Polygon zkEVM Now Supports the Bridged USDC Standard | Cryptocurrency Trends

1.Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• OKX CMO: Plans to work on three fronts in India (fostering the Indian Web3 community, exploring a partnership with Polygon, and working with developer student bodies in India) but will not be launching an exchange in the country.
• Coinbase launches Coinbase Shop, a Shopify-based online store that sells Coinbase merchandise.
• Coinbase CEO: The company has no plans to launch tokens for the Base network.
• KuCoin Ventures announces a partnership with the TON Foundation and funding to support the TON ecosystem.
• Mainstream Exchange Listings (CEX: Token — Time of Listing in UTC)

2.Cryptocurrency Trends:

• Grayscale: GBTC listing as an ETF would unlock around US$1.89 billion in value for investors. As an ETF, GBTC's stock is expected to track BTC's price more closely, meaning any premium or discount on GBTC will disappear.
• The Arbitrum DAO votes to allocate 21.1 million ARB to support 26 projects that missed out on the first round of funding, including Gains Network (4.5 million ARB), Stargate Finance (2 million ARB), Synapse (2 million ARB), and others.
• Starknet Foundation: The deadline for airdrop eligibility has been set, and the airdrop plan will be announced when finalized.
• Jupiter Exchange, a Solana ecosystem transaction aggregator, begins JUP token airdrops at a minimum of 200 JUP.
• Beam, a privacy blockchain, is set to undergo a second halving in January next year. The second halving will also mark the end of the Beam Treasury release, which sent token prices skyrocketing in a single day.
• NFT trading volume rose 193% MoM to US$916 million in November, with Bitcoin accounting for 41% of total volume.
• Stars Arena: Contracts to be upgraded and migrated, with TVLs from old contracts to be migrated to the new contracts.
• Polygon zkEVM now supports the bridged USDC standard to make the transition to native USDC easier in the future.

3.Financing Trends:

• Gataca, a decentralized identity management solution, raises EUR€1.3 million in strategic funding, with participation from Signature Ventures, SBXi, and Gataca's early backers.

4.Regulatory Trends:

• No important information at this time.