Select observations from the day:
MetaMask teases adding support for BTC via MetaMask Snaps - can enable you to build support for other blockchains
Coin mixer Tornado Cash now using a tool developed by compliance firm Chainalysis to block crypto wallets from its frontend sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Bitstamp now requires users to provide info like nationality, place of birth and tax residency, in addition to documents proving the origin of crypto and the annual income
On the heels of finding out North Korean hackers were behind the Ronin hack as well as other looming worldwide government regulatory and compliance efforts, we’ll most likely see other similar moves this year
Plus more, as always. Have a great weekend. Always strive to be a better version of yourself
- 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:
MetaMask has announced adding support for BTC via MetaMask Snaps - can enable you to build support for other blockchains - source
The Luna Foundation Guard added another 123 btc for a total of 42530.8 btc. After receiving 10 million LUNA gifted from Terraform Labs, swapped to UST in batches of 1,000 LUNA, 78% sold in less than 4 hours - source
Tornado Cash Adds Chainalysis Tool for Blocking OFAC-Sanctioned Wallets From Dapp. The blockade only applies to the Tornado Cash front-end, not the underlying smart contract, one of the protocol's founders later tweeted - source
Chainalysis Announces Partnership With Cronos to provide a layer of security and compliance with regulatory bodies for CRC-20 tokens on the Cronos blockchain, thus improving institutional adoption - source
Lido will adopt Distributed Validator Technology, research a scoring system to allow anyone to become a validator without permission and empower stETH holders to veto any decision - source
Centrifuge - Polkadot parachain is live, coming next: token utility, integrations, and how to claim your CFG - source
Runtime 1401 Upgrade Brings XC-20 Minting to Moonriver and Soon, Moonbeam - source
Basis Set announces the launch of TerraSet Fellowship - a web3 accelerator in collaboration with Terra to support and invest in founders building their Web3 startup from the ground up in the Terra ecosystem - source
An Introduction to Nirvana: virtual AMM innovative algorithmic stablecoin on Solana - source
Symbiosis Finance cross-chain farming on Boba Network. Besides $SIS, also receive additional rewards in $WAGMI token - source
Fetch.ai has lift-off into the Cosmos - officially part of the IBCGang with a connection to Osmosis and a listing on Osmosis Frontier - source
Pangea's Tokenomics and Liquidity Inventive Program: 1) Initial Liquidity, 2) Liquidity Mining, 3) Single-Sided Staking - source
Nebula launch initiated. Airdrops Claimable + Gov Staking Live - source
Para AMM is live. Users can swap DOT, cDOT & PARA and add liquidity to earn yield - source
Encode x NEAR Hackathon Finale Prizewinners and Summary - source
Encode x StarkNet Hackathon Finale Prizewinners and Summary - source
Crescent Network is now live on mainnet - source
BlockVision Live on Fantom, Bringing a Seamless Development Experience to the Ecosystem - source
Umee incentivized testnet is live. Supported testnet tokens: ATOM, OSMO, JUNO, more - source
Introducing Panoptic, a perpetual options protocol leveraging Uniswap v3’s concentrated liquidity feature - source
Introducing Loop Crypto. Enabling recurring crypto payments — autopay for web3 - source
Cronos Name Service rewards for Beta Testers by giving away 500 domain names - source
June 29th - Cardano Vasil hard fork is approaching - source
Zerion now supports Aurora on their Bridge tool. Users can now easily send and receive assets between Aurora & 8 other blockchain networks - source
Solana Pay Support is Now Live on Radiant Wallet - source
Metaverse News:
FireworkGames receives $1M from Animoca for metaverse development - source
Skill-based play-to-earn gaming platform PlayZap will implement Enjin’s Efinity parachain for NFT scaling and efficiency - source
Compendium Finance Announces Strategic Partnership With Alameda Research - source
Blast Royale Raises $5 Million Through Private Token Sale from Animoca Brands and investment firm Mechanism Capital - source
News:
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor in shareholders letter: We’ll 'vigorously pursue' more BTC buys - source
Bitstamp now requires users to provide info like nationality, place of birth and tax residency, in addition to documents proving the origin of crypto and the annual income - source
Kazakhstan to Increase Tax for Miners, Considers Tying Levy to Crypto Prices - source
Portuguese regulator grants first crypto license to a bank. Bison Bank will offer its digital asset services to high net worth individuals - source
Lawsuit Claims to doxx 'Apollo', OlympusDAO Co-Founder. An early Olympus investor alleges he was cheated out of millions of OHM tokens when key smart contracts were rendered inoperable - source
Binance launches its first customer service center in Turkey. Data shows that Turkey accounts for over 7% of the desktop browser access to Binance's primary platform - source
Raises:
Fasset, a digital asset gateway, closed a $22 million Series A funding round led by Liberty City Ventures and Fatima Gobi Ventures - source
Recent private fundraising events - source
New Listings:
NYM (NYM) gets listed on KuCoin, OKX, MEXC and Gate. ICO price: $0.5 - source
Voxies (VOXEL) Gets Listed on KuCoin on April 18 - source
Binance NFT Marketplace will offer “STEPN x ASICS NFT Sneakers” Mystery Box Collection. Subscription period: April 16-19. 1,000 NFTs to be offered at 0.5 BNB each - source
Impossible Finance will host Aurigami token sale on May 5th. $550K worth of PLY tokens to be sold during this round at $50M fully diluted valuation. Vesting: 100% distributed on Day 1 - source