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This Week in Avalanche, December 6, 2021
Avalanche Major News
DeFi Kingdoms, a popular play-to-earn game on Harmony chain, is expanding to Avalanche
Nansen, a premium DeFi analytics tool, integrated Avalanche
Olympus DAO expanded to Avalanche
Banksy's iconic piece became a fractionalized NFT on Avalanche
Fireblocks, a custody solution for financial institutions, added support for Avalanche
Alpha Finance Lab, the leading leveraged yield farm protocol, joined Avalanche Rush with $6M allocation
Stats
59.24 staking ratio (234M) - down 0.93% from last week
~9.85% current staking reward per year
1181 Validators - down 3 from last week
Ecosystem
Avalaunch began its IDO for Colony
Platypus secured $3.3M in funding
WOO exchange added support for Avalanche c-chain
Newton exchange listed AVAX with c-chain integration
Dexscreener has proven itself to be a useful tool for DeFi analysis
Partnerships
DeFi
Alpha Finance enabled AVAX and ALPHA rewards for lenders on their leveraged yield farming protocol
Cook Finance launched index fund tokens for Avalanche
Impossible Finance, a launchpad and a project incubator, announced to expand to Avalanche
Olympus Pro integrated Avalanche, offering bonds for QI, PNG, and YAK farms
Olive Cash updated their roadmap
AvaOne Finance shared their tokenomics
DeFrost Finance, an LP lending platform, shared their plans for near feature
Pangolin is now buying back PNG to distribute to stakers
Trader Joe adds an aWOOL farm
Games & NFTs
Particle Collection launched Banksy's "Love is in the Air" piece as fractionalized NFT
YAY Games shared in game NFTs (rings & cloaks) of their upcoming Bold Point game
Avalanche Homes launched and sold out
Polar Bets, a casino dapp, announced to launch on Avalanche
Domi, a play-to-earn game, announced to launch as an Avalanche subnet
Other: Arnaud Journou NFTs on Kalao, Crypto Huskies, Virus Wars, BENQI contributor NFTs
AVAX Warriors is minting soon
Airdrops
Stuff for Devs
Apricot Phase 5 went live, stabilizing and further reducing c-chain fees
Avalanche documents received a quick search feature
Snowtrace added a page to track and revoke token spending approvals
AvalancheJS v.3.10.0 went live
Avash v1.2.3 went live
Podcasts, Inteviews & Misc
Avalanche developers and enthusiasts met at Istanbul hackathon
Pangolin had a booth at DCentralCon Miami
Audio & Video
In the Lab Ep.1 - A Developer Discussion Series with Ava Labs Engineering
Avalanche House: Traditional Finance & DeFi w/ BENQI, Arrow Markets, Ava Labs