A digital ape, a domain address and virtual land parcels are among the $342.5 million held in cryptoasset wallets subject to new OFAC sanctions - marking the first time that NFTs have been associated with OFAC-sanctioned entities.

A large drop in the price of ether (ETH) is testing the feasibility of Ethereum's entire system of lending and borrowing. MakerDAO is the largest and most important application in Ethereum's decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Right now, it faces an emergency shutdown with $4 million of its dollar-pegged dai stablecoin not backed by an underlying crypto asset, according to a stakeholder call held Thursday.