ChainCatcher news, the encrypted wallet Phantom issued a statement, clearly denying any token issuance plans. In response to market speculation about a potential token airdrop related to social features, Phantom stated that the team's current focus is on optimizing the user experience for discovering new tokens and applications. The project is actively developing social discovery features, aiming to make cryptocurrency use more personalized and social, but will not launch a native token.

ChainCatcher news, MetaMask product lead Alex Jupiter stated in an interview with Decrypt that although various technologies aimed at optimizing user experience, such as account abstraction and EOA, were mentioned multiple times during EthCC, MetaMask will be very cautious in adopting these technologies. After all, for a self-custodial wallet with 30 million daily active users, security is the most important factor, while applications with a smaller user base are more likely to adopt new technologies. He also emphasized that "quick action and breaking conventions are not the essence of the Web3 spirit," especially in wallet development.However, Alex also mentioned that the team is currently researching better account abstraction solutions, but translating theory into code takes a long time. Additionally, the adoption of account abstraction will have to wait until the Web3 ecosystem is more mature and use cases are more developed.Furthermore, Alex stated that MetaMask "will not announce a token issuance plan in the short term."

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase L2 network Base has released the "Base Mainnet Roadmap" on its official website, stating that Base is preparing for the launch of the mainnet and specifically noting that there are no plans to issue a network token. The standards for the mainnet launch include proving the stability of the testnet, completing internal and external audits with no major security issues found, and the successful upgrade of Optimism mainnet Bedrock. Following the mainnet launch, Base will open the "Genesis window," supporting developers to deploy dApps on the Base mainnet.In addition, Base stated that to commemorate this important update, users can pay Gas fees to mint the "Path to Base Mainnet" commemorative NFT. (source link)