Crypto Daily Digest - September 20th

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On September 20th, crypto market maker Wintermute is hacked for about $160M. ETHW launches a cross-chain bridge between itself and Ethereum. Robinhood has listed $USDC. OpenSea launches new Drop features, allowing minting NFTs directly from OpenSea pages. Metaplex airdrops $MPLX to Solana NFT creators. BendDAO proposes an $80 million treasury investment fund.

DeFi

  • Crypto market maker Wintermute has been hacked for about $160M. Source
  • Maple Finance: Wintermute states the ability to cover hack. Source
  • Bebop, the DEX aggregator launched by Wintermute, announced that it temporarily pauses trading on Bebop. Source
  • Ren's community starts to vote on the proposal which regards developing the decentralized liquidity staking Protocol Renbase. Source
  • ApolloX DEX adds support for Arbitrum. Source
  • Australian-based crypto platform Marhaba DeFi to release a suite of new products which align with Islamic law by the end of 2022. Source

CeFi

  • BNB Chain has joined hands with many blockchain security audit firms to start security infrastructure project AvengerDAO. Source
  • Nasdaq EVP: no immediate plans to launch a crypto exchange, but will evaluate the opportunity. Source
  • Robinhood has listed $USDC. Source
  • ApolloX completes the distribution of $ETHW, and enables withdrawals. Source
  • FTX will list Euler Finance ($EUL) spot market. Source
  • Binance completes the distribution of $ETHW, and enables deposits and withdrawals. Source
  • Alameda Research will repay around $200M in outstanding loans from Voyager Digital. Source
  • Coinbase will list $INJ, $PUNDIX and $XMON. Source
  • PeckShieldAlert: Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX's Twitter account was compromised. Source
  • Harris Poll report: 71% of crypto investors are confident they will become billionaires. Source
  • Coinbase will implement a new fee structure. Source

Infrastructure

  • ETHW launches a cross-chain bridge between itself and Ethereum. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

  • OpenSea launches new Drop features, allowing minting NFTs directly from OpenSea pages. Source
  • Metaplex airdrops $MPLX to Solana NFT creators. Source
  • PGA Tour and sports memorabilia firm Autograph to launch a golf-focused NFT platform. Source

Policy & Regulation

  • Binance receives MVP license from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. Source
  • SEC orders Sparkster and its CEO to pay more than $35 million settlement to harmed investors. Source
  • SEC claims all of Ethereum falls under US jurisdiction. Source

Fundings

  • Digital fraud prevention solution Sardine has closed a $51.5 million Series B round led by a16z Growth Fund. Source
  • Israeli Web3 company Antic closes a $7 million seed round with participation from Pantera Capital and others. Source
  • DTCP set to invest in Web3 with a $300 million fund backed by SoftBank. Source
  • BendDAO proposes an $80 million treasury investment fund. Source
  • Layer1 blockchain GRNGrid raises $50M from GEM Digital. Source

DeFi

Ethereum

NFT

Exchanges

DEX

Binance

Solana

Coinbase

Fund Raising

OpenSea

Security Incidents

Policy and Regulation

Airdrop

FTX

Alameda Research

SEC

a16z

Pantera Capital

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