Select observations of the day:
$USN stablecoin goes live on Near Protocol led by Decentral Bank DAO with 10% annual yield vs originally stated 20%
OpenSea acquires Gem, the leading NFT marketplace aggregator. Gem will continue operating independently from OpenSea as a stand-alone product and brand. Raises questions of token airdrop, LooksRare competition and more
Evmos mainnet scheduled to go live around Tuesday April 26th
dYdX reportedly blocking users with Russian IP addresses
BAYC Instagram hacked, NFTs stolen. Be careful w/ links always - not just today
Moonbirds COO criticized for announcing new NFT fund charging investors a minimum subscription fee of 100 ETH
Expedition: the first P2E AR tech game will launch on Terra. Inspired by Pokémon GO
Kraken becomes first crypto exchange to be granted a license to operate a regulated digital assets platform in Abu Dhabi
Plus more, as always. Let’s start the week off strong
- 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:
USN stablecoin goes live on Near Protocol with 10% annual yield. A DAO called Decentral Bank led the stablecoin launch - source
Evmos mainnet scheduled to go live around Tuesday, April 26th - source
STEPN - second GMT use case to be rolled out - shoe-minting on all qualities are required GMT now - source
Litentry wins 15th round of Polkadot parachain slot auction. Dora Factory wins 33rd Kusama parachain slot auction - source
Juno Network initiated No. 20 community proposal, regarding the gamed JUNO airdrop involving a whale in the No. 16 proposal - source
Cosmos founder Jae Kwon said his new project Gno land will be snapshotted on July 4, and the token GNOT will be airdropped to ATOM stakers or holders - source
dYdX reportedly blocking users with Russian IP addresses - source
Introducing Cauldrons V3 - Abracadabra’s modified and licensed version of Kashi lending Markets, that run on both Degenbox and Bentobox - source
Shiba Inu has launched a new burning mechanism designed to decrease the token’s circulating supply while rewarding holders with a yield-generating token called burntSHIB, which pays rewards in RYOSHI tokens - source
$BREED Public Sale — Token Launch Auction (TLA) on Copper - Start: April 26 - source
Stepn impersonators stealing users' seed phrases, warn security experts - source
Introducing: vTHOR, New Staking Rewards, New Trading Discounts to go live in early May - source
Shiden will participate in its second crowdloan auction to continue to hold its Kusama parachain slot. Auction will start on April 29th - source
Maplefinance, the undercollateralized lending, has confirmed the time to launch on Solana on April 25th - source
Introduction to Omnite Protocol - A fully decentralized ONFT protocol powered by LayerZero. Enables omnichain experience for any NFT collection - source
Yieldgate, Aavegotchi-TT, zk-maia & FLOAN won Aave bounties at ETHAmsterdam hackathon - source
VeriFried-Strategy and Archimedes won Yearn bounties at ETHAmsterdam hackathon - source
Whirlpools public launch is here. Orca’s concentrated liquidity pools are now open to the entire Solana ecosystem - source
Flux has flipped PythNetwork to become the number 6 most used oracle in crypto - source
$UST is now accepted for payment on Travala.com - source
Crust Network announced that Ankr's lightning fast endpoint service now has been integrated into Crust’s cross-chain storage solution - source
BOOT.Finance UI for airdrop claim - source
Octopus Network Meets Substrate IBC Milestone 2 - source
Axelar integrates with e-Money to enable seamless cross-chain stablecoin transfers - source
A proposal to list bSOL (wrapped stSOL on Terra) as collateral to anchor protocol has been submitted - source
Bastion Protocol $BSTN is now listed on Coinmarketcap - source
LinearProtocol- $LINEAR is now listed on coingecko - source
Metaverse News:
OpenSea acquires Gem, the leading NFT marketplace aggregator, to Invest in ‘Pro’ Experience. Gem will continue operating independently from OpenSea as a stand-alone product and brand - source
BAYC Instagram hacked. Don’t mint anything, click links, or link your wallet - source
Aku contract has been deployed and relaunched after $34M contract screwup - source
Moonbirds COO criticized for announcing new NFT fund and charges investors a minimum subscription fee of 100 ETH after successful $66M NFT drop - source
Moonbirds announced the official launch of Nesting, an innovative way of staking. Users can keep NFTs in their wallets to avoid contract risks while obtaining staking benefits - source
Introducing Expedition, the first Play-to-Earn AR game. Inspired by Pokémon GO, Expedition combines AR technology and will launch on Terra - source
Yield Guild Games Partners with Game Asset Production Factory, BreederDAO - source
Veefriends - Series 2 Public Sale - source
Terraworld($TWD): Land Reveal - First NFT Metaverse Built on Terra - source
The Sandbox has just purchased two Moonbirds for over $1 million. Moonbird # 2642 was acquired for 350eth, and Moonbird # 9619 for 64.9eth - source
DCComics is dropping Batman batcowls NFT Collection - source
Nissan and Toyota enter the metaverse through the partnership with the VRChat - source
News:
Kraken has become the first crypto exchange to be granted a license to operate a regulated digital assets platform in Abu Dhabi as the Middle East focused on expansion for the industry - source
The Central African Republic has become the first country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as a payment currency similar to El Salvador - source
New Listings:
Binance Futures will launch coin-margined GMT perpetual contracts with up to 20x leverage - source
Celer, Cube, & Aurora listed on KuCoin on April 25th - source
Position Exchange (POSI) Gets Listed on KuCoin on April 26th - source
CoolHash (COOHA) Gets Listed on KuCoin on April 27th - source
MetaDerby’s $DBY token will be launching on Trader Joe on April 25th - source
FTX/FTX US will list Algorand (ALGO) spot market on April 26th - source