Upcoming events this week: Azuki will launch the Elementals series presale on June 27th; the first leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF is about to be launched.
Selected Events:
1. Volatility Shares will launch the first leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF on June 27th.
2. Azuki6 released the Elementals series for pre-sale on June 27th, including four elements: earth, fire, lightning, and water.
3. BAYC will launch a new game HV-MTL Forge on June 29th.
4. Japanese telecommunications giant Fujitsu will launch a blockchain-based Web3 acceleration platform on June 30th.
June 26th
FC Barcelona collaborates with World of Women to launch "Empowerment" NFT series on June 26th.
According to NFT Now, Barcelona Football Club has partnered with NFT project World of Women to launch the second Masterpiece NFT "Empowerment". The series will be auctioned on OpenSea for 48 hours starting at 10 pm Beijing time on June 26. The NFT, created by World of Women artist Rhi Madeline, features football player Alexia Putellas as the protagonist, paying tribute to her outstanding performance in the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Wolfsburg.
Web3 domain and identity platform SPACE ID initiated a proposal vote to "propose the purchase and destruction of ID tokens", proposing to use 50% of the total revenue generated by the SPACE ID platform from March 23 to June 23 to purchase and destroy IDs, and the remaining 50% of the platform's revenue will be allocated to the DAO treasury and managed by all eligible ID holders. Currently, the proposal has a support rate of 99.76%, and the vote will end on June 26.
Binance will delist 12 privacy tokens in France, Italy, Spain, and Poland
According to Cointelegraph, starting from June 26th, Binance customers in France, Italy, Poland, and Spain will no longer be able to trade privacy tokens such as XMR and ZEC.
Binance spokesperson stated that the new restrictions affect a total of 12 tokens, including Decred (DCR), Dash (DASH), Zcash (ZEC), Horizen (ZEN), PIVX (PIVX), Navcoin (NAV), Secret (SCRT), Verge (XVG), Firo (FIRO), BEAM (BEAM), Monero (XMR), and MobileCoin (MOB). According to an email sent by Binance to its French customers, Binance claimed that it is no longer able to offer enhanced anonymous cryptocurrency assets (CAE) in several European countries due to local regulatory requirements.
June 27th
Volatility Shares will launch the first leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF on June 27th.
According to The Block, Volatility Shares will launch its 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF next Tuesday. Previously, its application was not rejected by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and became effective on Friday. Stuart Barton, Chief Investment Officer of Volatility Shares, stated in an email that the ETF will begin trading on Tuesday, seeking to provide a daily return of twice the Bitcoin futures index.
According to the prospectus, the fund will not directly invest in Bitcoin, but instead "seeks to benefit from the rise in Bitcoin futures contract prices." The SEC has previously approved Bitcoin futures ETFs, but has not yet approved spot ETFs. In the past week, companies including WisdomTree, Invesco, and BlackRock have all submitted applications for Bitcoin spot ETFs.
Circle will launch its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) on Arbitrum on June 27th.
Circle announced that it will launch its cross-chain transfer protocol (CCTP) on Arbitrum on June 27th. Previously, native USDC was launched on Arbitrum on June 8th. CCTP will destroy the tokens on the source chain when users transfer across chains and mint new tokens on the target chain.
All Azuki and BEANZ holders can participate in the Azuki Elementals presale at 9:00 AM Pacific Time on June 27th (12:00 AM Beijing Time on June 28th).
Azuki has released an article by founding team member STEAMBOY, discussing the creative ideas behind the Elementals series of NFTs. STEAMBOY states that the concept of Elementals is built upon the foundation of Azuki, involving the four elements of earth, fire, lightning, and water, each with its own unique characteristics. Additionally, over the past six months, Azuki has recruited digital artists such as Tenn, Tomugi, and Skycrow to expand the team's size.
Blockchain Australia condemns Cuscal and invites them to a roundtable discussion on June 27th.
According to a critical statement from Blockchain Australia, payment provider Cuscal has implemented new banking restrictions on Australia's cryptocurrency trading platform through its partner Zepto. Last month, Cuscal cut off payment services to Binance Australia. At the time, Binance Australia stated that it would no longer be able to provide convenience for AUD bank transfers using PayID and criticized Cuscal, but did not name them.
Blockchain Australia has condemned recent restrictions on cryptocurrency payments by local banks and has invited platforms such as Cuscal and government stakeholders to a roundtable discussion on June 27 to address the issue.
June 28th
Robinhood will delist ADA, MATIC, and SOL on June 28th.
According to an official announcement, Robinhood will terminate its support for Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC), and Solana (SOL) at 6:59 AM Beijing time on June 28th. Users can continue to buy, sell, and hold ADA, MATIC, and SOL until the deadline. After the deadline, any ADA, MATIC, and SOL held in a user's Robinhood Crypto account will be sold at market value.WalletConnect will postpone the V1.0 shutdown time to June 28th.
Web3 communication protocol WalletConnect announced that the shutdown of WalletConnect V1.0 will be postponed until June 28. BlockBeats previously reported that the official timeline of Web3 communication protocol WalletConnect showed that WalletConnect V1.0 would be shut down on March 1 for the migration to WalletConnect V2.0. The migration of WalletConnect App will end on February 28.
The European Commission will release legislation on digital euro on June 28th.
According to CoinDesk, the European Commission will release legislation on digital euro on June 28. Commissioner Mairead McGuinness confirmed that she will push for a bill to support central bank digital currencies, covering topics such as privacy, distribution, and offline transactions. She stated at an event in Brussels that "we expect to present two proposals next week on the digital euro and the legal status of cash."
According to previous reports, two sources stated that the legislative proposal for a digital euro has been removed from the agenda after internal discussions earlier this week. The European Central Bank will make a decision later this year on whether to proceed with the project. The ECB has spent several years researching the technical details of the project prior to this.
FTX bondholders' motion hearing to be held on June 28th
FTX Unsecured Creditors Official Committee tweeted that on June 14, 2023, FTX debtors submitted a motion requesting a deadline for submitting claims for FTX customers. The deadline for claims and the claims submission process have not been approved by the bankruptcy court, and the committee is continuing to work with the debtors on the motion. A hearing to discuss the motion is scheduled for June 28, 2023.
June 29th
BAYC will launch a new game HV-MTL Forge on June 29th.
Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) announced the launch of a new game, HV-MTL Forge, on June 29th. This is a space construction game where players can build or customize a unique space. The game revolves around the HV-MTL robot NFT created by the BAYC founders, and holding its NFT allows participation in the game.
Seoul court will hold a second trial for the chairman of Bithumb's board of directors on June 29th.
According to a report from South Korean media News 1 citing legal sources, the 5th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court will hold a second trial for Lee Sang-jun, former chairman of Bithumb Holdings and Bithumb Korea's board of directors, on June 29. In January of this year, a South Korean court acquitted Lee of fraud charges involving 110 billion won in the first trial, but the prosecution appealed the verdict.
PUMA will collaborate with Gutter and NBA star LaMelo Ball to release NFT digital sneakers on June 29th.
According to PUMA's official tweet, PUMA has partnered with NFT communities Gutter Cat Gang and LaMelo Ball, an American basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, to launch the digital sneaker GutterMelo MB.03 NFT. The NFT will be available for purchase on June 29th. After purchasing the NFT, it can be exchanged for physical sneakers and digital collectibles during a one-month redemption period starting from July 18, 2023. GutterMelo MB.03 NFT will be listed on OpenSea, and the official price of GutterMelo NFT will be announced soon.
elodromeV2 release will start running from June 29th
Optimism announced the launch of Velodrome V2 version on AMM protocol, which currently allows VELO and veVELO holders to migrate their positions to V2 version. The migration of LP will require unstaking and withdrawing liquidity from V1, and then depositing it into V2. In addition, new VELO tokens and veNFT will replace Velodrome's current governance and utility tokens. Velodrome stated that V1 release will continue as usual from June 22 to June 28, so that users and protocols have time to migrate, and V2 release will start running from June 29. Velodrome has completed two rounds of audits by Spearbit and will also launch a $200,000 Immunefi bug bounty on June 29.
June 30th
The pilot project was launched in January 2022 and is being carried out in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank based in the Philippines, blockchain infrastructure company ConsenSys, digital financial solutions company R3, and technology company Soramitsu based in Tokyo.
Mint Square: Trading market services to end on June 30th
According to official sources, Ethereum L2 NFT platform Mint Square has announced that it will end its trading market services on June 30th.FTX creditors: Bankruptcy court sets June 30 as deadline for submitting proof of claims
FTX's Unsecured Creditors Committee stated on its social media platform that on May 19th, the bankruptcy court ordered a deadline of 4:00 pm on June 30th for creditors to submit proof of claims for all claims except "customer claims". The deadline for submitting "customer claims" has not yet been determined, which will be the subject of a separate motion filed by the debtor.
Tencent Digital Collection Platform Huancore announced the offline notice, stating that based on business adjustments, the Huancore APP will be offline at 24:00 on June 30, 2023. After the Huancore APP is offline, users who hold collections will not be able to query, download, display, and share purchased digital collections in the APP, and cannot initiate refund operations. Huancore recommends that users initiate refund operations before June 30, 2023.
欧元稳定币 EUROC 由 Circle 于 6 月 30 日在以太坊上发行
The Euro stablecoin EUROC was issued on Ethereum by Circle on June 30th.According to official sources, Coinbase will list the Euro Coin (EUROC) stablecoin. Trading will begin on February 23 at 1:00 AM Beijing time, subject to liquidity conditions and the establishment of sufficient asset supply. EUROC-USD and EUROC-EUR trading pairs will be gradually opened for trading. Coinbase only supports EUROC on the Ethereum network, and EUROC trading may be restricted in certain jurisdictions. The Euro Coin stablecoin was issued by Circle on Ethereum on June 30 and is 100% backed by Euro-denominated reserves, with a 1:1 exchange ratio with the Euro.July 1st
The Wyoming House of Representatives in the United States has passed a new digital asset bill that will prohibit courts in the state from forcing someone to disclose their private key for digital assets, "No person shall be compelled to disclose a private key or to otherwise provide access to a digital asset, digital identity, or other interest or right in a digital asset in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding." However, exceptions may apply if the public key is unavailable or if detailed information about digital assets, digital identities, or other interests or rights cannot be disclosed. The bill will officially take effect on July 1, 2023.
The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has officially signed legislation to ban CBDCs from being used as currency in the state. The ban will take effect on July 1st.
The cryptocurrency mining legalization bill in Mississippi, USA will take effect on July 1st.
According to Blockworks, lawmakers in the state of Mississippi have passed a bill legalizing cryptocurrency mining and protecting miners from biased energy prices. If approved by members of the House of Representatives and signed by Governor Tate Reeves, the bill will take effect on July 1. The bill states that the state's Public Service Commission will not allow discriminatory rates for cryptocurrency mining companies, and that these companies will be able to use the same electricity rates as other industrial uses. Individuals or entities engaged in digital asset mining operations will be exempt from registering with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).Welcome to join the official community of BlockBeats by LuDong
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