What Happened on Dec. 14th｜SushiSwap 2023 Budgets over $5.2M, with 82% Going to Salaries

DeFi

• SushiSwap's 2023 budgets are over $5.2M, with 82% going to salaries.
• Tether: FTX crash has no impact on Tether.
• Lending protocol Maple Finance releases version 2.0.
• 100,000,311 $BUSD transferred from unknown wallet to Paxos Treasury.

CeFi

• FTX chief engineer made changes to FTX code to avoid automatic liquidation of Alameda positions.
• CZ: Binance is in a strong financial position and will survive any crypto winter.
• Binance spokesperson: Binance's user assets are underpinned by reserves.
• SBF considered closing Alameda in September.
• Binance has resumed $USDC withdrawals.

Infrastructure

• zkSync expects to reach Full Launch Alpha Milestone in Q2 2023.
• Ava Labs releases Core Mobile Wallet, which is launching on Android first.

Metaverse & NFTs

• Data: volume of Coinbase NFT Marketplace was only 0.5 ETH in the last 24 hours.
• Game developer The Tiny Digital Factory will collaborate with Aston Martin on car NFT.
• Forbes will launch Metaverse Hub in The Sandbox.

Fundings

• Polygon joins Game7 for the $100 million Grants Program.