Gate News bot message, according to the official announcement from the project team Milkyway (MILK) project officially announces that the existing tokens have ceased operation. At the request of the project team, Gate has delisted the MILK trading market. Gate has distributed USDC airdrops to MILK holders, with an airdrop ratio of 1 MILK : 0.0005074 USDC. The airdrop distribution has been completed.

PANews January 23 News, the liquidity staking protocol MilkyWay announced the completion of its final community distribution: after converting TIA/INIT/BABY fees, a total of 92,708 USDC was issued, distributed to MILK holders, stakers, and LPs based on the snapshot; on-chain wallets have received the funds, and CEX users received theirs from the exchange; amounts below 1 USDC are not distributed, with an approximate ratio of 0.0005074 USDC/1 MILK.

MilkyWay has completed the final protocol revenue distribution, totaling 92,708 USDC issued, based on the final snapshot, for eligible MILK holders, stakers, and liquidity providers. MilkyWay will gradually cease operations due to decentralized finance demand not meeting expectations.

MilkyWay Protocol announces it will gradually shut down operations and states that the demand for decentralized finance has not met expectations. During the shutdown process, USDC will be distributed proportionally to snapshot holders, and protocol fees will be returned to MILK token holders.

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