Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #173, 17 March 2021

The rise of the NFT folklore

Hey #Moni Maker 👍

Today is James Irwin’s birthday - American astronaut, member of the fourth lunar mission and the eighth person to walk on the moon. James' birthday got us thinking that it would be nice to talk to someone who has actually been to the moon. Watching what has been going on in the market lately, we are becoming more and more convinced that we need to get ready for this scenario. But first we’ve gotta refresh our memories of the latest news.

Let’s go!

End of the day, Mr. Musk refused to sell. Hype > profit?

Elon has been increasingly flirting with NFT and crypto in general lately. How can we describe his steps?

– collectibles;

– digital art;

– game items;

– content/media (e.g., Jack Dorsey's tweets);

– other.

Benjamin Delo, one of the founders of BitMEX, turned himself in to U.S. authorities.

He traveled from the United Kingdom to New York City. On Monday he was arraigned before a U.S. magistrate.

He was not pleaded guilty and was released on $20 million bail.

The terms of his bail allow him to return to the U.K. before the case is heard.

"The charges are unfounded and an overreach by U.S. authorities, and Delo intends to defend himself against the charges and clear his name in court, a spokesperson for the BitMEX founder said in a statement.," attorney Rachel Miller stated.

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes hasn't ruled out a voluntary surrender in April 2021.

So what?

Big Money = Big Guys = Even bigger Troubles. By the way, how is Mr. McAfee doing? Anyone sent a package to him?

Cumulative open interest in bitcoin futures has once again hit an all-time high ( $23 billion this time).

The co-founder of Glassnode believes this could be the main fuel for a next bitcoin growth phase.

DEX aggregator 1inch has announced the launch of Aggregation Protocol v3.

The main improvement in protocol v3 is the ability to significantly reduce gas charges.

This feature applies to swaps using Uniswap v2 and its forks: Sushiswap, LuaSwap, etc. Uniswap v2 swaps used to be cheaper than 1inch swaps, but now the opposite is true.

MetaMask has introduced a new version 9.2.0.

The new update will include:

- support for multiple Ledger and Trezor hardware accounts;

- setting to hide tokens with a zero balance;

- added warning if token is sent to own contract address;

- added a warning if the user sets an excessive gas price relative to current network conditions.

— Oxygen (OXY) was added on Bitmax, FTX, Serum, Uniswap. The token now trades x20 from its IEO price at its peak the price reached x70 in the OXY/USD pair on the FTX exchange;

— Elrond announced a partnership with Unmarshal.

And you...buy Bitcoin!