgrade on February 8；
The next hearing on SBF will be held on February 8；
CoinList will launch the public sale of DePIN project Meson (MSN) on February 9。
From February 5th to February 11th, more events worthy of attention in the industry are as follows:
February 5
According to official news from Odaily, OKX Web3 wallet will integrate four new inscription token standards: Atomics (ARC-20), Stamps (SRC-20), Runes and Dogecoin’s Doginals (DRC-20), becoming a one-stop shop for the Web3 industry Inscription ecological platform.
It is reported that the OKX Web3 wallet will begin integrating the Bitcoin token standard SRC-20 on February 5, allowing users to view and transfer these inscriptions, and will integrate ARC-20, DRC-20 and Rune Alpha at the end of February. At the same time, the OKX NFT market will also integrate the DRC-20 and ARC-20 standards at the end of February, providing millions of users with zero-cost DRC-20 and ARC-20 inscription buying and selling functions. The integration of Runes will be launched after the Bitcoin halving.
Odaily News Bithumb announced that it will charge a 0.04% handling fee for all crypto assets it supports trading starting from 0:00 a.m. local time on the 5th of this month. The fee-free campaign that started last October will end after four months.
The newly applicable handling fee is lower than the fee charged by Bithumb before launching the fee-free activity (0.25%), and is the lowest among local cryptocurrency exchanges. (Decenter)
According to official news from Odaily, Ethereum’s second-layer network Metis published community test results on the Sequencing rotation. The testnet has currently accumulated more than 300 million points. The dApp with the highest points currently is Tethys Finance. The second season of community testing will start on February 5.
Treasure Chain Litepaper delayed, expected to be released on February 5
Odaily News TreasureDAO co-founder Karel Vuong said on the X platform that the release of Treasure Chain Litepaper will be delayed by one week and is expected to be released on February 5.
February 6
Invesco Galaxy Ethereum Spot ETF reaches decision moment (possible delay)
Odaily News The U.S. SEC has postponed its decision on the Invesco Galaxy Ethereum Spot ETF, and the new deadline is February 6, 2024. (The Block Pro Headlines)
Bitfinex plans to open DYM trading pair on February 6
According to official news from Odaily, Bitfinex announced that it will open the deposit channel for Dymension’s native token DYM at around 21:00 on February 6, Beijing time, and plans to open two trading pairs of DYM/USD and DYM/USDT at around 23:00.
EigenLayer will restart the re-staking window on February 6
Odaily News Ethereum re-staking protocol EigenLayer officially announced that it will postpone the reopening date of the re-staking window by one week. The new opening time will be 12:00 on February 5th, Pacific time (4:00 on February 6th, Beijing time). It will last until 12:00 on February 9th, Pacific time (4:00 on February 10th, Beijing time). Three new LSTs (sfrxETH, mETH and LsETH) will be added when it opens, and any LST (including the new three) Neither set an upper limit, after which the window will close again.
Ethereum re-staking protocol Renzo announces it will start supporting wBETH deposits on February 6
Odaily News Ethereum re-pledge protocol Renzo announced that it will support wBETH deposits at 4:00 am on February 6. Renzo is the first heavily-staking protocol to allow users to deposit ETH, and the wBETH integration is the first step in ezETH’s expansion to the Ethereum mainnet via BNB Chain.
Dymension Community Mod: The team plans to launch the mainnet on February 6
Odaily News Cosmos ecological modular settlement layer Dymension community Mod Karan said in the Discord community that the team plans to launch the mainnet on February 6.
In addition, regarding today’s issue that “users can check their balance through wallet network settings,” Karan said that the network should be a test network, and the tokens displayed in the wallet are not mainnet tokens.
Odaily News Blockchain technology company Stratis announced that it will launch the StratisEVM test network on February 6, and will also release tasks to encourage users to participate in interaction, providing a total of 500,000 STRAX as rewards.
February 7
Odaily News Crypto derivatives and claims trading platform Open Exchange (OPNX) will shut down this month.
In a message shared to users on social media platform
The company added that users should settle all positions by 8 a.m. UTC (3 a.m. ET) on February 7, after which the platform will automatically settle any open positions. Users have until February 14th to withdraw funds and export their historical data.
The OPNX team said: “We are deeply grateful for the dedication and trust of every member of the OPNX community. As we close this chapter, we cherish the shared experience and look to the future with gratitude.
Ethereum Holesky testnet will perform Dencun upgrade on February 7
Odaily News The Ethereum Foundation has issued an announcement regarding the implementation of the Dencun upgrade on the Sepolia and Holesky testnets. According to the plan, the expected upgrade time of Sepolia is 22:51:12 UTC on January 30 (06:51:12 Beijing time on January 31), and the expected upgrade time of Holesky is 11:34 UTC on February 7. 24 (February 7, 19:34:24 Beijing time).
If the Sepolia and Holesky upgrades go smoothly, the next step is to activate the Dencun upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet.
Solana Mobile will take the first snapshot of the Chapter 2 leaderboards on February 7 at 3:00
Odaily News Solana Mobile announced that it will take the first snapshot of the Chapter 2 rankings at 19:00 UTC time on February 6th (3:00 Beijing time on February 7th), and will issue unrestricted rewards to the top 1,500 users on the rankings. Transferable Element NFT.
Odaily News Horizen issued a document on the
Officials stated that after the hard fork, users will no longer be able to conduct any transactions involving shielded addresses, so users are advised to move funds out of the shielded pool before then and not to deposit funds directly from shielded addresses into trading platform wallets.
February 8
The next hearing on SBF will be held on February 8
Odaily News SBFs attorneys said in a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan on December 1 last year: We submit this letter on behalf of our client SBF to update the court on the status of post-trial motions. After further consideration, we have decided No post-trial motions will be filed. We reserve the right to appeal.
Legal experts believe the SBFs decision to abandon post-trial motions indicates the team is now preparing an appeal. It is reported that SBFs lawyers (especially Mark Cohen) insist that he is innocent and said that he will continue to vigorously fight the allegations against him.
Lawyers for SBF also made a bid for bail, which was rejected by District Judge Joyann Ferguson Pratt, saying he was a potential flight risk. The next hearing on SBF is scheduled for February 8, 2024. (IBTimes)
Ethereum developers plan to set mainnet launch date for Dencun upgrade on February 8
Odaily News Ethereum developers plan to determine the mainnet launch date for the Dencun upgrade next Thursday (February 8). This upgrade will introduce several EIPs, including proto-dank sharding that is expected to reduce Layer 2 transaction costs.
In addition, Christine Kim, vice president of research at Galaxy Digital, said that there is an 80% chance that the Dencun mainnet will be activated by the end of March. It is also possible that Dencun will go online at the end of February, but this possibility is very small, close to 40%. (Cointelegraph)
February 9
CoinList will launch the public sale of DePIN project Meson (MSN) on February 9
Odaily News CoinList announced that the DePIN project Meson will launch a public sale of MSN tokens on CoinList at 2:00 am on February 9, 2024, Beijing time.
The token supply for this public offering is 2.5 million MSN tokens (accounting for 2.5% of the total supply); the price is US$1.75, and one-sixth of the token will be unlocked around March 15, 2024, followed by 6 Unlocked monthly within a month; initial purchase limit is minimum $50 and maximum $3,000 (USDT/USDC only); Meson may decide at its discretion whether to provide an additional 2.5 million MSN tokens (accounting for 2.5% of the total supply) for public sale .
In order to be eligible to participate in the public sale, the users CoinList wallet needs to have a minimum purchase amount (USD 50 USDT or USDC) before the registration deadline (February 5, 20:00 Beijing time).
Odaily News Ethereums second-layer network Base has released a specific timetable for migrating the test network to Sepolia: On January 19th, the deposit function on the Base Goerli cross-chain bridge will be suspended; on January 31st, Base documents will no longer mention Goerli; February On the 9th, the Base Goerli infrastructure (including the Base Goerli cross-chain bridge user interface) will be shut down.
Base reminds users to cross-chain testnet funds from Base Goerli to Ethereum Goerli before the infrastructure is split on February 9, 2024.
Reserve launches $10 million Grant program, first-round application deadline is February 9
Odaily News The decentralized stablecoin protocol Reserve announced the establishment of two new companies, ABC Labs and Confusion Capital, and will join MobileCoin and Best Friend Finance in the Reserve ecosystem.
ABC Labs will focus on the development and promotion of the protocol, led by its CEO Thomas Mattimore. Confusion Capital will manage funding and special projects within the ecosystem and will be led by Nevin Freeman.
Confusion Capital is opening applications for its $10 million Grant program to individuals, unincorporated teams, DAOs, and companies to further build the decentralized Reserve ecosystem. The first round application deadline is February 9th.
February 10
Eigenpie: LST pre-deposit window is open until February 10th at 3:00
Odaily News Multi-chain income protocol Magpie created SubDAO organization Eigenpie posted on the X platform that it has opened the LST pre-deposit window and supports users to re-pledge stETH, rETH, mETH, and sfrxETH. The pre-deposit window lasts until February 10th at 3:00, and additional LST deposits supported by EigenLayer will be enabled via Eigenpie soon.
According to reports, users can receive 1 Eigenpie point per hour for every LST worth 1 ETH deposited. 2x points are provided for the first 15 days of pre-deposit. The points can be used to obtain EGP airdrops and participate in IDO.
In addition, Eigenpie depositors will also start accumulating EigenLayer points when EigenLayer opens its deposit window from 4:00 on February 6.
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