Binance US CEO resigns.

• Nansen 2 Early Access is live. Access will be rolled out in slow and gradual batches for successful waitlist applicants.

• Astar zkEVM calling all interested users and builders to fill out the DeForm to receive more information. Astar zkEVM is an Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution powered by Polygon's CDK. Astar previously raised $24.4 million.

• Lukso Universal Profile Beta browser extension released and live on testnet. Lukso is a blockchain for new creative economies and previously raised $18 million.

• INTMAX Wallet waitlist, last chance to sign-up. INTMAX is a stateless zkRollup and previously raised $5 million.

• Orbiter Finance and Scroll NFT campaign is live. Orbiter Finance is a cross-rollup bridge and raised an undisclosed amount in a previous funding round.

• Pheasant Network and Scroll NFT campaign is live. Pheasant Network is a optimistic bridge funded by an Ethereum Foundation Grant.

• ZKX announces $ZKX token and details for airdrop.

• Binance airdrops $3 million in $BNB to users in Morocco affected by earthquake.

• U.S. inflation rises to 3.7% which is higher than expectations.

• Franklin Templeton files for a spot Bitcoin ETF with SEC. Franklin Templeton handles around $1.4 trillion and is one of the world’s largest asset managers.

• Nasdaq stock exchange files for an Ethereum ETF with SEC for Hashdex, a Brazilian asset manager.

• FTX has contacted more than 75 bidders to consider the possibility of relaunching FTX and/or FTX US cryptocurrency exchanges.

• Tornado Cash developer, Alexey Pertsev; will face trial in Dutch court on March 26th and March 27th of next year.

• Sam Bankman-Fried will remain in jail ahead of trial after motion for a temporary release was denied by a federal judge.

• Bitfinex and Tether CTO, Paolo Ardoino; to testify in market manipulation lawsuit.

• OneCoin co-founder, Sebastian Greenwood; sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in $4 billion OneCoin pyramid scheme.

• Former Celsius CEO, Alex Mashinsky; want FTC charges against him dismissed because of the timing when he resigned.

• BinanceUS president and CEO, Brian Shroder; resigns and 1/3 of BinanceUS staff is laid off.

• BitMEX launches prediction markets where users can now predict the outcomes of real-life events,

• Huobi cryptocurrency exchange rebranding to HTX.

• Sony subsidiary, Sony Network Communications; establishes a joint venture with Startale Labs to develop a new blockchain platform. Startale Labs previously created the Astar blockchain.

• Argent X Cairo 1 upgrade is live. Sign in to your Argent X wallet and click on the red banner to upgrade your account.

• LayerZero announces availability of Google Cloud oracles for LayerZero applications which means every message within LayerZero will leverage the secure infrastructure of the Google Cloud.

• MetaMask launches Snaps Open Beta. Snaps are features or functionality built by independent developers that users can install directly into MetaMask.

• zkSync unveils new ecosystem portal managed by DappRadar which features dapps’ key metrics, rankings, and more.

• Offchain Labs announces partnership with Espresso Systems to bring decentralized and open shared sequencing technology to Ethereum rollups.

• BNB Chain launches opBNB Mainnet. opBNB is an L2 built on the OP Stack.

• Manta Network launches Pacific Alpha mainnet. Pacific Alpha is a modular EVM L2 for ZK-enabled applications. Manta Network previously raised $31 million.

• Synapse launches Synapse Interchain Network testnet. Synapse Interchain Network is a L2 built on the OP Stack.

• Astar Network launching Astar zkEVM, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution; powered by Polygon's CDK.

• CoinEx Global exchange exploited for ~$53 million. Deposits and withdrawals suspended, but full compensation planned. Hackers suspected to be North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group.

• Vitalik X account hack due to SIM swap attack.

• MetaStealer malware targeting Apple macOS business users.

• Googles releases critical security update which fixes zero-day vulnerability.

• Firefox releases critical security update which fixes zero-day vulnerability.

• Revoke cash teams up with Nefture to provide a wallet health indicator and value at risk metrics within the Revoke cash UI.

• ZachXBT legal fund refund claim contract is now live for the next 365 days for all donors who donated on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and zkSync.

• Electric Capital aiming to raise $300 million fund.

• Pahdo Labs, a video game development studio; raises $15 million in Series A funding round.

• Flashwire, a Singapore-based digital bank; raises $10 million in Series A funding round.

• Age of Dino, a Web3 Strategy game; raises $8 million in Seed funding rouind.

• Mythic Protocol, a collaborative entertainment IP; raises $6.50 million in Seed funding round.

• Parallax, a one-stop solution for international payments; raises $4.5 million.

• Range Protocol, a universal gateway to DeFi asset management; raises $3.75 million in Seed funding round.

• Octav, a data analytics platform; raises $2.65 million in Seed funding round.

• 0xPass, a key management infrastructure; raises $1.8M in pre-seed funding round.

• Mountain Protocol, a nationally regulated yield bearing stablecoin; raises an undisclosed amount in Seed funding round.

• GRVT, a next-gen hybrid derivatives exchange; raises an undisclosed amount in Seed funding round.

• Okapi, a Web3 discovery platform; raises an undisclosed amount in pre-Seed funding round.