2022-02-23

Daily Digest – February 23rd

• The Luna Foundation closes one of the largest fundraisers in the cryptocurrency ecosystem for Terra.

• Tether has taken concrete steps to reduce its commercial paper holdings to secure them.

• MetaMask’s new partnership will allow users to use their phones as a hardware wallet.

• Apple Store hostages freed as gunman demands millions in crypto.

• Brazil is set to become the largest Latin American country with concrete cryptocurrency legislation.

Crypto.com Report Suggests 60% Of Merchants Want to Accept Crypto as a Payment Method Throughout 2022

According to a report released in February of 2022 by Crypto.com, titled “Crypto for Payments report,” 60% of merchants are interested in accepting crypto payments within the year, with 75% of customers showcasing the same level of interest...

Nonprofit Aiming to Scale the Terra Blockchain Ecosystem Raised $1 Billion in a Private Token Sale

The token sale was led by Jump Crypto and Three Arrows Capital; however, it also saw participation from GSR, Republic Capital, Tribe Capital, DeFiance Capital, as well as others.This raise is one of the largest to date within the crypto sphere, right next to NYDIG’s $1 billion funding round, which managed to raise its valuation above $7 billion in December...

In New York You Can Buy NFTs in a Vending MachineThe vending machine was created by Neon NFT marketplace and gallery, and buyers can redeem their NFTs on the Neon Platform.

Opensea is Sued $1 Million for Negligence and Contract Breach

It seems like you can’t click on a newsfeed these days and not see a story about a heist, hack, or scam somehow linked to the largest online marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the world – Opensea. The latest news involves a Texas man who’s reported to have unknowingly “sold” one of the rarest NFTs on the market from the wildly popular and expensive Bored Ape Yacht Club collection...

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