This Week in Avalanche, July 30, 2021
Avalanche Major News
New cheaper, faster, more secure Avalanche Bridge was released!
Shopping.io integrated Avalanche, which allows ordering from Amazon, Walmart and eBay using AVAX
AVAX was listed on BitMart exchange
Stats
56.09 staking ratio (217,098,867) - down 0.10% from last week
~10.32% current staking reward per year
993 Validators - down 11 from last week
Avalanche Twitter reached 170,000 followers
Ecosystem
Weble Ecosystem Token, a project that aims to bring internet of things to Avalanche, shared a demo
BitMart is holding a contest to vote for an Avalanche Token to be added to their exchange. The voting options are Lydia, Trader Joe, and Kuu.
Sherpa IDO ran by Snowball and Penguin Finance has been concluded, and Sherpa tokens are now available on Pangolin and Trader Joe
DeFi
Gauntlet began integrating BenQi to their simulation platform which is used for extensive testing
BenQi preleased a teaser
Pangolin community is having a discussion on how to improve tokenomics
Penguin Finance published a new roadmap
Elk Finance launched their cross-chain protocol ElkNet
Teddy Cash, an upcoming borrowing protocol, is planning to bring interest-free loans to Avalanche
Cabbage Cash, a new yield farm, launched through Avaware launchpad
Snowball previews their new app redesign
TraderJoe integrated Coin98 Wallet
Kalao adds Omer Demirel as an advisor
Games & NFTs
Kalao, the upcoming VR-focused NFT marketplace, published their first blog post
CryptoDappers updates their road map
Partnerships
Airdrops & Giveaways
Interested in the projects mentioned above? You can use Coin98 Mobile Wallet to trade the native tokens of these projects.
Stuff for Devs
Avalanche is hosting a developer contest
Ava Labs Engineering Update was published, which covers the new bridge, AvalancheGo update, and more
Connor Daly shared a method to deploy smart contracts to the same address on every chain
Podcasts, Inteviews & Misc
BitMart is having a poll on which Avalanche token to list on their platform
Upcoming
Avalanche & DYP Finance on Monday, August 2 at 11 AM ET
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