Crypto Daily Digest - September 1st
On September 1st, Safe updates $SAFE distribution proposal to move the snapshot date to August 18th. 1inch announces 300,000 $OP airdrop for users on Optimism. Asset management protocol Babylon Finance will shut down and distribute treasury holdings amongst $BABL and $hBABL holders. DeFi yield aggregator yearn.finance is cutting management fees on key vaults. Arbitrum One completes migration to Nitro. Robinhood lists Cardano ($ADA). a16z is releasing NFT-specific copyright licenses 'Can't Be Evil'. OpenSea will solely support NFTs on the upgraded Ethereum PoS chain after the Merge.
Ethereum mainnet Merge countdown: 14 days until the expected date (September 15th).
Infrastructure
Ethereum Merge
- Ethereum client Teku releases v22.9.0, which resolves an issue with public key validation. Source
Others
- Arbitrum One completes migration to Nitro. Source
- Web3 developer platform Alchemy adds support for Astar. Source
- Polygon launches the updated version of Polygon Wallet Suite. Source
DeFi
- Safe updates $SAFE distribution proposal to move the snapshot date to August 18th. Source
- 1inch announces 300,000 $OP airdrop for users on Optimism. Source
- Asset management protocol Babylon Finance will shut down and distribute treasury holdings amongst $BABL and $hBABL holders. Source
- DeFi yield aggregator yearn.finance is cutting management fees on key vaults. Source
- CertiK Alert: P2E Secret Hub on BNB Chain is honeypot. Source
- Boba-based launchpad Boba Brewery integrates with Celer cBridge. Source
- Yield protocol Ragnar will release testnet on September 5th. Source
- Decentral Bank announces a 1 Million $USN incentive program. Source
- Curve's new UI (curve.exchange) now supports Ethereum, Avalanche, Gnosis and Polygon. Source
- $CAROM on PancakeSwap appeared rug pull. Source
- Perpetual DEX Takepile goes live on Fantom. Source
Metaverse & NFTs
- OpenSea will solely support NFTs on the upgraded Ethereum PoS chain. Source
- a16z is releasing NFT-specific copyright licenses 'Can't Be Evil'. Source
- ConsenSys will launch the free NFT collection Regenesis on the Day of the Merge. Source
CeFi
- Kyle Roche is no longer involved in Roche Freedman's class action practice. Source
- CZ: It's important for the industry to build trust with regulators. Source
- Robinhood launches deposits and withdrawals for $MATIC on Polygon. Source
- Custodial-account holders at Celsius has formally asked the court to authorize the return of their funds. Source
- Binance froze Russian Gun Maker's crypto assets. Source
- Mt. Gox repayment date delayed again. Source
- El Salvador's Bitcoin Beach will receive $203 million in infrastructure investments. Source
- Binance Connect partners with crypto wallet SafePal. Source
- Crypto payment company MoonPay integrates with hardware wallet Trezor. Source
- Coinbase will list $NEAR. Source
- Robinhood lists Cardano ($ADA). Source
Policy & Regulation
- California Assembly passes crypto operating license bill. Source
Fundings
- Wave Financial plans to acquire Swiss investment firm Criptonite Asset Management. Source
DeFi
Ethereum
NFT
DEX
Optimism
Layer 2
Arbitrum
Polygon
a16z
OpenSea
Exchanges
Wallet
Binance
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