Coinbase

Rolling out spot crypto trading on its international exchange as part of a global expansion. Investors can start trade Bitcoin and Ether against the USDC from Thursday on the international platform.

SSV Network

Ethereum staking infrastructure provider, has released its permissionless mainnet, becoming the first project to achieve this milestone using "distributed validator technology".

OKB DEX

The decentralized exchange aggregator from OKX appears to have suffered a $2.7 Million exploit following a deprecated smart contract private key leak, according to SlowMist.

KuCoin

Crypto exchange will exit the New York market and pay $22 Million. The settlement will see KuCoin pay $5.3 Million to the state and $16.7 million worth of refund to 177,800 New York investors.

Bitcoin

World’s first Bitcoin Bonds receive regulatory approval in El Salvador. The bonds are expected to launch in Q1 of 2024 and are set to be offered on Bitfinex Securities.

Swarm

Regulated DeFi platform has launched “Open dOTC” - an alternative permissionless platform for trading tokenized RWA, following MiCA EU clarity.

Celestia

Unveiled integration of its data availability layer with Polygon Labs’ chain development kit, an open-source codebase used for developing Layer 2 chains.

Clearpool

Revolutionary institutional-grade credit marketplace Clearpool Prime, goes live on OP Mainnet. The first loan on has been initiated by Portofino Technologies.

Synthetix

Passed governance proposal SIP-2043 to end SNX token inflation. The new SNX strategy includes token buybacks and burns, and will be adopted soon.

Immutable X

Immutable deploys Transak’s functionality into zkEVM gaming development infrastructure, powering in-game cryptocurrency and fiat payment methods.

Rainbow

Rolled out a points-based program to reward current users and attract new ones. Additional points are offered to MetaMask users who used swaps in the last year. 

NYM, Protocol Labs, Filecoin, Oasis, and Aztec

Privacy-focused Web3 projects - including Nym, Protocol Labs, Filecoin, Oasis and Aztec have formed the “Universal Privacy Alliance” backed by $150K fund.

Worldcoin

Adds integrations with Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram, Shopify, and Mercado Libre and expands the offer of eye-scanning verification services to Mexico and Singapore.

WOO Network

WOO X collaborated with Wintermute to increase and diversify crypto liquidity on the exchange with a focus on perpetual swaps and DeFi.

Aptos

Unlocked nearly 25 Million APT, worth over $200M. $96.4M for core contributors. $68.4M for investors, $26.1M for community, and $10.8M for Aptos Foundation.

BNB Chain

Released BNB Greenfield technology roadmap, including high performance, simplified development experiences, and a multichain platform.