Vitalik Buterin has released a new article about “Community Notes”.
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/08/16/communitynotes.html
Crypto exchange Binance shuts down its buy-and-sell service Binance Connect as the crypto exchange wants to refocus on its main products and long-term goals.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/15/binance-to-shut-down-buy-and-sell-service-amid-refocus-on-core-products/
Volatility Shares has announced they intend to list their Ether Futures ETF on Oct 12th.
https://x.com/ericbalchunas/status/1691480127924817920
Gitcoin Grants 18 is live.
The round will end on August 29th.
GG18 is on Optimism and PGN. All rounds will run on Optimism, apart from the Core Eth Infra round, which will run on PGN.
https://x.com/gitcoin/status/1691410213427982337
Binance filed a motion to seek a protective order against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming it had provided sufficient information to the regulator.
Binance wants the SEC will be banned from questioning witnesses on matters outside the scope of the case.
https://www.theblock.co/post/244886/binance-asks-for-protective-order-over-claims-sec-is-conducting-fishing-expedition
Binance has listed Sei and CyberConnect.
SEI is now trading at $0.19.
CYBER is now trading at $6.96.
https://www.binance.com/en/trade/SEI_USDT
https://www.binance.com/en/trade/CYBER_USDT
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The market is neutral. Market cap is $1.18T. Bitcoin is trading at $29.3K
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Ark Invest and 21Shares have filed applications for three futures bitcoin ETFs.
https://blockworks.co/news/ark-21shares-spot-bitcoin-etf
Coinbase launches "Stand with Crypto Alliance", an advocacy organization focused on mobilizing the crypto community to directly engage in the legislative process.
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/introducing-the-stand-with-crypto-alliance
Gitcoin has announced a year-long collaboration with Shell Global Solutions International BV to support the development of open-source climate solutions.
https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gitcoin-shell-collaboration
Crypto media company CoinDesk has laid off 45% of its editorial staff as its parent company Digital Currency Group plans to bring on strategic investors.
https://www.theblock.co/post/244665/coindesk-lays-off-45-of-editorial-staff-as-it-eyes-deal-to-sell-company
Crypto Market Daily Review ☀️
The market is neutral. Market cap is $1.18T. Bitcoin is trading at $29.4K
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Coca-Cola has launched a mint of the 8 NFTs on the Base network.
Mint value: 0.011 - 0.014 ETH
https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1690763520475078656
The whale transferred over 22,340 ETH (~$41m) to Binance.
After that, he withdrew ~$13m USDT and deposited $15,2m to Aave lending.
https://x.com/embercn/status/1690882124700905472
Circle's CEO stated that the company sees that Web3 is now ready to become mainstream and Web3 will be a key part of Circle's future strategy.
https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1690027663950561280
SEI on the Upbit exchange is trading at 2x the normal price of $0.25.
https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-SEI
Three C-suite executives of the collapsed, crypto-friendly bank Silvergate will leave their positions by Sept. 30.
https://www.theblock.co/post/245501/silvergate-ceo-departs-with-cfo-leaving-by-the-end-of-september
PayPal will temporarily pause crypto buying services in the U.K. starting on Oct. 1, 2023, and will resume at an unspecified date in early 2024.
PayPal said it is pausing crypto purchases due to introducing new rules from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It said that those rules will require it to “implement additional steps before customers can purchase crypto.”
https://cryptoslate.com/paypal-to-pause-uk-crypto-purchases-starting-in-october/
One of Injective biggest launches is coming up tomorrow.
https://x.com/injective_/status/1691465210639581184
Europe has beaten the U.S. with the roll-out of the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) as London-based Jacobi Asset Management today announced the product's listing on Euronext Amsterdam.
https://decrypt.co/148433/jacob-asset-management-launch-europe-first-bitcoin-etf
A dormant address containing 1,005 BTC (29,750,772 USD) has been activated after 12.8 years.
https://x.com/whale_alert/status/1691116790066106369
https://whale-alert.io/transaction/bitcoin/4c97e0c9475fd8ef1b14d2e8b79201d2b8fa423e164212c14580da5256d64d81
Take-Two subsidiary Zynga is launching “Sugartown,” a game players will access with Ethereum (or ERC-721) tokens.
New game gives players a chance to earn “an in-game currency.”
Initial mint of 10,000 tokens slated for later this year.
https://www.theblock.co/post/244783/grand-theft-auto-dev-take-twos-first-crypto-game-launching-on-ethereum
Coinbase announces its official entry into the Canadian market.
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-officially-launches-in-canada
The Immutable zkEVM Testnet is officially live.
https://www.immutable.com/blog/the-gold-standard-of-gaming-on-ethereum-immutable-zkevm-testnet-is-finally-here
LayerZero has uploaded a file containing airdrop script to GitHub.
https://github.com/LayerZero-Labs/protocol-monorepo/blob/main/packages/layerzero-utilities/monorepo-utilities/src/network/airdrop.ts
PayPal updated its terms and conditions to introduce Cryptocurrencies Hub — a feature that allows users to hold and interact with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in their PayPal account.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-cryptocurrencies-hub-launch
This week, 6 projects (SNX, UNI, GRT, BAND, LDO, ROSE, INJ) will unlock tokens totaling over $117 million in value.
https://dropstab.com/insights/vesting
Zunami Protocol was exploited and lost more than $2.1 million.
It is a price manipulation issue, which can be exploited by donation to incorrectly calculate the price as shown in the following figures.
https://x.com/peckshield/status/1690877589005778945?s=46&t=XsGoQWU3-I3dXiZv-PxcnA
Justin Sun: “I'm a advocate of Bitcoin, currently maintaining a substantial holding of 100k+ BTC.”
https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1690768845689208833
During a recent podcast interview, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor expressed the opinion that large corporations purchasing and holding Bitcoin in their custody should not be a cause for concern.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-centralized-corporate-feared-michael-saylor