Uniswap V4 to launch next month

Happens on-chain

• EIGEN token to become allegedly tradable on September, 30 — The Block
• Coinbase plans to bring cbBTC to Solana — The Block
• cbBTC has been integrated on Aave — Notion
• tBTC has been integrated on Aave — 𝕏/mhluongo
• Sky’s (former MakerDAO) plan to offboard wBTC has been paused — CoinDesk
• Sky (former MakerDAO) plans to bring USDS and SKY on Solana along with $2M incentives — 𝕏/RuneKek
• Ethena introduces UStb stablecoin backed by Blackrock’s BUIDL on-chain fund — CoinDesk
• Iggy Azalea, who’s behind the MOTHER token, set to release online casino and gaming platform in November — CoinDesk

Can’t make this up: recently jailed Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sharing his prison cell with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried — Fortune

Traditional rails

• Former Alameda Co-CEO Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years, meanwhile, the other Co-CEO Sam Trabucco roams free — Blockworks
• Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been released from prison. What now? — Fortune
• Kamala Harris takes a stance on crypto, saying US should become ‘dominant’ in blockchain — The Block
• U.S. police arrested two individuals related to a $243M crypto heist — 𝕏/zachxbt
• MicroStrategy acquires another 7420 BTC for $458M, now holds roughly $16.5B — The Block
• MicroStrategy is allegedly looking to generate a yield on its BTC holdings — The Block
• Telegram to provide IP address and phone number to authorities in case of potential criminal conduct — CoinDesk
• Justin Sun-related entities TrustToken and TrueCoin settle with the SEC over TUSD allegations — Blockworks
• South Korea fines Worldcoin and Tools for Humanity $830K for data privacy violations — The Block
• This UEFA Champions League is the most crypto-friendly so far looking at sponsors — Protos
• Robinhood is mulling a potential stablecoin launch — The Block
• PayPal now enables business accounts to buy & sell crypto — CoinDesk

Crypto exploits extracted $409M in Q3, 40% less than last year — CoinDesk

Tech go up

• Crypto exchange BingX hacked, over $43M drained — CoinDesk
• Jump’s ‘Frankendancer’ client is live on Solana mainnet anticipating the much-awaited Firedancer client — CoinDesk
• Farcaster client ‘Warpcast’ released a way to launch mini-apps on the platform — The Block

Where’s the money flowing?

• Proposal to distribute 250M ARB ($160M) to the Arbitrum Foundation to foster ‘Strategic Partnerships’ passed — snapshot.org
• Celestia Foundation has raised an additional $100M nearing token unlocks in October, bringing the total to $155M — The Block
• On-chain platform aiming to disrupt CEXes Infinex raised $65M in its Patron NFTs sale — 𝕏/sjdedic
• CertiK spins up new venture arm to invest $45M in security-focused early-stage companies — The Block
• Avalanche unveils $40M grant program ahead of ‘Avalanche9000’ upgrade — CoinDesk
• Solana all-in-one platform Jupiter acquires SolanaFM & Coinhall — The Block
• For every rate cut of 50bps, Tether & Circle lose respectively $488M and $144M in annualized revenue — 𝕏/bluechip_org

Avalanche faces 70% drop in active users as chain activity hits 12-month low — The Block

Airdrops

• EIGEN allocation if you held pufETH on Puffer — claims.puffer.fi
• EIGEN S2 and ETHFI S3 rewards claims are now live — 𝕏/ether_fi
• Hamster Kombat’s token HMSTR has been airdropped to 131M accounts — CoinMarketCap
• Polymarket is considering both launching a token and raising $50M+ to fund operations — The Block
• Holders of milkTIA that accumulated 10K+ mPoints are eligible for the Mitosis airdrop — 𝕏/milky_way_zone

Upcoming events

• September, 30: Supposed deadline to make $EIGEN transferable
• October, 16: Tentative date for Uniswap v4 release — 𝕏/RobMcStodda
• December, 5-6: Emergence conference in Prague

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