Important Crypto Dates This Month – August 2021
In this article we take a look at important crypto dates and events happening in August.
The selected events include Hard Forks, Partnerships, Announcements, Rebranding, Exchange Listings, Releases, Token Swaps, Important Airdrops, Conferences and more.
Crypto News Partner Events and Announcements
| Date | Event | Notes |
| 2 Aug | Zipmex Launch in Australia | Allows for staking of your coins. |
| 2 Aug | Binance Australia reaches its first birthday recently | Binance Australia now has over 480,000 users. |
| 3 Aug | CoinJar launches Australia’s first cryptocurrency Mastercard | Payment via App only, Physical cards available soon |
Important Cryptocurrency Events
| Date | Coin | Event | Notes |
| 2 Aug | Neo (NEO) | Mainnet 3.0 Launch | Neo N3 MainNet is expected to be launched on August 2, 2021. |
| 2 Aug | Wall Street Games (WSG) | NFT Staking Pool | NFT Staking Pools are opening on Monday, August 2. |
| 4 Aug | Ethereum (ETH) | London Hard Fork | The Hard Fork is expected to occur on the Ethereum mainnet on August 4, 2021 on block 12,965,000. |
| 9 Aug | Voyager Token (VGX) | Token Swap | Official token swap will start the week of August 9. |
| 20 Aug | Minter (BIP) | BIPX Airdrop | 1 000 000 BIPX will be airdropped proportionally to providers’ liquidity (BIPX-USDT pool). |
| 24 Aug | Lisk (LSK) | Mainnet V3 Migration | Lisk Mainnet v3 migration. |
| 28 Aug | Verge (XVG) | Halving | The block reward is 100 coins per block and will decrease to 50 coins per block. |
| 31 Aug | Kava.io (KAVA) | Mainnet Launch | It is scheduled to be launched at the end of August. |
Upcoming Crypto & Blockchain Conferences
| Date | Event | Location | Notes |
| 5 Aug | Defi Conference 2021 | Online | The event will consist of two tracks and about 35 global speakers sharing their knowledge on Decentralised Finance (DeFi). |
| 5 – 7 Aug | Smart Contract Summit | Online | (SmartCon) is the premier blockchain industry conference that brings together dApp developers, Web 3.0 entrepreneurs, node operators, researchers, enterprises, and community members across the DeFi space and broader smart contract ecosystem. |
| 26 Aug | Super Crypto Conference | Online | (SCC) is a full-day virtual conference for the latest insights and necessary conversations about blockchain and cryptocurrency in Asia. |
| 27 – 29 Aug | Edcon 2021 | In person and Online | Edcon is a non-profit global Ethereum conference that happens once a year in different countries and it is mainly committed to serving the Ethereum ecosystem. |
Author
Raj Evans
Raj is a business strategist with keen interests in blockchain, cryptocurrencies & life.
