Crypto Daily Digest - October 18th

DeFi

• The Aptos Foundation presents a summary version of the Aptos protocol tokenomics. Source
• Aptos-based liquid staking protocol Ditto will launch $stAPT and $DTO premining program tomorrow. Source
• BitKeep will launch a compensation portal within 3 working days, and will fully compensate affected users. Source
• Cosmos-based liquid staking protocol Stride will launch $stOSMO on October 29th. Source
• Clixpesa is bringing traditional Kenyan investing techniques to Web3. Source

CeFi

• Walmart CTO: Crypto will play a very important role in payments disruption. Source
• Binance will list Aptos ($APT) at 1:00am UTC on October 19th. Source
• Coinbase will list Aptos ($APT). Source
• OKX will list Aptos ($APT) . Source
• FTX sends 50K $ETH to Voyager. Source
• Binance to launch cloud mining business in November. Source

Infrastructure

• Aptos launches mainnet and closes comments on Aptos's Discord and Telegram channels. Source
• Optimism introduces a set of modular components OP Stack. Source
• BitKeep Wallet launches a Safety Assurance feature. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Do Kwon says South Korea's charges against him are "politically motivated". Source
• Texas State Securities Board is investigating FTX, FTX US and SBF. Source
• Interpol creates dedicated unit to fight crypto crimes. Source
• CFTC and SEC investigate if bankrupt Three Arrows Capital misled investors. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• LiveArtX destroys all 197 stolen NFTs and will compensate buyers of stolen NFTs. Source
• NFT marketplace Rarible launches an NFT aggregator. Source
• Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin: today's metaverse is internet circa 1994. Source

Fundings

• Conflux launches a $5m accelerator program for Web3 projects in emerging markets. Source
• Web3 infrastructure company ChainSafe has closed an $18.75 million funding round with participation from HashKey Capital and others. Source
• Layer1 blockchain Shardeum raises $18.2M in a seed round with Spartan Group involved. Source
• Blockchain game developer platform Stardust raises $30M in Series A led by Framework Ventures. Source
• Crypto security company Web3 Builders raises $7M in a seed round with OpenSea Ventures involved. Source
• OKX Blockdream Ventures launches a $10M fund to support Aptos ecosystem. Source
• Solana-based privacy infrastructure Light Protocol raises $4.2M led by Polychain Capital. Source