Crypto Daily Digest - June 9th

DeFi

• Cross-chain bridge Hop Protocol's $HOP airdrop can be claimed tomorrow. Source
• Optimism confirms that 20m $OP has been stolen. Source
• OP Stimpack is open for applications. Source
• Optimism exploiter sends 1 million $OP tokens to Vitalik Buterin's wallet. Source
• Ethereum Ropsten testnet merge has been completed. Source
• Ropsten and Rinkeby testnets will be shut down by the end of the year. Source
• Tether launches $USDT on Tezos. Source
• Lido proposes to stop maintaining Lido on Terra Classic. Source
• SushiSwap launches DAO payment streaming DApp Furo. Source
• Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says two-thirds of crypto hedge funds will fail. Source
• Helium team has launched Helium Wallet app. Source
• Osmosis promises to cover all losses and will release v10. Source
• Osmosis validator FireStake member profited $2 million from bug and has cooperated with Osmosis and returned funds. Source
• Terra 2.0 community proposal on 0.5% emergency funds allocation method opens for voting. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: trolltownnft[.] com is a phishing site. Source
• PeckShieldAlert tweeted that mint-samsung[.] com is a phishing site. Source
• DEX ApolloX updates incident investigation results. Source
• Stablecoin $OUSD issuer Origin Protocol will airdrop $OUSD governance token $OGV to users. Source
• Gitcoin Grants Round 14 is live. Source
• DeFi hack mitigation protocol Lossless is live on Fantom. Source
• Cross-chain DeFi protocol Umee will introduce stablecoin $DAI to the Cosmos ecosystem. Source

• Terra employee stole 80 Bitcoin, S.Korean police confirm. Source

• Terraform Labs co-founder denies accusations of fraud. Source
• Coinbase listed $WAMPL and $INDEX. Source
• Twitter plans to comply with Musk's demands for data. Source
• Decentralized security protocol Forta Network will airdrop $FORT to users. Source
• Nansen strikes deal with Google Cloud to provide real-time market data. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Albania Parliament calls on regulators for quicker cryptocurrency bylaws. Source
• Japan's government approves new policy. Source

NFT

• Salesforce launches NFT minting and selling platform NFT Cloud. Source
• Proposal to keep ApeCoin within Ethereum ecosystem gains 53.6% votes. Source
• OpenSea updates NFT copyright protection program with 4 protections. Source

Fundings

• Binance Labs makes strategic investment in Discord RPG Tatsumeeko. Source
• Decentralized exchange Orderly Network closes $20 million in strategic financing with participation from Dragonfly Capital and others. Source
• BitCoke established investment arm and rolling out $300 million eco-fund. Source
• Arrington Capital launches $100m growth fund for Moonbeam ecosystem. Source
• Coinbase will make a strategic investment in Southeast Asian digital asset exchange Zipmex. Source
• Crypto market maker Wintermute has launched DEX aggregator Bebop. Source
• Crypto services platform Request Finance closed $5.5 million funding round with participation from Animoca Brands and others. Source
• CybSafe closed $28 million Series B funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Source
• Liquid staking solution Geode Finance has closed a $3m seed round led by Multicoin Capital. Source
• Ancient8 raised $6M with participation from Pantera Capital and others. Source
• Samudai closed a $2.5m funding round participated by Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
• Entropy closed a $25m seed round funding led by a16z. Source
• Korean gaming company WeMade made a strategic investment in Music-to-Earn platform Cadenverse. Source
• Shooting game Superpower Squad closes private placement at $50 million valuation, led by KuCoin Labs. Source
• Fintech company SecureSave closes $11 million funding round with FTX participation. Source