The NEAR Foundation is introducing a $100 million venture capital fund and venture lab in partnership with Caerus Ventures, the Swiss organization behind the NEAR blockchain protocol.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/12/layer1-blockchain-protocol-near-launches-100m-vc-fund-targetingweb3-culture-and-entertainment/

JPMorgan is seeking a business development specialist to push institutional payments products onto new crypto, web3 and metaverse clients.

https://www.theblock.co/post/169059/jpmorgan-hiring-to-push-banking-products-onto-metaverse-crypto-companies

Google is counting down to the Ethereum merge.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ethereum+merge

Today ICO Drops will hold AMA with Humanode!

Humanode, the first crypto-biometric blockchain where one human = one node = one vote.

🔹When: Today, September 12th, 15:00 UTC
🔹Where: ICO Drops EN Chat
https://t.me/joinchat/STj5dT3rGKPM1_Ch
💰 $500 Prize Pool!

Links:
Main site: https://humanode.io/
Pitch Deck: papers.humanode.io/deck.pdf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanode_io
Telegram: https://t.me/humanodes

Tether (USD₮) launches on Near Network.

https://twitter.com/tether_to/status/1569287510043332609

CME Group announced the launch of options on Ether futures.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-announces-launch-of-ether-options-301621757.html

Starbucks (SBUX) is set to begin a non-fungible token (NFT)-based loyalty program with the blockchain technology provided by Polygon.

Starbucks Odyssey will allow customers to purchase digital collectible stamps in an NFT form.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/12/starbucks-to-offer-nft-based-loyalty-program-alongside-polygon/

Coinbase will add support for Hedera (HBAR) on the Hedera network.

Inbound transfers for this asset are available on Coinbase and Coinbase Pro in the regions where trading is supported.

Trading will begin on or after 16:00 UTC on 13 September 2022, if liquidity conditions are met.

https://twitter.com/coinbaseassets/status/1569355410892546048

Huobi Global will delist DASH, DCR, FIRO, XMR, XVG, ZEC, and ZEN at 08:00 UTC, Sept 19.

https://www.huobi.com/support/en-us/detail/104917015223952

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unfrozen the accounts of crypto exchange WazirX as WazirX has been cooperating with the investigators by providing them with all the necessary details, information, and documents of the alleged accused companies who used the WazirX platform.

https://wazirx.com/blog/update-on-ed-investigation-wazirx-continues-cooperation-bank-accounts-unfrozen/

Coinbase has added Pangolin (PNG) to its roadmap.

https://twitter.com/coinbaseassets/status/1569326851931209728

Sender, a NEAR-based eco-wallet, announced the completion of a US$4.5 million private round led by Pantera Capital.

Investors: Crypto.com Capital, Jump Capital, Amber Group, WOO Network, SevenX Ventures, Smrti Labs, D1 Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Shima Capital, Eniac Ventures, and GFS Ventures.

In addition, several notable projects in the NEAR ecosystem such as Octopus Network, Ref Finance, and Paras also participated in the funding round.

https://medium.com/nearprotocol/sender-wallet-raises-us-4-5-million-in-private-round-led-by-pantera-3d6c5b915273

Fidelity Investments plans to launch bitcoin trading for retail customers on its brokerage platform.

https://www.theblock.co/post/168603/fidelity-to-offer-bitcoin-trading-to-retail-customers-reports

Crypto data infrastructure platform Goldsky had closed a $20 million seed round led by VC firms Felicis and Dragonfly Capital.

Investors also included the entrepreneur Elad Gil, Plaid founders Zach Perret and William Hockey, Uniswap Labs, 0x Labs, Zhuoxun Yin of Magic Eden, Alex Xu of Azuki and Robert Leshner of Compound Finance.

https://www.theblock.co/post/169190/crypto-data-infrastructure-platform-goldsky-raises-20-million-seed-round

Here is our Crypto Market Daily Review.

- The market moved slightly higher. Bitcoin is trading at $22.4K.

Dropstab.com

Crypto Daily News.

Today's highlights:
- CME announced the launch of ETH Options.
- Tether launches USDT stablecoin on the Near blockchain.
- Starbucks unveils its NFT loyalty program built on Polygon.

Have a nice day! ☀️

Elrond has published an article about Sense4FIT, the Move2Earn project on the Elrond blockchain.

https://elrond.com/blog/builders-spotlight-sense4fit/

Uniswap has posted a proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on Aurora through an additional grant license and ask the Uniswap community to consider and discuss this proposal.

The proposal will include a $5m amount allocated for financial incentives to Uniswap users on Aurora and a commitment to actively engage with the Uniswap community to further support its growth through grant programs and funding for protocol-related development.

https://gov.uniswap.org/t/temperature-check-uniswap-x-aurora-expanding-our-multichain-future/17635

Northzone, the European VC firm, has raised a new €1bn ($1.01 billion) fund for Web3 Investments.

https://sifted.eu/articles/northzone-1bn-fund/

The Ethereum proof of work fork will deploy within 24 hours of The Merge.

https://www.theblock.co/post/169466/official-ethereumpow-ethw-fork-date-announced