Optimism Launches Third Round of Airdrops | Cryptocurrency Trends

1.Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• OKX completes its 21st OKB burn, removing 6,140,520.48 OKB from circulation.
• Mainstream Exchange Listings (CEX: Token — Time of Listing in UTC)

2.Cryptocurrency Trends:

• The Ethereum Holesky testnet is expected to relaunch on September 22 or September 28.
• Voting on the Arbitrum Short-Term Incentive Program proposal has closed, with 65.7% of the votes cast in favor of "distributing up to 50 million ARB by January 31, 2024".
• The Lido community votes to approve the Add 7 Ethereum Operators proposal.
• Elon Musk is considering adding a fee for use of the X platform.
• Optimism launches its third airdrop, which will directly distribute over 19.41 million OP to 31,870 addresses.

3.Financing Trends:

• Anthem plans an exit from AT Capital.
• Cryptocurrency startup Bastion raises US$25 million in seed round funding led by a16z crypto.
• Crypto venture firm Blockchain Capital raises US$580 million for two new funds, with participation from Visa.

4.Regulatory Trends:

• U.S. SEC criticizes Binance.US over "shaky" asset custody and asks the court to order an inspection. According to Bloomberg, the SEC failed to persuade a judge to immediately launch an in-depth inspection into Binance.US.
• The SEC and Binance.US holding company BAM are scheduled to appear in a hearing on October 12.