Crypto Daily Digest - August 4th

DeFi

• Coinbase stock soars on BlackRock partnership news. Source
• Slope tweeted that the server-side logging was removed as soon as the vulnerability was discovered. Source
• Frax Finance co-founder proposes to support $FRAX redemptions only on PoSETH. Source
• A wallet held by Velodrome team was stolen, leading to the loss of $350,000 of operational funds. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: Rari Capital exploiters transferred about $5 million stolen from Nomad exploit to Tornado.Cash. Source
• Slope wallet is conducting internal investigations and audits as it's said to be related to Solana exploits. Source
• The Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF (STCE) begins trading on the NYSE Arca. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: The Sandbox Instagram account may have been compromised. Source
• Socios.com has partnered with football club Stade Francais and The Sharks to issue tokens. Source
• Binance will delist $EZ, $QSP, $BRD, $NXS, $NAV, $MDA and $SPARTA on August 11. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: Vitalik Buterin sold 25 trillion $SHIT on Uniswap. Source
• Celsius: Hearing has been rescheduled for Aug. 16. Source
• Data: Total market contracts liquidated about $65.07 million in 12 hours. Source
• Nomad Funds Recovery Address has received about $16 million worth of funds. Source
• Binance co-founder Yi He is the new head of Binance Labs。Source
• Coinbase will list $STG and $LOKA. Source
• Ethereum Sepolia testnet will undergo execution layer upgrade on August 17th. Source
• Metis integrated with Chainlink Price Feeds. Source
• pSTAKE will launch stkBNB bug bounty program on Immunefi. Source

Policy & Regulation

• BitMEX co-founder fights UK watchdog over his financial data. Source
• Musk's counterclaim against Twitter to be made public Friday afternoon. Source
• Coinbase asked the US Supreme Court to halt two lawsuits by users. Source

NFT

• Instagram will roll out digital collectibles to over 100 countries and support Flow blockchain. Source

Fundings

• VC firm Aglaé Ventures to launch €100 Nillion Web3 fund. Source
• Web3 game studio WAGMI raised $3.35M with participation from Solana Ventures and others. Source
• Web3 gaming platform PlayZap Games closes Seed funding round led by KuCoin Labs. Source
• Cosmos liquidity staking protocol Stride closed $6.7 million in funding led by Pantera Capital and others. Source
• Crypto developer tool system Kurtosis closes $20 million Series A funding round led by Coatue. Source