Crypto Daily Digest - July 18th

DeFi

• Binance surpasses Coinbase to become the exchange with the most $BTC. Source
• Lido Finance plans to allow staking of $ETH on Layer2 directly. Source
• Decentralized capital market Clearpool will launch on Polygon. Source
• Layer1 blockchain Sui announced the launch of Sui Wallet. Source
• Celsius has revealed its plans to restructure the company. Source
• The vote on dYdX's proposal to launch the $5.5 million grant program has been approved. Source
• Boba Network mainnet will be upgraded on July 18th at 17:00 UTC. Source
• Data: $ETH Price Breaks Above $1,400. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: originals-adidas[.] com is a phishing site. Source
• Celer Network: cBridge Cross-Chain Transaction Volume Surpassed $9.5 Billion. Source
• Data: Total market contracts liquidated about $135 million in 12 hours. Source
• Binance Convert adds $FIRO. Source
• CZ: Binance is a pure Web3 company with no plans to offer stock trading. Source
• Solend will introduce new protocol fees, interest rate spread and liquidation insurance fees. Source
• Web3 trading platform Slingshot integrated with Osmosis. Source
• Snapshot will launch Shielded Voting feature to hide real-time votes before voting ends. Source
• Three Arrows Capital creditor Soldman Gachs said Su Zhu filed a $5 million claim against Three Arrows Capital. Source
• Coinbase partners with ENS and will provide Web3 usernames for free. Source
• Polygon may launch zkEVM on July 21st. Source

Policy & Regulation

• India's minister of finance says the Reserve Bank of India believes that cryptocurrency should be prohibited. Source
• Quadrata co-founder: Crypto market needs constructive regulatory framework. Source
• Coinbase secures Crypto Asset Service Provider approval in Italy. Source

NFT

• STEPN launched APE Realm on July 18th. Source
• PREMINT attacker has transferred 284 $ETH to Tornado.Cash. Source
• NFT access list tool PREMINT was hacked, over 150 NFTs stolen. Source
• Otherside Metaverse demo kicks off with 4,500 participants. Source
• Solana NFTs is live on NFT marketplace Rarible. Source
• CertiK: NFT project Maximalist's Discord is compromised. Source

Fundings

• Crypto hedge fund Modular Capital closes $20 million financing with participation from Multicoin Capital and others. Source
• Web3 privacy technology firm Sunscreen raised $4.65M in Seed Round led by Polychain Capital. Source
• Dragonfly Capital continues to expand crypto investment offerings with launch of new liquid platform. Source