This Week in Avalanche, July 9, 2021

Avalanche Major News

• Next generation Avalanche Bridge (AB) has been announced

• Topps NFTs launches Real Bazooka Joe NFT

• KYVE, a blockchain data archival solution, integrated with Avalanche

Stats

• 54.47 staking ratio (210,287,862) - up 1.11% from last week

• ~10.38% current staking reward per year

• 977 Validators - up 22 from last week

Ecosystem

• Ava Labs started teasing the upcoming new generation bridge

• Avalanche sponsored Yield Yak, the most popular autocompounder in Avalanche ecosystem

• MultiPad launchpad integrated Avalanche

• AVME promised to make every DApp accessible directly through their desktop wallet

• Snowball described how they will distribute their SHERPA allocation

• Coin98 Wallet enabled c-chain <> x-chain transfers, and also fully integrated Pangolin

• SuperLauncher, a crosschain launchpad, partnered with AnySwap to use their BSC-Avalanche bridge

DeFi

• VCRED, a flash loan-based lending platform, announced that they will first launch on Avalanche

• DYP Finance (DeFi Yield Protocol) goes live with yield farming on Avalanche

• Trader Joe outlined their plan to use Chainlink price feeds for their upcoming lending and leveraged trading futures

• Pangolin received a proposal to reward BNB-AVAX and BNB-PNG pairs

• Algorder, a limit order platform, has been running a beta for three weeks

• BENQI partnered with upcoming liquidity protocol Kuu Finance

• Vee Finance, an upcoming lending protocol, went live on Fuji testnet

• Poolz, a cross-chain IDO platform, partnered with Pangolin

• PolyGaj, a popular app on the Polygon network, announces its expansion into Avalanche

• Yield Yak forms an official relationship with Avalanche

• Pangolin deployed a Gnosis multisig wallet service as a public good

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Games & NFTs

• Emin Gün Sirer covered the current state of NFTs on Avalanche

• Avaware started selling their own collectible NFTs

• Chivas NFTs auction concluded, which made 221 AVAX in total offers

• ToppsNFTs released their comic NFTs, which caused a spike in c-chain usage

• Penguin Finance launched a betting game called Emperor Blitz

Airdrops & Giveaways

• Gate.io enabled PNG staking for a short period

• HurricaneSwap is giving away $1000 for content creators

Stuff for Devs

• Pangolin released a guide on using multi-signature wallets

• AvalancheJS v3.8.0 was released

• Kudoo shared a sneak peak of their backend system for a DAO

Podcasts, Inteviews & Misc

• Pangolin had an AMA with Snowball

• Pangolin released their 5th newsletter on July 6

• Kuen Shahi recapped AMAs with Lydia Finance and Emin Gün Sirer

• John Wu talked about what sets Avalanche apart

• John Wu also talked to theinformation.com

• Avalanche Club Pitch Event: Video and Summary

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