Crypto Daily Digest - April 15th

DeFi

• Terra community proposes $1.5 million UST allocation for Orca, Solend, C98, FantomMaker liquidity incentives. Source
• Pangea DAO has published tokenomics and liquidity incentivization program. Source
• Legends of Optimus and SolarCity Finance had Rug Pull. Source
• The FBI has linked North Korea's Lazarus Group to Ronin Attack. Source
• Paradigm Research Collaborator Hasu joined Lido Finance as a strategic advisor. Source
• OlympusDAO co-founder alleged to cheat early investor out of nearly four million $OHM. Source
• Elon Musk's priorities for Twitter: put code on GitHub, crack down on crypto spam. Source
• MetaMask launches MetaMask Snaps. Source
• Vanguard Group bought a 10.3% stake in Twitter. Source
• $USDT and $USDC to launch on Cardano. Source
• Lido Finance updates roadmap. Source
• Cosmos ecosystem cross-chain DeFi platform Umee launched on Umeemania incentive testnet. Source
• CertiK tweeted that Rikkei Finance was attacked due to a lack of access control on function setOracleData. Source
• Ripple CEO says court battle with SEC is going well. Source
• Curve integrates with Multichain's cross-chain communication protocol anyCall. Source
• Regulatory arm of UAE financial centre releases DeFi discussion paper. Source
• Circle will submit banking operation application imminently. Source
• Web3 Browser Opera Crypto Browser is available for iOS. Source
• Gemini crypto exchange launches credit card in United States. Source
• Zilliqa releases 2022 roadmap: Focus on speed, compatibility and interoperability. Source
• The LiteCoin MWEB upgrade will soon move to locked status and is expected to be activated in 5 weeks. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Central Bank of Portugal grants country’s first crypto license to a bank. Source
• USO, the largest serviced office operator in Labuan, Malaysia, accepts crypto payments. Source
• Bitcoin was accepted in Argentina, San Martín de los Andes. Source

NFT

• Symphony Digital announced closing of its first fund at $40 million with participation from Animoca Brands. Source
• Emirates to expand into the Metaverse and launch own NFT. Source
• FTX EU launches limited edition Paris NFTs. Source
• Everlens - Instagram NFT Marketplace Eyeing TikTok Expansion Source
• BAYC and SUPERPLASTIC co-branded art toys are on sale. Source
• Amazon possibly sells NFT on the platform. Source

Fundings

• Web3 project Mask Network announced an undisclosed strategic fund from Hard Yaka. Source
• GameFi platform Real Player DAO closed seed round funding led by Animoca Brands. Source
• Fasset closes $22 million series A round of funding led by Liberty City Ventures and Fatima Gobi Ventures. Source