This Week's Noteworthy Events (2023.12.18-2023.12.24)

Binance Launches the 40th New Coin Mining Project - Fusionist (ACE), Scheduled for Listing on December 18th

Binance has announced the launch of its 40th new token mining project, Fusionist. ACE, the native token of Endurance, a decentralized gaming/social blockchain that will host Fusionist, a Web3 AAA game. Users can deposit BNB and FDUSD into the ACE mining pool on the Launchpad website to earn ACE rewards starting from 08:00 on December 13, 2023 (GMT+8). The ACE mining activity is scheduled for a 5-day duration. The website is expected to be updated approximately five hours after this announcement, just before the mining activity goes live.

Binance plans to list Fusionist (ACE) on December 18, 2023, at 14:00 (GMT+8) and open trading markets for ACE/BTC, ACE/USDT, ACE/BNB, ACE/FDUSD, and ACE/TRY, following the Seed Sale trading rules.

Ubisoft's Blockchain Game Champions Tactics to Open Ethereum NFT Mint on December 18th

Game giant Ubisoft's first original blockchain game, Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, will open The Warlords NFT mint for users on the priority list at 19:00 (GMT+8) on December 18. The public mint will commence at 3:00 (GMT+8) on December 19.

While The Warlords NFT will be issued on the Ethereum blockchain, the Champions Tactics game itself is deployed on the Ethereum-compatible Oasys chain. The total supply of The Warlords NFT series is 9999, with 8000 NFTs available through free minting, 1000 NFTs allocated to the Oasys community, and 999 NFTs reserved by Ubisoft for future marketing and free NFT distribution activities.

Financial Services Firm SoFi Announces Exit from Cryptocurrency Space, Users Must Migrate Assets by December 19th

Financial services company SoFi Technologies has announced that its customers will no longer be able to open new

cryptocurrency

accounts. Existing cryptocurrency customers must transfer their holdings to Blockchain.com by December 19, or their remaining balances will be liquidated.

SoFi is a San Francisco-based financial services company founded in 2011. Initially known for its student loan refinancing business, the company has expanded its product offerings to include personal loans, credit cards, mortgages, investment accounts, and more.

EigenLayer announces the introduction of six new LSTs, raising the total staking limit to 500,000.

EigenLayer Announces Introduction of Six New LSTs, Total Staking Limit Increased to 500,000 ETH

The Ethereum re-staking protocol EigenLayer has announced on its official website that it will introduce six new liquidity staking tokens (LST) on December 19 at 02:00 AM (UTC+8). The newly added tokens include wBETH (Binance), osETH (Stakewise), swETH (Swell), AnkrETH (Ankr), EthX (Stader), and oETH (Origin ETH).

L2 Network ZKFair Mainnet Expected to Go Live Around December 20th

The community-based L2 network ZKFair has announced the official launch of its testnet. After the mainnet goes live, the project plans to conduct a Gas Fee Airdrop, distributing 100% of the tokens to all community users.

ZKFair is an experimental L2 built on Polygon CDK, Celestia DA, and Lumoz ZK-RaaS. The goal is to establish a fair-launch, community-driven, and community-governed ZK L2 network. ZKFair uses the stablecoin USDC as its native token, ensuring 100% EVM compatibility, low gas fees, high performance, and security.

According to ZKFair's official information, the total supply of ZKF tokens is 10 billion. Of this, 2 billion will be fairly airdropped to L2 community users, and the remaining 8 billion will be distributed through Gas Fee Airdrops on the mainnet, with a Gas Fee cap of 3 million USDC, on a first-come, first-served basis. No additional ZKF tokens will be minted in the future. All 10 billion ZKF tokens will be released and circulated immediately.

The ZKFair mainnet is expected to go live around December 20.

Kyber Releases Snapshot of Stolen Assets, Compensation Details to be Announced on December 20th

Kyberswap has officially announced on the X platform that they are finalizing the details for the previously announced financial grant subsidy for affected users who suffered a hack. The official announcement of the details is scheduled for December 20, 2023, at 14:00 UTC.

Simultaneously, the platform has set up a snapshot page that allows affected users to check the USD value of their impacted positions, including all on-chain fees. For those whose wallets were not affected, a message will confirm that their positions have not been compromised.

Dogecoin: Single 'Physical' Dogecoin to be Sent to the Moon on December 23rd

Kyberswap has officially announced on the X platform that they are finalizing the details for the previously announced financial grant subsidy for affected users who suffered a hack. The official announcement of the details is scheduled for December 20, 2023, at 14:00 UTC.

Simultaneously, the platform has set up a snapshot page that allows affected users to check the USD value of their impacted positions, including all on-chain fees. For those whose wallets were not affected, a message will confirm that their positions have not been compromised.