This week’s news preview | MicroStrategy will join the Nasdaq 100 Index; Bitcoin options worth $11.8 billion will expire for delivery

Organized by: Fairy, ChainCatcher

Highlights:

• MicroStrategy to join Nasdaq 100 on December 23
• South Korean crypto exchange Aprobit announced its suspension, with the last withdrawal date being December 23
• Binance will delist AKRO, BLZ, and WRX on December 25
• The Constitutional Court of South Korea will hold its first hearing on the impeachment case of Yoon Seok-yue on December 27
• Bitcoin options worth $11.8 billion set to expire on December 27
• LayerZero’s voting to activate the “fee switch” ends on December 27

December 23 (Monday)

[**MicroStrategy to join Nasdaq 100 on December

23**](https://www.panewslab.com/zh/sqarticledetails/g36td957.html)

MicroStrategy (MSTR) is included in the Nasdaq 100 Index. In addition, a recent survey showed that MicroStrategy will become the 40th largest company on the Nasdaq 100 Index.

The reshuffle of the Nasdaq 100 Index, as well as QQQ and related ETFs, will take effect on December 23.

[South Korean crypto exchange Aprobit announced its suspension, with the

last withdrawal date being December 23](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2140203)

South Korean crypto exchange Aprobit announced its closure and will cease trading on September 23. Withdrawals will not be available until December 23.

Aprobit said: “Due to changes in the business environment, we have decided to terminate trading support and we will do our best to ensure that all users will not experience any inconvenience in returning the assets they deposited on the exchange even after the trading support ends. "

It is reported that only half of the 22 crypto market exchanges registered as virtual asset operators in South Korea are currently operating.

[Aligned will airdrop 26% of ALIGN to 891,322 addresses. Airdrop users

must register before December 23](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2157589)

The Aligned Foundation announced on social platforms that it will airdrop 26% of ALIGN tokens to 891,322 addresses. Specific airdrop targets are holders of tokens such as STRK, MINA, ZK, POL, SCR, TAIKO, EIGEN, etc., and users are required to hold the corresponding tokens when they are at the lowest price in history, but the minimum holding requirements are not disclosed. Addresses that qualify for air investment must be registered before December 23.

December 24 (Tuesday)

[Pump Science Roadmap: Announcement of new partners on December 24,

preparation of mouse experiments and protocol development](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2155936)

Pump Science releases roadmap update, including:

• Partnership to be announced on December 24, preparation for mouse experiments and protocol development;
• Mouse experiments on URO and RIF will start on January 25, 2025;
• New compounds will be launched in partnership with VitaDAO on February 25;
• Supplement booking and marketplace platform launches on March 25;
• On April 25, decentralized human trials were launched and decentralized compound release launched;
• Related experiments will be expanded on May 25.

[**BNB Chain will launch the second Meme Coin competition on December

24th**](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158408)

BNB Chain announced today that it will launch the second Meme Coin competition on December 24.

The first phase of the event lasted for 7 days, with a total of 7 MemeCoin winning projects. Among them, three winning projects, AICell, MONKEY, and FROG, have been listed on Binance Alpha Zone.

The second phase of the event will be launched on December 24. During the event, BNB Chain will purchase the outstanding ecological Meme Coin worth 33BNB every day, and randomly airdrop the corresponding Meme tokens to 1,000 qualified people every day for 7 consecutive days. community users.

Event time: December 24 to December 31, 2024

Airdrop rules: Hold at least 1 staked BNB token (including slisBNB, BNBx, stkBNB or ankrBNB) in the wallet address or hold at least 235 Cake

Snapshot time: 8pm on December 24, 2024 (Singapore time)

December 25 (Wednesday)

[Binance will delist AKRO, BLZ, and WRX on December

25](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2157814)

According to the official announcement, Binance will delist and stop trading of all AKRO, BLZ, and WRX spot trading pairs at 03:00 (UTC) on December 25, 2024. Specific delisted trading pairs include AKRO/USDT, BLZ/BTC, BLZ/USDT, and WRX/USDT. All related trading orders will be automatically removed after trading is stopped. After 03:00 (UTC) on December 26, 2024, deposits of these tokens will no longer be credited to the account. Binance will no longer support withdrawals of these tokens after 03:00 (UTC) on February 25, 2025.

[Binance will support aelf (ELF) network

upgrade](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2156666)

Binance is expected to suspend the token deposit and withdrawal services of the aelf (ELF) network at 17:00 on December 25, 2024 (Eastern Eighth District time) to support its network upgrade. The project team will upgrade the network at block height 248,832,789 (estimated to be 18:00 East 8th District time on December 25, 2024).

December 26 (Thursday)

[Scallop’s 1 million SCA airdrop will be distributed on December

26](https://medium.com/scallopio/scallop-christmas-airdrop-609100b10910)

Sui ecological lending protocol Scallop will launch an airdrop event during the Christmas period from December 14th to 26th. Users only need to borrow at least US$1,000 in assets/hold 1,000 veSCA to obtain airdrop qualifications. The total amount of airdrop is 1 million SCA, and the airdrop distribution date is December 26. Currently, Scallop TVL reaches a high of $195 million, with total borrowings reaching $90 million.

December 27 (Friday)

[LayerZero's vote to activate the "fee switch" will end on December 27

at 8:00](https://x.com/LayerZero_Fndn/status/1869910903334076904)

LayerZero's voting on activating the "fee switch" ends at 8:00 on December 27. This vote determines whether LayerZero will start charging protocol fees per message. The protocol fees collected are used to repurchase and destroy ZRO, reducing its circulation.

[OKX will gradually delist XRP and LTC delivery

contracts](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2128575)

According to the official announcement, taking into account market reasons and user needs, OKX plans to gradually stop the generation of XRP and LTC currency-based and USDT-based delivery contracts in the near future, and officially delist XRP and LTC delivery at 4:00 pm on December 27, 2024. contract. This offline is applicable to the web, mobile and API. The specific plans are as follows:

Starting from June 21, 2024 (UTC+8), next-week delivery contracts will no longer be generated;

Starting from September 27, 2024 (UTC+8), second-quarter delivery contracts will no longer be generated;

Contracts that have been traded online will not be affected and users can trade normally.

[The Constitutional Court of South Korea will hold its first hearing on

the impeachment case of Yoon Seok-yue on December 27](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2157269)

A spokesman for South Korea's Constitutional Court stated that the Constitutional Court will hold its first hearing on Yin Xiyue's impeachment case on December 27.

Bitcoin options worth $11.8 billion set to expire on December 27

Investors are eyeing December 27, when $11.8 billion worth of Bitcoin options are set to expire, which could trigger large price swings in either direction.

December 28 (Saturday)

[Sophon mining migration timeline announced, mainnet mining will start

on December 28](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158248)

ZKsync-based modular blockchain Sophon announces mining migration plan.

Specific timeline:

• December 19, 23:59 UTC : L1 mining is closed for new deposits, while an optional L1 withdrawal window is open.

• December 26, 23:59 UTC : The L1 withdrawal window closes, and unwithdrawn assets will automatically cross-chain to the Sophon mainnet.

• December 27 : All remaining assets are automatically cross-chained, and the first phase of SP point accumulation ends.

• December 28 : Sophon mainnet mining officially started, and the second phase of SP point accumulation started, adopting a USD-based distribution method and supporting Gas-free mining.