Crypto Daily Digest - March 22nd

DeFi

• UK Advertising Standards Authority issues red alert guidance on crypto advertising. Source
• Couple suspected in Bitfinex theft and $4.5 billion crypto money laundering case request hearing in the case be postponed. Source
• Lending protocol Timeswap is now live on Polygon mainnet. Source
• Lending protocol Euler is about to issue a governance token $EUL, and has completed its snapshot. Source
• Decentralized cross-chain transaction protocol THORChain is undergoing a hard fork. Source
• Blockchain gaming platform C2X launches native digital asset wallet C2X station. Source
• DeFi capital management platform Zapper has integrated Aave v3. Source
• Compound finds and fixes critical vulnerabilities related to $TUSD contracts in audit, preventing millions of dollars in losses. Source
• Ethereum price breaks 3,000 $USDT, up over 6% in 24 hours. Source
• 0xMaki launches proposal in Sushi Governance Forum for Sushi to integrate Stargate, a cross-chain bridge based on LayerZero. Source
• Ribbon Finance launches $APE call option vault. Source
• Curve to be deployed to Celo soon. Source
• Trader Joe co-founder 0xmurloc tweets that $veJOE is live. Source
• Decentralized lending protocol Clearpool will launch its mainnet on March 23. Source
• DeFiance founder says its NFT theft may be a targeted social engineering attack. Source
• SushiSwap officially launches new version of MISO Launchpad. Source
• DEX aggregator Prism launched $PRISM single-sided staking. Source
• Decentralized asset management platform Enzyme is now live on Polygon. Source
• DeFi infrastructure Qredo Network announces the launch of Solana. Source
• India rules out offsetting losses against gains in new crypto tax law. Source
• OneRing was hit by a flashloan attack and hackers stole over $1.45 million. Source
• Crypto exchange Blockchain.com acquires Altonomy’s OTC Desk. Source
• US SEC delays decision on Bitcoin ETFs by WisdomTree and One River. Source
• Ambire wallet launches Moonbeam integration: the first Polkadot parachain on Ambire. Source
• The CowSwap community opened three proposals on whether to allow $vCOW to convert to $COW, deploy a $COW liquidity incentive program, and more. Source
• Clipper is now live on Moonbeam. Source
• Calldata compression will go live on Optimism mainnet this Thursday. Source

• Metis launches NFT cross-chain bridge NFT Hub. Source
• NFT Project REALSWAK Experiences Rug Pull, Operators Profit 1,300 $BNB. Source
• Estee Lauder to distribute NFT during Decentraland Metaverse Fashion Week. Source
• Palm NFT Studio announced that its secondary market will be available in spring 2022. Source
• NeoNexus founder pulls the plug on popular metaverse NFT project. Source
• iZUMi Finance launches a new model of veNFT, officially opening the mining incentive. Source
• Bored Ape DJ Duo Escapeplan has signed with Hollywood agency WME to use the IP for music and other creations. Source

• Ribbon Finance closes $8.75m Series B round led by Paradigm. Source
• Metaverse game studio Block Tackle closes $5m seed round with Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
• Blockchain game studio LifeForce Games closed a $5m seed round led by Lemniscap. Source
• Crypto investment platform NeoFi closed $2.1m in strategic funding with participation from Digital Strategies and others. Source