Crypto Daily Digest - March 3rd

DeFi

• The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine tweeted that he decided to cancel the token airdrop after careful consideration. Source
• BENQI, the liquidity market protocol on Avalanche, announced that its Liquidity Staking App is now integrated with Coinbase Wallet. Source
• Yield Protocol, a fixed-rate lending protocol, announced that it is launching on the Arbitrum One mainnet. Source
• SushiSwap has announced the launch of OpenMEV Gas Refunder in partnership with OpenMEV and Manifold Finance. Source
• Cosmos EVM network Evmos announced that its mainnet is officially live, and Ethereum users' claims will open tomorrow. Source
• Acala, a DeFi platform on Polkadot, has launched $ACA Staking program. Source
• Crypto derivatives marketplace Beta Finance has announced that the $BETA token is now live on Avalanche. Source
• Liquidity staking protocol Lido announced that it has supported the Polygon network. Source
• Contracts that use Ukrainian government donation addresses to airdrop tokens have been flagged as suspicious by Etherscan. Source
• Two new prize pools have been announced for the 13th round of the Gitcoin donation campaign. Source
• Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister accepts DOGE donation and publishes wallet address. Source
• Andre Cronje, founder of Yearn Finance, may have opened a new Twitter account. Source

NFT

• The Ukrainian Flag NFT, organized by UkraineDAO, has closed with a final sale price of 2,258 $ETH (about $6.75 million). Source
• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing creators of NFTs and the crypto exchanges. Source
• NFT project Invisible Friends #1125 sold for 200 $WETH (about $580,000), setting a new record for the NFT series. Source
• The TreasureDAO marketplace is suspected to be vulnerable, with users reporting the theft of their NFT. Source
• IMA Financial Group will establish a research and development facility called Web3Labs in Decentraland. Source
• Hackers have begun returning stolen NFT from TreasureDAO marketplace. Source
• TreasureDAO code vulnerability leads to theft of over 100 NFTs. Source
• Billboard and Universal Music Group partner to launch NFT project. Source
• British musician Ozzy Osbourne purchased BAYC #9939 for 114.99 ETH. Source

• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group partners with Animoca Brands to enter NFT market. Source

Fundings

• Polymer Labs, a cross-chain infrastructure provider, has closed a $3.6m seed round led by Distributed Global and North Island Ventures. Source
• Web3 virtual pet game Tiny Rebel Games closed $7m in funding with Animoca Brands and others. Source
• FTX Gaming, the gaming division of FTX.US, has announced a partnership with the gaming guild YGGIndia. Source
• NFT infrastructure startup Rarify closed a $10m round of funding led by Pantera Capital. Source
• Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has acquired North American derivatives exchange Nadex. Source
• P2E game Nifty League closed a $5m seed round led by RSE Ventures. Source