Crypto Daily Digest - March 15th

DeFi

• LFG has voted to burn another 4 million $LUNA to mint roughly 372 million $UST. Source
• Anchor Protocol will discontinue $ANC-$UST liquidity pools for $ANC awards. Source
• Curve launches community proposal to introduce a new FundRaising Gauge. Source
• StarkNet goes live on beta with Alpha 0.8.0. Source
• MakerDAO proposed to introduce a new governance token, $stkMKR, to replace $MKR. Source
• Decentralized transaction protocol Injective Protocol is now integrated with Terra cross-chain bridge. Source
• Binance: Polygon has experienced network issues and has suspended access to $MATIC. Source
• Polygon's native stablecoin protocol QiDAO goes live with Ether Layer2 solution Arbitrum. Source
• Hegic, the on-chain peer-to-peer options trading protocol, launches $ETH and $WBTC options, now live on Arbitrum. Source
• Polygon development team says Polygon PoS network is stable and all funds are currently safe. Source
• EU Parliament votes against PoW ban. Source
• FTX will list Convex Finance ($CVX) and Anchor Protocol ($ANC) spot and perpetual contracts at 14:00 UTC on March 16. Source
• PsyFinance, the automated options strategy library on Solana, announces the v2 release. Source
• Derivatives platform Deus Finance suffers hack at Fantom, losses may exceed $3 million. Source
• Web3 privacy protocol Mystiko Network is live on the Polygon Mumbai test network. Source
• Binance has been granted a license to become a cryptocurrency service provider in Dubai and Bahrain. Source
• Hedge fund protocol dHedge releases new version of Aurora, allowing users to manage Uniswap V3 liquidity directly from within dHedge. Source
• Kazakhstan cracks down on illegal mining and has now shut down 101 mining farm. Source
• Irene Zhao, founder of IreneDao, announced that she will form GoldenDAO with former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang and others. Source
• FTX Europe Becomes First Exchange to Receive Crypto License in Dubai. Source
• Equalizer will deploy Flash Loans on Optimism. Source
• Ethereum client Teku launches v22.3.1 optional upgrade supporting Kiln testnet. Source
• The decentralized governance infrastructure Dora Factory will launch Kusama Parachain. Source
• Bitcoin mixing service CoinJoin starts blacklisting BTC tied to illegal activity. Source
• 2017 Parity wallet hacker begins moving $ETH to Tornado Cash. Source
• EPNS will provide Earnifi users with push notifications for airdrop claiming. Source
• Structured products Vovo Finance launched on Arbitrum mainnet. Source
• Com2uS, a Korean handheld game development promoter, will set up a company in the U.S. to invest in cryptocurrencies. Source
• a16z Crypto hires Michele Korver, former chief digital asset counsel at the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Agency, as head of supervision. Source
• The EU Parliament voted to adopt a new draft of MiCA framework. Source

NFT

• Pixar's animated NFT series sells out within 24 hours of launch. Source
• Coinbase NFT tweets that Coinbase NFT is going live. Source
• Bob Iger Former Disney CEO invests and joins Genies board. Source
• MakeMyTrip, India's largest online travel agency, launched limited edition NFTs. Source
• LimeWire Selects Algorand Blockchain for the Relaunch of its Digital Collectibles Marketplace. Source
• Anonverse will give more than $2.5 million worth of NFTs to subscribers such as The Sandbox and others. Source
• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will launch the NFT platform WWE Moonsault. Source

Fundings

• Aptos, a public chain project launched by former Diem team members, has closed a $200 million strategic funding round led by a16z. Source
• Gauntlet, a crypto startup, closed a $23.8 million Series B round led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Paradigm and Polychain Capital at a $1 billion valuation. Source
• NFT platform LiveArtX has received over $4.5 million in investment commitments with participation from Animoca Brands and others. Source
• NFT Lending Protocol Unloc closed $1.25m seed round at $15m valuation, led by Solana Ventures and others. Source
• ANA NEO, a metaverse subsidiary of Japan's ANA Holdings, closed approximately $33.8 million in financing. Source
• Sports NFT community trading platform Itsmyne closed $1.77M funding round with Basics Capital and others. Source