Crypto Daily Digest - February 28th

DeFi

• Aave now supports stETH as collateral. Source
• JPEG'd announces an additional bonus to its donation campaign. Source
• $BTC number of non-zero addresses just reached an ATH of 40,276,163. Source
• Ruble-denominated Bitcoin volumes surges to 9-month high. Source
• Russia Banks Raise Key Rates by 20%. Source
• Synthetic asset platform Public Mint suspends fiat deposits and withdrawals in Russia and Belarus. Source
• EBay might take crypto payments, already accepts NFTs. Source
• South Korea places $185M bet on the metaverse. Source
• SynFutures protocol releases roadmap to 2022. Source
• Evmos will delay mainnet launch until March 3rd and issue an additional 20m airdrop. Source
• Frax Finance approved community proposals to invest in Anzen and Renaissance Labs. Source
• Binance will list Astar ($ASTR) in the innovation zone. Source
• dYdX grants announces fourth round of grants program with 8 grants. Source
• Decentralized platform SpaceFi will launch TestNet 2.0. Source
• Project Shiba Tron on BNB Chain is a Honeypot. Source
• Binance donates $10m and launches first crowdfunding for Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund. Source
• Russia-Ukraine peace talks start in Belarus. Source
• Celsius Integrates Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR). Source
• Ukraine crypto donations top $36M amid Russian invasion. Source

NFT

• NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal's Twitter account has been renamed SHAQ.SOL. Source
• Doodles will officially release the Space Doodle NFT within 24 hours. Source
• Invisible Friends #4672 sold for 110 ETH, a record high. Source
• The NFT project Interfaces announces its closure. Source

Fundings

• HOPR receives over $1 million in donor funding from The Graph, Dusk Network and Ankr. Source
• Degis closed a $3 million angel and seed round with Avalanche Blizzard Fund and others. Source
• Perpetual Protocol convertible voucher funding closes for over $3 million. Source