Select observations from the day:
Polygon launches ‘Supernet’ chains, powered by Polygon Edge, pledges $100M to Web3 developers
Stripe taps Polygon to allow customers to make payments in USDC. Twitter will be the first company to test this option for content creators via Ticketed Spaces and Super Follows
Aptos Labs strikes first cloud partnership deal with Google allowing anyone to power a node on the Aptos network in less than 15 minutes
Uniswap intends to block wallets that are owned or associated with clearly illegal behavior
Infura outage affects Anata NFT minting. Lowest Anata bid looks like it’ll be 3 Eth+
Bird season waning: squawk, chirp, caw
Plus more, as always. Stay sharp, keep learning and have a great weekend
- Time moves differently in crypto. Crypto is an intricate game filled with various players operating across multiple time frames and with varying agendas. Day in, day out, the pieces are moving all across the board. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Here’s a small glimpse of what has happened so far today in our little crypto bubble -
Chain News:
Aptos Labs strikes first cloud partnership deal with Google. Through the collaboration with Google Cloud, anyone can power a node on the Aptos network in less than 15 minutes - source
Polygon launches ‘Supernet’ chains, powered by Polygon Edge, pledges $100M to Web3 developers - source - blog
Stripe taps Polygon to allow customers to make payments in USDC. Twitter will be the first company to test this option by paying earnings via crypto to content creators who use its monetization products - source
Bird season took a hit Squawk, Chirp - explanation
Announcing the Barn Raise: a 10-day public fundraiser starting on 5/2 at Noon ET to restore Beanstalk’s liquidity and resume the protocol - source
Single-sided BSTN staking is live - source
Compound governance rejects proposal wanting to end large token rewards - source
Injective Pro Launches the First-Ever Bored Ape NFT Floor Price Perpetuals - source
Synapse xAssets, a new way of turning native single chain assets into multi-chain enabled assets - source
Zapper iOS Mobile app is live - source
Uniswap: We intend to block wallets that are owned or associated with clearly illegal behavior like: sanctions, terrorism financing, hacked or stolen funds, ransomware, human trafficking, and child sexual abuse material - source
Bounty #1 (Up to $20k): Build a DApp in Acala's EVM+ environment that can earn yield with the aUSD stablecoin - source
The Bifrost Crowdloan on Polkadot is now live - source
If you contributed DOT to help Centrifuge secure a Polkadot parachain slot, you can now claim your rewards - source
ARIS/KSM Liquidity Bootstrap was launched on KaruraNetwork - source
Dela: first project to announce UST will be the native gas token of the platform/subnet - source
Bware Labs has participated in the AWS Activate program and was granted $100k in AWS credits - source
Introduction of smart contact on Stellar Blockchain. Project Jump Cannon is being built on a WebAssembly (WASM) runtime - source
Volt Protocol launch: an inflation resistant stable, pegged to CPI rather than the dollar - source
MISO v2 - a Permissionless Multi-chain Launchpad live on Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, and Ethereum Mainnet - source
Velodrome: revolutionary new AMM based on Solidly building on Optimism - source
Introducing Scroll, a zkEVM-based zkRollup on Ethereum - source
Synthetix & Lyra Incentivize sUSD liquidity on Optimism - source
The Big Bang: The RCT Token Generation Event - April 28th. Reactor, the protocol to maximize yield in Terra - source
UTORG is live in zksync wallet - source
First Dogecoin transaction without internet sent via RadioDOGE - source
NEAR Starter: New Gen Launchpad Built on NEAR - source
Crypto.com Recognized As Sports Media Brand of the Year - source
Nerve network announces that NerveSwap is now available on HyperPay on-chain wallet - source
Grand Launch of DF Staking - source
Metaverse News:
NBA NFT: in order to compensate whitelisted users who did not receive airdrops due to contract loopholes, the number of NFTs will increase from 18,000 to 30,000, the original 75 NFTs per player will increase to 125 - source
NFT marketplace OpenSea has suspended the trading of "Gambling Apes" NFTs from the Sands Vegas Casino Club after regulators in Texas and Alabama ordered trading to halt as they were categorized as unregistered securities - source
Gary Vee Releases VeeFriends Series 2 NFT Collection. The public mint will have a total supply of 10,000 tokens and starts on April 25th - source
Paris Hilton Invests in 4 million raise for Afterparty, which is positioning itself to become the first go-to NFT ticketing site that offers fans extra perks - source
'Alien' Director Ridley Scott to Produce Film About Ethereum's Rise, "The Infinite Machine" - source
UFC Fighter Nate Diaz Hopes No One Buys His 'Bullshit' NFT. Diaz’s comments come at a time when sports leagues around the world are looking to capitalize on the NFT craze - source
Australian media company Basketball Forever has announced an NFT project titled Hoop Hounds which seeks to increase NBA fan engagement and provide substantial real-world utility for the tokens - source
The luxury car distributor that sells the Lamborghini and Alfa Romeo models here has started to accept payments in cryptocurrency - source
Proposal to create an $APE garden for the apecoin community - source
Next minting phase of the Elfiverse NFT is now live - source
News:
Binance Recovers $5.8M From $622M Axie Infinity Bridge Theft. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted this morning that North Korean hackers attempted to channel the loot through "over 86 accounts" today - source
Starting today, any US customer can sign up for Coinbase Card. Earn up to 4% crypto back on every swipe. No spending fees. No annual fees, credit check, or sign up requirements - source
After controversial laws to restrict privacy in crypto transactions, and even flirting with banning bitcoin altogether, the European Parliament is now considering what blockchain technologies could mean for taxes - source
UK Central Bank to Raise $420 Million to Up Crypto Scrutiny - source
a16z Crypto is launching an academic research lab focused on web3 led by Tim Roughgarden and Dan Boneh - source
Ukraine bans Bitcoin purchases with local currency amid martial law. Ukrainians are now allowed to buy Bitcoin only with foreign currency with a monthly cap of $3,300 - source
Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services firm, has named Standard Custody & Trust Company as the custodian for Blockchain.com and Altis Partner's new institutional platform, Blockchain.com Asset Management (BCAM) - source
Raises:
Blockchain security firm CertiK has raised $60 million in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund II and Tiger Global. CertiK previously raised $88 million at a $2 billion valuation - source
Platform for music NFTs SoundMint raises a $1.7M seed round, led by Animoca Brands - source
Ethereum scaling project Scroll raises $30M. Polychain Capital led the funding - source
Decentralized wireless network Pollen Mobile closes seed funding round. The investment round, led by Slow Ventures - source
Flowty, a peer-to-peer NFT lending marketplace on the Flow blockchain, has raised $4.5 million in its first funding round - source
New Listings:
SwftCoin (SWFTC) Gets Listed on KuCoin - source
Plato Farm (PLATO) Gets Listed on KuCoin - source
Orbitau (TAUM) Gets Listed on KuCoin - source
HuobiGlobal Primelist will list $PLATO: Date: 22nd April at 13:00PM(UTC) - source
DontPlayWithKitty has announced Brave World's advanced hero NFT blind box pre-sale on April 25th - source