Crypto Daily Digest - October 21st

DeFi

• Public chain Sui introduced MIST, the smallest unit of a SUI Coin. Source
• $frxETH is available to mint on Frax Finance. Source
• DODO temporarily disables vDODO contract transfers due to vulnerability in vDODO contracts. Source
• BitKeep launches a redemption website for users affected by the Swap hack. Source
• DEX aggregator OpenOcean launches OpenOcean DAO. Source
• Jack Dorsey-founded decentralized social protocol Bluesky gets 30K signups for waiting list. Source
• Mycelium briefly disabled limit orders on Perpetual Swaps. Source
• Evmos will distribute about $4.4 million in liquidity incentives to relevant liquidity pools on Kinesis Labs, Osmosis, Diffusion Finance. Source
• Peckshield: OlympusDAO loses about $292,000 due to code vulnerability. Source

CeFi

• Coinbase adds $MNDE and $MSOL to its listing roadmap. Source
• Crypto exchange Bitget announces a partnership with Lionel Messi. Source
• Voyager customers could get 72% of funds back if FTX acquisition approved. Source

Infrastructure

• Celer integrates with Aptos mainnet. Source
• Cosmos plans to launch Interchain Security Incentive testnet in November. Source
• Telegram will launch a username auction platform on TON. Source
• Trading tool platform Compendium will launch trading engine PENDAX and Compendium V3 on October 31st. Source
• zkSync 2.0 testnet will undergo a regenesis on October 25th. Source

Policy & Regulation

• U.S. Department of Justice sues founder of Helix crypto mixer to recover $60 million. Source
• Hong Kong mulls letting retail investors trade crypto. Source
• SEC hands over William Hinman files in court case. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• OpenSea will adopt OpenRarity ranking for all eligible collections. Source
• Twitter collaborates with NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea to enable NFT Tweet Tiles for collectors. Source
• Rarible announced the update of its platform to the aggregated NFT marketplace Rarible 2. Source
• The Interpol has launched its own metaverse. Source
• Alien Worlds NFT game launches in-game DAOs to spur competition. Source

Fundings

• Crypto app Ottr Finance raises $3.1 million pre-seed funding with participation from Circle Ventures and others. Source