What Happened on Feb. 2nd｜Stargate Proposes to Reissue $STG to Eliminate Risk of Alameda's $STG Being Stolen

Feb 02, 2023, 16:10

TI Research

On February 2nd, Lending protocol Bonq suffers a $120M loss in a smart contract hack. Stargate proposes to reissue $STG to eliminate the risk of Alameda's $STG being stolen. Optimism Foundation proposes to upgrade Optimism mainnet to Bedrock. Ethereum Zhejiang testnet goes live. Solana-based lending protocol Everlend Finance shuts down its app platform.

DeFi

Bitcoin price goes up during Chinese New Year for nine years in row.
RSS3 has announced that it has integrated the decentralized social protocol Nostr.
Stargate proposes to reissue $STG to eliminate the risk of Alameda's $STG being stolen.
Lending protocol Bonq suffers a $120M loss in a smart contract hack.
Evmos releases the 2023 roadmap.
Solana-based lending protocol Everlend Finance shuts down its app platform.

CeFi

Binance completes the integration of $BUSD on the Optimism network, and opens deposits and withdrawals.
Bank of America Burling Bank will offer Bitcoin services to its customers.
Indonesian Trade Ministry plans to launch a crypto exchange by June 2023.
U.S. crypto exchange Bittrex is laying off 83 employees.
Twitter will no longer offer free API starting Feb. 9.

Infrastructure

Optimism Foundation proposes to upgrade Optimism mainnet to Bedrock.
MetaMask's new feature makes it easier for users to change RPC providers.
ZenGo proposes EIP-6384 to tatackle the problem of offline signature exploits.
Ethereum Zhejiang testnet goes live.

Policy & Regulation

South Korean Prosecutor detains Bithumb's actual owner Kang Jong-hyun on suspicion of embezzlement.

Fundings

Web3 marketing company Addressable closed a $7.5 million round led by Viola Ventures and others.