Crypto Events Recap, September 12-13
MicroStrategy
Acquires an additional 18,300 BTC for ~$1.11B at ~$60,408 per BTC and now holds 244,800 BTC.
Grayscale
Announced the launch of the first US XRP trust, paving the way for a potential ETF.
eToro
Settles with SEC for $1.5 million and agrees to clear an agency connected to its crypto business.
ParaFi Capital
Tokenizes a portion of $1 billion venture funding on Avalanche via the Securitize platform.
ENS
Integrates with Paypal and Venmo to bring crypto payments for US customers via ENS domains.
Tether
Taps former PayPal & Chainalysis exec Jesse Spiro to lead policy and regulatory engagement.
Blocklords
Joined forces with Aerodrome Finance to launch $LRDS/WETH liquidity pool on Base.
Tron
Collab with Tether, TRM Labs to launch the T3 Financial Crime Unit to clean up USDT issued on Tron.
Vega Protocol
The community members of Vega Protocol have voted to retire its existing Layer 1 blockchain.
Starknet
Approved a governance proposal, named “SNIP 18,” to implement staking within its network.
Wormhole
Bring the World ID to Solana as new World ID integrations take off globally.
Unisat
Announced the launch of its mobile app on the App Store with Fractal Bitcoin Mainnet support.