Crypto Daily Digest - March 18th

DeFi

• Cross-chain DeFi protocol Stargate is now live and will reopen $STG public sale. Source
• Swivel Finance will launch the $SWIV Token Liquidity Incentive Program. Source
• UXD Protocol releases $veRev introduction. Source
• NFT infrastructure provider Project Galaxy will airdrop $GAL to early adopters. Source
• MetaMask Extension v10.11.1 is now live. Source
• Ethereum privacy trading platform Tornado.Cash goes live on Flux. Source
• Argentina's Congress approves IMF debt deal that would discourage cryptocurrency use. Source
• EIP-4626 has been vetted by the Ethereum development team. Source
• Blockchain.com selected Stripe to facilitate payments, reduce fraud risk and improve revenue management. Source
• Australian watchdog sues Meta over false cryptocurrency advertising campaign. Source
• NFT blockchain game Influence releases guide and announces $SWAY token economic model. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: Over 100 Elona and ElonaPutin related projects on BNB Chain are suspected to be honeypot. Source
• Krystal announced that its Launchpad KrystalGO now supports the Solana ecosystem project IDO. Source
• Sablier has deployed the protocol to Optimism, Arbitrum and Avalanche. Source
• The Data Mynt crypto payment processing platform is live on the Polygon Network. Source
• Binance says users in Ontario restricted from using its platform. Source
• Synthetix has released a version of Diphda that includes updates to the perpetual futures, debt pool synthesis, and more. Source
• LiteCoin has released Core version 0.21.2rc5 update with Taproot upgrade activated. Source
• Coinbase adds Solana tokens to self-custody wallet in non-EVM first. Source
• ProShares Metaverse ETF opens for trading on Arca, a New York stock exchange platform. Source

NFT

• Time magazine will release the first NFT magazine with Vitalik Buterin on the cover on March 23. Source
• Riot Racers partners with Citroën to release NFT cars. Source
• Dogecoin founder Billy Markus says introducing tokens would hurt NFT Space. Source
• Axie Infinity will soft-launch the combat system Origin in phases. Source
• Spotify draws up plans to join NFT digital collectibles craze. Source

Fundings

• Optimism closed $150m Series B funding round led by a16z and Paradigm. Source
• Joyride, a Web3 game development platform, closed a $14m round of funding with Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
• C2X closed a $25m private round at a $500m valuation led by FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto and Animoca Brands. Source
• Ultiverse, a VR metaverse project, has closed a seed round led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital. Source
• Payrails closed a $6.4m seed round led by a16z. Source
• Digital securities platform InvestaX closes Series A funding round with Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
• Mina Protocol closed $92m in strategic and private funding led by FTX Ventures and Three Arrows Capital. Source
• Itheum closed a $4m round of funding with participation from Spark Digital Capital, Elrond Foundation and others. Source
• Lunar Labs closed $10m in funding led by Hypersphere Ventures and Arrington Capital. Source