Crypto Canary: Your Daily Crypto Rundown 🚀

🟢 Alpha Offerings

• Linea x MetaMask: Earn $500-$700 by minting NFTs and participating in the giveaway for 10,000,000 $PEPE. Get in here

• ZenChain Testnet: Earn $700-$1000 by claiming faucets, staking ZCX, and completing tasks. Get in here

⚖️ Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame

• Hall of Shame: Clipper DEX liquidity pools exploited for $450,000 💀. Read more here

• Hall of Shame: Japanese Crypto Exchange DMM Bitcoin to Liquidate After $320M Hack 🛡️. Read more here

📊 What Moved in the Crypto World Today

• XRP surges past USDT to become the third-largest crypto by market cap. Read more here

• Russia recognizes crypto as property, imposing new tax rules on mining. Read more here

• Coinbase pulls out of plans to enter Turkey’s crypto market. Read more here

🔧 Project Updates

• Metaplanet launches Bitcoin shareholder reward program worth 30M Yen. Read more here

• Pepeto and Pepe Unchained introduce zero-fee trading and cross-chain solutions. Read more here

💼 Funding Announcements

• Moongate: Web3 engagement layer raised $2.50M from CMCC Global and others. Read more here

• SecondSwap: Automated OTC for illiquid tokens raised $1.20M from GSR Markets and others. Read more here

• PinGo: Decentralized AI computing platform received undisclosed funding from UFLY Labs. Read more here

🐋 Whale Movements

• Whale 0x700 spent 575 ETH ($2.12M) to buy 1.54M VIRTUAL in a single transaction 🐳. More details here

• Whale 0x194 deposited 1.5M SUSHI ($2.04M) to Binance. Txn details here

🔓 Token Unlocks

• TARS AI (TAI): $10.25M

• Sensay (SNSY): $415.46K

🎙️ Coinversation Street

• @d_gilz shares advice on making money in bull markets 🔥. Check it out here

• Binance research thread about AI agents 🧐. Check it out here

📅 Upcoming Events

• Bitcoin Alive 2025: Mar 8, 2025, Sydney, Australia. Buy tickets here

• Web3 Amsterdam 2025: Mar 13-14, 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Buy tickets here