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opBNB opens its public mainnet
BNB Chain announced the public mainnet launch of opBNB, an EVM-compatible Layer 2 built with the OP Stack.
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BNB Chain: Public opBNB mainnet launch
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PEPE multisig withdrawals raise governance concerns
Cointelegraph’s 26 August report documented transfers to exchanges and relayed a project statement blaming former team members. The blame is attributed to that statement, not presented as a court finding.
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Cointelegraph: PEPE multisig withdrawal and team allegationsHistorical record
Guilty pleas in the Bitfinex laundering case
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan pleaded guilty in a money-laundering case involving the stolen Bitfinex funds. The plea date is distinct from the 2016 theft.
U.S. Department of Justice Open Data: Bitfinex hacking and laundering casesHistorical record
opBNB testnet begins
BNB Chain’s mainnet retrospective records 19 June 2023 as the launch of the opBNB testnet.
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BNB Chain: opBNB Mainnet Is LiveHistorical record
BabyDoge and Best Friends set a pet-food record
Guinness World Records documented a 36,750.88 kg pet-food donation by Baby Doge and Best Friends Animal Society on 20 May in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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Guinness World Records: Baby Doge and Best Friends pet-food donationHistorical record
Kraken opens PEPE markets
Kraken’s 16 May announcement stated that PEPE funding and spot trading were available on the exchange.
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Kraken: Trading for Pepe starts nowHistorical record
Shapella enables staking withdrawals
The Shanghai and Capella upgrades enabled validator withdrawals on Ethereum.
Ethereum.org: protocol history and forksHistorical record
PEPE launches on Ethereum
Kraken describes PEPE as an Ethereum memecoin launched in April 2023. The entry preserves month precision and does not treat later listings as launch day.
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Kraken: Trading for Pepe starts nowHistorical record
BRC-20 and the ORDI experiment emerge
Domo’s experimental design describes deploy, mint and transfer inscriptions, using ordi in its examples. The original documentation explicitly warns against financial decisions based on it.
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Domo: original BRC-20 experiment documentationHistorical record
Genesis lending entities file Chapter 11
Al Jazeera’s 20 January report states that Genesis Global Capital and related entities filed late Thursday in New York. This records the 19 January U.S. filing date.
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Al Jazeera: Genesis files for bankruptcy after FTX collapse