This Week in Avalanche, July 30, 2021
Avalanche Major News
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New cheaper, faster, more secure Avalanche Bridge was released!
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Shopping.io integrated Avalanche, which allows ordering from Amazon, Walmart and eBay using AVAX
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AVAX was listed on BitMart exchange
Stats
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56.09 staking ratio (217,098,867) – down 0.10% from last week
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~10.32% current staking reward per year
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993 Validators – down 11 from last week
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Avalanche Twitter reached 170,000 followers
Ecosystem
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Weble Ecosystem Token, a project that aims to bring internet of things to Avalanche, shared a demo
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BitMart is holding a contest to vote for an Avalanche Token to be added to their exchange. The voting options are Lydia, Trader Joe, and Kuu.
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Sherpa IDO ran by Snowball and Penguin Finance has been concluded, and Sherpa tokens are now available on Pangolin and Trader Joe
DeFi
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Gauntlet began integrating BenQi to their simulation platform which is used for extensive testing
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BenQi preleased a teaser
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Pangolin community is having a discussion on how to improve tokenomics
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Penguin Finance published a new roadmap
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Elk Finance launched their cross-chain protocol ElkNet
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Teddy Cash, an upcoming borrowing protocol, is planning to bring interest-free loans to Avalanche
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Cabbage Cash, a new yield farm, launched through Avaware launchpad
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Snowball previews their new app redesign
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TraderJoe integrated Coin98 Wallet
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Kalao adds Omer Demirel as an advisor
Games & NFTs
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Kalao, the upcoming VR-focused NFT marketplace, published their first blog post
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CryptoDappers updates their road map
Partnerships
Airdrops & Giveaways
Interested in the projects mentioned above? You can use Coin98 Mobile Wallet to trade the native tokens of these projects.
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Avalanche is hosting a developer contest
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Ava Labs Engineering Update was published, which covers the new bridge, AvalancheGo update, and more
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Connor Daly shared a method to deploy smart contracts to the same address on every chain
Podcasts, Inteviews & Misc
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BitMart is having a poll on which Avalanche token to list on their platform
Upcoming
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Avalanche & DYP Finance on Monday, August 2 at 11 AM ET
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