Crypto Daily Digest - April 6th

DeFi

• Centrifuge announced that it has successfully migrated to the Boba parachain. Source
• Boba Network forum proposal to enable $BOBA as a Gas token has passed unanimously. Source
• Neon EVM Alpha goes live on Solana Devnet. Source
• Yearn V3 to implement tokenized Vault standard ERC-4626. Source
• RSS3 releases the first edition of PreGod. Source
• Terra co-founder Do Kwon tweets that he has purchased $230 million in $BTC. Source
• Lido Finance says 21% of $bLuna collateral on Anchor is currently in risky territory. Source
• Binance has fully resumed its Ronin network access operations. Source
• Web3 smart shopping marketplace UQUID to formally partner with 1inch. Source
• Anchor Protocol's proposal to add $bATOM as collateral has passed. Source
• Cool Cats partners with Nifty Gateway to launch new features to save gas fees. Source
• Security firm OpenZeppelin releases Cairo v0.1.0, a smart contract library written for StarkNet. Source
• Index Coop launches the first Ethereum revenue-based product icETH. Source
• Ronin Network Exploiter has transferred 1233.9811 ETH to Huobi, and then transferred 4400 ETH to Tornado.Cash. Source
• Goldman plans to expand OTC crypto options trading to Ether. Source
• European Digital Assets Exchange is about to open the first Security Token Exchange in Switzerland. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Colombian money laundering regulator delays resolution on crypto transaction reporting. Source
• U.S. Judge Orders SEC to File Proposed Amendments Related to V. Ripple Case by April 8. Source
• US house of representatives to consider legislation on El Salvador’s Bitcoin adoption. Source
• The European Commission has proposed privacy and anti-money laundering related regulations for the digital euro. Source

NFT

• Axie Infinity sidechain Ronin adds five new authentication nodes. Source
• Near Protocol closes $350 million financing round with participation from Dragonfly Capital and others. Source
• Binance US closes over $200 million in funding at a $4.5 billion valuation. Source
• NFT collectors have had their NFTs stolen due to a swapkiwi front-end vulnerability. Source
• Data: 11 BAYC/MAYC series NFTs were stolen in 9 days. Source
• Axie Infinity sidechain Ronin's DEX project Katana is back online. Source
• Starbucks is getting into the 'NFT business'. Source

Fundings

• Axie Infinity parent company Sky Mavis closes $150 million funding round led by Binance. Source
• Boba Network closes $45 million Series A round at $1.5 billion valuation. Source
• Leap Wallet closes $3.2M funding round led by CoinFund and Pantera Capital. Source
• Token issuance and management protocol Strata closes $1.5 million seed round led by Multicoin Capital. Source
• Decentralized trading platform Trisolaris closes $4.5 million strategic funding round with Dragonfly Capital and others. Source
• Coinbase Ventures participates in private funding round for DeFi lending protocol Moonwell. Source
• Mapping company Hivemapper closes $18 million Series A round led by Multicoin Capital. Source
• NFT service platform Novel closes $6 million seed round led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures. Source
• Ready Player Dao closes $10.2 million funding round at $150 million valuation, led by The Chernin Group. Source
• Bitcoin-focused company Lightning Labs has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Valor Equity Partners. Source
• Stillmark is targeting a $500 million raise for a new credit fund. Source
• Kakao Piccoma buys Japanese crypto exchange Sakura Exchange Bitcoin. Source