Crypto Daily Digest - April 11th

DeFi

• The first Ethereum mainnet shadow fork will take place today. Source
• BreederDAO will conduct Token Launch Auction (TLA) on Copper. Source
• Bancor released the Bancor V3 code and announced the start of the Bancor V3 Bug Bounty Program. Source
• The most traded asset on Robinhood so far in 2022 is Bitcoin. Source
• DeFi lending protocol Alchemix launches algorithmic market operator Elixir. Source
• Binance will perform wallet maintenance on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cosmos and other networks on April 14. Source
• Coinbase announces suspension of UPI payments to India. Source
• Oasis, the privacy computing network, will undergo a Damask upgrade today. Source
• South Korean police have recovered 75% of funds from the 2018 crypto exchange Pure Bit fraud case. Source
• Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk has decided not to join its board of directors. Source
• THORChain tweets a warning to all holders of $RUNE in the form of ERC-20 to be aware of phishing. Source
• PeckShield tweeted that the Creat future ($CF) token contract is fundamentally flawed by allowing anyone to drain others' $CF balance. Source
• Copper hires BofA team to build prime brokerage crypto product. Source
• Public chain ICON has released Goloop v1.2.4, and validators have to update their nodes by April 13. Source
• Hong Kong insurer OneDegree reaches agreement with Munich Re. Source
• The LiteCoin Foundation: DHL US and several other companies plan to support LTC payments this year. Source
• Keone Hon, former head of research at Jump Crypto, announced his departure and founded Monad, an EVM-compatible blockchain network. Source
• Bobby Dresser, Director of Product at Github, joined Optimism as Head of Product. Source
• All "crypto spending" transaction fees for Coinbase Card have been removed. Source
• 12 companies keep close to $700 million in Ethereum in treasuries. Source
• Helveteq announces listing of crypto ETPs on six swiss exchange. Source
• South Korean listed company T Scientific acquires crypto exchange Hanbitco. Source

Policy & Regulation

• EU limits Russian cryptocurrency deposits to €10,000. Source
• South Korea's 'crypto friendly' president seeks STO, IEO oversight. Source
• Russian finance ministry amends bill 'on digital currency,' adds crypto mining provisions. Source

NFT

• ERC721R was officially released, which allowed minters to return the minted NFT for a refund. Source
• Music Metaverse Anicube announced free NFT airdrop on April 18th, with registration live until 11am on April 15th, KST. Source
• The Coinbase NFT Marketplace list currently has more than 4 million people on the waiting list. Source

Fundings

• Shoot-em-up blockchain game Shrapnel closed $7 million in funding via token sale with Dragonfly Capital and others. Source
• Sender Wallet, a NEAR eco-unhosted wallet, has closed a seed round of funding with participation from Binance Labs and others. Source
• TONcoin Fund launches $250 million ecosystem fund to support TON-based development projects. Source
• Investcorp is seeking funding for its blockchain fund. Source