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This Week in Avalanche, June 25, 2021
Avalanche Major News
DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) will bring yield farming, advanced DEX tools, and an NFT marketplace to Avalanche
Avalanche C-Chain is officially integrated on Gate.io
Pangolin Exchange released their 2021 roadmap
Stats
53.48 staking ratio (178,526,933) - ↓ 2.42% from last week
~10.38% current staking reward per year
978 Validators - ↑ 1 from last week
Ecosystem
Avalaunch enabled KYC verification option for feature tokens that get released on their platform
Sherpa Cash released a guide on verifying contributions for their trusted setup ceremony
DeFi
Zero Exchange outlined their plans for a new multichain bridge and its token RELAY
Elk Finance was planning to launch on HECO chain today, but it got delayed
Penguin Finance announced Club Penguin (not the actual one 😞) which will bring xPEFI staking
Pangolin partnered with Wyre which might offer a fiat on-ramp on Pangolin
Pangolin received a new on-chain governance proposal which aims to improve governance
GrapeSwap, a BSC yield farm, launched on Avalanche
Elk Finance began a new round of farming and upgraded their token
Baguette Exchange partnered with Yield Yak
Pangolin also partnered with Beefy Finance
Penguin Finance partnered with Lydia
Avaware enabled AVE staking
Games & NFTs
Non-Fungible Pixels, a digital billboard which each pixel is an NFT that people can trade and advertise on, announced that they are planning to launch on Avalanche
Hatchy Pocket released their roadmap in which they promise gamified staking
Crypto Monkey Empire, an upcoming MMO-RTS being built on Avalanche, got listed on playtoearn.net
Airdrops & Giveaways
Kucoin started an Avalaunch trading competition on their platform
Beefy gave away $250 in celebration of Pangolin & Beefy partnership
Pangolin is giving away 50 PNG to 10 random people who get a profile pic from their new design
Gate.io is giving away $300 PNG
Stuff for Devs
AvalanhceJS v3.7.0 got released
Podcasts, Inteviews & Misc
Pangolin newsletter got released on June 22, 2021
Ava Labs President John Wu spoke all about Avalanche with Paul Barron
Okcoin held an AMA with Avalanche
Emin Gün Sirer was on Global DeFi Summit
Collin Cusce, #1 Avalanche streamer, goes over AvalancheJS code during his weekly Tech Wednesdays stream
About the newsletter
This Week in Avalanche is an independent newsletter tracking what’s happening in the Avalanche ecosystem. Inclusion of a project or token is not intended as endorsement (DYOR). If you have suggestions or feedback you can reach out at @WeekInAvalanche or @BestCoderNA on telegram.
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