Daily News - April 15, 2022
TLDR:
Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) raises $10.1M. North Korean Lazarus hacking group has been linked to the $625M Axie Infinity exploit.
Treasure:
The Arbitrum Odyssey poll has migrated from Twitter to Snapshot to protect against bots. If you’re interested in voting for TreasureDAO be sure to cast your vote using the link below! (Source)
For those looking to migrate and explore Arbitrum, Aylo provides an insightful guide detailing interesting protocols available on Arbitrum. In particular, Aylo makes mention of questing in BridgeWorld as an easy way to increase your transaction count on Arbitrum. (Source)
OpenSea Trading Volume:
Ethereum closes the day at $3,019.46 (-2.9%)! Unfortunately, OpenSea trading volume has taken a dip to $70.52M - down 13.08% on the 24H.
News:
U.S. Officials have linked North Korea’s Lazarus hacking group to the $625M Axie Infinity exploit! (Source)
LooksRare, the second-largest NFT marketplace on Ethereum, releases a feature for bulk listing NFTs. (Source)
Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) raises $10.1M in its Series A funding round. The round was led by Jump Crypto with participants including Polygon Studios, Tiger Global, and ParaFi. (Source)
Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss brothers, releases their highly anticipated credit card. For those interested, the credit card will offer 3% rewards in crypto (BTC, ETH, etc). (Source)
Following Elon Musk’s bid to take Twitter private, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, offers $60 per share ($5.80 more than Elon Musk) to take the company private. (Source)
After significant delays, Cool Pets finally unveils CoolTopia! Unfortunately, many users are experiencing wait times of over 4 hours to enter into CoolTopia. (Source)
Notable Sales:
Sipherian Flash 1719 is sold for 57 ETH ($171,493.05) to an anonymous wallet! Interestingly, the buyer has purchased the NFTs 10 times within the span of 4 hours from the X2Y2 marketplace. It’s likely the buyer and seller are attempting to accumulate X2Y2 rewards. (Source)