Crypto Daily Digest - April 18th

DeFi

• Frax Finance provides over $250,000 for $veCRV voters who support the Fantom 4Pool. Source
• Terra ecosystem Non-Custodial wallet leap airdrops 250,000 $LEAP to early adopters of the wallet. Source
• Beanstalk Farms flash loans attack caused $182 million in protocol losses. Source
• MetaMask recommends disabling iCloud backups of app data. Source
• dForce announces cross-chain bridging tool dForce Bridge. Source
• Data: Ukraine has received at least $100 million in crypto donations since the Russia-Ukraine war. Source
• GnosisDAO's proposal to spin off Gnosis Safe and launch $SAFE token approved. Source
• Whitehat hacker submits exploit to Mean Finance on ImmuneFi. Source
• Nebula Protocol launch process pnitiated with airdrop live. Source
• Lending protocol Yeti Finance mainnet is live. Source
• PeckShield: Decentralized gaming platform Konstrukt is a honeypot. Source
• The Ethereum Foundation announces Q1 2022 operations report. Source
• Beanstalk Farms' stolen $80 million has been laundered through Tornado.Cash. Source
• Multi-chain wallet BitKeep to host Polygon Consensus event in partnership with Polygon. Source
• Currency.com confirms 'Failed' Russian cyberattack attempt. Source
• FaceDAO: A wallet on the Ethereum was attacked and a large number of $FACE tokens were sold off. Source
• DAPE Co-Founder: Users with Apple iCloud have already experienced phishing scams with their MetaMask wallets. Source
• GitHub bans Russian developer accounts under US sanctions. Source
• Andre Cronje: The rise and fall of crypto culture. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Draft law regulating aspects of crypto taxation submitted to Russian parliament. Source
• NFT investors owe billions in taxes and IRS sets sights on evaders. Source
• Draft law regulating aspects of crypto taxation submitted to Russian Parliament. Source
• It's a matter of when, not if, the SEC approves bitcoin spot ETF, says Grayscale CEO. Source

NFT

• The Sandbox partners with creative content company Design Egg to launch virtual spaces and co-branded NFTs. Source
• Hyundai Motor Group plans to launch a community-based NFT marketplace. Source
• Luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton introduces NFT rewards in its mobile app game. Source
• NFT project Moonbirds floor price rises to 19.8 $ETH. Source
• BreederDAO has partnered with over 300 gaming guilds including YGG and IndiGG. Source
• Marni launches digital experience 'Wearweare'. Source
• The NFT project Metaconz was attacked and lost 11.9 $ETH. Source
• Report: The NFT market is growing more than the crypto market. Source
• The NFT PFP project exceeded $10 billion in market value. Source
• Blizzard president promises no NFTs following consumer survey that gauged interest. Source

Fundings

• WonderFi Technologies plans to acquire Canadian crypto trading platform Coinberry. Source
• Gripnr secures $2.5 million to bring tabletop roleplaying games to Blockchain. Source
• Wombat exchange raises new funds in a strategic round investment led by Shima Capital. Source