Crypto Daily Digest - September 21st

DeFi

• Wintermute CEO: 10% bounty to be paid if the hacker returns $160 million in stolen funds. Source
• Wintermute assures all partners not to be affected by the hack. Source
• Optimism launches Optimism Quests campaign, allowing users to mint NFT rewards by completing tasks. Source
• Stableswap Wombat Exchange launches Side Pool to support trading of innovative stablecoins. Source
• Avalanche-based liquidity protocol BENQI launches $veQI, representing users' voting power for $AVAX delegations. Source
• The MakerDAO's proposal to add $GNO as collateral for $DAI got passed. Source

CeFi

• FTX will list Hubble Protocol ($HBB) spot market. Source
• 21Shares launches Ethereum exchange-traded product tailored to bear market. Source
• Coinbase plans to list $HBAR in mid-October. Source
• Binance bids about $50M in Voyager's asset auction, slightly higher than FTX's bid. Source
• Ripple commits zero carbon emissions by 2040. Source
• Binance has added $ETHW to Binance Convert. Source

Infrastructure

• Dogechain launches the decentralized governance platform Dogegress. Source
• Urbit launches Layer1 EVM blockchain UVM. Source
• Blockchain development platform Infura adds support for StarkNet. Source
• Nomad releases cross-chain bridge restart plan. Source
• Arbitrum pays 400 $ETH vulnerability bounty to Anonymous whitehat 0xriptide. Source
• Helium developer Nova Labs inks agreement with T-Mobile and plans to launch Helium Mobile. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• OpenSea will support Ethereum Layer2 scaling solution Arbitrum. Source
• Magic Eden will launch ETH aggregator Magic Ethen. Source

Policy & Regulation

• The European Union has finalized the full text of its landmark Markets in Crypto Assets legislation. Source
• New York Judge orders Tether to document $USDT backing. Source
• US Treasury official says crypto mixers are concern in enforcing sanctions. Source

Fundings

• NFT gaming studio Vulcan Forged raises $8M in Series A led by SkyBridge Capital. Source
• Web3 games company Immortal Game closed a $12 million Series A round in July led by TCG Crypto. Source
• Crypto analytics platform Messari closed a $35 million Series B round with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Source