Introducing Avalanche Interchain Token Transfer, simplifying the traditionally complex and costly process of creating and auditing smart contracts for token bridging between L1s. ICTT makes it easy to send assets like $USDC, $AVAX and $BTC between L1s on Avalanche. 1️⃣ Anyone can deploy these contracts — they are completely permissionless and open by design. 2️⃣ Saves devs time and money by removing the need for extensive development time and costly auditing. 3️⃣ Rely on thoroughly audited contracts to ensure your token transfers are secure with no additional trust assumptions commonly found with traditional bridges. This blog covers everything you need to know about the release of ICTT: https://medium.com/@michelle.tian_5324/avalanche-interchain-token-transfer-09a7417d3e99

@here Thank you for your patience. A new Avalanche application for Ledger (v0.8.3) has been released. For those who upgraded their firmware and had their devices crash, this application version will resolve the issue.

Avalanche Summit LATAM tickets are now ON SALE 🔺🇦🇷 1️⃣ Venue: Ciudad Cultural Konex, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2️⃣ Dates: Wed. October 16 - Fri. October 18, 2024 3️⃣ FREE tickets available for LATAM developers and university students Get tickets: http://avalanchesummit.com/

Solo Leveling is coming to Avalanche! Already a hit webtoon, anime, and game, the beloved IP is now coming to Web3 as Solo Leveling: Unlimited. SL:U will be a new collectibles & experiences platform built on Otherworld, and powered by Avalanche. SL:U will also feature interactive storytelling based in the world of Solo Leveling, awarding digital collectibles for users based on how they use the platform. Learn more: https://x.com/avax/status/1805906064136864096

KONAMI is building a blockchain. Resella, a gaming focused L1 powered by Avalanche, is the latest innovation from a company that’s made video games for half a century. Crafted to meet the needs of both game developers and users, learn more about Konami’s new platform, Resella. https://www.avax.network/blog/konami-digital-entertainment-co-ltd-unveils-groundbreaking-nft-solution-resella-in-collaboration-with-ava-labs

stc Bahrain is launching an Avalanche Subnet as part of its Web3 Launchpad Program, to accelerate the adoption and expansion of blockchain across the Middle East. 1️⃣ Goal is to offer founder and project support through a series of co-marketing campaigns, conferences, and hackathons. 2️⃣ Avalanche is chosen as the Qala’a Path Partner under this Web3 Launchpad Program. 3️⃣ stc Bahrain is a subsidiary of stc group, the most valuable telecom brand in the Middle East. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1780945154557513893

With Feature’s Smart Content powered by Avalanche, episodes, scenes, and songs become active experiences that reward fans, providing audiences with novel ways to enjoy media. 1️⃣ Feature’s Smart Content is an API that integrates into any streaming platform or media file. 2️⃣ Fans may earn special benefits or rewards for completing an episode or series, watching a live-streamed performance, or listening to a new single. 3️⃣ Feature has already integrated an early iteration of its Smart Content technology into the Netflix platform to power an interactive campaign for Love, Death + Robots’ third season Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1780597545074639253

Homium issues tokenized home equity loans on Avalanche, providing homeowners with a novel way to borrow against their home equity without increasing their monthly debt burden. 1️⃣ Homeowners may commit a portion of their home’s price appreciation instead of paying interest or monthly payments. 2️⃣ Investors receive a tokenized asset tracking the price appreciation of a pool of shared appreciation home loans issued in real-time. 3️⃣ Shared equity investments allow institutional investors to effectively partner with families and local governments to bolster homeownership and middle-class wealth creation. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/homium-issues-first-home-equity-loans-on-avalanche

It's official! Avalanche Summit III lands in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Wednesday, October 16 through Friday, October 18. Sign up to receive alerts when tickets go on sale! https://avalanchesummit.com

The Avalanche Foundation has announced the launch of Icebreaker, a 4-part program designed to systematically enhance the Foundation’s on-chain activity in an effort to help cultivate the Avalanche ecosystem. 1️⃣ Assist new and emerging projects in overcoming initial barriers to market entry, to provide further support to help demonstrate their value proposition and product-market fit. 2️⃣ Enhance the depth of certain markets on Avalanche protocols, aiming to help establish a more stable and efficient ecosystem for all participants. 3️⃣ Help diversify the ecosystem, to highlight the many uses of Avalanche technology, reinforcing its commitment to the long-term success of the Avalanche network. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/the-avalanche-foundation-unveils-the-icebreaker-program

Coachella to Gamify the Festival Experience and Distribute New Rewards Using Avalanche 🎡 1️⃣ Coachella Quests allows fans to gamify their festival experience and earn rewards by engaging with digital and physical Coachella touchpoints. 2️⃣ Complete tasks to earn Stamps, gain XP, and become eligible for prizes like Festival Guest Passes, VIP Oasis Keepsakes. 3️⃣ One fan who completes all Quests and earns enough XP to advance to the highest level will be randomly selected to win two free 2025 festival Guest passes. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/coachella-to-gamify-festival-experience-and-distribute-rewards-using-avalanche

Diamonds arrive on a blockchain with new tokenized fund on Avalanche, backed by Diamond Standard and Oasis Pro. 1️⃣ The security token is listed on the regulated Oasis Pro Markets, eligible for IRAs and available for institutional investors such as pension funds and endowments. 2️⃣ Tokenized on the Avalanche C-Chain using the ERC3643 token standard. 3️⃣ Only 1% of the diamond market is investor-owned, largely due to a lack of standardization and subjectivity in valuation. This democratizes access to a commodity class traditionally unavailable to investors. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/diamond-standard-leverages-oasis-pro-and-avalanche-to-make-diamonds-an-investable-asset-class

The Avalanche Foundation is launching the Avalanche Community Grants Program, an initiative partnership with Gitcoin that encourages projects and developers to build in Avalanche’s growing ecosystem. For the first time, the Avalanche community can now play a direct role in deciding which projects the Foundation funds! 1️⃣ The grants will go to projects directly supporting the growth of Avalanche, including public goods, arts & culture, gaming, infrastructure, consumer apps and more. 2️⃣ Each round will utilize the Gitcoin Grants Stack and a combination of quadratic and retroactive funding to optimize the program. 3️⃣ Community members can vote on allocations, with higher AVAX matching rewards going to the projects with the most community support. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1772641232251990325

Avalanche launches Memecoin Rush, a liquidity mining incentive program that aims to increase accessibility to Avalanche community coins, bringing unique liquidity strategies to the ecosystem. 1️⃣ Starts with 2 Avalanche-native projects Trader Joe and Steakhut, with additional partners to join in the coming weeks. 2️⃣ On Steakhut, Uniswap V3 liquidity mining Rush ​​rewards will be distributed to LPs for the community coins COQ, KIMBO, TECH, and NOCHILL 3️⃣ Trader Joe launches incentives with single-sided, time-locked staking vaults. The first weekly epoch includes vaults for COQ, KIMBO, TECH, NOCHILL, HUSKY, MEOW, KONG, MEAT, and KINGSHIT. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/the-avalanche-foundation-announces-memecoin-rush

The Graph and Edge & Node have expanded subgraph support to Avalanche, allowing developers to use The Graph’s decentralized network for speedy access to indexed data. 1️⃣ Subgraphs are essentially databases of dApp-specific data available for querying for developers using GraphQL. 2️⃣ The robustness of The Graph Network stems from decentralized physical infrastructure with independent Indexers around the world. 3️⃣ After incorporating subgraphs, developers don’t have to run nodes and can greatly trim setup costs. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/the-graph-expands-data-tools-for-avalanche-developers

The Avalanche Foundation announced today it’s expanding its Board of Directors, alongside the launch of a new X account to provide regular updates and info related to the Foundations mission to foster innovation, collaboration, and sustainable growth within the Avalanche ecosystem. The board expands to 7 people with the addition of Dr. Ömer Demirel, Nicolas Lemaitre, and Vikram Nagrani, bringing in more expertise across various sectors. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/avalanche-foundation-announces-new-board

MapleStory, one of the most legendary games from Korea’s largest game studio, Nexon, is now coming to Avalanche with Maplestory Universe on a Subnet. 1️⃣ Maplestory was one of the first games to popularize the free to play business model, and theyre innovating again with an emphasis on user generated content 2️⃣ MapleStory has reached over 180 million registered users worldwide and grossed over $3 billion in lifetime revenue. 3️⃣ Look for the new iteration of MapleStory to launch by the end of the year. Learn more here: https://vxtwitter.com/avax/status/1767181065234657711

Best Dish Ever, a new community-owned food show celebrating NYC cuisine and beloved restaurant dishes, is thrilled to announce its NFT membership and application built exclusively on Avalanche. 1️⃣ Best Dish Ever attempts to leverage Web3 elements to revolutionize culinary discovery through a video series and on-chain community. 2️⃣ Invites to monthly meetups at featured restaurants, meet-and-greets with famous foodies, exclusive chef’s tables, and even cooking classes, tastings, and more. 3️⃣ Access a seamless, efficient platform on Avalanche to enjoy a passion for great food and shared experiences. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/best-dish-ever-launches-nfts-on-avalanche-pioneering-the-future-of-culinary-exploration

Today, with the release of Teleporter, Avalanche has become a seamlessly linked network of many chains that communicate so smoothly they feel like a single chain. Avalanche was developed to be a sprawling network of lightning-fast custom app chains, and Teleporter is a momentous step toward realizing the full vision of Avalanche. 1️⃣ Teleporter is a new cross-chain messaging protocol built on top of Avalanche Warp Messaging (AWM), facilitating seamless connection between any EVM chain in the network. 2️⃣ What can you build on Teleporter? Token bridge, NFT bridge, Data Oracle feed, the options are endless. 3️⃣ Teleporter gives builders a developer–friendly interface that makes sending and receiving cross-chain messages simple. Learn more here: https://vxtwitter.com/avax/status/1765424225731674611

Here's your chance to grow the Avalanche network and your Web3 career simultaneously by joining the Avalanche Ambassador DAO. 1️⃣ Organize in real life events, integrate Avalanche into universities and creating engaging content online 2️⃣ Ambassadors will come from diverse backgrounds and world regions. 3️⃣ The Ambassadors DAO will forever be evolving and growing, with new ideas and features constantly being added. Learn more: https://www.avax.network/blog/avalanche-launches-ambassador-dao Apply here: https://www.avax.network/ambassador

The Avalanche Foundation is directing incentives from the Multiverse program to Loyalty+, a pioneering loyalty platform that enables high-engagement, omnichannel loyalty programs through next-generation technologies such as machine learning, generative AI, and blockchain, including an Avalanche Subnet. Loyalty+ technology allows: 1️⃣ Personalized loyalty mechanics 2️⃣ First-party data built on blockchain-based identity systems 3️⃣ Reward traceability, transparency, and built-in scarcity. Explore more details on Loyalty+ and why they built on Avalanche 🔺 https://vxtwitter.com/avax/status/1762495353348387306

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Tenzro is launching an AI-powered content platform for creatives on Avalanche. With many apps ready to launch on Tenzro, the platform aims to quickly grow into a resource that any creative–musicians, visual artists, and more–can use to maximize success for their craft. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/AvaCloud/status/1760678334592409869

Welcome Looty to Avalanche! Looty is a loyalty platform bringing excitement to rewards through a novel loot crate experience. 1️⃣ Looty is partnering with Inspect to make sure the Avalanche community is among the first rewarded 2️⃣ Users can open crates to find rewards of varying value, essentially gamifying loyalty and incentive programs. 3️⃣ Opening loot crates requires keys. These keys will be mintable, but will also be given away by brands for various incentive programs. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1759972727409065992

SI Tickets, the fan-first ticketing site by Sports Illustrated, is bringing its primary NFT ticketing platform, Box Office, to Avalanche. 1️⃣ Box Office’s turnkey event management platform aims to deliver a complete NFT ticketing solution for paid or free events. 2️⃣ Avalanche’s low transaction fees, reliability, and high throughput (needed to support a high volume of attendees) have instantly elevated SI Tickets’ Super Ticket NFT functionality 3️⃣ Create your own event on the platform, and be listed alongside SI Ticket’s other offerings, from pro sports games to big time concerts. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1759932438065852751

Owned, powered by Unix Gaming, is bringing Gaming and SocialFi together with the introduction of Battle​.tech, a SocialFi layer for gamers, their backers, and fans. 1️⃣ Gamers sign up and create a Player Pass, and backers can then buy and trade these Player Passes to have a stake in the future of the player’s competitive gaming 2️⃣ For player-creators, Battle​.tech can help build an audience and reward early loyal supporters. 3️⃣ For the backers, it’s about getting rewarded for following their favorite gamers. Learn more about Owned: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1757760253335409047

Pack your bags. Avalanche Summit is going to Buenos Aires in October 2024. Want to be a part of the greatest conference in Web3? Speaker and sponsorship applications are open. Sign up for alerts to be alerted when tickets go on sale! https://twitter.com/avax/status/1754995141876552100

Struct Finance has entered the Avalanche Rush Program with a total amount of up to $1M in $AVAX. With unique tranching mechanisms and the democratization of advanced financial products, Struct enhances liquidity and opens opportunities for a wider range of participants. 1️⃣ Struct offers interest rate vaults and unique tranching mechanisms for fixed and variable yield products. 2️⃣ Struct's TVL increased 129% in the first week, ranking it among 2023's fastest-growing Avalanche DeFi platforms. 3️⃣ Soon to launch platform “Struct Factory” will allow investors to craft their structured financial products on-chain according to their unique needs. Learn more: https://www.avax.network/blog/struct-finance-joins-avalanche-rush-with-an-incentive-program-of-up-to-1m

How are Pyth Network and Movement Labs both building critical infrastructure and working with some of the top projects on Avalanche? Tune in to tomorrow's Spaces to hear from both teams about recent ecosystem developments, new partnerships, all things C-Chain, and more. ⏰ Thurs, Jan 25th @ 11 am ET 🔗 https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwjBDgzrJB

BDACS, a prominent South Korean digital asset custodian, is expanding support for Avalanche, to offer a wide range of custody solutions, with the aim to open up access to digital assets in Korea more broadly. 1️⃣ Offers institutional custody for $AVAX and $BTC.b 2️⃣ Provides staking support for the Avalanche P-Chain 3️⃣ Completed a seed funding round with participation from Avalanche’s Blizzard Fund Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1749918544060727396

Fonbnk, a leading fintech company creating financial on-ramps for crypto markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, built a dedicated AVAX on-ramp via phone cards, allowing users to turn prepaid airtime and mobile data into digital currencies. 1️⃣ Users can swap prepaid airtime for @circle $USDC, and soon $EURC, making it a cost-effective solution for cross-border payments. 2️⃣ 64% of Sub-Saharan Africans own at least one smartphone, and 6 billion prepaid phones exist across emerging markets. 3️⃣ Fonbnk provides a simple pathway to accessing Web3 and the Avalanche ecosystem through its suite of No- and Low-code dApps and APIs. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1749794511247843502

The Avalanche Foundation has reserved a portion of the Culture Catalyst program to deploy capital into community coins, doing so within an established eligibility criteria framework. This framework is designed to identify community coin projects that show stability, growth potential, and a commitment to fair practices in crypto. The purpose of disclosing the eligibility criteria here is to enunciate the Foundation’s values and provide direction to the community. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1749764445658882430 Read the full blog for more details and disclosures. https://www.avax.network/blog/avalanche-foundation-eligibility-criteria-framework-for-community-coins

Republic announced the launch of the Republic Note on Avalanche, its novel profit-sharing digital asset, as part of its mission to democratize access to private investments. 1️⃣ The Republic Note accrues profits generated by Republic’s portfolio of 750+ private assets and distributes them to holders’ wallets via stablecoins. 2️⃣ The Avalanche Foundation’s Vista program is proud to support the Republic Note as one of the many investors. 3️⃣ R/Note is set to be listed for secondary market trading through the Avalanche-powered trading platform INX on December 6. Learn more about why Republic chose the Avalanche network for its speed, scalability, and customizability: https://www.avax.network/blog/republic-selects-avalanche-for-its-profit-sharing-digital-asset

Citi has tested the use of blockchain infrastructure to price and execute simulated FX trades on Avalanche Evergreen Subnets. 1️⃣ This new solution is built with the support from AvaCloud's managed blockchain service, to build customized chains on Avalanche Subnets. 2️⃣ Citi’s On-Chain RFS Application leverages Avalanche Warp Messaging to communicate between chains without third party bridges or trust assumptions. 3️⃣ This Proof of Concept is another part of Project Guardian, a collaboration by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the financial industry. https://vxtwitter.com/avax/status/1725121752236200015?s=46 Learn more about Citi's innovation On-Chain Pricing Solution: https://www.avax.network/blog/citi-fx-solution-avalanche

Onyx by J.P Morgan and Apollo Global have announced a collaborative effort, leveraging Layer Zero to connect Onyx with a permissioned Avalanche Evergreen Subnet, which facilitated subscriptions and redemptions for funds offered by Wisdom Tree. 1️⃣This PoC demonstrates how blockchain tech and tokenization can potentially help automate portfolio management. 2️⃣ While only operationalized in a testnet environment, this represents an ambitious effort towards enabling personalized investment portfolios at scale. 3️⃣ Evergreen Subnets reap the benefits of public network development, innovation, and native integrations while enabling embedded, blockchain-level features only possible in enterprise blockchains. https://vxtwitter.com/avax/status/1724759482238927161?s=46&t=BmcjxlDaJmhXUAVPlc7OEA Learn more: https://www.avax.network/blog/onyx-j-p-morgan-leverages-avalanche-for-portfolio-management

Introducing Codebase by Avalanche, a 12-week accelerator program supporting early-stage Web3 startups on Avalanche. The program will offer 15 select startups a $50k stipend, mentorship from industry leaders, and a chance to pitch for a $400k prize pool of investment. 1️⃣ Web2 Partners: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Carta, Deel, Brex 2️⃣ Web3 Partners: Chainlink, Chainstack, OpenZeppelin, Fireblocks, BitGo, Biconomy 3️⃣ Codebase intends to give the highest-impact founders with the most transformational ideas the business and marketing tools they need to succeed. Learn more: https://vxtwitter.com/avax/status/1722646891740188731 Register today for early access: https://www.avax.network/codebase

Thanks to AvaCloud & thirdweb, struggling to launch complex blockchain networks, & now, blockchain apps are an issue of the past. Leading organizations like SK Planet & Deloitte are satisfied customers. Learn how AvaCloud can help your blockchain business succeed: 1️⃣ A University of Cambridge study found that “large-scale networks take more than four and a half years for the full launch.” 2️⃣ thirdweb’s integration with AvaCloud will enable AvaCloud customers to build custom wallets, deploy a multitude of pre-built smart contracts, and help quickly build blockchain applications. 3️⃣ To date, over 100,000 developers have built their solutions using thirdweb, featuring over 300,000 deployed smart contracts. Learn more here: https://twitter.com/AvaCloud/status/1722292365488996549

Avalanche House Istanbul is only one week away! Looking forward to a great day of guest speakers, live art, gaming activations and more 🙏 This event wouldn't be possible without a group of trusted sponsors from across the industry: 🔺 Chainlink 🔺 Keystone Wallet 🔺 Dexalot 🔺 Movement Labs 🔺 Ash 🔺 Togg EV Learn more: https://twitter.com/avax/status/1721950308321091722 Register FREE: https://lu.ma/avalanchehouse_istanbul_2023

AvaCloud enables the fast deployment and management of Avalanche Subnets. Today, this got even faster. Join the ranks of innovative customers like Deloitte, SHRAPNEL, and more. Learn about the exclusive offer for new customers: https://vxtwitter.com/AvaCloud/status/1721646796496117952

Avalanche is powering the metaverse experience at Hong Kong FinTech Week for InvestHK, an experience reflecting a unique blend of Hong Kong's culture, landmarks, and innovation. 1️⃣ InvestHK’s metaverse marks the first governmental use of Alibaba’s Cloudverse 2️⃣ The digital Hong Kong-centric world was carefully crafted by MUA DAO 3️⃣ Traverse the HKFTW 2023 metaverse with experiences that include a Dragon Boat Race, Treasure Hunt, Skyline Ferris Wheel, a Firework display and more! Check out the Avalanche powered metaverse: https://www.avax.network/blog/avalanche-powers-metaverse-experience-at-hong-kong-fintech-week

Canza Finance launches Baki, a robust, reliable and scalable Forex service on Avalanche. Baki becomes the first synthetic DeFi market for African stablecoins. 1️⃣ The protocol facilitates the trading of synthetic stablecoins across a number of African fiat currencies. 2️⃣ Baki is an infinite-liquidity exchange allowing for slippage-free swaps between African currencies. 3️⃣ These stablecoins are different from most; instead of being backed directly by the underlying currency, they’ll be backed by USDC. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/avalanche-expands-forex-market-in-africa-with-canza See how Baki works: https://baki.exchange/

The new Avalanche App is now available for Ledger, bringing a reduction in size of the app and support for Banff transactions, providing better support of Subnet-related transactions. The update is available for download on the Nano S, Nano S Plus and Nano X from Ledger. https://www.ledger.com/ledger-live

Chainlink Automation 2.0 and Functions 1.0 are now live on Avalanche, providing verifiable, composable, and gas-efficient automation and off-chain compute, enabling Avalanche ecosystem devs to build new Web3 applications with greater flexibility and control. 1️⃣ Automation 2.0 allows developers to offload and automate any Solidity computation off-chain with a ~90% average reduction in gas costs. 2️⃣ Functions 1.0 allows developers to connect their smart contracts to any external data source and run custom computations in minutes. Explore these new features in detail: https://www.avax.network/blog/avalanche-is-advancing-off-chain-computation-services-for-developers

Celebrate @EFDevconnect with an After Party with Avalanche featuring world-renowned DJs Tooker, GiZ, and more! Join the party on Tuesday, November 14th! Register for the guest list now: https://lu.ma/devconnect_afterparty2023

Introducing Avalanche Community Proposals (ACPs). ACPs are a framework for proposing improvements and gathering consensus around changes to the Avalanche Network. Anyone in the community can create an ACP and start a discussion about it here ⬇️ https://github.com/avalanche-foundation/ACPs

LAMINA1, Co-founded by Neal Stephenson, Rebecca Barkin and Peter Vessenes, is building a new application layer for metaverse creators and developers, powered by the Avalanche consensus and Subnet architecture. 1️⃣ Goal is to expand Avalanche’s existing creator ecosystem across indie gaming, music, film, fashion, art, and tastemaker experiences. 2️⃣ Integrated suite of tools and protocols that provide Premium Creator Features such as: Identity, Assets, and Storage. 3️⃣ Elevated developer experience with game engines, SDKs, and plug-ins that help provide consumer-level UX and design. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/neal-stephensons-lamina1-to-reimagine-the-open-metaverse-with-new-layer-1-built-on-avalanche

NFT SZN is in full swing on Avalanche! In collaboration with Hyperspace, Avalanche is launching an ambitious multi-million AVAX NFT incentive program. 🔍 NFT SZN Incentives Hyperspace recently announced its innovative Rewards Program, which has already seen 15k+ user sign ups in its first week. Today, users can earn points for onboarding & inviting friends, in addition to trading incentives. 🌟 Redeeming Points for AVAX Qualifying users will be able to earn Hyperspace Points and redeem them at a later date for Avalanche's native token, AVAX. 💎 Rewards Hyperspace rewards come with a key, distinguishing feature: an accelerated pace of incentives distribution to assure that users are promptly recognized for their participation. 🤝 Engage & Earn The community is already on the move, gaining points via signing up, referring new users, and initial trading activity. 🔗 Be part of this groundbreaking initiative: https://avax.hyperspace.xyz/rewards

Blockticity, a blockchain-based product certification system built on Avalanche, aims to help address the $4.5T worth of counterfeit goods flowing through the world’s economy each year. 1️⃣ Blockticity has already minted certifications on Avalanche for goods totaling over $275M. 2️⃣ This first minting covers hemp, psychedelic mushrooms, and kratom products for ACS Laboratory, one of the largest hemp and cannabis labs in the U.S. 3️⃣ Blockticity prints a QR code on the products following third-party testing. This code links to a Certificate of Analysis, minted as an Avalanche NFT. Learn more here: https://www.avax.network/blog/blockticity-mints-275m-in-hemp-and-other-product-certifications-on-avalanche

Last week, the Ava Labs team announced the developer preview of Firewood, a multi-year effort to write a state-of-the-art database optimized for storing Merkleized blockchain state from scratch in Rust. Today, they'll be going into greater detail about how this database is specially built for high-throughput blockchains on Avalanche. Tune in to the Developer Community Call to hear more about Firewood, live at 1pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/live/Exq4LzlZXHE

Istanbul! Avalanche House will bring amazing people, organizations, & most importantly, real tech to @EFDevconnect week. Avalanche House | Seoul sold out. And, Istanbul will follow suit. Devs, operators, investors–all are welcome! RSVP for free: https://lu.ma/avalanchehouse_istanbul_2023