*️⃣ Проект has decided to keep up with its competitors and has also introduced its own points system.

Points will be calculated based on your activity on the platform. Points will be credited every Friday, but the first time everyone will be credited points on February 2 at 15:00 Moscow time. For past activity you will also be credited points, but after the end of the program.

The points program itself will last no more than 3 months. Does this mean that the drop and token can be expected at the end of April / beginning of May? We don't know exactly, but it looks very much like it.

🤔 What to do?

• Connect a wallet on the site (you'll get a 5% refund on all your commissions on the refka);

• Make a deposit of $50 or more and trade in the Trade tab;

• Also, you can pour liquidity or use the lending services in the Earn tab.

Taking into account the hype on Solana and everyone's favorite points program, thanks to which you can better understand what exactly will be given tokens, the project can normally fill up and not offend the farmers, but how it will be - we will learn in the future, but for now we get into it and start farming points.

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The seminar, the second of its kind this summer, underscored Binance’s commitment to knowledge-sharing and collaboration with law enforcement agencies. The focus lay on equipping prosecutors with adept strategies to combat cybercrime within the virtual asset landscape. Binance‘s distinguished compliance team of industry experts steered the seminar, delving into diverse topics encompassing recent crime trends in virtual assets, the essentials of blockchain and digital-asset investigations, and illuminating case studies that exemplify the firm’s proactive role in combating financial crimes globally. The collaborative efforts between Binance and law enforcement agencies to thwart illicit activities showcased the collective determination to foster a secure digital financial environment.

💎The world’s largest asset manager’s bitcoin ETF has a total net inflow of nearly $5 billion, leading the pack among all spot bitcoin ETFs. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink has stated that he is now a big bitcoin believer.

❗️ Details of the $GTO > $GFT swap:

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-support-the-gifto-gto-token-swap-to-gifto-gft-2300adb470e54d4ba8db292e54e85a93

#Crypto #Blockchain #Gifto #BSC #Megaexpansion #Day19

💼 Spearheading the Sinking Ship: Sullivan and Cromwell, the legal powerhouse behind FTX's bankruptcy proceedings, faces scrutiny after charging a hefty $170 million for its services.

🤝 Racketeering Allegations: FTX investors have thrown a legal punch, accusing Sullivan and Cromwell of being more than just advisors, but active participants in "racketeering activity" alongside Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange.

💰 Profits Over Prudence?: The investors claim that the law firm not only had inside knowledge of FTX's shaky foundations but also misled customers by vouching for its solvency until the very end.

🟥 Cryptocurrency Sector on Alert: With FTX's collapse causing ripples in the crypto world, Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo highlights the need to investigate practices like token inflation, shedding light on potential credit risks in other digital ventures.

➡️ On January 24, Brink’s announced the partnership with BitGo, a cryptocurrency custody firm. As part of this collaboration, Brink’s will serve as BitGo’s global secure logistics and vaulting provider.While the financial details of the investment were not disclosed, the collaboration signifies the growing importance of secure custody solutions in the digital asset space, particularly as institutions handle significant investments on behalf of clients.

🟥 BitGo is a leading player in digital asset security and custody, serving over 1,500 clients across 50 countries and providing solutions for institutional clients managing billions in digital assets. The partnership with Brink’s, known for its secure logistics and global presence in transporting cash and valuables, is expected to leverage the strengths of both companies and enhance physical security capabilities for digital assets.

✅ Notably, in the evolving landscape of digital asset custody, institutions are increasingly seeking secure solutions for managing cryptocurrencies on behalf of their clients. BitGo’s expertise in digital asset security will be complemented by Brink’s global network and experience in secure logistics. BitGo Trust president Jody Mettler said,

💬 “Having a footprint of secure locations globally is important to us as we move into regions like Asia Pacific and EMEA. It means being able to leverage their network and expertise in these regions for security protocols and locations.”

☝️ Right now we can be active in the testnet and Nibi Points farming campaign.

👨🏻‍💻 What to do:

▫️Install Keplr wallet (https://nibiru.fi/docs/ecosystem/wallets/setup-keplr.html) or Leap (https://nibiru.fi/docs/ecosystem/wallets/setup-leap.html).

▫️(https://www.keplr.app/download)Create a wallet

▫️(https://www.keplr.app/download)Go to the site (https://app.nibiru.fi/)

▫️(https://www.keplr.app/download)Request test tokens in "Faucet" tab

▫️In "Nibi-Swaps" tab make swaps and add to the pool

▫️In "Nibi-perps" tab trade

▫️Go to Discord (https://discord.com/invite/nibirufi) and leave feedback

Additionally, participate in the Gamified Engagement Airdrop campaign

▫️Go to the site (https://nibiru.fi/airdrops)

▫️Connect Twitter and wallet

▫️Use Keplr (https://nibiru.fi/docs/ecosystem/wallets/setup-keplr.html) or Leap (https://nibiru.fi/docs/ecosystem/wallets/setup-leap.html)

▫️Complete tasks and farm Nibi Points

💭 Note:

Twitter older than 3 months and 100+ followers required. Need to pass KYC later to get campaign rewards. List of restricted countries (https://nibiru.fi/blog/posts/035-gamified-engagement.html#:~:text=Restricted countries in addition to the United States include Canada%2C the UK%2C Cuba%2C Iran%2C North Korea%2C and Syria.). Daily and weekly tasks on the site. More info on the Gamified Engagement Airdrop campaign here (https://nibiru.fi/blog/posts/035-gamified-engagement.html).

⏳Testnet deadline: TBA | Gamified Engagement Airdrop deadline: February 28

So the quest campaign is called DeFi Spring, with 40 million $STRK allocated. Seems decent so far, but it's not so simple.

These tokens will be distributed to participating protocols, which will then distribute tokens to users at their own discretion. So each project sets their own criteria for rewards.

The quests themselves run on Intract over three phases, starting February 22nd. Participating projects: Ekubo, JediSwap, MySwap, Nostra, 10KSwap, zkLend, Vesu, Carmine, ZKX. The list is not final either.

Interestingly, it's unclear if this overlaps with farming points on the projects themselves, or if points = $STRK rewards. We'll have to wait for announcements by the Feb 22 start. More details here (https://www.starknet.io/en/content/starknet-foundation-introduces-the-start-of-defi-spring).

What do you think about this move from Starknet?

I realized the Xai Network team is Alpha tier when they airdropped keys to over 1000 people who got scammed during the mint and sent funds to the wrong contract. Later, Xai Network announced an Airdrop for node operators and that there had not yet been a snapshot, so keys could still be bought for 0.8 ETH. Now on Kucoin OTC the keys are trading for 2$+, although order book liquidity is still low. Even at 1.2$, XAI would make the key purchase profitable.

In short, I'm confident the project has a bright future ahead. Now let's look at the metrics:

💰 Total XAI supply: 2.5 billion $XAI

📊 Allocated to Binance Launchpool: 75 million $XAI (3% of total supply)

🧮 Initial circulation: 277 million $XAI (11% of total supply), so around 5-7% goes to node operators and testnet participants

📆 Listing date: January 9th, 12:00 Kiev time

For the XAI price I expect to see $1 as a pessimistic scenario, $2 realistic and $3 optimistic. I’ve already farmed a good amount of $esXAI with my node, but will withdraw those over 180 days. I’ll likely sell closer to a bull market once I understand more about their staking mechanics to maximize yield.

I recommend watching my video (https://youtu.be/QZ4Z-hCtAKs) on the project. I still think it's not too late to buy in, even if you won't quickly break even on the key cost. Long term during the next bull market and GameFi hype cycle I see the token reaching $5-10. Right now ~1300 tokens can be farmed monthly from a node, but emissions will continually decline.

Bitcoin performed very well in 2023, growing 2.6x, while Ethereum only showed 2x growth by comparison. This is largely explainable - first, market growth often starts with BTC. Second, Bitcoin simply had stronger narratives driving its price action.

With the main ETF catalyst now priced in and Bitcoin resting on its highs from the past two years, I plan to shift into ETH. I see more strength in Ethereum's trend going into the next bull market.

ETH growth factors I'm watching:

• Rumors of an Ethereum ETF approval seem likely this year.

• Ethereum has an enormous ecosystem and utility - all the L2s we use, major LSDs, farming projects, etc. This is still early and has much room to grow.

• Deflationary model from the merge to PoS + ETH locked for staking/DeFi reduces sell pressure.

• Upcoming Eth2 upgrades over the next few months should drastically reduce L2 fees.

So in the near term, I plan to sell the other half of my BTC and shift it into Ether.

Ethereum arguably has more upside potential for its next ATH versus Bitcoin - $200k BTC (4x) seems less probable than $10k+ ETH (4x).

The project raised $22M from Sequoia Capital, KuCoin, OKX, IOSG Ventures and other funds. Vitalik also talked about the project (https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1588708049359089664?s=20) on his Twitter a few months ago.

I already talked about the project and its testnet phases back in the summer. Now the sixth phase called Katla has launched, which the team calls the most important of all, so it would be good to participate.

📌 What to do:

• Add Holesky (https://chainlist.org/chain/17000) and Katla (https://chainlist.org/chain/167008) networks.

• Get test $ETH for Holesky network from the faucet (https://faucetlink.to/holesky).

• Then get test $HORSE tokens from this faucet (https://bridge.katla.taiko.xyz/faucet).

• Bridge $ETH and $HORSE to Katla network on the site (https://bridge.katla.taiko.xyz/).

• Swap tokens and deposit to pools on the site (https://swap.katla.taiko.xyz/).

If anything is unclear, check the official guide here (https://docs.taiko.xyz/guides/set-up-your-wallet/).

✔️ You can also check the guide for deploying a contract via Foundry there, and if you don't want to bother with that, soon you'll be able to deploy via Remix or Thirdweb. The corresponding sections will be added later.

I recently covered them and their reward campaign - it's still active so anyone can participate.

📌 What to do:

• Join the bot (https://t.me/SuiSwapbot?start=6603f40a-f9ad-40b0-8454-8e2d62c2f882) and solve captcha

• Complete simple tasks

• Await rewards

$20K is allocated with 30 users getting $200 each and 280 getting $50. A nice way to grab tokens for free during the correction.

💬 SuiSwap will also hold a first IDO on their new launchpad soon. Given the Sui hype, it will be interesting to watch or participate.

So engaging with SuiSwap now means potential for rewards, IDO allocation, and getting involved early before the hype builds further.

I don't cover shields much, but let's look at one - NEVER (https://neversol.xyz/) on Solana.

❓ At first glance, another meme coin, but there's more to it. First, they have clever marketing, saying "Never buy $NEVER and never say never", which crypto degens eat up, pumping the price.

Second, it listed on MEXC (https://www.mexc.com/exchange/NEVER\\_USDT), an achievement for a Solana shield. Market cap is $20 million, still low for a shield with marketing.

⚡️ Third, it's backed by known marketer Gotbit who likes pumping these. So the big move could be ahead. DYOR of course, it's risky.

There's also an airdrop coming for $NEVER holders, and shield drops can be lucrative.

So a risky but potentially profitable pump token that could easily run more. Other Solana shields are still active too, so the mania isn't fully over yet.

And we've seen various multipliers like Discord roles, NFTs, quests etc. added by projects. So zkSync could certainly do something similar.

The Guild roles you mentioned (https://guild.xyz/zksync-era) could be multipliers:

• Verified Level 1 - 10+ zkSync txs, Gintocin Passport Score 15+, verified email & 3+ month old Discord account

• Verified Level 2 - Above + Gitcoin Passport Score 20+

• Verified Level 3 - Holding the Libertas Omnibus NFT for access to a chat

These NFTs will also be needed for... quests. As mentioned in this article (https://teletype.in/@froggyonchain/zksync-quest-froggyonchain) with screenshots as proof.

The screenshots show standard tasks like swaps, liquidity, GameFi and a leaderboard. Each NFT holder will have a custom avatar too.

Whether to buy the NFTs now is tough given the high prices due to the Altlayer hype. In any case these are additional activities and the main drop will likely be for on-chain interaction.

So in summary - Discord roles, NFTs and quests could act as multipliers, but the core criteria will likely remain on-chain activity.

💬|If you're planning to buy $GRPH on listing, tread carefully as price action may be unpredictable.