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This Week in Avalanche, May 7 2021
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This Week in Avalanche, May 7 2021

This Week In Avalanche
May 7, 2021
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Avalanche Major News
  • Ava Labs released the code for Apricot Phase Two

  • The new Avalanche website went live

  • dYdX listed AVAX perpetual futures contracts

Staking (P-Chain)
  • Stats:

    • 78.66 staking ratio (301,294,131 AVAX) - ↑ 1.2% from last week

    • ~10.55% current staking reward per year

    • 936 Validators - ↑ 21 from last week

Asset Layer (X-Chain) and DApp Layer (C-Chain)
  • Baguette went live on May 1st surpassing $4.6m in liquidity

  • Gondola Finance farms launched on May 3rd

  • Complus Network added new LP pair COM/USDT

  • OliveSwap added new LP pairs GDL/AVAX and SPORE/AVAX

  • LydiaFinance launched staking pools allowing stakers to earn LYD or SNOB

  • Chartex announced to launch on Avalanche instead of BSC and partnered with 0.exchange

  • In liquidity, Pangolin surpassed $350m, Yield Yak surpassed $25m, Penguin Finance surpassed $30m, Gondola Finance surpassed $20m

  • Avalanche community (Snowball, Elk, others) raised 700+ AVAX for India

  • Avalaunch announced to follow Baguette’s airdrop model to distribute XAVA tokens

  • Cosmic Roulette, an NFT project, launched on Avalanche and BSC

  • Bitcasso, another NFT project, also launched on Avalanche and BSC

  • markr.io launched their new UI full of new features

Podcasts, Interviews & Misc
  • BenqiFinance hosted an AMA on May 3rd

  • Fireside Chat Early May with @demirelo@CederNets on CederNet YouTube

  • @notexeditor published The Avax #3 Podcast

  • Proposed Pangolin core team hosted an AMA on Reddit

Upcoming Dates 
  • AVME (Anti-Virus ME), a decentralized malware protection software, will launch between May 15th - May 31st AVME

  • BtcTurk PRO, a centralized exchange, will list AVAX on May 10th

Ecosystem
  • Multi-account added on the beta Wallet: https://wallet-beta.avax.network/

  • Avalanche is #4 in blockchain network fees, and other metrics

Stuff for Devs
  • Avalanche JS downloads peaks in top 5 downloaded day

  • Crash course in smart contracts by Connor Daly coming soon

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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 / @Best_Coder_NA on twitter or @BestCoderNA on telegram.

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