Must-Watch Next Week｜Polymarket to Expand Fee-Based Market Scope; Based and edgeX to Conduct TGE Successively (3.30-4.5)

marsbitPublished on 2026-03-29Last updated on 2026-03-29

Abstract

This week's key events (March 30 - April 5) focus on crypto developments, traditional finance, and policy updates. In crypto, Polymarket expands its fee structure starting March 30, adding Finance, Politics, Economics, and other categories to its taker fee model. Both Based and edgeX will conduct their Token Generation Events (TGE) on March 30 and 31, respectively. Additionally, FTX's liquidation trust plans a new distribution of approximately $2.2 billion in creditor repayments on March 31. Several exchanges, including Binance and Upbit, will delist multiple tokens like UTK, DENT, and NOM around this period. In traditional markets, the G7 meeting on March 30 will discuss strategic petroleum reserves. Key U.S. economic data includes initial jobless claims on April 2 and March non-farm payrolls on April 3. Policy-wise, U.S. lawmakers are expected to release a draft stablecoin bill next week, with industry players preparing counter-proposals. Additionally, X (formerly Twitter) plans a major update with its AI model Grok taking over the platform’s recommendation algorithm.

Key Highlights for Next Week

March 30

G7 Finance, Energy Ministers, and Central Bank Governors to hold a meeting to discuss the release of strategic petroleum reserves;

EthCC 9 to be held in Cannes from March 30 to April 2;

Polymarket to expand fee scope: Starting March 30, transaction fees will be charged for more markets;

Based Foundation: Plans to conduct TGE on March 30;

March 31

FTX Liquidation Trust Fund plans to initiate a new round of compensation distribution on March 31;

edgeX to conduct TGE and listing on March 31;

April 2

The U.S. to release new initial jobless claims data and other figures on April 2;

April 3

The U.S. to release March non-farm payroll data on April 3;

Other (Specific Time TBD)

U.S. lawmakers' offices plan to release a draft stablecoin yield clause next week, industry preparing counter-proposal;

From March 30 to April 5, more noteworthy industry event previews are as follows.

March 30

G7 Finance, Energy Ministers, and Central Bank Governors to hold a meeting to discuss the release of strategic petroleum reserves

Odaily Planet Daily News G7 Finance, Energy Ministers, and Central Bank Governors will hold a meeting next Monday to discuss the release of strategic petroleum reserves.

EthCC 9 to be held in Cannes from March 30 to April 2

Odaily Planet Daily News EthCC 9 will be held in Cannes, France, from March 30 to April 2, 2026. The Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) is one of Europe's largest and longest-running annual Ethereum gatherings, focusing on technology and community development.

Polymarket to expand fee scope: Starting March 30, transaction fees will be charged for more markets

Odaily Seer Channel monitoring shows that according to Polymarket's official documentation, the platform will adjust its fee mechanism starting March 30, 2026. In addition to the existing Crypto and Sports categories, new market categories such as Finance, Politics, Economics, Culture, Weather, and more will be included in the taker fee scope. The new fee rate uses a dynamic formula calculation, with peaks concentrated around the 50% probability mark. The highest effective fee rate for the Crypto category is about 1.80%, while Finance, Politics, Tech, etc., are about 1.00%.

Currently, only Crypto and Sports markets charge fees; geopolitical and global event markets remain fee-free. The platform stated that fees will be used for Maker Rebate incentives to encourage market makers to provide liquidity. Fees are denominated in USDC, with buy orders charged in shares and sell orders charged in USDC.

Odaily Seer Channel continues to focus on prediction markets, seeing changes before they are priced in.

Based Foundation: Plans to conduct TGE on March 30

Odaily Planet Daily News The Based Foundation announced on platform X that it plans to conduct the BASED token TGE on March 30.

Binance Alpha to list BASED on March 30

Odaily Planet Daily News According to official news, Binance Alpha will list BASED on March 30.

Binance Alpha to list R2 Protocol (R2) on March 30

Odaily Planet Daily News According to an official announcement, Binance Alpha will list R2 Protocol (R2) on March 30. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points on the Alpha activity page after Alpha trading opens. Specific details will be announced separately.

Binance to delist UTK margin trading pairs on March 30

Odaily Planet Daily News According to an official announcement, Binance will remove UTK as a borrowable asset from cross-margin and isolated margin at 06:00 (UTC) on March 30, 2026, and delist the UTK/USDT cross-margin and isolated margin trading pairs. Starting at 06:00 (UTC) on March 27, lending functions for these trading pairs will be suspended.

Upbit to delist DENT and NOM on March 30

Odaily Planet Daily News Upbit will delist Dent (DENT) and Nomina (NOM) on March 30.

Coinbase plans to suspend RONIN trading on March 30

Odaily Planet Daily News Coinbase Markets stated on platform X that Ronin (RONIN) has announced its network migration to a new Ethereum Layer 2 network. Coinbase will not perform this migration on behalf of customers; users holding RONIN need to take action themselves. Coinbase will suspend RONIN trading on March 30, 2026, tentatively scheduled for 2:00 PM Eastern Time on March 30.

March 31

FTX Liquidation Trust Fund plans to initiate a new round of compensation distribution on March 31

Odaily Planet Daily News According to FTX creditor representative Sunil on platform X, the FTX Liquidation Trust Fund plans to initiate a new round of compensation distribution on March 31. However, the specific distribution scale has not been announced yet. The current claims portal still points to the distribution record from September 30, 2025, and is expected to be updated approximately 10 days before the distribution date (around March 21).

Sunil later updated the information, stating that FTX plans to initiate a new round of approximately $2.2 billion in creditor compensation distribution on March 31, 2026.

Bithumb to hold a regular shareholders' meeting on March 31, to vote on whether to extend the current CEO's term

Odaily Planet Daily News Bithumb will hold a regular shareholders' meeting on March 31, during which a proposal to extend the term of current CEO Lee Jaewon will be voted on.

Multicoin Capital former co-founder Kyle Samani plans to submit a redemption application to the main fund on March 31

Odaily Planet Daily News Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani previously announced his resignation and departure from Multicoin. He plans to submit a redemption application to the Multicoin main fund on March 31 and will request in-kind redemption with FWDI shares and warrants instead of U.S. dollar cash, depending on Multicoin's subsequent decisions, legal compliance approvals, and independent consent from Forward.

edgeX to conduct TGE and listing on March 31

Odaily Planet Daily News Decentralized derivatives trading platform edgeX officially announced on platform X that it will conduct the EDGE token TGE and listing event on March 31.

April 1

edgeX token EDGE airdrop claim deadline is April 1

Odaily Planet Daily News The edgeX token EDGE airdrop claim deadline is April 1 at 7:59.

BGD Labs to cease participation in Aave DAO after service cooperation ends on April 1

Odaily Planet Daily News Aave protocol core technical contributor BGD Labs stated that after the current service cooperation ends on April 1, it will cease participation in Aave DAO, ending nearly four years of development and infrastructure work on the lending platform.

Binance to delist 8 tokens including A2Z and FORTH on April 1, 2026

Odaily Planet Daily News According to an official announcement, Binance will stop trading and delist all spot trading pairs for the following tokens at 03:00 (UTC) on April 1, 2026: Arena-Z (A2Z), Ampleforth Governance Token (FORTH), Hooked Protocol (HOOK), IDEX (IDEX), Loopring (LRC), Neutron (NTRN), Radiant Capital (RDNT), Solar (SXP). Withdrawal services for the related tokens will cease after 03:00 (UTC) on June 1, 2026. Additionally, multiple Binance product lines such as futures, leverage, simple earn, swap, and buy crypto will simultaneously remove support for these tokens. Please refer to the official announcement for specific times.

April 2

The U.S. to release new initial jobless claims data and other figures on April 2

Odaily Planet Daily News On April 2 (Thursday) at 20:30, the U.S. will release the following data: Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending March 28, U.S. Trade Balance for February.

April 3

The U.S. to release March non-farm payroll data on April 3

Odaily Planet Daily News On April 3 (Friday) at 20:30, the U.S. will release the following data: March Unemployment Rate, U.S. Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Payroll Employment for March, U.S. Average Hourly Earnings Year-over-Year for March, U.S. Average Hourly Earnings Month-over-Month for March.

April 4

None

April 5

None

Other (Specific Time TBD)

U.S. lawmakers' offices plan to release a draft stablecoin yield clause next week, industry preparing counter-proposal

Odaily Planet Daily News Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett disclosed that U.S. Senator Thom Tillis's office plans to publicly release legislative text involving stablecoin yields and reward mechanisms next week, with ongoing communication with various industry parties.

The report stated that this move comes as crypto industry participants like Coinbase expressed dissatisfaction with the related clauses presented earlier this week. Coinbase Global Head of Research David Duong stated that the industry is preparing a coordinated counter-proposal aimed at pushing for adjustments to the clauses to protect users while maintaining a sustainable reward mechanism.

X Product Head: Grok to fully take over recommendation algorithm next week

Odaily Planet Daily News X Product Head Nikita Bier stated on platform X that Grok will fully take over the platform's recommendation algorithm next week, calling it one of the most significant changes in X's history. Previously, Elon Musk previewed a major update to the AI recommendation system and simultaneous open-sourcing of the code. It was disclosed that the new algorithm, codenamed "Phoenix," is based on the Transformer architecture, uses end-to-end learning, and is planned to be released on GitHub on the same day it goes live.

Related Questions

QWhat is Polymarket expanding on March 30th, and what new market categories will be subject to fees?

APolymarket is expanding its fee structure on March 30th to include new market categories such as Finance, Politics, Economics, Culture, and Weather, in addition to the existing Crypto and Sports categories.

QWhich two projects are scheduled to have their Token Generation Event (TGE) on March 30th and March 31st, respectively?

ABased (BASED) is scheduled for its TGE on March 30th, and edgeX (EDGE) is scheduled for its TGE on March 31st.

QWhat major event is the FTX liquidation trust fund planning for March 31st, and what is the reported scale of this action?

AThe FTX liquidation trust fund is planning to initiate a new round of creditor payouts on March 31st, with a reported scale of approximately $2.2 billion.

QWhat significant U.S. economic data is scheduled to be released on April 3rd?

AThe significant U.S. economic data scheduled for release on April 3rd includes the March unemployment rate, the seasonally adjusted non-farm payrolls, and the year-over-year and month-over-month rates for average hourly earnings.

QWhat major change did the X platform's product lead announce is happening to its recommendation algorithm the following week?

AThe X platform's product lead, Nikita Bier, announced that Grok will fully take over the platform's recommendation algorithm the following week, a change referred to as one of the most significant in X's history. The new algorithm, codenamed 'Phoenix,' will also be open-sourced on GitHub.

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