What Happened on Jan. 13th｜Azuki Launches Virtual City Hilumia

DeFi

• pSTAKE launches Liquid Staking for $ATOM.
• USDN is transitioning from stablecoin to Waves ecosystem index token WIXT.
• Data: Validators on Ethereum has exceeded 500,000.

CeFi

• Binance will support the Terra Classic (LUNC) network upgrade.
• $BTC price increase leads to trading volume surge at exchanges.
• Delaware Judge approves sale of FTX's four units, including LedgerX.
• Crypto.com announces 20% layoffs.
• Crypto exchange WonderFi in merger talks with Coinsquare.
• Samsung Bitcoin Futures ETF lists on HKEX.

Infrastructure

• Polygon plans to hard fork on Jan 17th to address reorgs and Gas fee spikes.
• Optimism's Goerli testnet migrates to Bedrock.
• Crypto payment infrastructure Wyre lifted 90% withdrawal limit.

Metaverse & NFTs

• Azuki announces the launch of virtual city Hilumia.

Policy & Regulation

• SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering.
• 118th House Financial Services Committee includes a subcommittee on digital assets.