Crypto Daily Digest - October 19th

DeFi

• Aptos airdrops about 20 million $APT to early network participants. Source
• Celo ecosystem lending protocol Moola Market was exploited for $8.4 million. Source
• Moola Market releases attack report and restart plan. Source
• Liquid staking protocol Ditto Finance is live on Aptos mainnet. Source
• DEX aggregator OpenOcean will launch on Aptos. Source
• Options exchange Aevo will be open to the first Beta users next week. Source
• Polkadot-based perpetual contracts DEX Firefly Exchange announces its Guarded Launch. Source
• Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE teams up with Anchorage Digital. Source

CeFi

• Binance has added $APT and $PUNDIX as new collateral assets on the Binance Loans platform. Source
• Binance updates deposit and withdrawal fees for $LUNC and $USTC on Terra Classic. Source
• Fintech bank Nubank announced the creation of the Nucoin token on Polygon. Source

Infrastructure

• Banff upgrade is live on Avalanche mainnet, allowing Subnets to set their own staking parameters. Source
• Oracle Pyth Network adds support for Aptos. Source
• ChainX now supports Bitcoin cross-chain to Aptos and Sui. Source
• Etherscan launches a beta version of Aptos blockchain explorer AptoScan. Source
• Aptos Name Service (ANS) is now live on mainnet. Source
• Turkish President unveiled new details about the e-Human project powered by blockchain. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Celsius is now facing a federal investigation in the United States due to its alleged operational irregularities. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• Optimism partners with Lattice to launch OP Stack-based voxel game OPCraft. Source
• Aptos ecosystem NFT marketplace Topaz is live on Aptos mainnet. Source
• NFT-based fantasy basketball game SorareNBA is live in Beta. Source

Fundings

• a16z Crypto is relaunching Crypto Startup School and expanding it into a full accelerator program. Source
• Automated digital risk protection company Bolster closed a $15 million funding round led by Cervin. Source