Crypto Daily Digest - April 24th

DeFi

• ConsenSys Engineer Says 2nd Ethereum Mainnet Shadow Fork Test Went Well. Source
• Ethereum sidechain SKALE V2 is now live. Source
• Stablecoin protocol Abracadabra introduces Caludrons v3. Source
• Ethereum development tool Infura API endpoint outage resolved. Source
• Grayscale makes fresh push for SEC approval to become bitcoin ETF. Source
• Devs send the first dogecoin transaction without internet via Radio Doge. Source
• Notifi integrates world’s first web3 messaging SDK with Solana SPL governance. Source
• Armors security team found that counterfeit $USDT was spreading on TRON. Source
• Coinbase developers may be assisting ENS in allowing DApps to issue ENS subdomains off-chain. Source
• RSS3 will open a pre-staking program with a $20 million RSS3 token reward. Source
• The Ronin attacker's address transferred over 30,000 $ETH to a new address, worth about $100 million. Source
• Shiba Inu announced the launch of the $SHIB burn portal. Source

Policy & Regulation

• State lawmakers want to make fraudulent rug pulls a crime in New York. Source
• The U.S. SEC postponed its decision on the Bitwise Bitcoin ETP application until July 1. Source

NFT

• STEPN tweeted that shoe-minting on all qualities are required $GMT now. Source
• Coinbase Stock hits All-Time Low after NFT marketplace rollout. Source
• Bored Ape Yacht Club floor price rises to 137 $ETH. Source
• Akutars will issue 0.5 ETH refunds to Pass holders and conduct an airdrop. Source
• Yuga Labs' new project Otherside will launch on April 30 at 16:00 UTC. Source
• Binance NFT marketplace suspends MOBOX NFT Avatar withdrawals. Source
• NFT project Akutars released minting contract related code on Github. Source
• The Sandbox purchased Moonbirds #2642 and #9619 respectively for 350 $ETH and 64.9 $ETH. Source
• Ubisoft says its upcoming ‘team battle arena’ game won’t have NFTs. Source
• PSG launches an NFT commemorating Lionel Messi's seventh Ballon d'Or. Source
• BendDAO becomes MAYC's 1st largest position address and BAYC's 5th largest position address. Source

Fundings

• Malaysian Investment Firm HWGC Holdings to acquire two blockchain companies for $150 million. Source