What Happened on Jan. 17th｜SushiSwap Announces 2023 Roadmap

DeFi

• SushiSwap announces its 2023 roadmap with the plan to launch a DEX aggregator and an NFT marketplace.
• Temperature Check vote is open for the proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 to BNB Chain.
• Liquid staking protocol Swell Network will open $ETH staking deposits in late Q1.
• Compound Grants Program 2.0 is now live.

CeFi

• Circle releases its first annual "State of the USDC Economy" report.
• Binance has completed the 22nd Quarterly $BNB burn.
• Binance will support the Polygon (MATIC) network upgrade and hard fork.
• CoinFLEX said the new exchange with 3AC founders won't be named GTX.
• CBDCs and stablecoins have potential to revolutionize global financial systems, says Bank of America.

Infrastructure

• Co-founder of Polygon: zkEVM mainnet launch date has been set.
• StarkNet will be releasing updates to StarkNet wallets in the coming weeks.

Metaverse & NFTs

• Canon USA files for NFT-related trademark application.

Policy & Regulation

• European Parliament's final vote on MiCA regulation postponed until April.
• Sources: Crypto lender Vauld gets creditor protection until Feb. 28.
• Nexo sues Cayman Islands Monetary Authority over rejecting virtual asset license.

Fundings

• Trusta Labs closes over $3 million Seed round with HashKey Capital involved.

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