Crypto Daily Digest - April 1st

DeFi

• Element Finance, a fixed-rate lending protocol, announced the launch of Element DAO and tokens $ELFI. Source
• Flow launches decentralized decision-making and governance tool CAST. Source
• Avalanche ecosystem insurance protocol Degis launched on mainnet. Source
• Polkadot ecosystem identity protocol Litentry has released the Litentry crowdloan reward schema. Source
• DeFi derivatives protocol Cega Finance launches on devnet. Source
• THORChain released its vault report for the first quarter of 2022. Source
• Cosmos ecosystem DEX Osmosis submits new proposal to cut swap fees in half. Source
• Phala Network wins Polkadot 13th parachain slot auction. Source
• StarkNet ecosystem DEX Starkswap is now live on StarkNet alpha testnet. Source
• Cross-chain DeFi platform Kava will launch Ethereum Co-chain Beta on April 5. Source
• EU parliament passes privacy-busting crypto rules. Source
• U.S. lawmakers introduce stablecoin transparency act, requiring stablecoins to be backed by dollars and bonds. Source
• Derivatives Protocol Polynomial Protocol launched on Optimism Polynomial Earn. Source
• Iconic launches qorld’s first EOS ETP. Source
• Galaxy Digital tweaks BitGo purchase terms as It awaits SEC action. Source
• Fantom foundation announces 335 million $FTM grants program. Source

NFT

• OpenSea rolls out credit card payments for NFTs. Source
• Ticket tool tweets response to cause of attack: command update bug. Source
• Doodles Discord account has been attacked and hackers are spreading links to fake websites. Source
• BAYC responds to Discord attack: a webhook in Discord was briefly compromised. Source
• PeckShield tweeted that BAYC Discord compromised, MutantApeYachtClub #8662 has been stolen. Source
• Jay Chou posted a picture on INS today saying that NFT BAYC #3738 was stolen by hackers. Source
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 anime plans to launch NFT collection. Source
• Metaverse game Gotchiverse is now live on Polygon. Source
• ShapeShift DAO launches NFT auction in support of female artists. Source
• NBA star Klay Thompson launched "Game Recognize Game" NFT collection. Source
• Anonymous user purchased 10 Azuki Series NFTs in a single transaction through Genie, spending nearly 204 ETH. Source
• Bitcoin exchange blockchain.com allowing NFT ysernames for Its 82 Million Wallets. Source

Fundings

• Blockchain security company CertiK raises nearly $88 million through an equity offering. Source
• Pangolin receives $500k from terraform labs to reward UST (Wormhole) Liquidity Providers Source
• NEAR Foundation to invest $15 million in Orange DAO, founded by YC alumni. Source