Crypto Daily Digest - September 14th

Ethereum mainnet Merge countdown: less than 1 day until the expected date (September 15th).

DeFi

• pSTAKE partners with Wombat Exchange. Source
• Uniswap starts to vote on proposal regarding the deployment of Uniswap V3 to zkSync 2.0. Source
• Apollo DAO will close vaults on Terra Classic. Source
• Lending protocol Nostra launches StarkNet-native stablecoin $UNO. Source
• Cross-chain lending protocol Unbound Finance goes live on Fantom mainnet. Source
• Algorithmic stablecoin protocol UXD Protocol will integrate with Sei Network. Source
• Russian crypto company InDeFi plans to launch Ruble stablecoin on Ethereum. Source
• Compound Treasury launches borrowing for institutions. Source

Infrastructure

• BNB Chain and Google Cloud work together to advance the growth of Web3 startups. Source

CeFi

• SBF apologizes after FTX temporarily prevented user access yesterday. Source
• Huobi becomes third crypto exchange to sign with S.Korea’s Busan city. Source
• Twitter shareholders approve Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout offer. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• Flow announces an initiative to make September 20th International NFT Day. Source
• The Sandbox will disable some features from 16:00 UTC on September 14th. Source
• NFT renting protocol Rentable will shut down. Source
• Axie Infinity launches Origins Season 1. Source
• CertiK Alert: Metaverse project Metropolis World Discord server has been hacked. Source
• PeckShieldAlert: BAYC#8941 was scammed probably by BAYC #483 scammer. Source
• Trust Wallet integrates with Ronin Network (Axie Infinity) NFTs. Source

Policy & Regulation

• South Korea issues the arrest warrant for Terra founder Do Kwon, $LUNA drops over 15% in 1 hour. Source

Fundings

• Blockchain infrastructure Ownera closed a $20 million Series A funding round with J.P. Morgan involved. Source
• Dubai-based metaverse firm MetaFi has closed a $3 million funding round from OKX Blockdream Ventures and others. Source
• Crypto startup DolarApp has closed a $5 million funding round led by Y Combinator and others. Source
• Crypto options exchange Synquote closes $2.8 million funding round with Coinbase Ventures involved. Source
• Web3 developer platform Alchemy is raising $12M for a new venture capital fund. Source