Safeheron Fortnite Dispatch｜DEC 18 '22
12/19/2022
Last updated
12/19/2022
Last updated
Raydium liquidity pools got drained which may stem from a trojan attack and compromised private key for the pool owner account.
Arbitrum-based cryptocurrency lending platform Lodestar Finance was hacked and nearly $7 million in assets siphoned off.
Numerous trading platforms experienced unauthorized transaction attacks via API keys.
BSC-based NimbusPlatformon was attacked with a loss of about 278 BNB.
Investment fund manager M31 Capital has chosen Anchorage Digital Bank to custody the $100 million Web3 Opportunity Fund.
OpenZeppelin launched its metaverse security service with The Sandbox, becoming the first to sign up.
Digital asset custodian Aegis Trust announces partnership with Cosmos Network.
Binance Custody integrates with Solana to have institutions secure assets in its cold storage solution.
Zodia Custody rolled out a new service Interchange to help protect client assets from exchange insolvency.
Wemade’s WEMIX Foundation is to complete the onboarding process to Binance Custody for storage and management of WEMIX.
Matrixport's Cactus Custody completes SOC 2 Type 1 certification by Deloitte.
A US bankruptcy judge declined to immediately approve Galaxy Digital’s deal to buy a Celsius Network subsidiary GK8 for $44 million.
Accounting firm BDO is reconsidering its work for crypto companies in common with several other professional service firms.
Bitcoin Group agrees to buy german bank Bankhaus von der Heydt for more than $15M which is expected to be completed by third-quarter 2023.
Russian social media giant Vkontakte launches NFT service.
Nike’s RTFKT will release the first native Web3 sneaker featuring Move to Earn.
PayPal expands cryptocurrency buy, sell and hold Service to Luxembourg.
Japan’s second-largest bank Sumitomo Bank will use soulbound tokens for identity verification.
VC Picus Capital unleashes a new vehicle Picus.xyz for crypto and Web3 space.
Goldman Sachs plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies and is doing due diligence.
WisdomTree announces nine new blockchain-enabled funds are affective with the SEC.
BlackRock has launched its new exchange-traded fund (ETF) called iShare Metaverse UCITS.
Hong Kong’s Pando Finance launches two blockchain-themed ETF.
HashKey Group and SEBA Bank form strategic partnership to accelerate institutional adoption of digital assets in Hong Kong and Switzerland.
French VC firm Partech has rasied fourth seed fund €120 million dedicated to early-stage tech startups.
Canada's biggest pension plan, CPPI, ends crypto investment pursuit.
FTX asks court permission to sell off four businesses, including LedgerX.
Coinbase, Inc. recently completed the SOC 1 Type 2 (“SOC 1”) and SOC 2 Type 2 (“SOC 2”) examinations for its prime broker, Coinbase Prime.
ConsenSys releases the private beta of its zkEVM testnet.
Lighthouse rolled out an open metaverse navigation engine.
Ledger announces its debut browser extension Ledger Connect starting in early 2023.
Ledger will launch Ledger Stax in the first quarter of 2023.
Alchemy is rolling out a decentralized application (dapp) store.
Decentraland launches metaverse land rental.
Crypto lending platform Nexo announces gradual departure from the United States.
OpenSea will transfer ownership of the Operator Filter Registry to a multi-sig controlled by a collective incl.
SBF is charged with conspiracy, wire graud, money laundering by Justice Department, Securities Violations by SEC.
FTX will claw back $100 million from 1,500 Bahamian FTX accounts.
Crypto trading firm Amber Group raises $300M Series C.
Web3 infrastructure company Blocknative has raised $15 million in a Series A-1 round.
Aztec Network secures $100 million in Series B.
Web3 startup Nillion raises over $20 million.
Tapline, a SaaS digital finance platform, has secured €31.7 million in the Pre-Seed round.
Bitcoin․com completes Verse 50M token sale launches token on Verse DEX.
AI chatbot platform GameOn Technology raises $35 million Series B round.
Tea, an open source unified package manager for software developers, has added another $8.9 million in seed funding.
Crypto insurance firm Evertas raised $14 million in funding.
Canadian Securities Administrators strengthen oversight of crypto trading platforms and announce view that stablecoins may be securities or derivatives.
U.S. Attorney announces fraud and money laundering charges against the founders and promoters of two cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes, IcomTech and Forcount.
The US Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit FinCEN is zeroing in on DeFi to evaluate the evolution of digital assets to try to discover any gaps in the current AML/CFT framework.
International Settlements (BIS) has endorsed a global prudential standard for banks’ exposure which is 2% to crypto assets ans will implement it on January 1, 2025.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has announced it will lay out firm steps to regulate the cryptocurrency industry in early 2023.
Companies offering EU residents crypto services will need to report on transactions to tax authorities.
A European Commission proposal for taxing crypto estimates that taxes on crypto assets could raise as much as $2.5 billion.
Apple is gearing up to permit third-party app stores on its devices to allow European customers to buy NFT and crypto in compliance with new anti-monopolistic requirements from the European Union (EU).
Britain's Treasury is finalising plans for a package to regulate the crypto industry, including limits on foreign companies selling into the country and restrictions on advertising.
Bank of England opens applications for 'proof of concept' CBDC wallet.
The U.K.’s Payments Systems Regulator is exploring how it can regulate the crypto sector, starting by looking at distributed ledger technology.
Crypto payments App MoonPay gains UK regulator registration.
Nexo secures its registration with the Ministry of Finance of Poland as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) in the country.
France may compel crypto firms to get a full license to operate in the country from the financial regulator starting in October 2023.
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) prepares to revise regulatory treatment of NFTs within its Virtual Financial Assets framework.
Japan’s ruling political party agreed to ease corporate tax rules for virtual currencies, exempting companies from paying levies for paper gains on crypto coins that they hold.
Thailand regulators prepare stricter rules for crypto.
Hong Kong licensing regime for virtual asset service providers will be implemented in June 2023.
Binance delivered practical cryptocurrency training and workshops for investigators and prosecutors in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Pakistan launches new laws to expedite CBDC launch by 2025.
The Australian government has promised to establish a framework for the licensing and regulation of crypto service providers in 2023.
Crypto.com secures Payment Institution (EMI) License in Brazil.
Brazil Central Bank plans to launch a CBDC in 2024.
