Crypto Daily Digest - June 10th

DeFi

• Wintermute commits to reimbursing the Optimism Foundation for the remaining 2 million $OP. Source
• Optimism event hacker has returned 17 million $OP. Source
• Lido responds to stETH depegging: stETH still backed 1:1 with ETH. Source
• VeChain Foundation has signed a multi-year marketing partnership with UFC. Source
• Binance announces TripleA as strategic payment partner. Source
• Binance will perform wallet maintenance for BNB Smart Chain (BEP20). Source
• Optimism event hacker said via on-chain message that he will return 18 million $OP. Source
• 1inch Network announced the integration with derivatives protocol Opium. Source
• Chainlink Keepers and Chainlink VRF have been live on Avalanche. Source
• Balancer yield management platform Aura Finance launched a 5-day LBP. Source
• Cross-chain bridge Hop Protocol's airdrop open to claim. Source
• Bloomberg Terminal has increased its coverage to 50 crypto assets. Source 
• Ethereum Layer2 scalable privacy solution Aztec delays launch of Aztec Connect due to technical reasons. Source
• Luxury-fashion platform Farfetch said it will start allowing payments in cryptocurrencies. Source
• Osmosis plans to restart this weekend. Source
• NEAR blockchain will integrate with cross-chain router protocol Multichain. Source
• Cross-chain DeFi protocol Umee integrates with real-time detection network Forta. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Interactive Brokers launches crypto trading services in Hong Kong. Source
• SEC was ordered to file a redacted version of the brief and exhibits as stipulated by the law. Source
• U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of having crypto In retirement plans. Source
• SEC is investigating whether Terraform Labs violated investor-protection regulations. Source
• Grayscale and Bitwise are optimistic that a spot Bitcoin ETF will be approved by the SEC soon. Source

NFT

• STEPN launches multi-chain decentralized exchange DOOAR. Source
• Twitter user ElUniversal impersonates goblintown.wtf to post phishing website. Source
• Founder of NFT project mfers announces retirement and transfer the smart contract to the community. Source
• Mastercard brings its payments network to Web3 and NFTs. Source
• mfer founder's final artwork end of sartoshi NFT primary market revenues over 1,000 $ETH.
• PeckShieldAlert: endofsartoshi[.] com is a phishing site. Source
• Move-to-Earn game Walken says $WLKN cannot trade yet. Source
• Coinbase Wallet announces support for Polygon NFT. Source

Fundings

• Digital payments firm Flexa to buy Drop Party to engage with customers. Source
• PartyBid operating team PartyDAO closes $16.4 million in financing led by a16z. Source
• Crypto startup Tiptop Labs closes $23 million Series A funding round led by a16z. Source
• NFT portfolio tracking platform Floor closes $8 million seed round with participation from Crypto.com and others. Source
• Hardware wallet maker Ballet closes $13 million Series A funding round with Ribbit Capital and others. Source
• Circle agrees to acquire crypto infrastructure company CYBAVO. Source