Crypto Daily Digest - February 17th

DeFi

• Twitter adds Ethereum Wallet support to tipping feature. Source
• pSTAKE will launch its native governance token $PSTAKE on February 24. Source
• Chainlink VRF v2 is now live on mainnet. Source
• Dune Analytics has added support for Solana data, currently in beta. Source
• Decentralized trading protocol Hashflow is live on Arbitrum. Source
• BENQI Liquid Staking is live on Avalanche. Source
• SushiSwap launchpad MISO launched on Harmony. Source
• 1inch Network announced the launch of its Spot Price Aggregator. Source
• Rug Radio announced the launch of its Learn to Earn program. Source
• Namecheap acquires Namebase to enhance blockchain domain promotion. Source
• Edge Protocol beta is live on Terra. Source
• Yeti Finance’s Testnet has launched on the Avalanche Fuji. Source
• Lending protocol BodhFinance has launched its liquidity mining as of Feb 16. Source
• DODO and pltfinance are working together to offer liquidity mining rewards. Source
• The Enumivo team established Regenesis DAO. Source
• STASIS announces plan to issue Euro Stablecoin on the XRP Ledger. Source
• BNB Chain announced the formation of the DeFi League. Source
• Coinbase, Robinhood and other big crypto firms announce plan on money laundering, privacy. Source

NFT

• LooksRare is supporting 10 NFT series free of charge for users in the coming week. Source
• Etherscan has added "View NFT" and "Chat with Owner" features. Source
• NFT aggregator Gem will integrate with LooksRare. Source
• American rapper Snoop Dogg will release 10,000 Avatar avatars on The Sandbox. Source
• Animoca Brands has tweeted that the new ERC-20 token Animoca Brands Metaverse on Uniswap V2 has been unofficially released. Source
• Block.one's NFT platform Voice will add cross-chain functionality. Source

Fundings

• Ceramic developer 3Box Labs closed $30m in financing led by Multicoin Capital and Union Square Ventures. Source
• Payments infrastructure company Stronghold launches $100m investment fund named Stronghold Capital. Source
• Decentralized derivatives protocol Maverick closed $8m in funding led by Pantera Capital. Source
• Web3 native computing platform Fluence closed $9m in funding round led by Multicoin Capital. Source
• Verification protocol Fusotao Protocol closed $2.4m seed funding round. Source
• Web3 Project Backdrop closed $1.7m funding round with Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
• Bitget announces sponsorship with Turkish Football Club Galatasaray. Source
• Banger Games closed a €10m funding round with participation from Avalanche and Shima Capital, among others. Source
• Digital asset firm Castle Island Ventures raised $250m for third crypto fund. Source

• Blockchain game Kyberdyne closed private round led by Shima Capital and LD Capital. Source