Crypto Daily Digest - September 13th

Ethereum mainnet Merge countdown: 2 days until the expected date (September 15th).

Infrastructure

• Ethereum PoW fork ETHW will launch mainnet within 24 hours after the Merge. Source
• Immutable X will only support Ethereum PoS chain after the Merge and will launch a new testnet on Goerli. Source
• Opera Crypto Browser integrates with crypto wallets including MetaMask. Source
• Celer Network will only support Ethereum PoS chain after the Merge. Source
• OP Labs releases Optimism Bedrock Alpha Testnet. Source
• The Rinkeby and Ropsten testnet explorers will be deprecated on October 5th, 2022. Source

DeFi

• Sweat Economy launches $SWEAT. Source
• Sweat Economy will airdrop $SWEAT to users. Source
• Nansen Portfolio has added support for Hundred Finance. Source
• Shell v2 is now live on Arbitrum One. Source
• Helium starts to vote on HIP 70 proposal regarding migration of crypto wireless network to Solana. Source
• Perpetual futures exchange Hubble Exchange supports $ETH as collateral. Source

CeFi

• Digital asset exchange EDX Markets launches with backing from companies including Citadel Securities, Paradigm and Sequoia Capital. Source
• Singapore Central Bank: Data on crypto holdings by general public not available. Source
• Ex-Coinbase product manager's brother pleads guilty in crypto insider trading case. Source
• MetaMask integrates with Brazilian payment provider Pix for instant crypto purchases. Source
• HashKey Capital Limited secures SFC's consent to manage 100% virtual asset portfolio. Source
• Binance will support the Dash ($DASH) and IOST ($IOST) network upgrades and hard forks. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• Magic Eden launches NFT royalty protection tool MetaShield. Source
• Ubisoft CEO: NFT Gaming Project Quartz Was Merely in Research Mode Concerning Web3 Tech Integration. Source
• NFT marketplace Rarible goes live on Immutable X. Source

Policy & Regulation

India’s Enforcement Directorate has unfrozen the bank accounts of crypto exchange Wazirx. Source

Fundings

• Doodles raises $54M at $704M valuation led by Seven Seven Six. Source
• Crypto data infrastructure platform Goldsky has closed a $20 million seed round led by Felicis and Dragonfly Capital. Source
• Venture firm Northzone eyes web3 startups with new €1 billion fund. Source
• Web3 DApp solution Onmeta closed a $1.5 million seed round with participation from Polygon Studios and others. Source