Upcoming events this week: EthCC, the Ethereum Community Conference, will open in Paris on July 17th; the Arkham airdrop will be available for claiming on July 18th.
Selected Events:
1. Ethereum EthCC will open in Paris on July 17th.
2. BNB Beacon Chain is expected to undergo the "Zhang Heng" upgrade on July 19th.
3. Arkham: The airdrop will be open for application on July 18th.
4. Christie's collaborates with Gucci to launch an NFT series, with bidding starting on July 18th.
July 17th
Ethereum EthCC will open in Paris on July 17th
The Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) 6 will be held from July 17th to 20th, with more than 250 speakers from around the world. The event will feature multiple side meetings, gatherings, group discussions, and parties in Paris, France.
Crust Network announced that it will launch EVM storage service on July 17th.
The decentralized storage project Crust Network announced that it has received millions of dollars in investment from DWF Labs, which will be used to further enhance its infrastructure and expand its business in the decentralized storage field. Crust Network stated that it will launch EVM storage services on July 17th, providing decentralized storage solutions for EVM-based blockchains.
Binance 32 period Launchpad ARKM's holding snapshot period will end on July 17th
Binance is about to launch its 32nd Launchpad project, Arkham (ARKM), and open a BNB session. This sale will be based on the investment model, and Binance will determine the user's investment quota based on the user's average daily BNB holdings for 6 days. The BNB holding snapshot period is from 8:00 am on July 11, 2023 to 8:00 am on July 17, 2023 (GMT+8).
OneKey Card will be suspended for maintenance on July 17th.
Hardware wallet OneKey announced on Twitter that OneKey Card will undergo maintenance and updates from 10:00 on July 17, 2023 to 10:00 on July 18, 2023. During this period, related services will be unavailable, but the payment function of the card will not be affected. This update will introduce new features.
Starting from July 17th, Dutch users can only withdraw assets from Binance
According to official sources, Binance will be exiting the Dutch market and will no longer accept new users residing in the Netherlands. Starting from 08:00 on July 17, 2023 Beijing time, existing Dutch resident users will only be able to withdraw their assets from the Binance platform and will not be able to make further purchases, trades, or deposits. Binance encourages users to take appropriate action and withdraw their assets from their Binance accounts.
BlockBeats previously reported that on March 17th, Laura van Geest, the chairman of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), stated that the Netherlands will take a tough approach to enforce the new EU encryption rules. MiCA can only partially address its risks, and "given past history, we believe there is no reason to relax law enforcement."
July 18th
Binance will perform wallet maintenance on BNB Beacon Chain (BEP2) on July 18th.
Binance will begin wallet maintenance on BNB Beacon Chain (BEP2) at 15:00 on July 18, 2023 Beijing time, which is expected to take about an hour. BEP2 token trading will not be affected during the wallet maintenance period, and deposits and withdrawals will be suspended from 14:55 on July 18 and will be reopened after the maintenance is completed. At the same time, BNB Beacon Chain is expected to undergo the "Zhang Heng" upgrade at block height 328,088,888 on July 19, which introduces BEP-255.
Arkham: The airdrop was snapshot on July 8th and will be open for application on July 18th.
Arkham has officially announced that the ARKM airdrop was snapshot on July 8th and will be open for application on July 18th. Users can apply for the airdrop by entering their Ethereum address through the Arkham platform's invitation dashboard. Accounts of witch attackers have been marked and will no longer be eligible for application.
NFT market LooksMintable will launch on Fetch.ai testnet on July 18th.
The Fetch.ai team, which is focused on AI Web3 protocols, has announced that LooksMintable, an NFT marketplace centered around AI developed by the Azoyalabs team, will be launched on Fetch.ai's testnet on July 18th.
Christie's collaborates with Gucci to launch NFT series, bidding starts on July 18th
According to CoinDesk, the 256-year-old auction house Christie's has partnered with luxury fashion brand Gucci to launch an NFT series called "Future Frequencies: Explorations in Art and Fashion". The series includes 21 NFTs created by AI artist Claire Silver, generative artist Emily Xie, decentralized autonomous artist Botto, and others. The auction will take place on Christie's digital art platform, Christie's 3.0, starting on July 18th and ending on July 25th.CFTC Technology Advisory Committee to discuss DeFi, DAO and other issues at July 18 meeting
The CFTC Technology Advisory Committee plans to hold a meeting at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on July 18 to discuss decentralized finance and the recent regulatory victory in the Ooki DAO case.
The initiator of the committee and CFTC commissioner, Christy Goldsmith Romero, stated in a statement: "In addition to other DeFi issues, the committee will also discuss decentralized finance (DeFi) models such as decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and the recent Ooki DAO case." (The Block) Earlier news, the CFTC won the Ooki DAO lawsuit, and the latter will be fined $643,000 and ordered to permanently close.
July 19th
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Celsius has announced that a hearing to consider the Disclosure Statement for the Celsius bankruptcy reorganization plan will be held on August 10th. At that time, the court will determine whether the Disclosure Statement provides sufficient information to creditors to enable them to make an informed vote on the plan. The court will also determine whether the debtor is authorized to solicit votes on the plan and schedule a confirmation hearing. The debtor has requested that the confirmation hearing be scheduled for September 29th.
On July 17th, the debtor, creditor committee, borrower special group, and certain Earn creditors will mediate with Judge Wiles on the relative treatment of Earn and loans. The committee hopes that all parties can reach an agreement on how to fairly distribute the property value among creditors. On July 19th, the debtor, committee, and Fahrenheit consortium plan to discuss the plan via Twitter Space.
Sui and KuCoin Labs will hold a demo day on July 19th at Builder House in Paris and online.
Sui and KuCoin Labs are collaborating to hold a summer hackathon from May 29th to July 12th. The demo day will be held on July 19th at Builder House in Paris and online.
The total prize pool for this event is $285,000, and the project categories include infrastructure and tools, NFTs, social and DAO, gaming and AIGC, and DeFi and payments. Projects must be deployed on Sui's mainnet, testnet, or development network, or integrated with Sui in other ways.
July 20th
The Political Affairs Committee of the South Korean National Assembly announced that the virtual asset hearing originally scheduled for 10:00 am on July 11th will be postponed to July 20th. It is understood that there are still differences regarding the purpose, scope, and list of witnesses attending the hearing.
On July 21st, the Singapore court extended the bankruptcy protection period for PayPal Financial until July 21st.
Babel Finance co-founder Flex Yang said that a Singapore court has extended the company's creditor protection period by about three months. The stay of execution period (during which it is protected from creditor lawsuits) will continue until July 21.
According to previous reports, Flex Yang, the founder of Babel Finance, has published an open letter on Twitter stating that the Babel Finance Group's bankruptcy protection has undergone a hearing in the Singapore High Court, officially initiating an in-court restructuring process. Yang stated, "This is the phased work result since I decided to return to lead the restructuring work after leaving PayPal in 2021 and the PayPal crisis in mid-2022." Yang also added, "Since leaving PayPal in 2021, I have shifted my focus to Web3 and DeFi. I also want to emphasize our upcoming new project HOPE."
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