1. Layer1 blockchain project Sonic Labs announces that its mainnet has officially launched link
Layer1 blockchain project Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) announces that its mainnet has officially launched. Sonic can process up to 10,000 transactions per second, offers sub-second finality, and provides a native decentralized gateway to Ethereum. FTM holders can now upgrade their tokens to S on Sonic at a 1:1 ratio through the upgraded portal and unlock access to various applications on Sonic.
2. HashKey Chain announces that the mainnet is officially online link
On December 18, HashKey Group's public chain HashKey Chain announces that its mainnet has officially launched, aiming to build a compliance-friendly and innovation-encouraging on-chain financial infrastructure. On November 11, HashKey Chain officially opened its testnet to developers and users. During the testnet period, the HashKey chain accumulated over 24.72 million transactions, with over 860,000 wallet addresses registered, an average block time of 2 seconds, gas fees as low as 0.1 Gwei, 50 projects successfully deployed, and 300,000 community members actively participating.
3. Aptos appoints Avery Ching as the new CEO, pushing the company into a new phase link
Aptos co-founder and CTO Avery Ching will take over as CEO, pushing the company into a new phase. Aptos has launched an innovative supercomputing blockchain with technologies such as dynamic parallelism, shared state, and storage sharding. The company plans to launch a new infrastructure initiative in 2025 to further expand the global ecosystem, particularly in regions such as India, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and China. Former CEO Mo Shaikh will continue to stay with the company as a strategic advisor. Aptos Labs co-founder Mo Shaikh announces his resignation as CEO of the company. Shaikh states that he will continue to serve as the company's strategic advisor and plans to take time to think about the future of blockchain and financial systems.
4. Opensea's tweet may imply the future launch of related tokens link
Opensea releases a tweet referencing Opensea Foundation, suggesting that Opensea will launch related tokens in the future. Previously, The Block's former founder Mike Dudas posted an image on Twitter showing that OpenSea is suspected to have registered the OpenSea Foundation in the Cayman Islands on August 20 this year.
OpenSea data shows that since the official Twitter launch of the OpenSea Foundation, the floor price of its official NFT Gemesis has risen to 0.76 ETH, a 56% increase over the past 16 hours. Additionally, the NFT's sales volume reached 698 transactions in the past hour, with a trading volume hitting 48.62 ETH.
5. The total NFT Marketplace trading volume reaches $117 million, a high since February 23, 2023 link
According to @sealaunch_ data panel, on December 17, the total NFT Marketplace trading volume reached $117 million, a high since February 23, 2023, with Blur accounting for 73.6% of the trading volume at $86 million. However, the number of transactions and trading users is still significantly lower than the previous peak. This may be mainly related to speculative users quickly flipping through the Blur bid pool after the Pudgy Penguins completed their token airdrop.
6. Kelp DAO announces KERNEL token economics, with a total supply of 20% allocated for airdrops link
Ethereum's third-largest liquidity re-staking protocol Kelp DAO announces KERNEL token economics. Of the total supply, 55% will be allocated to community rewards and airdrops (20% for airdrops, 35% for future community rewards), 5% allocated to ecosystems and partners, 20% for private sale, and 20% allocated to the team and advisors. Additionally, 20% of the airdrop tokens will be distributed over three airdrop seasons. The first airdrop season (10% of the total supply) snapshot date is December 31, 2024; the second airdrop season (5% of the total supply) period is from January 1, 2025, to April 30, 2025, with an additional 15% loyalty reward for re-staking before January 15, 2025; the remaining 5% airdrop plan is to be determined.
7. Influencer squirrel Peanut's owner sends a cease and desist letter to Binance, requesting it stop infringing on the use of PNUT-related IP link
Influencer squirrel Peanut's owner Mark Longo posts that he has sent a cease and desist letter to Binance through his law firm. The letter states that Binance has used several intellectual properties without authorization, including the PNUT trademark and the cowboy-hat-wearing squirrel image. The letter indicates that Longo has been using the PNUT-related trademark in the United States since April 2017, primarily for educational and public welfare projects related to animal protection, wildlife, and nature conservation. If the infringement is proven to be willful, the compensation amount could be up to $150,000 for each infringement. The lawyer requires Binance to respond and cease all infringing activities by December 31.
8. Binance HODLer airdrop plan launches CAT and PENGU link
Binance announces the launch of the Binance HODLer airdrop plan for Simon's Cat (CAT) and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU). Users can participate in the airdrop by staking BNB, with the event running from December 18, 2024, at 12:00 to December 19, 2024, at 11:59 (UTC). CAT and PENGU are community tokens inspired by well-known illustrated characters and penguin themes. Binance will list CAT and PENGU on December 17, 2024, at 09:00 (UTC) and will use seed tags.
9. Pudgy Penguins toy product QR codes have been widely stolen link
Mask Network founder Suji Yan states that on Tuesday, many Pudgy Penguins toy products were ripped open in stores in New York, and QR codes were stolen. The sudden token airdrop has led many to rush into Walmart to steal QR codes of products that may gain airdrops. He expresses that the crypto community should condemn this behavior.
10. OKX announces the launch of an integrated platform, Ordinals Launchpad link
OKX announces the launch of Ordinals Launchpad, an integrated platform that enables creators to publish, mint, and trade collectibles directly on Bitcoin. The platform officially launches 'Geminions', the first Ordinals series launched by JRNE, a community-driven Web3 jewelry brand that first realized NFC authentication on Bitcoin. Since the inception of Ordinals, Bitcoin has seen 72,552,175 mints, costing 6,940 BTC.
