ZKSync Opens Airdrop Claims | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Bithumb to list ZKsync (ZK).

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• ZK Nation: Around 155,000 ZeroLend users receive substantial ZK airdrops.
• RISC Zero launches zkVM 1.0.
• Ethena Labs updates the ENA tokenomics to pilot the use of a generalized restaking module with Symbiotic and LayerZero.
• Ternoa, a digital asset security and privacy layer, launches the zkEVM+ testnet.
• Whales Market founder: The GM token is ready for release, expected around June 24th.
• Merlin Chain launches Merlin's Adventure, an ecosystem funding program with a total reward of 210 million MERL.
• LayerZero updates its provisional sybil list: around 47,000 addresses added and over 158,000 addresses removed.
• ZKsync opens airdrop claims.

3. Financing Trends:

• Wasabi, a memecoin and NFT leverage trading protocol, raises $3 million in a funding round led by Electric Capital.
• Elys Network, a Cosmos ecosystem DeFi Layer 1 application chain, raises $2.5 million in seed round funding.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• South Korea's Virtual Asset User Protection Act is set to come into effect on July 19, requiring exchanges to evaluate listings regularly.
• Tiger Brokers officially launches virtual asset trading services to retail investors in Hong Kong.
• The U.S. SEC denies Ripple's request for lower fines, arguing that a lower civil fine is not enough to address the issue.