Next week's highlights
October 21
Grass Foundation: The Airdrop One final qualification query page will be launched on October 21;
October 22
Scroll will open airdrop applications on October 22;
October 23
Gitcoin will launch Grants 22 on October 23, with a total matching amount of $1.125 million;
ALIENX will open airdrop applications on October 23, with the first airdrop ratio reaching 9.88%;
October 24
Fox News proposes to host Harris VS Trump election debate on October 24 or 27;
October 25
Binance executives were unable to appear in the Nigerian court due to serious illness, and the trial will be postponed to October 25;
Next week's macro focus
At 20:55 on Monday, 2026 FOMC voting member and Dallas Fed President Logan spoke before the 2024 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Annual Meeting and participated in a moderated Q&A session;
At 01:00 on Tuesday, Kashkari, 2026 FOMC voting member and President of the Minneapolis Fed, delivered a speech;
Tuesday 05:05, 2025 FOMC voting member and Kansas Fed President Schmid will speak on the economic and monetary policy outlook;
Tuesday 22:00, Harker, 2026 FOMC voting member and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, spoke at the 8th Annual Fintech Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia;
At 21:00 on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Board Governor Bowman delivered a speech at the 8th Annual Fintech Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia;
Thursday 00:00, 2024 FOMC voting member and Richmond Fed President Barkin delivered a speech on "Understanding the Impact of Community Colleges";
At 02:00 on Thursday, the Federal Reserve released the Beige Book on economic conditions;
At 20:45 on Thursday, 2024 FOMC voting member and Cleveland Fed President Hammack delivered a welcome speech at an event;
At 23:00 on Thursday, 2025 FOMC voting member and Chicago Fed President Goolsbee delivered a welcome speech at an annual meeting;
At 22:00 on Friday, Kashkari, 2026 FOMC voting member and President of the Minneapolis Fed, delivered a speech.
Daily event details
October 21
Grass Foundation: Airdrop One final qualification query page will be launched on October 21
Odaily Planet Daily reported that the Grass Foundation published a statement on X stating that the final qualification query page for Airdrop One will be launched on October 21, 2024.
The foundation added that claims will not be open and will not go online on October 21, and this is just a checker. Please remain vigilant to avoid being scammed, there are currently no on-chain transactions that require signatures.
Bithumb will decide whether to delist Rally (RLY) between October 21 and 25
Odaily Planet Daily reported that South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will announce whether to extend the cautious project status of Rally (RLY), lift restrictions or terminate trading support between October 21 and 25.
Previously, Bithumb listed Rally (RLY) as a cautious investment project on September 24.
October 22
Scroll will open airdrop applications on October 22
Odaily Planet Daily News: Scroll announced the token distribution design details on the X platform. The total supply of tokens is 1,000,000,000 SCR, the airdrop snapshot date is October 19, 2024, and the token release date and airdrop collection time are October 22, 2024.
It is reported that SCR will be used as the main governance mechanism of the protocol and will develop into a protocol utility token as Scroll becomes more decentralized. Scroll also stated that it will share more details about the release and airdrop of SCR tokens in the next few days.
Ethereum Metaverse Game Decentraland will launch a public beta version of the desktop client on October 22
Odaily Planet Daily News: Ethereum metaverse game Decentraland announced its desktop client release plan, which is expected to explore VR functions and bring visual upgrades, improved performance and new mechanisms to users. It is reported that the Decentraland desktop client will be launched as a public beta version on October 22. (Decrypt)
Unisat: Decentralized CAT 20 Marketplace to Go Live on October 22
Odaily Planet Daily News: Unisat published an article on the X platform to announce the PizzaSwap and CAT market updates, mainly including:
Wallet and browser support is scheduled to launch on October 21st;
The decentralized CAT 20 market is scheduled to go live on October 22;
PizzaSwap upgrade supports FB as a fee option;
Cooperated with OKX to complete the BRC-20 switch module upgrade;
Compensation for affected addresses in the Fractal mainnet bootstrap.
October 23
Binance will stop supporting deposits and withdrawals of certain tokens such as BETA on October 23
According to the official announcement, Binance will stop supporting the top-up and withdrawal services of the following network-specific tokens at 16:00 (Eastern Time Zone 8) on October 23, 2024. After 16:00 (Eastern Time Zone 8) on October 23, 2024, top-ups of the following network-specific tokens will not be credited to the account, which may result in asset losses, including:
Beta Finance (BETA) through BNB Smart Chain;
Cream Finance (CREAM) via BNB Smart Chain;
Linear Finance (LINA) via BNB Smart Chain;
IRISnet (IRIS) via BNB Smart Chain;
Unfi Protocol DAO (UNFI) through BNB Smart Chain;
Kava Lend (HARD) via BNB Smart Chain;
CLV (CLV) via BNB Smart Chain;
Through BNB Smart Chain’s Prosper (PROS);
VITE (VITE) through BNB Smart Chain;
Ooki Protocol (OOKI) via Matic Network;
Note: Users can still deposit or withdraw the above tokens through other networks supported by Binance.
Gitcoin will launch Grants 22 on October 23, with a total matching amount of US$1.125 million
Odaily Planet Daily News Web3 public goods protocol Gitcoin announced the launch of Grants 22, which will last from October 23 to November 6. The funding application is now open, and the minting chain proof and cross-chain donation functions are introduced. This round of funding focuses on expanding open source software (OSS) and supporting digital public goods, with 4 OSS rounds totaling $1 million and 7 community rounds each with donations of $12,500 to $20,000.
ALIENX will open airdrop applications on October 23, with the first airdrop ratio reaching 9.88%
Odaily Planet Daily News: AI node-driven L2 network ALIENX will open airdrop applications at 16:00 (UTC+8) on October 23. The total supply of AIX tokens is 1 billion, of which 9.88% (98.8 million) of the total supply will be used for AI node and ecosystem user airdrops, and 2.62% will be used for initial liquidity, listing marketing and ecosystem incentives.
AIX is the ecological and governance token of the ALIENX network, which will have node rewards, burning, staking and governance rights. The launch of AIX is the most important step in the decentralization of ALIENX, which will accelerate the development of AI node network, main network security, community governance and ecosystem.
Ubisoft's Web3 game (Champions Tactics) is scheduled to be launched on October 23
Odaily Planet Daily News: Game giant Ubisoft's Web3 PvP turn-based role-playing game (Champions Tactics) plans to launch on the game blockchain Oasys on October 23.
October 24
Fox News proposes to hold Harris VS Trump election debate on October 24 or 27
Odaily Planet Daily reported that according to market sources, Fox News in the United States proposed to hold the Harris-Trump election debate in Pennsylvania on October 24 or 27. (Jinshi)
OKX will delist multiple trading pairs including BLOCK/USDT, UTK/USDT on October 24
Odaily Planet Daily News According to the official announcement, OKX will delist multiple trading pairs from 16:00 to 16:30 (UTC+8) on October 24, 2024. The specific trading pairs involved are as follows: BLOCK/USDT, UTK/USDT, UTK/USDC, AST/USDT, AST/USDC, SIS/USDT, SIS/USDC, WXT/USDT, WXT/USDC, WIFI/USDT, WIFI/USDC.
Users who have placed orders for the above currency pairs, please cancel the order before 16:00 (UTC+8) on October 24, 2024. If you fail to cancel the order in time, the order system will automatically execute it for you. It may take 1-3 working days to cancel the order.
October 25
Binance executives failed to appear in Nigerian court due to serious illness, trial postponed to October 25
Odaily Planet Daily News: Binance Compliance Director Tigran Gambaryan failed to appear in court due to serious illness, delaying the trial in the Nigerian court for months. Tigran Gambaryan's lawyer Mark Mordi requested a recess to check on his client's health. The judge agreed and postponed the trial to October 25. Gambaryan was charged with a long-standing dispute between the Nigerian government and Binance, but Gambaryan and Binance denied the allegations. Gambaryan has been detained in Nigeria since February, and a Nigerian court last week rejected Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan's request for bail due to illness. (DL News)
October 26
Merit Circle (MC) migration to BEAM ends on October 26
Odaily Planet Daily News: The deadline for migration of Merit Circle’s MC tokens to BEAM is October 26, 2024.
October 27
Coinbase will be shut down for maintenance at 0:00 on October 27, and all transactions are expected to be suspended for 2 hours
Odaily Planet Daily News Coinbase will be temporarily offline starting at around 9 am Pacific Time on Saturday, October 26, 2024 (0:00 Beijing Time on the 27th). All transactions on Coinbase.com (simple and advanced transactions), trading platforms, and Coinbase Prime will be unavailable. All transfers on Coinbase will be unavailable and any accounts will be delayed. The downtime will consist of two phases. We expect it to take up to 2 hours to complete, but this estimated time may change. Phase 1: Technical system upgrade (estimated to take up to 1 hour to complete) Phase 2: Trading restart (estimated to take up to 1 hour to complete, but may take longer depending on market conditions).
The Vega community passed the proposal to "shut down the Vega chain", and the chain will remain running until October 27
Odaily Planet Daily News: The Vega community recently almost unanimously passed a proposal to shut down the Vega chain. The resolution means that the Vega project will refocus its remaining resources to support the maintenance and development of the core protocol software, while terminating community support for the Vega chain and VEGA tokens. At present, the Vega chain has stopped all market trading functions and is expected to stop operating completely after the deceleration period. During this period, validators will be incentivized to keep nodes running so that users can withdraw funds. The last governance vote is underway to confirm the final settlement price of the suspended market and allocate approximately $28,000 in unused insurance pool funds to validators. The Vega chain is expected to remain operational until at least October 27, giving users ample time to withdraw assets. Users can connect Vega and Ethereum/Arbitrum wallets to withdraw assets through the official page. Please note that USDT withdrawals require a 24-hour delay period.
Others (specific time undetermined)
Ripple Chief Legal Officer: XRP's legal status has not been shaken in the SEC appeal, and will submit Form C next week
Odaily Planet Daily News Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty recently said when the U.S. SEC formally appealed the Ripple case that the ruling confirming that XRP is not a retail sales security remains unchanged. He wrote on X: "This is not surprising at all - once again, everything is clear. The court's ruling that 'XRP is not a security' has not been appealed. This decision is the law of the country."
In its appeal, the SEC challenged several key rulings, including the decision that Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen’s cashless XRP distribution and sales did not violate securities laws.
Ripple plans to file its own Form C next week as a cross-appeal against the institutional sales ruling. Both sides are preparing for an extended appeal process that could affect how digital assets are classified and regulated in the future. (Bitcoin.com)
Lido community pledge module mainnet contract deployment completed, on-chain voting will start next week
Odaily Planet Daily News Lido posted on X Platform that Lido announced that the snapshot vote for the mainnet release of its Community Staking Module (CSM) has been successfully passed. The contract is now deployed on Ethereum and will start on-chain voting next week after the final security check. If approved, the Community Staking Module (CSM) will be launched soon. Lido encourages community stakeholders to check the "early adoption" qualification before the mainnet launch next week. Qualified operators can access the CSM mainnet in advance.
