Crypto Daily Digest - August 30th
Ethereum mainnet Merge countdown: 16 days until the expected date (September 15th).
DeFi
- Aave's new proposal suggests pausing $ETH borrowing before the Ethereum Merge. Source
- Optimism ecosystem perpetual swap exchange Pika Protocol announced the $OP distribution plan. Source
- OptiFi: 661,000 $USDC was locked by mistake, and the compensation will be made on September 2nd. Source
- PeckShieldAlert: ethfork2[.] com is a phishing site. Source
- Apollo DAO will launch a liquid staking solution for Cosmos. Source
- Law firm Roche Freeman received over 4 million $AVAX from Ava Labs, Crypto Leaks claims. Source
- Loop Finance launches its DEX aggregator. Source
- Nomad has partnered with Chainalysis team to track hackers. Source
Infrastructure
- Cross-chain interoperability network Axelar will release $AXL in a few weeks. Source
- Ethereum Layer2 scaling solution Myria goes live and launches Myria Wallet and NFT marketplace. Source
- Boba Network announces engineering roadmap 2022-2023. Source
- Crypto custody firm Fireblocks launches support for Solana via Web3 Engine. Source
Metaverse & NFTs
- Magic Eden launches Bear Market in collaboration with Okay Bears. Source
- PeckShieldAlert: blockchain game HeroCat's token $HCK has dropped 94%. Source
- Meta allows posting NFTs on Facebook and Instagram. Source
- Trust Wallet integrates with Solana NFTs. Source
CeFi
- Nexo commits additional $50 million to $NEXO buyback initiative. Source
- Founder of Turkish crypto exchange Thodex arrested in Albania. Source
- Elon Musk sent a second letter calling off the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Source
- Binance Australia ramping up measures to protect vulnerable users. Source
- FTX will support the Arbitrum network upgrade. Source
- Data: 7,507 $BTC has been taken off exchanges in last 7 days. Source
- Coinbase will list $OOKI. Source
- Robinhood will pause withdrawals for tokens including $ETH during Ethereum Merge. Source
Policy & Regulation
- Russian Prime Minister: It is necessary to adopt digital assets as a "safe alternative" to cross-border payments. Source
- Hodlnaut placed under Interim Judicial Management by Singapore court. Source
Fundings
- DeFi oracle platform RedStone closed a $7 million seed round with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
- Seven Seven Six, a venture capital firm led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, is raising a $177.6 million crypto investment fund Kryptós. Source
- Temasek will lead $100 million funding for crypto landlord Animoca. Source
- Web3 Game Developer Xterio raises $40M co-led by FTX Ventures and others. Source
- Solana-based automation network Clockwork raises $4M in seed round co-led by Multicoin Capital and Asymmetric. Source
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