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This Week in Avalanche, Mar 26 2021

This Week In Avalanche
Mar 26, 2021
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This Week in Avalanche, Mar 26 2021

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Avalanche Major News
  • Apricot Phase One, the next major upgrade, will activate on Mainnet at March 31st, 14:00 UTC. The upgrade includes a 50% reduction in tx fees.

  • The Avalanche web wallet is integrating Nash to provide a fiat -> AVAX solution directly in wallet, it will be live in Q2. Additionally, AVAX fiat markets will soon be available on Nash and AVAX will be integrated to the Nash non-custodial wallet.

  • Avalaunch, an on-chain fundraising platform, came out of stealth mode

Staking (P-Chain)
  • Stats:

    • 79.18% staking ratio (302,494,201 AVAX) - ↑ 0.3% from last week

    • ~10.61% current staking reward per year

    • 899 Validators - ↑ 14 from last week

Asset Layer (X-Chain) and DApp Layer (C-Chain)
  • CryptoSeals, an interactive, generative NFT collectibles project, launched on the C-Chain.

  • Snowies, a unique NFT collection launched & sold out quickly.

  • Elk Finance, a Cross-chain Liquidity Network, launched a DEX on the C-Chain

  • Prosper announced will be launching on 29th March

  • BENQI are building an algorithmic liquidity market protocol (like AAVE) on Avalanche. Read their announcement here.

  • Pandaswap said they’re launching this week, but have yet to, so keep an eye on them today / this weekend!

  • PolarBear Finance are launching another RFI style token

  • Lydia Swap, announced they’re launching a decentralized exchange platform for Avalanche and Ethereum assets.

  • Axelar teased BTC on Avalanche via their cross chain solution.

  • Stats:

    • 1,139 assets issued on the X & C chains

    • 40,977 total AVAX burned 🔥 - ↑ 6,054 from last week

Stuff for Devs
  • Avalanche Workshop | Chainlink Hackathon Workshop featuring Connor Daly

  • The Avalanche Learn Pathway Tutorial Series by Figment Learn has published a set of tutorial videos

  • Developer Docs are now available in French

  • Ortelius v1.3.0 released

Ecosystem
  • You can now see ARC20 token holder lists in Avascan. Read more in their blog.

  • Small Updates from the Avalanche Ecosystem excellent roundup video by Cedernets

  • Gabriel Cardona, Stephen Buttolph, Aaron Buchwald & Jay Kurahashi-Sofue will be discussing the Apricot Upgrade on Clubhouse at March 29th, 1:00 PM EDT

  • Pangolin Governance will likely be starting earlier than expected, now anticipated between April 2nd and April 9th.

  • Some ideas for a Pangolin roadmap by Hari Seldon

  • Farm Snowballs changed their name to YieldYak to avoid confusion with Throw Snowballs

  • AVAX Payment Poster Generator, use this site to create posters for accepting AVAX in person (via QR code).

  • An Avalanche Facebook Group was created

  • Fun site to a AVAX hat to your profile pic alternatively tag @AvaxBot on twitter and you’ll automatically get a hat :)

Podcasts, Interviews & Misc
  • Avalanche on Clubhouse: Scaling Global Crypto Communities with Rocky Rock, Patrick Sutton, Sinan Mellaart & Jay Kurahashi-Sofue

  • How to Launch Your Blockchain Startup? Webinar featuring Gabriel Cardona

  • Subnets: The Secret Weapon of Avax Scaling by J Stodd

  • Blocknet held an AMA on their Avalanche integration. I highly recommend skimming through the doc as it highlights why teams may choose Avalanche subnets over other options.

Upcoming Dates
  • Mar 28: Deadline for Encode Avalanche Club Accelerator applications

  • Mar 29: Avalanche on Clubhouse: All Things Apricot

  • Mar 31: Apricot Upgrade goes live

  • June 7: Crowdsale AVAX tokens unlock



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 / @EdwardWilll on twitter or @edwardwill1 on telegram.

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