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
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
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
HurricaneSwap is giving away $1000 for content creators
Stuff for Devs
AvalancheJS v3.8.0 was released
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
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