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September 16, 2023

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#37 September 10-16

#37 September 10-16

KotaniPay closes a $2 million pre-seed round to improve the payments landscape in Africa, powered by Celo (CELO).
Injective (INJ) integrates with Klaytn (KLAY), a top layer-1 blockchain in Korea.
Gitcoin (GTC) co-founder Kevin Owocki plans to return to the project after departing in 2022.
Vitalik authored a new paper: "Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium"
Visa released a deep dive on Solana (SOL).
Decentralized mapping project Hivemapper has mapped 5 kilometers of unique roads globally in 8 months.
MetaMask now supports Tezos (XTZ) thanks to new a new "Snap" capability.
Arweave (AR) integrates with MetaMask via a Snap too.
Native USDC launches on NEAR (NEAR).
Polygon (MATIC) releases Polygon Improvement Proposals detailing its upcoming transition from MATIC to POL.
Browser company Opera launches a browser-based Celo (CELO) wallet. Users of the Opera Mini browser will be able to access the MiniPay Wallet to send/receive payments and access dapps. MiniPay is available in Kenya to start with, but access will expand to the rest of the continent in the coming months.
Bitcoin is recoupling with tech stocks after the relationship broke down in June.
The NFT project Milady had its treasury drained for $1 million. The project's floor dropped 22%.
Ripple (XRP) expands its liquidity hub to customers in Australia and Brazil.
Paxos accidentally paid $500k in fees for a Bitcoin transaction. The miner that got the sum sent it back begrudgingly.
SWIFT announces three central banks are beta testing its CBDC connector solution.
Sui (SUI) launches a zk-powered "web2" login solution called zkLogin. Users can log into dapps using Google, Facebook, Twitch, etc.
The SEC charges the Stoner Cats LLC with offering unregistered securities when it sold NFTs for $8 million.
Coinbase plans to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning network.
Crypto exchange CoinEx got hacked for about $54 million.
Squid, which is powered by Axelar (AXL), enables the transfer of tokens between the EVM and Cosmos (ATOM) ecosystems
Animoca raises $20 million for its Mocaverse metaverse project.
Sushi (SUSHI) DEX expands to Aptos (APT).
The DeadFellaz NFT collection is working on a trading card game.
Binance (BNB) will stop supporting Polygon (MATIC) NFTs on September 26.
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin's Twitter account was hacked and used to phish $700k in crypto & NFTs.
Infura (owned by Consensys) plans to decentralize its infrastructure services by the end of the year.
The Pudgy Penguins NFT collection is on track to sell over $10 million worth of toys in just 7 months.
Coinbase's Base L2 went down for ~45 minutes on September 5.
Telegram is going to add a self-custody wallet on The Open Network (TON).
Gnosis (GNO) launches Gnosis Name Service, the Gnosis equivalent of ENS. Unlike ENS, however, users only need to pay once for their GNS domains.
On-chain real-world assets (RWAs) hit a new all-time high at $3 billion, thanks in part to a 450% increase in tokenized treasuries this year.
Deutsche Bank will begin offering custodial services for institutional clients' crypto and tokenized assets.
Hedera's (HBAR) Stablecoin Studio is now live: "Stablecoin Studio simplifies the process of issuing stablecoins using Hedera network services. It enables stablecoin issuers to easily deploy applications and oversee operations via a comprehensive management toolkit, allowing for streamlined digital asset operations."
DappRadar released its 19th Blockchain Games Report. WAX (WAXP) remains in the #1 spot for unique active wallets with ~370k. Binance (BNB), Klaytn (KLAY), Near (NEAR), and Polygon (MATIC) follow, each with less than half of WAX's UAWs. Metaverse land sales hit a year-low at $4.1 million in August. Web3 investments dropped 52% from July to $141 million.
Researcher Solidus Labs estimates wash trading has accounted for 13% of DEXes total trading volume, totalling at least $2 billion, since September 2020.
BinanceUS's CEO departs as the exchange lays off a third of its workforce. The company stated it now has seven years of runway.
Video game company Konami announces a blockchain game, Project Zircon.

~Dutchee👁️

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