Crypto Daily Digest - July 19th

DeFi

• OpenSea launches Solana Launchpad. Source
• Perpetual Protocol issued $OP retroactive airdrop to users offering market making. Source
• Ethereum Goerli testnet will merge on August 11st. Source
• Lido proposes to sell 20 million $LDO from DAO vault for $DAI. Source
• CZ: Will announce the location of Binance's headquarters in due course. Source
• Data: Total market contracts liquidated about $462 million in 12 hours. Source
• THORChain will be phasing out its non-native tokens. Source
• Sources familiar with the matter: The five-member creditors' committee of Three Arrows Capital has been formed. Source
• Genesis cycle sale of $SANGO will start on July 25th. Source
• Genesis has filed about $1.2 billion claim against Three Arrows Capital. Source
• FTX lists $LDO spot and perpetual futures on July 19th. Source
• OKX will list $EURT and $XAUT. Source
• Celsius: customers can file a claim now. Source
• Klaytn-based lending protocol Klap will launch $KLAP on July 25th. Source
• Interest rate swaps trading platform Strips Finance will shut down V1. Source
• Binance will perform wallet maintenance for multiple networks on July 21st. Source
• Digital asset company BitGo partners with NEAR Foundation to offer custody service. Source
• zkSync 2.0 testnet adds support to Ethereum programming language Vyper. Source
• The whale address (0x4093...72f80E) has repaid about $9 Million $USDT on Aave. Source
• Decentralized social graph protocol CyberConnect launches Web3 social network Link3. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Crypto fund manager Fintonia Group has secured a provisional virtual asset license. Source
• US Treasury open to nonbanks issuing stablecoins. Source
• Crypto.com completed its registration with regulators in Italy. Source

NFT

• Yuga Labs: an NFT hacking group may launch attack targeting multiple communities. Source
• Data: Yuga Labs Royalty revenue about $147.9 million. Source
• MetaMundo launches a marketplace for interoperable metaverse 3D NFTs. Source
• ConsenSys Diligence launches TURN NFT used to offer smart contract auditing. Source

Fundings

• Crypto investment firm Valkyrie plans $30 million venture capital fund. Source
• Christie launches venture fund Christie's Ventures to invest in Web3. Source
• DeFi services company XLD Finance closed a $13 million round of funding led by Dragonfly Capital and Infinity Ventures Crypto. Source
• Tribe Capital raised $25M to launch crypto incubator program Tribe Crypto Labs. Source
• Crypto company Meow closes $22 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Source