This Week in Avalanche, April 19th, 2022

Avalanche Major News

• Founders of Terra and Avalanche - fireside chat about values alignment

• AvaLabs and Mastercard talk about DeFi mass adoption

• Arweave permanent storage available on Avalanche

• Swimmer Network testnet is live

• Yeti Finance mainnet goes live

• An Avalanche Subnet is being used for IPFS

• Emin Gun Sirer addresses concern about AVAX token utility in Subnets

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Stats

• Avalanche network maintains $9.18b TVL

• Total Avalanche address at92,000

• Total cumulative transactions at over 145,906,000

• Over 181,780 C-chain contracts deployed

• Avalanche Twitter account reaches 662,000 followers

• Burned AVAX: 1,435,905

Ecosystem

• DeFi Llama releases video showing top 10 Avalanche protocols

• Crabada is looking for Head of Community

• Snowball Venture Studio — 4 projects

• Snowball weekly newsletter

• Kalao KLO staking V2 is goes live

• Kalao releases guide to KLO staking

• Avalaunch x Metaderby IDO

• Chikn Roostr NFTs sell out in 14 minutes

• Yeti Finance mainnet goes live

• Research report on Yeti Finance

• Yeti Finance reaches 500,000,000 TVL on day of launch

• Dexalot ALOT staking began

• Stargate Finance community call

• AventuresDAO gets shout out for community support

• Avalanche deemed blockchain 3.0

• Leonidas Finance liquidity node final integration

• ThirdwebV2 launches

• Dela to use UST as subnet gas

• Kyte One IDO imminent - partnership with AirLyft

• AvaLabs and Mastercard talk about DeFi mass adoption

• Discussion about E2XR NFTs

• Avalanche: how it started vs how it is going…

• Vector Finance enters JOE wars

• Mint MAI stablecoins using WBTC

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DEX

• Pangolin discusses 2022 roadmap

• Trader Joe announces Chikn Double and Roostr award

• Platypus reaches 250m stable swap volume

Lending

• QiDao mint MAI stablecoins using WBTC

• Yeti Finance 0% borrowing goes live

Yield Optimizers

• Yield Yak #1 in JOE staked

• Beefy Finance offers UST-AVAX vault with 32% APY

Yield Farms

• Pangolin top 10 farms

• Penguin Finance releases article about the Emperor and the Potionverse

NFTs

• Fief Guild Claim Portal opens

• Fief Guild releases teaser of Knight Avatar series

• Avalanche Party Animals to release Party Gals

• Chikn Roostr NFTs sell out in 14 minutes

• Frog Frenz minting now and Easter egg hunt

• Kalao KLO staking V2 goes live

• Fan Finance to release NFT strategy

• Dela to use UST as subnet gas

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Gaming

• Chikn Roostr NFTs sell out in 14 minutes

• Crabada Battle Skill Game updates info

• Heroes Chained launches marketplace

• Villages Finance launches ESSENCE pre-seale

• Crypto Puffies announces potion testing

• Penguin Finance shows of Emperor game graphics

• Yield Hunt only 300 NFTs left

• Fief Guild Claim Portal opens

• Chikn releases details on Roostr mint and FERT alpha

• Shrapnel releases “get to know our staff” series

• Ascenders Easter game mode

• Imperium Empires to give away 10,000 IME for pre-alpha testers

• Tale Craft weekly chest sale is live

• Heroes NFT releases game sketches

• Arcade Galaxy releases Cub customiser interface

• Snail Trail trivia - win a whitelist spot

• Hoppers Game adjustments to emissions occurred

• BoldPoint partners with Birb Nest

• Paradise Tycoon - progress update #4

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AMAs

• Degis

• Sparkworld

• The Tavern

• Yield Hunt

• Dark Forest

• Axelar Network

• Animal Club

• PlayPoint P2E

Podcasts

• BanklessHQ - in defense of BTC Maxamilism

• Subnet Show BTC support on Avalanche Bridge

• The DeFiant podcast - Refik Anadol

• Elk Finance - Elknet V2 & Avalanche Summit

• AAlphaHub podcast with Leo

YouTube & Media

• Week In Avalanche Weekly Wrap-up

• AvaLabs and Mastercard talk about DeFi mass adoption

• CrabRadio Twitter Spaces

Jobs

• Crabada is looking for Head of Community

• AVA Labs is hiring several roles

About the newsletter

This Week in Avalanche is an independent newsletter tracking what’s happening in the Avalanche ecosystem. The inclusion of a project or token is not intended as an endorsement (DYOR). If you have suggestions or feedback you can reach out on Twitter: @WeekInAvalanche