Crypto Daily Digest - August 2nd

DeFi

• Polygon will distribute nearly 1.4 billion unclaimed $MATIC to the team, foundation and staking rewards. Source
• pSTAKE proposes to allocate 12 million $PSTAKE to incentivize initiatives and integration for stkBNB. Source
• Stargate will switch liquid mining rewards on Optimism to $OP on August 5th. Source
• Over $95 million of stolen funds remains in 3 addresses in Nomad attack. Source
• PeckShield: Rari Capital hackers involved in Nomad attack. Source
• Cross-Chain transactions between Moonbeam and Moonriver on Multichain suspended. Source
• Nomad Bridge has been hacked with early estimates of losses about $165 million. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: 41 addresses profited from Nomad attack with about $152 million. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: one of Nomad bridge exploiters transferred nearly 3,800 $ETH to Tornado.Cash. Source
• Nomad has notified law enforcement aiming to identify hacker accounts and recover funds. Source
• Evmos is working closely with Nomad team, and Evmos chain is functioning properly. Source
• dYdX offers free trading for up to $100K in volume per month. Source
• Layer1 blockchain Aleo will launch Aleo Virtual Machine on testnet next week. Source
• Coinbase will list $RARE and $TONE. Source
• Klaytn-based DEX Klex went live on testnet. Source
• Oracle solution Pyth launched a network built on Solana codebase called Pythnet. Source
• Decentralized Oracle Empiric Network partnered with StarkWare. Source
• Binance US to shut down trading of $AMP token. Source
• $BUSD reserves consist of 60.5% US treasury bills, 4.21% cash. Source
• Data: Total market contracts liquidated about $103 million in 12 hours. Source
• Data: $ETH falls below $1,600, down 6.02% in 24h. Source
• Data: $2.7 billion on minting NFTs in the first half of 2022. Source
• Ethereum client Lighthouse releases v2.5.0 with Goerli/Prater merger support. Source
• Coinbase Prime launches Ethereum Staking to U.S. domestic institutional clients. Source
• Moonbeam Network ends Network Maintenance Mode and restores normal operation. Source
• Mask Network has entered into a strategic partnership with Dtools. Source
• Nomad has notified law enforcement aiming to identify hacker accounts and recover funds. Source
• Luxury brand Gucci accepts ApeCoin payment in US Boutiques. Source
• DEX aggregator 1inch integrates with digital payment platform Wirex. Source

Policy & Regulation

• SEC slaps founders and promoters of alleged ponzi scheme Forsage with fraud charges. Source
• Crypto exchange Luno is granted Digital Asset Service Provider license in France. Source
• Singaporean financial watchdog to consult public on stablecoin regulation. Source

NFT

• NFT project Okay Bears will airdrop Founders Coins NFT to eligible addresses. Source
• StarkNet-based NFT marketplace Aspect launched its mainnet. Source
• Shiba Inu will launch CCG game Shiba Eternity. Source
• NFT marketplace Magic Eden expands to Ethereum. Source

Fundings

• AO Labs closed $4.5 million funding round led by YGG. Source
• Chiliz acquires 24.5% stake of FC Barcelona's digital content creation hub Barca Studios for $100M. Source