Crypto Events Recap, September 5-6
Cronos
Cronos Labs has started looking for eight startups to take part in the third cohort of its $100M accelerator program. Moreover, the firm has signed up Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and security firms PeckShield and Certik as mentors for the program.
Stake.com
Crypto betting platform was hacked for over $41M worth of crypto on Monday but it resumed all operations 5 hours after the hack. This amount included 6,000 ETH ($9.8 million) and $5.9 million in stablecoins on Ethereum, $17.8 million on BNB Chain and $7.8 million on Polygon.
Uniswap
Announced the roll out of Uniswap V4 after the Dencun upgrade and released the draft code so that v4 can be built in public.
Connext
Conducted NEXT token airdrop to all eligible users and listed its token on Bybit, Huobi, and Gate exchanges.
Coinbase
Created a new crypto lending service in the U.S. for institutional clients and already raised $57 million for the program.
Circle
USDC has been launched on the Optimism and Base blockchains and now accessible to all users with no bridging required..
LayerZero
Launched on Zora Network mainnet. Zora Network is a Layer 2 blockchain built on the OP Stack with a focus on supporting NFT.
Yuga Labs
Announced the launch of Moon Puzzle, a decryption series based on its Bitcoin NFT series TwelveFold.
MetaMask
Announced the launch of a Sell feature that allows the user to cash out cryptocurrency to fiat currency.
Polygon
Casio is collaborating with Polygon Labs to launch a virtual G-SHOCK watch on the Polygon blockchain.