This Week in Crypto: MicroStrategy Joins the Nasdaq 100 Index, South Korean Crypto Exchange Aprobit Announces Shutdown, and More

This Week in Crypto: MicroStrategy Joins the Nasdaq 100 Index, South Korean Crypto Exchange Aprobit Announces Shutdown, and More

**Organizer: Fairy, ChainCatcher**

**Key News**

**December 23 (Monday)**

* MicroStrategy will join the Nasdaq 100 Index on December 23

* MicroStrategy (MSTR) has been included in the Nasdaq 100 Index. Additionally, a recent survey shows that MicroStrategy will become the 40th largest company in the Nasdaq 100 Index.

* The reshuffling of the Nasdaq 100 Index, QQQ, and related ETFs will take effect on December 23.

* South Korean crypto exchange Aprobit announces shutdown, last withdrawal date is December 23

* South Korean crypto exchange Aprobit has announced its closure, ceasing trading on September 23, with withdrawals available until December 23.

* Aprobit stated: "Due to changes in the business environment, we have decided to terminate trading support, and we will do our utmost to ensure that all users do not encounter any inconvenience in retrieving their assets deposited on the exchange even after 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 operational.

* Aligned will airdrop 26% of ALIGN to 891,322 addresses, airdrop users must register before December 23

* The Aligned Foundation announced on social media that it will airdrop 26% of ALIGN tokens to 891,322 addresses. The specific airdrop targets are holders of tokens such as STRK, MINA, ZK, POL, SCR, TAIKO, EIGEN, etc., and users must hold the respective tokens at their historical lowest price, but the minimum holding requirement has not been disclosed. Eligible addresses must register before December 23.

**December 24 (Tuesday)**

* Pump Science roadmap: New partnership announcement on December 24, preparing for mouse experiments and protocol development

* Pump Science released a roadmap update, which includes:

* BNB Chain will launch the second phase of the Meme Coin competition on December 24

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

* The first phase lasted 7 days, with 7 winning MemeCoin projects. Among them, AICell, MONKEY, and FROG have been listed on Binance Alpha Zone.

* The second phase will begin on December 24, during which BNB Chain will purchase $33 BNB worth of outstanding ecological Meme Coins daily for 7 consecutive days, randomly airdropping the corresponding Meme tokens to 1,000 eligible community users each day.

* Event duration: December 24, 2024, to December 31, 2024

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

* Snapshot time: December 24, 2024, at 8 PM (Singapore time)

**December 25 (Wednesday)**

* Binance will delist AKRO, BLZ, WRX on December 25

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

* Binance will support aelf (ELF) network upgrade

* Binance is expected to suspend token deposits and withdrawals for aelf (ELF) network at 17:00 (UTC+8) on December 25, 2024, to support its network upgrade. The project team will conduct the network upgrade at block height 248,832,789 (expected to be at 18:00 UTC+8 on December 25, 2024).

**December 26 (Thursday)**

* Scallop's 1 million SCA airdrop event will be distributed on December 26

* The Sui ecosystem lending protocol Scallop will launch an airdrop event from December 14 to December 26 during the Christmas period. Users only need to borrow at least $1,000 in assets or hold