Crypto News Daily – Aug 18, 2022

Last Updated on August 18, 2022

W3 Storage Lab Raises $3M in Pre-seed Round:
https://cryptopotato.com/w3-storage-lab-raises-3m-in-pre-seed-round/

Ukraine Spent $54M in Crypto on Drones and Other Military Expenses:
https://decrypt.co/107712/ukraine-spent-54m-crypto-drones-military-expenses

South Korea to Block KuCoin, Poloniex in Crackdown on Unregistered Crypto Exchanges:
https://decrypt.co/107711/south-korea-to-block-kucoin-poloniex-in-crackdown-on-unregistered-crypto-exchanges

Optimism price slides 9% after $450M worth of OP tokens transferred from multisig:
https://cryptoslate.com/optimism-price-slides-9-after-450m-worth-of-op-tokens-transferred-from-multisig/
Optimism is a Layer-2 Dapp platform using optimistic-rollups with the Etheruem blockchain.

Celer Protocol Attacked, $240K Worth of ETH Stolen:
https://cryptopotato.com/an-estimated-128-eth-lost-in-the-celer-protocol-dns-attack/