Crypto Daily Digest - March 1st

DeFi

• Uniswap built an interface swapping any token for ETH and sentding it directly to the Ukranian government. Source
• Mars Protocol opens Liquidity Bootstrapping Auction (LBA) Phase 2. Source
• Binance Launchpad will list STEPN ($GMT) . Source
• Crabada, a P2E game on Avalanche, announced the launch of its subnet Swimmer Network. Source
• Ribbon Finance announces the launch of $veRBN. Source
• Alpha Finance Lab releases Alpha Homora V2 roadmap update. Source
• Cross-chain protocol Soluna announced the launch of solUST staking. Source
• Cryptocurrency collateral management platform Stader Labs is releasing the Degen Vaults. Source
• Decentralized trading protocol Kromatika iannounce the launch of its DApp on Arbitrum. Source
• CoinGate now supports direct donations to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in more than 70 cryptocurrencies. Source
• Crypto payments platform Tribal Credit announced partnership with Visa. Source
• Kinetic Money announces quarterly roadmap and will airdrop to eligible subscribers. Source
• Decentralized privacy service protocol Automata Network announces integration with zkSync. Source
• The U.S. Treasury Department has officially included digital currency provisions in its sanctions regulations against Russia. Source
• Canada's largest bitcoin ETF saw a 31% increase in bitcoin holdings. Source

NFT

• NFT platform Mynft announces official launch in March and airdrop details. Source
• Invisible Friends #1001 sold for 110 $WETH (about $319,005), setting a new record for the NFT series. Source
• KPMG Canada has purchased a World of Women NFT. Source
• Barcelona Football Club plans to create a cryptocurrency and launch NFT. Source
• Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will sell a collection of paintings for $70 million, accepting cryptocurrency payments. Source
• Meta will build a metaverse innovation center in Madrid. Source

Fundings

• FTX launches its philanthropic fund, FTX Future Fund, with plans to deploy at least $100 million this year. Source
• Crypto derivatives platform Thetanuts Finance closed an $18m seed round led by Three Arrows Capital and others. Source
• Subspace Labs closed $32.9 million in funding led by Pantera Capital. Source
• VALR closed $50m series B financing at $240m valuation led by Pantera Capital. Source
• GameFi startup X rush valued at $10 million after seed funding led by KuCoin Ventures. Source
• Carbon neutral blockchain app Nori closed a $7 million Series A round led by M13. Source
• Blockchain analytics company TRM Labs received a strategic investment from JP Morgan Chase. Source
• Metaverse project GamesPad received investment from Animoca Brands. Source
• Binance and Cuscapi take strategic stakes in Malaysia’s MX Global. Source