This Week in Avalanche, May 7 2021
Avalanche Major News
Ava Labs released the code for Apricot Phase Two
The new Avalanche website went live
Staking (P-Chain)
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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