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Vitalik Buterin, in his latest post, has drawn the community's attention to the potential utility of meme coins.

Optimism, an L2 blockchain platform, has announced a $3.3 billion grant program in OP tokens (850 million tokens) aimed at backing projects, developers, and influencers who are creating valuable products and demonstrating their utility to the community. The grant distribution is set to occur over four rounds, from May 2024 to the year's end.

The Unibot Telegram bot for cryptocurrency trading has terminated its partnership with the Unibot on Solana developers, urging them to adopt a new name and to remunerate the community that has supported them for an extended period. According to the Unibot team, this decision was made in the interest of security.

Director Ryo Matsubara of Japan's GameFi project, Oasys, stood as the voice of the blockchain community in discussions with the governing Liberal Democratic Party. These crucial talks, held with the LDP's Web3 Project team, tackled the intricacies of Japan's blockchain gaming industry.

L1 blockchains Klaytn and Finschia have agreed on a merger to establish the largest Web3 ecosystem in Asia. The proposal was voted on by community members of both projects and passed with 95% in favor, as detailed in a press release.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes champions a points system as a superior fundraising and community engagement tool, in contrast to ICOs and yield farming, as detailed in his new essay "Points Guard."

The X account of the Spanish Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been actively engaging in discussions about cryptocurrencies, particularly regarding potential airdrops or updates. The embassy's account commented on various cryptocurrency projects, including Beam, Phantom, and SatoshiVM.