Crypto Events Recap, October 5-6
Flow
Announced the launch of EVM to deploy any Ethereum dApps on Flow, giving developers complete flexibility. Trusted tools and protocols like Uniswap, Metamask, Chainlink, Aave, and others will be able to function on Flow out of the box.
Manifold
Rolled out a new maximal extractable value (MEV) protocol to capture value for validators. The initiative has brought onboard notable figures from the Ethereum community — such as Frax founder Sam Kazemian and 0xMaki — as advisors.
Sui
Sui Foundation announced its new 117M SUI ecosystem fund to offer grants to developers of DeFi applications and support DeepBlock
Immutable
Added Immutable zkEVM to its roadmap, which is expected to launch on the mainnet in Dec 2023 - Jan 2024.
FTX
Sales of the Michael Lewis book about Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX called "Going Infinite" has started on Amazon.
THORSwap
Pauses platform after a series of FTX hack-linked funds were passed through the platform in the past several days.
Blackbird
Secured $24M in a Series A funding led by a16z crypto with the participation of QED Investors, Union Square Ventures & Shine Capital.
Polygon
Begun testing the new token POL on the Goerli network in preparation for the launch of Polygon 2.0.
Cicada
Secured $9.7M in a pre-seed funding round led by Choppa Capital with the participation of Bitscale Capital and Bodhi Ventures.
ChainPort
Partnered with Humanode to bridge USDC stablecoin and Wrapped ETH to Humanode EVM.