Important Crypto Dates This Month – May 2021
In this article we take a look at important Crypto dates and events happening in this month.
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 |
| 1 May | Coinjar recently released 9 new tokens on their exchange | It was CoinJar’s 8th Birthday last week. |
| 1 May | Swyftx launched a new portfolio tracker | You can now view your real time Profit / Loss status, across all your holdings, in one place via the navigation panel on your Swyftx account |
| 2 May | Binance Systems upgrade complete | Binance Australia has completed the scheduled system upgrade. |
| 5 May | Bitcoin.com Games | Pragmatic Drops & Wins promotion (A$ 3,000,000) Starts, with top Pragmatic games available to play |
Important Cryptocurrency Events
| Date | Coin | Event | Notes |
| 3 May | Equal (EQL) | BSC Integration | EQL is coming to binance smart chain Mainnet on Monday may 3rd |
| 3 May | Cardstarter (CARDS) | IDO Launch | CardStarter is excited to announce our partnership with SoMee, the second IDO to launch through our platform. |
| 4 May | Genesis Vision (GVT) | GV liquidity BSC launch programs | Genesis Vision Protocol launch Programs with GV Liquidity on BSC (Binance Smart Chain) |
| 4 May | Decentraland (MANA) | Liquid Summer by Playboy | Playboy’s first-ever NFT collection, Liquid Summer by Playboy x Slime Sunday is coming to Nifty Gateway May 4th |
| 5 May | Uniswap (UNI) | Uniswap V3 | Mainnet Launch Is Scheduled for May 5, with a Scalable Optimism L2 Deployment Set to Follow Soon After |
| 5 May | PumaPay (PMA) | PumaPay V3 Announcement | PumPay V3.0 will be the most advanced DeFi payment solution; Subscriptions & other billing models, extreme performance optimization & more |
| 6 May | Syscoin (SYS) | Big Announcement | Be watching on the 6th of May at 3pm UTC. We will make one of our biggest announcements this year |
| 7 May | BasketCoin (BSKT) | Thunder Week | BasketCoin Thunder week – 7 days of constant promotions with influencers, AMA’s, news and events regarding BasketCoin project. |
| 12 May | SingularityNET (AGI) | SDAO Airdrop | Today We Would Like to Formally Clarify How Our Loyal AGI Token Holding Community Can Receive Community Dedicated Airdropped SDAO Tokens. |
| 15 May | SmartKey (SKEY) | SmartKey Testnet | Testnet is the step forward to create dedicated #SmartKey blockchain connecting Blockchain of Things technology with 2nd Generation Oracle |
| 15 May | Venus (XVS) | VRT and NFT Airdrop | The Venus $VRT Airdrop as part of the v2 upgrade will be on May 15th |
| 20 May | PancakeTools (TCAKE) | Platform Mainnet Launch | Full launch of Pair and Pool Explorer on Binance Smart Chain to allow users control trading on PancakeSwap |
| 21 May | Studnet Coin (STC) | Global Exchange Listing | Student Coin has many listings this month |
| 31 May | Cardano (ADA) | Alonzo Testnet | Hoskinson claimed that the testnet would launch at the end of April or in early May. And this may include AdaPay release |
| 31 May | Reef Finance (Reef) | Reef Chain Mainnet | Reef Chain Mainnet : The Blockchain for Next-Gen DeFi DApps — Coming in May |
| 31 May | Terra Virtua Kolect (TVK) | Secret Project | Something not seen before in the NFT space. A fantastic little bit of engineering and a new use case for NFTs. Launching in May, 2021 |
Upcoming Crypto & Blockchain Conferences
| Date | Event | Location | Notes |
| May 3 – 7 | Boston Blockchain Week 2021 | Online | Boston Blockchain Week is back, this year in virtual format, bringing together founders, academics, and investors from around the globe for conversations about NFTs, DeFi, payments, institutional adoption of crypto assets, data, and more |
| May 6 – 7 | Ethereal Virtual Summit | Online | Ethereal Virtual Summit is the global destination for blockchain technologists, startups, entrepreneurs, and investors working towards the decentralization and democratization of data |
| May 9 -12 | Reimagine 2021 | Online | REIMAGINE 2021 conference series is back with a new theme: “State of the Artchain |
| May 19 – 20 | Digital Securities and Tokenization Summit 2021 | Online | The purpose of the summit is to inform and inspire delegates about new opportunities with blockchain technology in the financial industry |
| May 20 -21 | Polkadot Decoded 2021 | Online | All things Polkadot is back for a second edition |
| May 24- 27 | Consensus 2021 | Online | Consensus by CoinDesk unites professionals across the globe for an immersive virtual experience aimed at exploring the evolution of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. One of the largest events of the year! |
| May 25 – 27 | Digital Currency Summit 2021 | Online | Digital Currency Summit will gather 47 of THE TOP digital currency experts on the planet. |
Author
Raj Evans
Raj is a business strategist with keen interests in blockchain, cryptocurrencies & life.
