What Happened on Oct. 28th｜Elon Musk Completes Acquisition of Twitter

DeFi

• PeckShieldAlert tweeted that airdrop[.]aptlabs[.]fi is a phishing site. Source
• Sui Network launches the Sui Foundation. Source

CeFi

• OKX will list CEEK Smart VR ($CEEK). Source
• Elon Musk has fired several top Twitter executives. Source
• Binance lists Osmosis ($OSMO). Source
• Huobi delists $HUSD and converts $HUSD assets to $USDT assets. Source
• Digital bank Revolut to allow customers to make purchases with crypto balances. Source

Infrastructure

• Harmony selects LayerZero as its partner to resume the Horizon bridge. Source
• On-chain firewall project Harpie is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. Source
• BitKeep becomes the wallet partner of zkSync. Source
• THORChain launches a patch to fix the chain halt. Source

Metaverse & NFTs

• Twitter announces the testing of NFT Tweet Tiles. Source
• Trust wallet integrates with Avalanche NFTs. Source
• Caduceus will host the first Metaverse concert on November 26th. Source
• Crypto.com signs MOU for NFT collaboration with A Story. Source
• A new exploit has been discovered in an old OpenSea contract that could lead to the theft of user NFTs. Source
• DefiLlama launches NFT lending protocol LlamaLend. Source
• PeckShieldAlert tweeted that opensea-security[.]io is a phishing site. Source

Fundings

• Google acquires Twitter-backed AI Avatar startup Alter for $100 million. Source
• Aptos ecosystem NFT marketplace Souffl3 closed a $2 million seed round led by Crypto.com Capital and Synergis Capital. Source
• NFT lending protocol Spice Finance closed a $1.7 million pre-seed round led by Shima Capital. Source
• Aptos ecosystem wallet Martian closed a $3 million pre-seed round with participation from FTX Ventures and others. Source
• A group of blockchain venture firms to invest $100 million in Busan for ecosystem development. Source