Avalanche Major News
ParaSwap, a DEX aggregator, integrated Avalanche, and it offers advanced routing when swapping
2021 Topps MLB Inception NFT Collection launched on Avalanche and sold out
Pocket Network, a blockchain data protocol that enables decentralized interactions between blockchains and applications, went live on Avalanche
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Stats
58.79 staking ratio (232,261,012) - up 0.55% from last week
~10.07% current staking reward per year
1028 Validators - up 42 from last week
Ecosystem
Binance integrated Avalanche C-chain
Matcha, a multichain DEX aggregator, integrated Avalanche
Vee Finance raised $2.5M through funding
Hurricane Swap received 4 new investments
Avalanche based AVentures DAO announced its arrival
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DeFi
Pangolin has launched single-sided PNG staking for AVAX rewards
Penguin Finance Igloo’s V2 are live with $35M TVL
YAY Games had a successful IDO on Avalaunch
Ankr, a cross-chain liquid staking protocol, integrated Avalanche
ForceDAO, a new autocompounder, went live on Avalanche
Zabu Finance, a recent farming protocol on Avalanche, has experienced an exploit
Verso Finance shared an article on the utility of their token
Wonderland, a “decentralized reserve currency protocol”, launched on Avalanche
Teddy Cash, upcoming borrowing protocol, enabled staking for their token
Elk Finance shared their plans to launch single-sided ELK staking
Elk Finance is migrating to a new round of farming
Singular.farm, a multi-chain yield protocol, integrated Avalanche
Avalanche Today covered the 3-token model of Frost Finance
Sherpa Cash is ready to launch their privacy app live
Yield Yak’s YAK token is available for lending on Marginswap
PartySwap releases its audit information
StarterXYZ opened up applications for its launchpad for Avalanche projects
Games & NFTs
Topps MLB Inception NFTs were all sold out
YetiSwap is prepearing to launch their NFT marketplace next week
MECHA, a text-based NFT collection, launched and sold out last week
Cryto Dappers released King of the Hill game
Sherpa Cash released a 300-editions NFT set on Snowball Marketplace
3 pixel art NFTs were auctioned to fund the upcoming on-chain pixel art NFT creation platform PixelPress
HatchyPocket shared their grand vision of managing intellectual property with an NFT-based DAO
Frost Finance is releasing its own NFT collection
Others:
Partnerships
Airdrops
Good Bridging (GB) token was airdropped to all the addresses that interacted with the Avalanche Bridge
Sherpa Cash has allocated 1% of their total supply for TORN holders
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Stuff for Devs
0x API, an API service for sourcing liquidity, integrated Avalanche
Statictics dashboards on Avalanche staking and network activity was published
HurricaneSwap is offering rewards for testers
Tutorial on funding a local test network was published
AvalancheGo v1.5.3 went live
AvalancheJS v3.8.6 went live
Avalanche postman collection v.1.0.4 went live
Snowman consensus will have an optimization update
Podcasts, Inteviews & Misc
Upcoming
Emin Gün Sirer will speak on Mainnet 2021
Gabriel Cardona will be a feature speaker at WYO Hackathon
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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 on Twitter: @WeekInAvalanche