Crypto Daily Digest - August 24th
Ethereum mainnet Merge countdown: 22 days until the expected date (September 15th).
Infrastructure
Ethereum Merge
- Ethereum client Go Ethereum releases Geth v1.10.23. Source
Others
- Evmos will upgrade to v8.0.0 with support for block proposers and contract deployers sharing of transaction fees. Source
- Nomad announces NFT rewards for whitehats who returned funds. Source
- MathWallet adds support for Injective. Source
- zkSync 2.0 testnet will introduce Dynamic Fees on August 30th. Source
- GameFi ecosystem GameSwift partnered with Polygon to launch GameSwift Chain. Source
- Several Solana-based projects form Open Chat Alliance to build cross-chain messaging standards. Source
- BNB Beacon Chain Mainnet will conduct Godel hard fork upgrade on September 2nd. Source
DeFi
- Dogechain will launch $DC on August 24th PDT and airdrop to early users and loyal users. Source
- Digital asset management platform Safe released a proposal for $SAFE tokenomics on its forum. Source
- Uniswap community voted to pass the proposal to create Uniswap Foundation. Source
- PancakeSwap launched PancakeSwap Bridge in partnership with Stargate. Source
- Aave DAO starts to vote on the proposal regarding Ethereum Merge. Source
- Decentralized lending protocol Silo Finance is live in Beta on Ethereum Mainnet. Source
- DEX aggregator OpenOcean integrates with Curve. Source
- Grim Finance exploiter has transferred 1,900 $ETH to Tornado Cash. Source
- Grim Finance exploiter has swapped 3 million $DAI to 1,830 $ETH on Uniswap. Source
CeFi
- Valour‘s Binance Coin ETP to start trading on Germany Frankfurt stock exchange. Source
- Celsius filed a countersuit against KeyFi and its CEO. Source
- Celsius sued crypto custodian Prime Trust over $17m in tokens. Source
- Binance will support the Flow network upgrade and hard fork. Source
- Ark Invest has sold $50.4 million worth of Nvidia shares. Source
- MasterCard and Binance launch Binance Card. Source
- Binance will launch ETH/BUSD zero-fee trading on August 26th. Source
- Nexo will support PoS Ethereum and evaluate potential PoW forks. Source
Metaverse & NFTs
- $FXG price on PancakeSwap dropped 92%, project owner has deleted its Twitter account. Source
- Meta launches Meta accounts and Meta Horizon profiles. Source
- BendDAO's new proposal BIP#10 suggests voting and implementing in phases for both Liquidation Threshold and Auction Duration. Source
Policy & Regulation
- Singapore High Court recognizes Three Arrows Capital liquidation order. Source
- Australia's Securities and Investments Commission said it will prioritize protecting citizens from crypto. Source
Fundings
- Orange DAO closed an $80 million round of funding, mainly from two strategic investors: layer-one blockchains Algorand and Near. Source
- Web3 esports engagement platform Yesports has closed a $3.8 million strategic funding round led by Spartan Capital. Source
- Distributed Finance raised $2.5M in a seed round and acquired Algorand-based NFT marketplace Rand Gallery. Source
DeFi
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