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September 08, 2023

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#36: September 3-9

#36: September 3-9

Nexo announces a hybrid credit-debit crypto card with Mastercard.
Curve (CRV) is live on Base.
According to Arkham Intelligence, Robinhood is the 5th largest holder of Ethereum (ETH). It holds $2.54 billion of ETH in custody for its users. (Robinhood has also previously been revealed as the 3rd largest Bitcoin holder.)
SWIFT and Chainlink (LINK) announce they have successfully transferred "tokenized value" across public & private chains.
A US district court judge dismissed a case against Uniswap (UNI), calling ETH a commodity. She's also the judge overseeing the SEC's case against Coinbase.
Binance will phase out its BUSD stablecoin. BUSD & PayPal's PYUSD were/are both issued by US-based Paxos.
Magic Eden launches a $1 million creator fund to boost NFT activity on... Polygon (MATIC).
Binance's (BNB) Asia-Pacific head quits.
Coinbase lists PayPal's PYUSD.
Grayscale wins its appeal against the SEC to convert its Bitcoin trust into a Bitcoin ETF. The US Court of Appeals will review the SEC's denial.
The Gala Games (GALA) CEO is suing a co-founder for allegedly stealing $130 million in tokens. The co-founder sued the CEO on the same day for allegedly using company funds to cover private expenses.
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin sells his remaining ~$580,000 stake in MakerDAO (MKR) after MakerDAO's CEO announced it might reimplement its project on a new chain, possibly Solana (SOL).
Robinhood will buy back Sam Bankman-Fried's 55 million shares of HOOD for ~$605 million.
The London Stock Exchange plans to create a blockchain-based trading platform.
The Colorado DMV has begun accepting crypto payments (through PayPal).
Active addresses on Solana (SOL) recently dropped to its lowest number since 2020.
Coinbase quietly raised $57 million for an institutional lending service.
MetaMask's new "Sell" feature lets users easily cash out to fiat.
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest files for an ETH ETF.
Binance's Global Head of Product leaves, for personal reasons.
Visa expands stablecoin settlement capabilities to Solana (SOL).
Watchmaker Casio is releasing NFTs on Polygon (MATIC).
Wombat takes ownership of WAX (WAXP) marketplace AtomicHub.
Akham Intel has identified the addresses of Grayscale's BTC Trust.
Coinbase, Circle, Centrifuge (CFG), Goldfinch (GFI), Aave (AAVE), and others have formed the Tokenized Asset Coalition to on-board institutions to tokenized assets.
Kraken will gradually roll out support for PayPal deposits in most of Europe and the UK. Deposits made via PayPal are available to trade immediately.
Google will allow advertising of NFT games as long as they don't involve gambling.
Aragon (ANT) successfully tested a proof of concept for private DAO voting with Nouns DAO.
Lufthansa launches a loyalty NFT program on Polygon (MATIC).
The CFTC issues orders against Opyn, ZeroEx, & Deridex for "illegally offering leveraged and margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets." Opyn & Deridex also failed to register appropriately and implement appropriate customer ID measures.
LBRY (LBC) files a notice of appeal against the SEC.
Chinese fintech (and Alibaba affiliate) Ant Group launches the ZAN blockchain service to help institutional clients manage real-world assets.
There's a Deadfellaz game jam for The Sandbox (SAND).
Champ Medici (Snoop Dogg's son) and the Tezos (XTZ) Foundation launch an art fund.
The ArtScience Museum in Singapore has an exhibit where visitors can mint their own generative artwork on Tezos (XTZ).
The Tezos (XTZ) Ecosystem DAO gets $50,000 worth of tez to support ecosystem growth.
Hiro Wallet rebrands to Leather. It still supports Stacks (STX) and Bitcoin but appears to have a broadened focus on supporting the entire Bitcoin ecosystem — ordinals, DeFi, BRC-20 tokens, etc.

~Dutchee👁️

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