Optimism, Cardano, Ethereum, Kava, Avalanche, Conflux started May 5th with important announcements. The AMA events scheduled for today, Twitter Space, mainnet, integration and altcoin listing announcements are as follows.
Hot developments from the altcoin market before starting the day
- Optimism (OP) has started using the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) to promote a fairer OP distribution and community voting system in its network.
- ImmutableX (IMX) all-in-one passport system has released a beta version of Immutable Passport.
- Arbitrum development company Offchain Labs has released Arbitrum Nitro v2.0.14, which fixes network issues.
- The recently launched Venom Testnet broke records in its first week with over 220,000 unique wallets.
- Kava (KAVA) announced that Kava 13 has been postponed to May 17. This release will improve performance, eliminate downtime, and speed up the processing of massive data requests from protocols and wallets to support launch through full node software optimization and managed service provider expansion.

Ankr (ANKR) and Cardano (ADA) expand into new altcoin networks
- LimeWire has officially accepted Cardano’s native cryptocurrency ADA as a payment option for its ongoing token sale.
- Cardano (ADA) has launched its scaling protocol Hydra on the mainnet. Hydra sets new standards for scalability in the proof-of-stake (PoS) network.
- IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener reported a growth in service on the Shimmer network, with 22,000 daily active addresses.
- Camino Network (CAM) has released its Web3 travel platform on the mainnet.
- Snapmuse.io introduced its Mariana platform, focused on content creators and collectors, on the Polygon network.
- Conflux (CFX) gained 10% after joining vSwapDex, a trading engine that it classifies as the first decentralized exchange solution on the Conflux Network eSpace.
- Ankr (ANKR) has teamed up with TransFi to integrate their fiat para onramp/offramp solutions into their AppChains product.
Ankr 🤝 @getTransFi
The Ankr AppChains product is about empowering enterprises and Web3 applications to reach millions of new users by improving the technology and user experience behind them ⚡️
With this idea in mind, we have partnered with TransFi to offer the optional… pic.twitter.com/oMetiWPgdH
— Ankr (@ankr) May 4, 2023
- Altverse announced its partnership with Chainlink as part of the BUILD program. The collaboration aims to accelerate the growth and long-term adoption of decentralized identity solutions by giving users greater control over their digital identity and privacy.
- Lido Finance has surpassed six million Ether (ETH) on its liquid staking platform among stable inflows following the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade.
- SushiSwap has launched V3 Liquidity Pools on 13 different Blockchains. Networks include Ethereum, Arbitrum and popular names like Polygon, BSC and Avalanche.
- Aztec has announced a new approach to Tier-2 scaling called Aztec Hybrid zkRollup.
Today we're proud to announce the next generation of our encrypted zkRollup with the same name that started it all:
Aztec.
Aztec is the first ever hybrid zkRollup, enabling both public and private smart contract execution in one environment.
It's Ethereum, encrypted.
— Aztec (@aztecnetwork) May 4, 2023
- Terraform Labs has dismissed a class action lawsuit against the company, arguing that US securities laws do not apply to its protocols developed in foreign countries.
- Coinbase has announced that it will not support the GALA V2 airdrop. According to its latest announcement, the exchange will discontinue GALA V1 on May 15, 2023. Prior to this date, Coinbase reported that it will delist Gala V1 on May 12, 2023.
- Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino has announced that Tether will release a new evidence report next week.
- SPACE ID collaborated with ENS to provide mutual resolution of .bnb.eth and .eth.bnb.
- Radicle (RAD) said that issues and pull requests are now closed in anticipation of the upcoming Heartwood upgrade.
- Voyager has announced that it will begin returning customer funds in the coming weeks.
AMA events, meetings and panels
- BYDFi will team up with Meter.io (MTRG) on Telegram.
- TFS Token wrapped up the discord AMA with Ethan and Poly.
- Itheum will be broadcasting live on YouTube at 15:00 today.
- Orbs will meet with the Polygon team on Twitter today.
- Kyoko Finance and DIA will meet at a Twitter meeting tonight.
The event will be moderated by @MedicineToad.
🗣️ Speakers:
🔹 @dillonhanson12 | BD at DIA
🔹 @One_Crypto_Lord | CMO at Kyoko Finance
🔹 @HI_Linsey | BD & Partnerships Lead at Kyoko FinanceSet a reminder 👇https://t.co/Kq5hICZ83p
— DIA | Cross-Chain Oracles for Web3 (@DIAdata_org) May 3, 2023
May 5-6 altcoin listing news
- Cryptocurrency exchange WOO X has announced a new zero-fee Futures listing, SUI – PERP.
- KuCoin has listed OneLedger (OLT) on the OLT/USDT pair.
- BitMart has listed RENEC (RENEC) on the RENEC/USDT pair.
- BingX has listed Bridge Oracle (BRG) in the pair BRG/USDT.
- India-based cryptocurrency exchange SunCrypto has announced that it will airdrop 150 million Shiba Inu (SHIB).
SunCrypto’s Mega 150 Million #SHIBA Inu Token Giveaway Is Now Live!!!!!! Feel free to participate in the giveaway by clicking on the link https://t.co/L4M5u5bCNe. Hurry Up Now. pic.twitter.com/4oqdoURfbi
— SunCrypto: India’s leading crypto exchange (@suncryptoin) May 4, 2023
- SimpleSwap has started paying users back after the Terraport hack, which stole billions of Terra Classic (LUNC) and millions of TerraClassicUSD (USTC).
- Binance has listed SUI, EDU, ALGO, BAND, EGLD, HBAR, MINA, QNT, RDNT, and SUSHI on the Binance VIP Loan platform.
- Binance Flexible Loan has launched the use of BETH for ETH staking rewards.
- Binance has completed the integration of Graph’s (GRT) Arbitrum One and Polygon. GRT deposits and withdrawals are now open on both networks.
- Binance Futures has announced that it will delist USDⓈ-M DOTBUSD contracts. cryptocoin.comWe have included Binance’s May 5 announcements in this article.
Whale activities
- According to Ember’s observation, PEPE has increased 123,800 times since its launch on April 15, and its market cap has exceeded US$ 500 million. PEPE assets currently hold more than 1 trillion whale addresses: 31 addresses hold 14.8% of the total supply, with a total value of more than $70 million.
- An anonymous wallet transferred 10,850 ETH to Binance, according to Whale Alert data.
- Whale Alert reported that earlier this morning, a whale transferred $22 million worth of Solana to an anonymous wallet.