This Week's News Preview | Trump's Family Crypto Project WLFI is About to Go Public; deBridge and Puffer Will Launch Airdrops; Scroll Plans to Conduct Airdrop Snapshot
Highlights of the week from October 14 to October 20.整理：Fairy，ChainCatcher
Key News:
- Scroll plans to take airdrop snapshot on October 19, with claiming starting on October 22
- Puffer Finance airdrop will be available for claiming on October 15
- Trump family's crypto project WLFI will livestream public sale details on October 14
- DeepBook will open airdrop claiming website on October 14
- Trump family project WLFI: public sale will open to whitelist users on October 15
- deBridge announces DBR airdrop will launch on October 17, 2024
- Cardano founder will meet with Argentine president on October 19 to discuss cryptocurrency economy
October 14 (Monday)
Trump family's crypto project WLFI will livestream public sale details on October 14
The Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) will begin a livestream at 20:00 Beijing time on October 14, during which they will introduce:
- WLF team and advisors;
- Exclusive insights from special guests;
- Why WLF is disrupting the industry;
- Public sale details.
Soneium will announce the winners of the incubation plan on October 14, directly investing in some winning projects
Soneium, a Layer2 project, announced that it will reveal the winners of the Soneium Spark incubation plan on October 14. Projects that bring exceptional value to the Soneium community will receive investment opportunities from Soneium. The investment will focus on projects that closely align with its vision, have a significant impact in their target market, and can address major challenges. Investment decisions will be made through collaborative discussions with qualified teams to ensure alignment and long-term success.
DeepBook will open airdrop claiming website
Sui liquidity protocol DeepBook announced that the DEEP token will launch on October 14, with the claiming website opening at 17:55 Beijing time. DBClaimNFT holders can burn their NFTs on the claiming website to receive DEEP airdrop, and DEEP tokens will be publicly issued at 18:00 on centralized and decentralized exchanges.
October 15 (Tuesday)
Anti-crypto senator to debate crypto-friendly lawyer on October 15 and October 17
According to Cointelegraph, anti-crypto U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and crypto-friendly Republican candidate John Deaton will hold two debates on October 15 and October 17 ahead of the 2024 election. New England Public Media and GBH News will host the debates in Springfield on October 17, and Warren and Deaton will also debate on WSBK-TV in Boston on October 15. It is unclear whether digital assets will be a topic of discussion. GBH News has stated that they will not share these topics in advance.
During her tenure, Warren has been outspoken in criticizing cryptocurrencies, linking digital assets to funding illegal activities. Deaton is a lawyer who supports Ripple and other crypto companies facing lawsuits from the U.S. SEC. Several polls in September showed Warren leading Deaton by over 20 percentage points, and many expect this to be a referendum on cryptocurrency policy. Deaton has stated on social media that the SEC is "pushing an anti-crypto agenda" through enforcement actions and has criticized SEC Chairman Gary Gensler.
ether.fi re-staking rewards will launch on October 15
ether.fi announced on X that re-staking rewards will launch on October 15. Stakers holding weETH or eETH can earn staking, re-staking, and Season 4 rewards (ether.fi points).
Starting from October 15, eETH holders will receive the first batch of re-staking rewards in the form of LRT² tokens. The rewards will be distributed linearly every Thursday, and users holding weETH or eETH will automatically receive LRT².
Trump family project WLFI: public sale will open to whitelist users on October 15
The Trump family project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced on X that "the public sale will begin on October 15, open to all eligible whitelist participants."
Puffer Finance airdrop will be available for claiming on October 15
Re-staking protocol Puffer Finance announced that its native token PUFFER will begin airdrop on October 15, 2024, at 07:00 (UTC+8), and the airdrop event will last until January 15, 2025, at 07:00 (UTC+8).
The total supply of PUFFER tokens is 1 billion, of which 7.5% will be used for the Crunchy Carrot Quest Season 1 airdrop, allowing community users to participate and vote on the future direction of the protocol. Additionally, Puffer will allocate 1% of the token supply to the Ethereum core development team to support its four-year development plan. PUFFER is the core of all products in the project, including the world's first permissionless LRT and UniFi-based rapid Rollup solution.
Viction plans to conduct a hard fork upgrade on October 15, increasing the total supply of VIC to 210 million
Viction announced on social media that its upcoming hard fork will increase the total supply of VIC from 100 million to 210 million, expected to be implemented on October 15, 2024. This change will be distributed over 16 years. During this hard fork, 20 million VIC will be added to the circulating supply on October 15, 2024, supporting the first round of the ecosystem plan for Q4 2024.
The community will vote on how to use these funds, focusing on main node incentives and an ecosystem fund for strategic cooperation, R&D, and support for developers and the community.
October 16 (Wednesday)
Crypto exchange Fairdesk customers must clear accounts by October 17
Singapore-based crypto exchange Fairdesk recently announced that it will permanently close all services on November 30, 2024. Customers must clear their accounts by October 17, after which futures and spot positions will be closed, and the platform will only retain withdrawal functionality, which will continue until November 30.
New York Times: Trump agrees to participate in Fox News "town hall" in Georgia on October 16
According to the New York Times, former U.S. President Trump has agreed to participate in a Fox News "town hall" in Georgia on October 16.
October 17 (Thursday)
deBridge announces DBR airdrop will launch on October 17, 2024
Cross-chain interoperability protocol deBridge announced that the DBR airdrop will launch on October 17, 2024.
Web3 game Seraph will take a snapshot on October 10 and officially start a new round of PTR testing on October 17
The large Web3 game Seraph announced that it will officially start a new round of PTR testing on October 17, 2024, at 11:00 (UTC+8), in preparation for the upcoming S1 official season, and will introduce launch code rules for PTR testing and the S1 season.
Under the launch code rules, only users holding equipment NFTs, SPP, and PFP will receive launch codes based on their asset quantity at a 1:1 ratio, with the snapshot taken on October 10, 2024, at 16:00 (UTC+8). Additionally, the official announcement states that launch codes can be used for both PTR testing and the S1 season, requiring activation only once. Accounts that start during the PTR testing phase will receive additional rewards in the S1 official season. After the PTR testing ends, launch codes can still be used as gift codes to claim exclusive rewards in the S1 official season.
ApeCoin DAO community plans to dissolve four non-essential working groups, proposal voting will end on October 17
According to information from the Snapshot governance page, ApeCoin DAO has initiated proposal AIP-466, aimed at closing non-essential working groups. According to the proposal, four working groups are expected to be closed (with annual expenditures of nearly $3 million), which are:
- Dissolution of the governance working group: This group is mainly responsible for formulating guidelines and governance working group charters (AIP-239);
- Dissolution of the marketing and communication working group: This group is mainly responsible for the working group charter - marketing and communication (AIP-246);
- Dissolution of the metaverse working group: This group is mainly responsible for the metaverse working group charter, etc. (AIP-245);
- Dissolution of the Web3 development working group: This group is mainly responsible for the working group charter - Web3 development (AIP-376).
It is reported that the voting end date for this proposal is October 17, with the current approval rate at 98.19%.
198th Ethereum ACDE meeting: Pectra Devnet 4 may launch before October 17
Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 198th Ethereum Core Developer Execution (ACDE) conference call, where developers discussed EIP 7782 and 7783 that may be included in Pectra. The former proposes to shorten the slot time from 12 seconds to 8 seconds, while the latter suggests adopting a new mechanism to increase the block gas fee limit.
Developers have not yet decided whether to include these two mechanisms in Pectra or future upgrades; the deadline for submitting Pectra system contract audit proposals was October 11, and accepted proposals will be confirmed by October 22 at the latest; developers decided to include EIP 6110 updates in Devnet 4; developers agreed to try to launch Pectra Devnet 4 before the core developer consensus (ACDC) conference call on October 17;
Additionally, developers are considering public Pect
October 18 (Friday)
Binance will support Orion (ORN) mainnet swap and rebranding to Lumia (LUMIA)
Binance will support the mainnet swap of Orion (ORN) and its rebranding to Lumia (LUMIA).
Binance will stop trading and delist all existing ORN spot trading pairs (ORN/BTC and ORN/USDT) at 11:00 on October 15, 2024 (UTC+8), and will automatically remove all open orders. The LUMIA/USDT spot trading will open at 17:00 on October 18, 2024 (UTC+8).
October 19 (Saturday)
Cardano founder will meet with Argentine president on October 19 to discuss cryptocurrency economy
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson will meet with Argentine President Javier Milei to discuss the cryptocurrency economy. Charles Hoskinson will travel to Argentina for a technology forum and will engage in dialogue with the president on October 19 to discuss the future of blockchain.
Charles Hoskinson hopes to discuss the potential of blockchain to change the global economy, political, and social systems. He will also raise questions such as Argentina's values and needs in the technological context, whether the country has chosen the path of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and what kind of partners it has to rebuild its economy.
Scroll plans to take airdrop snapshot on October 19, with claiming starting on October 22
Scroll announced the token distribution details, with a total supply of 1 billion SCR tokens. The airdrop snapshot date is October 19, 2024, and the token release and airdrop claiming time is October 22, 2024.
Specific time not yet determined
Yala completes $8 million seed round financing, testnet to launch next week
According to The Block, Bitcoin ecosystem stablecoin developer Yala has completed an $8 million seed round financing, led by Polychain Capital and Ethereal Ventures, with participation from Galaxy, Anagram, ABCDE, Amber Group, HashKey Capital, Satoshi Lab, and UTXO Management.
It is reported that Yala's mission is to connect Bitcoin with various ecosystems through stablecoins as a medium, enhancing Bitcoin's liquidity. Its modular architecture allows Yala to deploy across EVM-compatible platforms (such as Ethereum) and non-EVM systems (such as Solana), thereby enhancing Bitcoin's composability and promoting the development of an open Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem. According to official sources, Yala's testnet will be launched next week.
