Crypto Daily Digest - September 6th

Ethereum mainnet Merge countdown: 9 days until the expected date (September 15th).

Infrastructure

Ethereum Merge

• Bellatrix upgrade has taken place on Ethereum Beacon Chain. Source

Others

• Avalanche launches AvalancheGo mandatory security upgrade Apricot Phase 6. Source
• zkSync will suspend activities on v1 one hour before Ethereum Merge. Source

DeFi

• Multichain liquidity protocol Symbiosis launches $veSIS mainnet. Source
• Kyber Network has successfully removed the attack vector and has compensated for the impacted wallets. Source
• Lido community releases a new proposal to launch interchain liquid staking service on Cosmos. Source
• The Aave community's new proposal suggests Aave DAO retribute a total of $16.28 million in retroactive funding to Aave companies. Source
• MonoX Finance exploiter transferred 1,300 $ETH into Tornado Cash. Source
• Cosmos-based liquid staking protocol Stride goes live on mainnet. Source
• dYdX reaches strategic partnership with BitKeep Wallet. Source
• The address marked by Nansen as Three Arrows Capital has removed about 20,945 $stETH from Curve. Source 
• $CNR on PancakeSwap appeared to have a rug pull. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• Semi-fungible token standard ERC-3525 proposed by Solv Protocol gets approved. Source
• Sony Music has filed NFT and Metaverse trademark applications for the Columbia Records logo. Source 

CeFi

• Binance will auto-convert $USDC, $USDP and $TUSD to $BUSD on September 29th. Source
• Binance converting $USDC to $BUSD 'is a good thing', says Circle CEO. Source

Policy & Regulation

• Australian Treasury consults public on Bitcoin foreign currency tax exclusion. Source
• Crypto exchange Bybit barred from brokering securities in Brazil. Source
• Korea Financial Services Commission will establish guidelines for security token issuance and circulation within this year. Source
• Netflix will launch a new lower-priced, ad-supported subscription plan in Australia and will reject cryptocurrency advertising. Source

Fundings

• Crypto firm 21.co has closed a $25 million funding round at $2 billion valuation led by Marshall Wace. Source 
• Solana-based NFT project management tools provider Dust Labs closed a $7 million seed round with participation from FTX Ventures and others. Source
• NFT trading platform Niftify closes a $7.86 million funding round led by Moonchain Capital and Audacia Capital. Source
• DeFi investment platform Credix raises $11.25M in Series A co-led by Motive Partners and ParaFi Capital. Source

In-Depth

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