News/Updates (Cont'd #2):

Alkimiya is live on Avalanche
https://twitter.com/alkimiya_io/status/1507371870340870146

Opera is adding suppot for several major blockchain ecosystes
https://twitter.com/Opera_Crypto/status/1509089854294011907

Wormhole is integrating with Acala Network (&Karura) on Polkadot
https://twitter.com/wormholecrypto/status/1509200388637011975

NFTs:

PUBG Developer Krafton Joins Forces With Solana For Blockchain And NFT Games
https://bitcoinist-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/bitcoinist.com/pubg-developer-krafton-joins-forces/

Two Defendants Charged In Non-Fungible Token (“NFT”) Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-defendants-charged-non-fungible-token-nft-fraud-and-money-laundering-scheme-0

Reddit is Creating a New NFT Marketplace for Users to "Create and Own Digital Goods"
https://u.today/reddit-is-creating-a-new-nft-marketplace-for-users-to-create-and-own-digital-goods

Madonna becomes the latest celeb to flaunt a new Bored Ape
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/139238/madonna-becomes-the-latest-celeb-to-flaunt-a-new-bored-ape

Mark Karpelès announces commemorative Mt. Gox NFT drop
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/139512/mark-karpeles-announces-commemorative-mtgox-nft-drop

NFT of Nelson Mandela’s Arrest Warrant Sells for $130,000
https://nftplazas.com/nft-nelson-mandela-130000/

Inside the first-ever Metaverse Fashion Week
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139904/inside-the-first-ever-metaverse-fashion-week

Anime-Themed Azuki NFT Sells for $1.4 Million
https://nftplazas.com/azuki-nft-sells-for-1-4-million/

Dutch Police Seize NFTs In First for the Country
https://cryptobriefing.com/dutch-police-seize-nfts-in-first-for-the-country/

Yuga Labs Drops Monkey Merchandise in Exchange for ApeCoin
https://nftplazas.com/yuga-labs-merchandise-apecoin/

Yoseo NFT Pawn Shop – A First of its Kind Metaverse Space
https://nftplazas.com/yoseo-nft-pawn-shop-metaverse/

XCOPY Raises $24M in Minutes From Latest NFT Drop
https://cryptobriefing.com/xcopy-raises-24m-minutes-latest-nft-drop/

Investment tracker Delta expands its Web3 offering with an NFT explorer
https://cointelegraph.com/news/investment-tracker-delta-expands-its-web3-offering-with-an-nft-explorer

Splinterlands Hits Two Billion Games Played Milestone
https://nftplazas.com/splinterlands-2-billion-games-played/

35 NFTs including Bored Apes stolen via phishing attack in last week alone
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139917/35-nfts-including-bored-apes-stolen-via-phishing-attack-in-last-week-alone

Regulation:

Brazil’s Central Bank innovation programme to include Aave protocol
https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2022/03/06/brazils-central-bank-innovation-programme-to-include-aave-protocol/

EU Parliament Passes Privacy-Busting Crypto Rules Despite Industry Criticism
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/31/eu-parliament-votes-on-privacy-busting-crypto-rules-industry-rails-against-proposals/

Kraken Hits Key Milestone in Quest to Gain Fed Account, Equal Treatment With Traditional Banks
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/26/kraken-hits-key-milestone-in-quest-to-gain-fed-account-equal-treatment-with-traditional-banks/

Senators Lummis and Gillibrand are collaborating on a regulatory framework for crypto
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/139245/senators-lummis-and-gillibrand-are-collaborating-on-a-regulatory-framework-for-crypto

Rio de Janeiro to Allow Real Estate Tax Payments With Crypto as of 2023, Mayor Says
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/28/rio-de-janeiro-to-allow-real-estate-tax-payments-with-crypto-as-of-2023-mayor-says/

Russia Sanctions Could Spur Use of Crypto: IMF's Gopinath
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/31/russia-sanctions-could-spur-use-of-crypto-imfs-gopinath/

Phoenix Suburb Now Takes Bitcoin for Utility Bills
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/30/phoenix-suburb-now-takes-bitcoin-for-utility-bills/

Bitcoiner Bruce Fenton Confirms He’s Running for New Hampshire Senate Seat
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/30/bitcoiner-bruce-fenton-confirms-hes-running-for-new-hampshires-senate-seat/

UK's FCA Extends Temporary Registration Deadline for Select Crypto Firms
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/30/uks-fca-extends-temporary-registration-deadline-for-select-crypto-firms/

US e-cash: Bill proposes digital currency that replicates cash, bypasses the Fed
https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-e-cash-bill-proposes-digital-currency-that-replicates-cash-bypasses-the-fed

State Regulators Crack Down on Voyager Digital's Crypto Interest Offering
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/29/new-jersey-orders-voyager-digital-to-cease-and-desist-crypto-interest-offering/

The SEC's New Proposal to Redefine 'Dealer' Could Spell Bad News for DeFi
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/28/the-secs-new-proposal-to-redefine-dealer-could-spell-bad-news-for-defi/

India Identifies 11 Crypto Exchanges Accused of Tax Evasion
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/28/india-identifies-11-crypto-exchanges-accused-of-tax-evasion/

Crypto tax to higher prices for luxury cars: Here are several changes that kick in from April 1
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/crypto-tax-to-higher-prices-for-luxury-cars-here-are-several-changes-that-kick-in-from-april-1/articleshow/90555758.cms

Sudan's Central Bank Warns Against Using Crypto as Economy Suffers
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/28/sudans-central-bank-warns-against-using-crypto-as-economy-suffers-report/

India's Supreme Court Seeks Wallet Info From Suspect in $3.8B GainBitcoin Scam
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/28/indias-supreme-court-wants-gainbitcoin-scam-co-suspect-to-disclose-his-wallet-username-password/

Raises:

Crypto Exchange Blockchain.com Hits $14B Valuation in Lightspeed-Led Funding Round
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/31/crypto-exchange-blockchaincom-hits-14b-valuation-in-lightspeed-led-funding-round-report/

A16z, FTX and Sequoia Lead $135M Round for LayerZero at $1B Valuation
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/a16z-ftx-and-sequoia-lead-155m-round-for-layerzero-at-1b-valuation/

Cross River Bank announces $620 million funding round led by Eldridge and a16z
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/139912/cross-river-bank-announces-620-million-funding-round-led-by-eldridge-and-a16z

Helium Becomes Nova Labs After Raising $200M in Fresh Capital
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/helium-becomes-nova-labs-after-raising-200m-in-fresh-capital/

Crypto VC gCC Raises $110M Early-Stage Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/crypto-vc-gcc-raises-110m-early-stage-fund/

Delphi Digital Leads $5M Seed Round for Money Market Protocol ZkLend
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/29/delphi-digital-leads-5m-seed-round-for-money-market-protocol-zklend/

Binance doubles down on Ultiverse with another $5 million investment
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139246/binance-doubles-down-on-ultiverse-with-another-5-million-investment

Animoca Brands, Ubisoft Invest in $12M Round for Blockchain Game 'Cross the Ages'
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/28/animoca-brands-ubisoft-invest-in-12m-round-for-blockchain-game-cross-the-ages/

Blur has raised an $11 million seed round led by Paradigm
https://mirror.xyz/blurdao.eth/4V0dY_-ob5rBxl664deMASnH2wRsgcrGS20lpdurBa0

Delphi Digital Leads $5M Seed Round for Money Market Protocol ZkLend
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/29/delphi-digital-leads-5m-seed-round-for-money-market-protocol-zklend/

DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital Co-Lead $6M Round for ‘Crypto Raiders’ NFT Game
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/defiance-capital-delphi-digital-co-lead-6m-round-for-crypto-raiders-game/

Cosmos Protocol Archway Raises $21M to Provide Developer Rewards
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/24/cosmos-protocol-archway-raises-21m-to-provide-developer-rewards/

Taiwan's Red Door Digital Raises $5M to Build AAA-Games for Web 3
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/24/taiwans-red-door-digital-raises-5m-to-build-aaa-games-for-web-3/

Deadmau5, richie hawtin, more raise $3 million for innovative streaming company, volta
https://edm.com/gear-tech/deadmau5-richie-hawtin-volta-3-million-funding-round

Money Market Platform Burrow Raises $5M to Launch on NEAR
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/money-market-platform-burrow-raises-5m-to-launch-on-near/

Elevating the Helium Network with New Helium Inc Name & Series D
https://blog.helium.com/elevating-the-helium-network-with-new-helium-inc-name-series-d-46d8266fb7

nftychat announced their $1m funding round
https://twitter.com/nftychat/status/1508517166425034764

GoodGhosting completed their seed round
https://twitter.com/goodghosting/status/1509194114461483016

P2E LandFi Metaverse KlayCity Raises $3.75 Million in Seed Funding
https://nftplazas.com/p2e-landfi-metaverse-klaycity-raises-3-75-million-in-seed-funding/

DFLOW: Announcing our $2M Seed Round Raise Co-Led by Multicoin Capital and Framework Ventures
https://dflow.net/blog/announce-seed

Aradena raises pre-seed round led by Animoca Brands
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/aradena-raises-pre-seed-round-led-by-animoca-brands

Berlin-based startup fuels no-code NFT platform for creators with €1.5 million
https://tech.eu/2022/03/28/berlin-based-startup-fuels-no-code-nft-platform-for-creators-with-eur15-million/

Money market zkLend raises $5M in seed round led by Delphi Digital
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/money-market-zklend-raises-5m-in-seed-round-led-by-delphi-digital

Raises (Cont'd #1):

Binance Labs Makes Strategic Investment in Aptos Labs for the Industry Adoption Acceleration
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-makes-strategic-investment-in-aptos-labs-for-the-industry-adoption-acceleration-421499824684903620

Polygon based Paxo Finance launches in the MetaFi space with $1M in seed funding
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/paxo-finance-launches-in-the-metafi-space-with-1m-in-seed-funding

TeaDAO Raised a US$4.6 Million Seed Round led by Shima Capital to Accelerate Growth of GameFi 2.0
https://medium.com/teadao-money/teadao-raised-us-4-6-million-to-accelerate-growth-of-gamefi-2-0-bf6433b959d7

Joystream raises additional $5.85 million dollars in funding
https://blog.joystream.org/2022-funding/

Coinbase Ventures and Chapter One make strategic investment in ShapeShift DAO
https://www.cryptonary.com/coinbase-ventures-and-chapter-one-make-strategic-investment-in-shapeshift-dao/

Token and equity management startup Sprout raises $3M led by Sequoia
https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/30/equity-and-token-management-startup-sprout-raises-3m

Moneymarket protocol Burrow raises $5m to launch on NEAR
https://twitter.com/burrowcash/status/1509207917689708544

A16z Leads $4.8M Round for P2E Gaming Startup Battlebound
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/31/a16z-dapper-labs-lead-48m-round-for-p2e-gaming-startup-battlebound/

Additional Reads:

Vitalik Buterin - The roads not taken
https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/03/29/road.html

The 2022 Crypto Crime Report by Chainalysis
http://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Crypto-Crime-Report-2022.pdf

REVEST FINANCE - REKT
https://rekt.news/revest-finance-rekt/

VOLTAGE FINANCE - REKT
https://rekt.news/voltage-finance-rekt/

Optimizing for luck
https://jaredhecht.com/2022/03/29/optimizing-for-luck/

So you want to be a blockchain developer?
https://tr3y.io/articles/crypto/how2bloccchain.html

Amber Group abusing Maple.Finance with Maple.finance’s blessing.
https://medium.com/@TheDeFiac/amber-group-abusing-maple-finance-with-maple-finances-blessing-cb7a9e28dd5a

On Aggregation Theory And Web3
https://www.decentralised.co/p/on-aggregation-theory-and-web3

Updated thoughts on “modular blockchains”
https://polynya.medium.com/updated-thoughts-on-modular-blockchains-ce1b159fa1b3

ENS User Activity Research - Discovering Sign-In with Ethereum Adoption Opportunities
https://blog.spruceid.com/ens-user-activity-research-discovering-sign-in-with-ethereum-adoption-opportunities/

Avalanche Summit | Hackathon Recap: Summary and Prize Winners, powered by Encode Club
https://medium.com/avalancheavax/avalanche-summit-hackathon-recap-summary-and-prize-winners-powered-by-encode-club-fcebad3213f3

Messari: Mapping the Terrain
https://messari.io/article/mapping-the-terrain

DeFi Kingdoms: Moving towards Games-as-a-Service
https://www.theblockresearch.com/defi-kingdoms-moving-towards-games-as-a-service-138367

Hottest tokens in the Cosmos Ecosystem
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/hottest-tokens-in-the-cosmos-ecosystem

LayerZero & Stargate: A Deep Dive
https://blakells.substack.com/p/layerzero-and-stargate-a-deep-dive

The Future of On-Chain Trading
https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/the-future-of-on-chain-trading/

Ronin: Calm Before The Storm, As Axie Origin Approaches
https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/ronin-calm-before-the-storm-as-axie-origin-approaches

Cracks in the Fat Protocol Theory, and its effect on crypto portfolio construction
https://messyproblems.substack.com/p/cracks-in-the-fat-protocol-theory

The Future of Crypto Wallets
https://creatoreconomy.so/p/the-future-of-crypto-wallets

How to Read Smart Contracts Part 1
https://defieducation.substack.com/p/how-to-read-smart-contracts-part
How to Read Smart Contracts Part 2
https://defieducation.substack.com/p/how-to-read-smart-contracts-part-a6e

BLOG: Financial Infrastructures for Crypto Games
https://kydo.substack.com/p/blog-financial-infrastructures-for

Wrap It Up: What Yesterday and Today’s NFTs Could Look Like Tomorrow
https://drakedanner.medium.com/wrap-it-up-what-yesterday-and-todays-nfts-could-look-like-tomorrow-96f45b992136

StarkNet Roundup #10
https://swagtimus.substack.com/p/starknet-roundup-10

Copyright Vulnerabilities in NFTs
https://medium.com/initc3org/copyright-vulnerabilities-in-nfts-317e02d8ae26

A Game of Premiums Through A Myriad of Complexities! — A Deep-Dive into On-Chain Option Protocols
https://polygontech.medium.com/a-game-of-premiums-through-a-myriad-of-complexities-a-deep-dive-into-on-chain-option-protocols-d9619fe99278

Immersion resources notion
https://immersionden.xyz/gaming

ChainLinkGod Podcast - How Oracles Go Beyond Data Delivery: Off-Chain Computation
https://thereadingape.substack.com/p/chainlinkgod-podcast-how-oracles

Snatch that crypto: BlueNoroff threat actor drains cryptocurrency startups’ accounts
https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2022_snatch-that-crypto-bluenoroff-threat-actor-drains-cryptocurrency-startups-accounts

A Complete Tutorial of GMX and GLP
https://blocmates.com/blogmates/a-complete-tutorial-of-gmx-and-glp/

The state of Arweave
https://tokenterminal.substack.com/p/research-series-b36

Pocket Network: A Decentralized Solution to Access Handling
https://messari.io/article/pocket-network-a-decentralized-solution-to-access-handling

A look at Arbitrum AnyTrust Chains
https://www.theblockresearch.com/a-look-at-arbitrum-anytrust-chains-139619

Additional Reads (Cont'd #1):

Multicoin Capital: The Outsiders
https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/multicoin-capital-1

Alpha Hunting Guide: What the wise trader does in the beginning, the fool does in the end
https://medium.com/momentum6/momentum-6-alpha-hunting-guide-ef98eb88f0f4

Become an On-Chain Savant 003 - Composite Market Valuation Models (MVRV, MVRV-Z etc)
https://twocommapauper.substack.com/p/become-an-on-chain-savant-003-composite

Bancor: The History of DeFi’s Founding Fathers
https://research.thetie.io/bancor-history/

Own your attention back
https://0xrusowsky.substack.com/p/own-your-atention-back

Mapping out Paradigm's portfolio
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-paradigms-portfolio-2-139699

Mirror Weekly Review #23
https://mcdao.mirror.xyz/Q9fb7Lhy6PW1oTyaq0depbHeJjMqPZ79XTEgcyD2iF4

Game Balance Concepts - A continued experiment in game design and teaching
https://gamebalanceconcepts.wordpress.com/

Vyper: A Security Comparison with Solidity Based on Common Vulnerabilities
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.07435.pdf

The History of DeFi
https://defieducation.substack.com/p/the-history-of-defi

nftperp - TL;DR
https://mirror.xyz/nftperp.eth/J8GYlUUoPvmxNWlT-uzH5b5elLGJ5sLc5am37hdim1Q

Layer 0 Wars: LayerZero vs Chainlink's CCIP
https://alphapls.substack.com/p/chainlink-ccip-layerzero-wars-crypto-web3

Started From The Bottom - from nobody to unicorn in 3 years
https://dune.xyz/blog/started-from-the-bottom

Decentralized Infrastructure: Bedrock of Web 3.0
https://medium.com/coinmonks/decentralized-infrastructure-bedrock-of-web-3-0-7890a8a1eab5

EXCLUSIVE THREAT RESEARCH: MARS (STEALER) ATTACKS!
https://blog.morphisec.com/threat-research-mars-stealer

A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON BLOCKCHAIN GOVERNANCE
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.05460.pdf

Twitter Threads:

Ronin Exploit:
https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1508828719711879168
https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1508834618396614659
https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1508832517826174989
https://twitter.com/mayazi/status/1508838340866490375
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1508839529293176847
https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1508869326916530176
https://twitter.com/napgener/status/1508872612574904324
https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1509284549020188672
https://twitter.com/Psycheout86/status/1509134627319033863

Stargate/LayerZero:
Quick dive: tech + biz case by @niceodeva_
https://twitter.com/NicoDeva_/status/1507281006834855936
How is $stg different than all the other bridges? by @joebullow
https://twitter.com/JoeBullow/status/1507834653872295939
Why Layer Zero is highly sus
https://twitter.com/boredGenius/status/1508366355791187969
https://twitter.com/trayvox/status/1508230193097453584
https://twitter.com/boredGenius/status/1508541170909016066?
https://twitter.com/trayvox/status/1508592674483412996
samczsun:
https://twitter.com/samczsun/status/1508605618596327433
Investing in L0
https://twitter.com/ramnikarora/status/1509220751467069449
https://twitter.com/alive_eth/status/1509243375349911561
https://twitter.com/michellebailhe/status/1509250366252093444
https://multicoin.capital/2022/03/30/building-bridges

10 threads about crypto & investing from @Route2FI's Twitter bookmarks
https://twitter.com/Route2FI/status/1507035074360979457

@charlieyouai found a $20m bug in Jet Protocol and didn’t even realize it
https://twitter.com/CharlieYouAI/status/1508842093514567687

Some of the coolest high-yield tricks atm involve leveraging up on interest-bearing $ETH tokens by @litocoen
https://twitter.com/litocoen/status/1507348674459938829

Privacy for Pennies: Scaling Aztec’s zkRollup
https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1507296266501296131

Book review: The Cryptopians by @bitmexresearch
https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1509220541856632832

The incredible bullish case for ENS and decentralized identities by @brommhill
https://twitter.com/Brommhill/status/1507129141463760898

Why TradeFi borrowers will choose algo stablecoins over USD
https://twitter.com/0xHamz/status/1508464828687466497

Bipartian vibe shift thread by @KMSmithDC
https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC/status/1507442057912233986

I don't buy music nfts because I think they'll make me rich thread by @jarrodt123
https://twitter.com/jarrodT123/status/1507344798574911497

The next 12 months are going to be all about Ethereum by @adrianoferia
https://twitter.com/AdrianoFeria/status/1508790866797813764

GMX mega thread by @pureluksin
https://twitter.com/pureLUKsin/status/1509332695398207488

$ETH Yields, a mini-thread by @phtevenstrong
https://twitter.com/phtevenstrong/status/1509167406438039558

This long thread below will aid in your understanding ZkSync by @eth_daily
https://twitter.com/ETH_Daily/status/1509146053395857419

US DOJ $1.1m "Frosties" wire fraud thread by @exlawyernft
https://twitter.com/exlawyernft/status/1507194315675643925

Here's your playbook for creating Systems in Crypto by @thedefiedge
https://twitter.com/thedefiedge/status/1503433574418059267

A thread about Jump's governance proposal for UST's Bitcoin reserves
https://twitter.com/danku_r/status/1509173542268645377

Alchemix is arguably the most misunderstood DeFi protocol on the market by @chasedevens
https://twitter.com/chasedevens/status/1506979173729902593

Here are 17 common mistakes @thedefiedge wish they knew before they started
https://twitter.com/thedefiedge/status/1507722622095613955

Today is $SOLID 1 month anniversary. So what went wrong? by @_0xve
https://twitter.com/_0xVe/status/1508497541704290307

Key points for next week and thoughts on the Fed's balance sheet for May by @4adybug

Aave V3 is going to suck billions of ETH in the next weeks, thread by @smykjain
https://twitter.com/smykjain/status/1507777455314157573

On How Short Life Is by @punk6529
https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1507787390114488322

Twitter Threads (Cont'd #1):

Reminder on staying safe by @bowtiediguana
https://twitter.com/BowTiedIguana/status/1507770741906817028

Next steps for Ozone
https://twitter.com/riskharbor/status/1509243745668980739

Limitations of EVM and how Fantom is solving them by @stader_ftm
https://twitter.com/stader_ftm/status/1509240812990865416

Random observations for the week while researching on
DefiLlama by @rektdiomedes
https://twitter.com/rektdiomedes/status/1507953523324973056

Ethereum’s Merge is coming. Here’s what you need to know, explained simply by @jackniewold
https://twitter.com/JackNiewold/status/1506779959242764288

Optimal Trade Sizing by @fabiusmercurius
https://twitter.com/fabiusmercurius/status/1507770848488218625

PleasrDAO 1 yr anniversary thread
https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1508158737768493064

Deep dive on the lending war on the Near ecosystem by @hiimalen
https://twitter.com/HiimAlen/status/1507755690181361664

A thread on Ragnarok by @ham_chubbicorn
https://twitter.com/ham_chubbicorn/status/1507796632573820936

10 Threads you can learn how to be a founder in Web3 by @darrenlautf
https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1508206592352735237

Why TreasureDAO is a fasinating socio-economic experiment by @0xprismatic
https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1508081582044856326

@smallcapscience thread about $COW and CowSwap
https://twitter.com/SmallCapScience/status/1508488054192881668

What it "the merge", why is it important, and what does it mean for the future of Ethereum? by @shivaskhuja
https://twitter.com/shivsakhuja/status/1507188737133883424

Here are 5 factors on how to evaluate GameFi teams/founders by @cloudxgmf
https://twitter.com/cloudxgmf/status/1508002279994978306

Kel's Top 5 Takeaways - FRWC' Wizard Wednesday, March 30 by @kel_1of1
https://twitter.com/Kel_1of1/status/1509321555301396482

@nichanank expands on projects to be added to the updated DAO tooling map
https://twitter.com/nichanank/status/1508871180459163648

Cross-chain is a technological dead-end. Either the future is mostly secured on Ethereum with rollups, or multi-chain by @pseudotheos
https://twitter.com/pseudotheos/status/1509530981581000705

@croissanteth's thread about the fundamental changes that are coming to Ethereum
https://twitter.com/CroissantEth/status/1508455422818230279

$CVX Mega-thread and catalysts by @0xcha0s
https://twitter.com/0xCha0s/status/1508907645658402824

Paradigm (not the fund) announce the formation of Paradigm Insights
https://twitter.com/tradeparadigm/status/1508810353588813824

MEGA Thread Thorchain: Fundamental and DeFi plays by @crypto8fi
https://twitter.com/Crypto8Fi/status/1508773010701897728

Why @smallcapscience is bullish on $JONES
https://twitter.com/SmallCapScience/status/1508834300166381568

LFGrow finalists
https://twitter.com/ETHGlobal/status/1509222874053320704

A few ideas worth building on top of Aave V3 by @the3d_
https://twitter.com/The3D_/status/1509452333108899845

Podcasts/Watches:

Are funds SAFU? Mitigating DeFi risk with Aave founder Stani Kulechov
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139071/are-funds-safu-mitigating-defi-risk-with-aave-founder-stani-kulechov

The Chopping Block: Do Kwon Pitches a Decentralized NFT Publishing Service - Ep.333
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xl8u7-KVwM

Think and Invest like a NFT Fund - Richard Chen, GP of 1confirmation, Ep. 190
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv1mEawSjjQ

Crypto Raiders: Creating an Anti-Fragile Game Economy With Skill-Based Gameplay
https://members.delphidigital.io/media/crypto-raiders-creating-an-anti-fragile-game-economy-with-skill-based-gameplay
Notes
https://twitter.com/fyhfyhio/status/1507408692030832646
https://twitter.com/chng_raymond/status/1508702308489596932

Mastering Retention: Future-proofing game economies
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wxKakCBjRsuN437oMixLT
Notes
https://twitter.com/LeftsideEmiri/status/1508149336471109632

The Collector’s Guide To Music NFTs: Owning vs. Patronage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k2K6mFG0zk

Creatokia: How to develop a successful PR strategy for your NFT project
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1GRa3K3rAsEt8U8YqB9mI9?si=f2619e95b6c04169&nd=1

Do Kwon Is Backing UST With Bitcoin – And Here’s What Else He Is Building
https://unchainedpodcast.com/do-kwon-is-backing-ust-with-bitcoin-and-heres-what-else-he-is-building/

How bitcoin is becoming the new decentralized ‘gold standard,’ according to Terraform Labs' Do Kwon
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139871/how-bitcoin-is-becoming-the-new-decentralized-gold-standard-according-to-terraform-labs-do-kwon

Draco Dice Sweeper – The Nifty Show #148
https://theniftyshow.com/draco-dice-sweeper-the-nifty-show-148/

Bankless | The Return of Aave | Stani Kulechov
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-the-return-of-aave-stani-kulechov

Episode 224: Foundry with Georgios Konstantopoulos
https://zeroknowledge.fm/224-2/

Dan Hannum - Crypto Taxes, DAOs, Web3 Investing - Zima Red ep 112
https://anchor.fm/andrew-steinwold/episodes/Dan-Hannum---Crypto-Taxes--DAOs--Web3-Investing---Zima-Red-ep-112-e1ghld5

Conor & David - Metastreet: The Billion Dollar NFT Credit Market Opportunity - Zima Red ep 111
https://anchor.fm/andrew-steinwold/episodes/Conor--David---Metastreet-The-Billion-Dollar-NFT-Credit-Market-Opportunity---Zima-Red-ep-111-e1gchma

Tools:

Paradigm: Announcing Foundry v0.2.0
https://www.paradigm.xyz/2022/03/foundry-02

Gnosis Safe's Transaction Builder
https://twitter.com/gnosisSafe/status/1506969555431698432

The Ultimate StarkNet Dev Environment
https://medium.com/starknet-edu/the-ultimate-starknet-dev-environment-716724aef4a7

DefiLlama's token faucet
token-faucet.defillama.com

NEAR Ecosystem Spreadsheet - By @Near_Mates (Updating daily)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kw-5oQBnolLnjoQwkz4CRseMwObbWAWXMtYhWEYUNGg

Nansen opens some of its features for free
https://twitter.com/nansen_ai/status/1507550123991085057

Gaming x Metaverse Summer Notion (thanks raymond, wassie, cloud)
https://metagamefi.notion.site/metagamefi/Gaming-x-Metaverse-Summer-ee699410916e4401a2e2eba1d158785b

View all Parallel card functions revealed so far
https://parallelcards.io/

List of awesome Smart-contract-examples github repositories, issues and users
https://githublab.com/repositories?q=smart-contract-examples

Solana security resources
https://twitter.com/0xsanny/status/1508868586890223626

Alpha:

Rysk
https://medium.com/@rysk-finance/rysk-is-the-only-free-lunch-e4f832af0026

Upshot
https://mirror.xyz/0x82FE4757D134a56BFC7968A0f0d1635345053104/0s3KRsvDfWDQdiYpv9kD8EEtSJLiouW-8ao9Q0Wd8ZA

xBank
https://medium.com/xbank-finance/announcing-xbank-alpha-release-on-starknet-public-testnet-129b2a8d2762

Have a lovely weekend. Oh how I wish you voted 'Too long honestly'. 😂😅 Stay safe. Until next time.

This week in crypto: Reboot. #13

Donations: 0xfBF60e5F3fa29B42b460B11eE461D12D3C0bB2fd

Wednesday version this time round.
Dropped 'Podcasts' because of the recent poll.

(expect like 15 posts in the next few min, that's how this channel works; forgive the spam.)

News/Updates:

Twitter shares jump as Elon Musk takes 9.2% stake in social media giant
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140426/elon-musk-has-taken-a-9-2-stake-in-twitter

Pantera Capital sets out stall to raise new $200 million fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140793/pantera-capital-sets-out-stall-to-raise-new-200-million-fund

Fantom Foundation: New 335m FTM Incentive Program with Gitcoin Grants
https://fantom.foundation/blog/new-335m-ftm-incentive-program-with-gitcoin-grants/

$15 Billion Rugpull Vulnerability in Convex Finance protocol Uncovered and Resolved
https://blog.openzeppelin.com/15-billion-rugpull-vulnerability-in-convex-finance-protocol-uncovered-and-resolved/

Government sets out plan to make UK a global cryptoasset technology hub
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-plan-to-make-uk-a-global-cryptoasset-technology-hub

Binance Staking Launches UST Staking with Up to 19.63% APY
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/26d2615fa70a4253a8c240f16248dfdd

MailChimp have confirmed that their service has been compromised by an insider targeting crypto companies
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140346/crypto-hardware-wallet-trezor-issues-warning-about-newsletter-phishing-attack
https://twitter.com/Trezor/status/1510558771944333312

Tezos Deploys Major ‘Tenderbake’ Upgrade
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/01/tezos-deploys-major-tenderbake-upgrade/

Japan crypto exchange bitFlyer to be sold to Asian investment fund
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/Japan-crypto-exchange-bitFlyer-to-be-sold-to-Asian-investment-fund

Wintermute launches institutional crypto OTC trading platform
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140797/wintermute-launches-institutional-crypto-otc-trading-platform

Goldman Sachs to offer over-the-counter ETH options
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140869/goldman-sachs-to-offer-over-the-counter-eth-options

Ronin replaces compromised validators and plans to ‘bolster’ security after $600 million hack
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140165/ronin-replaces-compromised-validators-and-plans-to-bolster-security-after-600-million-hack

Alchemix v1 to v2 migration tool released
https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1509845789614428161

mSPELL staking is live on ETH, AVAX, FTM and Arbitrum
https://twitter.com/MIM_Spell/status/1509936868917489673

JonesDAO acquire $4M of CVX
https://twitter.com/DAOJonesOptions/status/1509573157635739657

LayerZero security update
https://twitter.com/LayerZero_Labs/status/1509988714184802305

Rari Capital: Fuse Security Upgrade Report
https://twitter.com/samczsun/status/1509965624973443073

Coinbase to Hire 1,000 People in India Expansion
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/04/coinbase-to-hire-1000-people-in-india-expansion/

Luna Foundation Guard buys a further $231 million of bitcoin
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140827/luna-foundation-guard-buys-a-further-231-million-of-bitcoin

Announcing OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo
https://blog.openzeppelin.com/announcing-openzeppelin-contracts-for-cairo/

Gro joins the Curve War
https://twitter.com/groprotocol/status/1509905907265777696

DeFi Kingdoms' Crystalvale is live
https://twitter.com/avalancheavax/status/1509604415044390918

Worldpay to offer merchants direct settlement in USDC
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140856/worldpay-to-offer-merchants-direct-settlement-in-usdc

MetaMask rolls out Apple Pay integration and other iOS updates
https://cointelegraph.com/news/metamask-rolls-out-apple-pay-integration-and-other-ios-updates

Stakeall Finance Mainnet Launch
https://blog.stakeall.finance/releasing-stakeall-finance-36402ebeb164

Kraken to release structured products for staking focused on institutional investors
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140639/kraken-to-release-structured-products-for-staking-focused-on-institutional-investors

Abra Targets High-Net-Worth Clients With New Asset Management Division
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/abra-targets-high-net-worth-clients-with-opening-of-asset-management-division/

News/Updates: (Cont'd #1)

Bakkt inks deal to offer bitcoin, ether buys and sells to American Bank customers
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140813/bakkt-inks-deal-to-offer-bitcoin-ether-buys-and-sells-to-american-bank-customers

Galaxy Digital says it has renegotiated the terms of its BitGo acquisition
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140038/galaxy-digital-says-it-has-renegotiated-the-terms-of-its-bitgo-acquisition

BNY Mellon to become custodian for USDC reserves
https://forkast.news/headlines/bny-mellon-custodian-usdc-reserves/

HSBC launches metaverse fund for wealthy clients in Hong Kong and Singapore
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140842/hsbc-launches-metaverse-fund-for-wealthy-clients-in-hong-kong-and-singapore

Stillmark targeting $500 million raise for new bitcoin credit fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140637/stillmark-targeting-500-million-raise-for-new-bitcoin-credit-fund

DeFi protocol Inverse Finance suffers exploit, loss of $15 million in crypto
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140318/defi-protocol-inverse-finance-suffers-exploit-loss-of-15-million-in-crypto
https://twitter.com/InverseFinance/status/1510282040809299972
https://twitter.com/euler_mab/status/1510243496015368193
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1510232640338608131
https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1510239094777032713
https://twitter.com/bertcmiller/status/1510284763332071427

Element DAO, ELFI Voting Distribution
https://mirror.xyz/0x3fcAf7DDf64E6e109B1e2A5CC17875D4a5993F39/bctuLRkf7oBL4mMJ9lPf0y0blFjBDslTUfUL0CEk1gc

Hospo LP pool rekt from a publicly accessible burn function
https://twitter.com/danielvf/status/1511013322015051797

Proposal: Perp V2 Tokenomics
https://twitter.com/perpprotocol/status/1511368015903920130

Pickle Finance introduce Frax brinery & pickle jars
https://twitter.com/picklefinance/status/1510418012381192192

Abracadabra.Money: An Important Update on the Degenbox UST strategy!
https://medium.com/abracadabra-money/an-important-update-on-the-degenbox-ust-strategy-8675049ee435

Abracadabra.Money: Our Spookyswap LP Degenbox Strategy!
https://medium.com/@abracadabramoney/our-spookyswap-lp-degenbox-strategy-3a2f35e1b643

LooksRare’s public API is now live
https://twitter.com/LooksRareNFT/status/1510989433482674182

Bitso gave away nearly $400,000 to Brazilian soccer fans in QR code game
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140039/bitso-gave-away-nearly-400000-to-brazilian-soccer-fans-in-qr-code-game

CME Group is considering altcoin futures on Solana and Cardano
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140189/cme-group-is-considering-altcoin-futures-on-solana-and-cardano

SEC shoots down Ark 21Shares in latest spot bitcoin ETF rejection
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140268/sec-shoots-down-ark-21shares-in-latest-spot-bitcoin-etf-rejection

Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock plans to go public via $1.25 billion SPAC deal
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140266/bitcoin-miner-primeblock-plans-to-go-public-via-1-25-billion-spac-deal

BitMEX lays off 75 employees after bank acquisition collapses
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140412/bitmex-lays-off-75-employees-after-bank-acquisition-collapses

Ledger partners with The Sandbox to promote crypto education in the metaverse
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ledger-partners-with-the-sandbox-to-promote-crypto-education-in-metaverse

OKX DeFi Portal MetaX Integrates Ethereum Layer 2 Immutable X
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/okx-defi-portal-metax-integrates-ethereum-layer-2-immutable-x-301515473.html

Polynomial launched on Optimism
https://twitter.com/PolynomialFi/status/1509532003330191364

Intel previews its second-generation 'Blockscale' bitcoin mining chip
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140457/intel-previews-its-second-generation-blockscale-bitcoin-mining-chip

Staking company Chorus One launches $30 million venture fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140234/staking-company-chorus-one-launches-30-million-venture-fund

News/Updates: (Cont'd #2)

FTX.US backs ‘Flash Boys’ exchange IEX as firm maps out crypto strategy
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140542/ftx-backs-flash-boys-exchange-iex-in-undisclosed-investment-as-firm-plots-crypto-journey

Ledger launches crypto hardware wallet with enhanced NFT support
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140598/ledger-launches-crypto-hardware-wallet-with-enhanced-nft-support

Stillmark targeting $500 million raise for new bitcoin credit fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140637/stillmark-targeting-500-million-raise-for-new-bitcoin-credit-fund

Introducing Bastion Stableswap
https://twitter.com/BastionProtocol/status/1510999218248302597

Platypus to Gamify its Interface
https://medium.com/platypus-finance/platypus-to-gamify-its-interface-25e8e17a0dd0

Neon EVM Alpha — Now Live on Solana Devnet
https://neonlabsorg.medium.com/neon-evm-alpha-now-live-on-solana-devnet-c326dc12267c

Introducing OolongSwap Trading Competition — Half a Million Worth of Rewards
https://oolongswap.medium.com/introducing-oolongswap-trading-competition-half-a-million-worth-of-rewards-d7f6358711b8

$VALAS emissions are live
https://twitter.com/ValasFinance/status/1509487468709560329

Hats Finance redesigned protocol economics
https://twitter.com/HatsFinance/status/1509578819778142221

Alpha Finance Lab rebrands as AlphaVentureDAO
https://twitter.com/AlphaVentureDAO/status/1509534225644781577

NFTs:

OpenSea rolls out credit card payments for NFTs
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140115/opensea-rolls-out-credit-card-payments-for-nfts

Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection Looks to Next Chapter With $2.5M Sale
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/04/02/pudgy-penguins-nft-collection-looks-to-next-chapter-with-25m-sale/

Universal Music Group Files 4 Trademarks for Its Bored Ape Band Leader
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/universal-music-group-files-4-trademarks-for-its-bored-ape-band-leader/

UK Government Plans to Create an NFT
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/04/uk-government-plans-to-create-an-nft/

BAYC Says Discord Briefly Compromised, Tells Users to Avoid Discord for Minting APE NFTs
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/04/01/bayc-says-discord-briefly-compromised-tells-users-to-avoid-discord-for-minting-ape-nfts/

OpenSea Exec Who Quit After ‘Insider Trading’ Scandal Is Back With NFT Platform
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/31/opensea-exec-who-quit-after-insider-trading-scandal-is-back-with-nft-platform/

A DAO is selling NFTs for the right to tweet — in a bizarre experiment
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140334/a-dao-is-selling-nfts-for-the-right-to-tweet-in-a-bizarre-experiment

Samsung Partners with NiftyGateway to Launch NFT Smart TV Service
https://nftplazas.com/samsung-niftygateway-nft-service/

Fanatics Teams Up with WWE for Brand-New NFT Memorabilia
https://nftplazas.com/fanatics-wwe-nft-memorabilia/

Closeup and Decentraland Offer Web3 Marriages with NFT Certificates
https://nftplazas.com/decentraland-closeup-nft-marriage-certificate/

Announcing Origin’s All-New Arena Mode!
https://axie.substack.com/p/announcing-origins-all-new-arena

Regulation:

Singapore Passes Law to Tighten Rules for Crypto Providers
https://archive.ph/sYuqe#selection-2987.0-2996.0

US House members introduce bill to 'mitigate the risks' from El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140772/us-house-members-introduce-bill-to-mitigate-the-risks-from-el-salvadors-adoption-of-bitcoin

SEC Tells Exchanges to Treat Customer Crypto Holdings as Liabilities
https://archive.ph/Glg0b#selection-83.5-86.0

Federal prosecutors forfeit $34 million in crypto tied to illicit dark web activities
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140700/federal-prosecutors-forfeit-34-million-in-crypto-tied-to-illicit-dark-web-activities

US sanctions world's largest darknet market and linked Russian crypto exchange
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140739/us-sanctions-worlds-largest-darknet-market-and-linked-russian-crypto-exchange

SEC explores segregating businesses at crypto exchanges
https://archive.ph/kq9Q2#selection-1523.0-1528.0

Indonesia to impose 0.1% income tax for crypto transactions
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140304/indonesia-to-impose-0-1-income-tax-for-crypto-transactions-report

Oklahoma joins widening group of US states mulling tax incentives for bitcoin miners
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140343/oklahoma-joins-widening-group-of-us-states-mulling-tax-incentives-for-bitcoin-miners

Dubai lures clutch of big crypto firms with tailored regulations
https://archive.ph/23FKQ#selection-1525.0-1530.0

Turkey seeks 40,000-year jail sentences for crypto CEO, officials
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140348/turkey-seeks-40000-year-jail-sentences-for-crypto-ceo-officials

New legislation calls for US State Department reporting on crypto in Russia and Ukraine
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140473/new-legislation-calls-for-us-state-department-reporting-on-crypto-in-russia-and-ukraine

SEC chair Gensler calls for more regulation on stablecoins and crypto firms’ custody, market-making arms
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140522/sec-chair-gensler-calls-for-more-regulation-on-stablecoins-and-crypto-firms-custody-market-making-arms

German authorities shut down Hydra darknet marketplace, seizing 500 bitcoin
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140641/german-authorities-shut-down-hydra-darknet-marketplace-seizing-500-bitcoin

Raises:

NEAR Protocol raises $350 million in new funding round led by Tiger Global
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140751/near-protocol-raises-350-million-in-new-funding-round-led-by-tiger-global

Binance.US raises over $200 million at a $4.5 billion pre-money valuation
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140833/binance-us-raises-funding-200-million-4-5-billion-valuation

Sky Mavis raises $150 million to reimburse Ronin hack victims
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140800/sky-mavis-raises-150-million-from-binance-to-reimburse-ronin-hack-victims

Crypto bridge Wormhole seeks $2.5 billion price tag in private token sale
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140100/crypto-bridge-wormhole-seeks-2-5-billion-price-tag-in-private-token-sale

Ethereum Scaler Boba Network Valued at $1.5B in $45M Series A
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/ethereum-scaler-boba-network-valued-at-15b-in-45m-series-a/

Terra Wallet Leap Raises $3.2M in Private Token Sale
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/terra-wallet-leap-raises-32m-in-private-token-sale/

Crypto data firm Coin Metrics raises $35 million funding round
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140860/coin-metrics-35-million-funding-data

Parallel Finance Doubles Valuation in $5M Funding Round
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/defi-super-app-parallel-finance-doubles-valuation-plans-up-to-60m-series-b/

Monetized Memes: Dank Bank Raises $4.2M
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/01/monetized-memes-dank-bank-raises-42069m/

Twitch Co-Founder’s Gaming NFT Marketplace Raises $35M
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/01/twitch-co-founders-gaming-nft-marketplace-raises-35m/

Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/lightning-labs-raises-70m-to-bring-stablecoins-to-bitcoin/

Mapping Startup Hivemapper Raises $18M to Give Maps the Web 3 Treatment
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/mapping-startup-hivemapper-raises-18m-to-give-maps-the-web-3-treatment/

A16z Leads $4.8M Round for P2E Gaming Startup Battlebound
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/31/a16z-dapper-labs-lead-48m-round-for-p2e-gaming-startup-battlebound/

Stock trading API startup lemon.markets raises $17 million in seed funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140359/stock-trading-api-startup-lemon-markets-raises-17-million-in-seed-funding

Moneybox plots crypto push as it secures $46 million in fresh funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140411/moneybox-plots-crypto-push-as-it-secures-46-million-in-fresh-funding

Composable Finance close $32m Series A
https://twitter.com/ComposableFin/status/1509395715264593927

Announcing Footium’s $3.35m Seed Round
https://medium.com/footium/announcing-footiums-3-35m-seed-round-c43242fd5a31

Blockchain soccer game GOALS scores $15 million seed funding
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140441/blockchain-soccer-game-goals-scores-15-million-seed-funding

Logan Paul’s marketplace for tokenized collectibles goes live after raising $8 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140573/logan-pauls-marketplace-for-tokenized-collectibles-goes-live-after-raising-8-million

Lightning Labs unveils new protocol for Lightning Network stablecoins as it raises $70 million
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140560/lightning-labs-taro-protocol-stablecoins-fundraise

Binance Labs Makes Strategic Investment in STEPN
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-makes-strategic-investment-in-stepn-421499824684903657

Ready Player DAO raise the latest validation of play-to-earn gaming
https://www.axios.com/ready-player-dao-raise-the-latest-validation-of-play-to-earn-gaming-2bd3ee5e-de21-4686-ace2-86398377c923.html

Animoca-backed crypto startup nets $6m in funding
https://www.techinasia.com/animocabacked-crypto-startup-nets-6m-funding

GameFi Platform Polemos Secures $14M Seed Round
https://blockworks.co/gamefi-platform-polemos-secures-14m-seed-round/