This week's focus
- Next Monday, the Harris campaign will join crypto industry leaders for a meeting in Washington;
- Gitcoin Grants 21 will launch on August 7;
- The deadline for filing claims in the Terraform Labs bankruptcy case has been set for 5 a.m. Beijing time on August 10;
- Insider: Harris may be about to announce his running mate
From August 5th to August 11th, more noteworthy events in the industry are previewed below.
August 5
Fox: Next Monday, the Harris campaign will be joining crypto industry leaders for a meeting in Washington
Forbes journalist Eleanor Terrett revealed in X that California Congressman Ro Khanna will host another meeting in Washington on Monday, which will be attended by crypto industry leaders, Democratic politicians, and representatives of the Harris campaign.
OKX will list pre-market trading for the DOGS/USDT delivery contract on August 5
According to official information, OKX will list DOGS/USDT pre-market trading (USDT margin delivery contract) at 11:00 on August 5, 2024.
Inspired by Spotty, the mascot created by TON founder Pavel Durov for the Telegram community, DOGs' image embodies its unique spirit and culture.
Starknet is about to release Cairo 2.7.0 and is scheduled to undergo a testnet upgrade on August 5th
According to the Starknet community, Cairo 2.7.0 will be released soon. Currently 2.7.0-rc.3 is available and can be tested by the community. This release involves Sierra upgrading to v1.6.0, which means that contracts written in v2.7.0 can only be deployed in Starknet 0.13.2 and above.
The testnet upgrade is scheduled for August 5, and the mainnet upgrade is scheduled for August 26.
L1 Chain Vanar will open Velocity and Galxe Vanguard testnet participant reward claims on August 5th
Layer 1 blockchain Vanar posted on X that all participants of the Velocity and Galxe Vanguard testnets will be able to claim rewards starting August 5. Officials remind users to beware of relevant scam links and stay vigilant.
The Parallel L2 points collection program has ended and will enter the maintenance phase from August 5th
According to official sources, Parallel Network announced that the Parallel L2 points collection program has ended and will keep a snapshot of all users' points data. When the program ends on July 24, 2024, assets on the Parallel L2 chain will no longer generate new Parallel Points.
Parallel will focus on its core areas and enter a new phase of development. Starting August 5, 2024, Parallel L2 will enter a maintenance phase, during which only withdrawal-related features will be available. The following pages will go into maintenance mode: Parallel L2 Wallet, Parallel L2 Bridge, Parallel L2 Airdrop Page, Parallel L2 Lending, and Parallel L2 Swap.
PancakeSwap reminds users to claim the ZK airdrop before 18:30 on August 5th
PancakeSwap posted on X that eligible users are requested to claim the ZK airdrop before 18:30 on August 5.
Previously, on July 5, PancakeSwap announced that it would airdrop 2.4 million ZK tokens to the community.
Blockchain game Lumiterra will open its first closed beta on Ronin on August 5, offering a $1 million prize pool
Blockchain game Lumiterra announced on X that it will officially open its first closed beta (CBT #1) on Ronin at 15:00 on August 5th, with a total prize pool of $1 million.
The Ethereum privacy protocol DOP mainnet will go live on Polygon on August 5th
以太坊隐私协议 Data Ownership Protocol（DOP）于 X 发文表示，其主网将于 8 月 5 日上线 Polygon，同时还将推出 NFT Encryptions 功能。
MultiversX plans to release xExchange V3, with public beta taking place August 5-7
MultiversX, a highly scalable blockchain platform, plans to release xExchange V3. The public beta will take place from August 5-7 and will be generally available shortly after the beta. It says it will use the new MultiversX Testing Fork technology instead of devnet/testnet, which was originally built to meet specific xExchange testing needs. Users will be able to test directly with their mainnet balances and positions without having to start with a new account.
August 6
Binance plans to upgrade its spot and leveraged trading systems on August 6
According to the official announcement, Binance will upgrade the spot and margin trading system at 15:00 on August 6, 2024 (East 8th District Time), and the upgrade time is expected to be 10 minutes. During the upgrade, Binance spot and margin trading will not be affected. During the upgrade period, App/Web/Client users will not be able to view the transaction history of orders filled during the upgrade period. API users will still receive transaction history data.
August 7
Gitcoin Grants 21 will launch on August 7
Gitcoin Grants 21 will be available from August 7 to 21.
August 8
Ola intends to take a snapshot of the Massive's Season 2 token distribution on August 8th
Layer 2 modular ZKVM project Ola announced on Platform X that a snapshot of the token distribution for Season 2 of Massive, its mobile ZKP verification network, will take place on August 8 at 8 p.m. Points accumulated in Season 2 will be recorded and used as a basis for qualifying and proportional OLA tokens.
It is reported that Ola issued an announcement to solicit proposals from the community on how Massive's Season 2 tokens will be distributed, and will provide 10, 000 OVP (Ola Community Points) as a reward.
August 9
BNB Chain: The BEP-341 temperature check has now passed, and on-chain voting is scheduled to close on August 9th
BNB Chain announced on Platform X that the BEP-341 temperature check has now passed, and according to the governance process, this BEP will enter the on-chain voting phase, which will end in 7 days, on August 9.
August 10
The deadline to file claims in the Terraform Labs bankruptcy case has been set for 5 a.m. Beijing time on August 10
In the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Terraform Labs Pte Ltd (TFL) and Terraform Labs Limited (TLL), the general deadline for filing claims has been set at 5 a.m. (Beijing time) on August 10, 2024, Terra posted in X. If the user has any claim against the TFL that arose before January 21 or July 1, 2024, it must be submitted by the general deadline.
August 11
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Harris may be about to announce his running mate
Harris, the Democratic candidate for the United States presidential election, will visit key states with her vice presidential candidate next week, indicating that the selection process for her running mate is coming to an end, two people familiar with the matter revealed Tuesday. The high-stakes decision of who will be Harris's running mate has been in the spotlight since Biden ended his campaign more than a week ago and Harris emerged as the Democratic Party's frontrunner. Harris's campaign says she will elect her vice presidential nominee by Aug. 7 — but her picks could be announced sooner. One of the sources said Harris would announce her vice presidential choice before visiting a swing state next week. The list of candidates being considered includes Kentucky Governor Andy · Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh ·Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark · Kelly, Minnesota Gov. Tim · Waltz, and Transportation Secretary Pete · Buttigieg.
Jupiter: The 3-5 best applications will be picked for the next round of voting at the LFG Forum next week
Jupiter said in a post on X that 3-5 of the best applicants will be selected at the LFG forum next week to participate in the next round of voting, and interested projects should apply as soon as possible.