Crypto Daily Digest - March 29th

DeFi

• Binance will launch BNB Chain cross-chain bridge Binance Bridge 2.0. Source
• U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Questions Crypto Miners' Use of Opportunity Zone Tax Breaks. Source
• Vote on SushiSwap's proposal to integrate Stargate has been launched on Snapshot. Source
• Cashio attacker says via on-chain message that it will refund users with losses under $100,000. Source
• Manifold: Plans to refund gas fees for users who failed to cast PAK's new NFT project. Source
• DAO Maker launches V2 version, adds new features like cross-chain stablecoin mining. Source
• Decentralized exchange Balancer goes live with $veBAL. Source
• DeFi lending protocol Alchemix plans to extend version V2 to Fantom. Source
• $LUNA briefly surpasses $106, hitting a new all-time high. Source
• CowSwap allows users to convert $vCOW tokens into transferable $COW. Source
• MetaMask Mobile v4.3.1 goes live. Source
• Web3 technology infrastructure Saito Network releases roadmap. Source
• WisdomTree launches Solana, Cardano, Polkadot ETP products in Europe. Source
• Ghana's Vice President: CBDC can boost intra-African trade. Source
• CME Group announces launch of micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether options. Source
• Mastercard has partnered with Australian crypto exchange BTC Markets to allow users to purchase cryptocurrencies via credit card. Source
• Binance US is on track for an initial public offering (IPO) in two to three years. Source
• The cross-chain bridge protocol Stargate was severely vulnerable and has been restored. Source
• HKEx will soon launch new digital asset trading platform. Source
• Two memory pool issues in Vitalik Buterin's EIP-4844 proposal need to be addressed. Source

NFT

• The Ronin bridge has been exploited for 173,600 $ETH and 25.5M $USDC. Source
• BAYC #835 and MAYC #11670 sold for $115 and $25, respectively. Source
• Japanese gaming giant Bandai Namco will gradually build a Gundam universe. Source
• Qredo completes first token destruction and will mint NFT. Source
• The official Discord of the metaverse platform Cryptovoxels has been attacked and some users' NFTs have been stolen. Source

Fundings

• HBAR Foundation launches $155m crypto fund focused on DeFi. Source
• CoW Protocol raises $23m and spins out from Gnosis DAO. Source
• NFT marketplace Blur closes $11m seed round led by Paradigm. Source
• Web3 chat social software Nftychat closes $1m funding round with Coinbase Ventures and others. Source
• Binance Labs announces strategic investment in public chain project Aptos Labs. Source
• Indian fitness technology company GOQii closes $10m funding round with participation from Animoca Brands. Source
• More than 10 companies and projects in the industry have joined forces to form the Canadian Web3 Council. Source
• DeFi lending protocol zkLend closes $5m seed round with Three Arrows Capital and others. Source
• Bitcoin miner Iris Energy gets $71m equipment financing from NYDIG. Source
• FUEL raises €1.5m for its no-code NFT platform for creators. Source
• Esports Startup Ampverse closed $12m Series A led by Falcon Capital. Source