I’ve spent five years building in crypto and lately I couldn’t shake a single question:
Why did we stop experimenting?
Here are my thoughts on how we bring back that early excitement through a practical framework on mechanism design: https://t.co/QGqzFsH1Au
Some quick thoughts from this week’s @SALTConference in Wyoming:
- One of the best gatherings in the U.S. for the industry. Perfect mix of finance / policy / digital assets. Kudos to @Scaramucci and John Darsie on another successful year in Jackson!
- Great catching up with old partners & meeting new ones. There’s a real opportunity in front of us, and Avalanche is ready to seize it.
- Great to connect & share thoughts with @jeffjohnroberts from @Fortune and @TheBlockCo
-Hot takes: bison and elk are great meat, Wyoming is more gorgeous every time you come back, and America willed the world in digital assets.
I leave more bullish than ever on where this industry is going, and on Avalanche’s place in it. 🔺
Worlds colliding - Aave v4 is now live on Avalanche, the first non Ethereum deployment.
The focus and ongoing work is on the RWA hub which will be next! 🔺
The Avalanche Foundation is delighted to support the launch of @AvaxTeam1 Builder Grants 🔺
Building on the success of Mini Grants - which has supported builders across gaming, infrastructure, community tools, and developer tooling - Accelerator Grants offer ecosystem builders up to $30,000 in funding to drive further growth.
Projects considered for Accelerator Grants are proposed and voted on by a committee made up of Avalanche team members and community representatives, reflecting the people building and using the ecosystem every day.
We look forward to seeing the impact it has on the next generation of builders on Avalanche.
avalanche summit is back in nyc this year and it looks intentionally different.
when we started planning summit, we asked ourselves a hard question: what does this event actually need to be right now?
because avalanche isn’t the same as it was two years ago. the ecosystem isn’t the same either. the people building here have evolved. the event needed to reflect that too.
so we made changes.
less filler. more intentional programming. tighter conversations. better rooms. more focus on bringing together the people actually shaping where this industry is going.
but to be clear, this was never about moving away from community. it was about building a stronger one.
the avalanche community is still the center of summit. founders shipping real products. developers. creators. operators. investors. institutions. startups. brands. fintech. AI. gaming. sports. payments. media. people building actual businesses and infrastructure onchain. that’s the point of all of this.
“built for business” does not just mean banks and suits. it means building things people actually use. real products. real companies. real systems. real economies.
that’s what we want summit to feel like this year.
credible, high signal, and built with intention while still having energy, culture, and people you actually want to spend time with.
not a generic enterprise conference.
not a crypto carnival.
something in between.
and this year, we’re leaning even harder into the avalanche itself.
more snow.
more atmosphere.
more immersion.
more of that feeling that something big is rolling into the city.
a blizzard is coming to nyc.
sept 16-17.
chelsea industrial.
https://t.co/Tnuo2Ue6rr
🚨 New Suzaku-powered LST: $wsALOT
We are happy to announce that $wsALOT is finally live on @avax C-Chain!
$ALOT C-Chain holders can now liquid stake their tokens to participate in @dexalot L1 security and benefit from staking rewards and other perks 👀
Learn more 👇
The past week on Avalanche 🗞️
From institutional payments to gaming milestones, ecosystem integrations, onchain art to AI infrastructure - here is some, but not all, of what stood out recently ⤵️
🔺 @krakenfx launched Avalanche staking for eligible clients, offering multiple staking options without the need to manage validator infrastructure directly.
🔺 @HyperliquidX added Avalanche deposits, withdrawals, and trading to their the platform.
🔺 @Lynq_Network and Tassat are upgrading to a dedicated Avalanche L1 for real-time institutional payments and collateral mobility - bringing enterprise-grade financial infrastructure onchain.
🔺 @BenqiFinance is streamlining its isolated Avalanche ecosystem markets to focus resources on its core lending market and liquid staking.
🔺 @dexalot open sourced Python and TypeScript SDKs for programmatic trading access to its onchain order book across multiple chains - making it easier for developers to build on top of the protocol.
🔺 @SuzakuNetwork teamed up with @dexalot to introduce liquid staking participation in Dexalot's L1.
🔺 @coreapp partnered with @PharaohExchange, highlighting six months of all-time high volumes and strong governance participation.
🔺 @wasabicard integrated Avalanche for faster and lower-cost onchain payments.
🔺 @pangolindex is moving closer to launching its ve(3,3) tokenomics model - a mechanism designed to align long-term liquidity incentives with governance participation on Avalanche.
🔺 @MaplestoryU surpassed 150 million onchain transactions and 3.82 million registered accounts on Avalanche - a significant milestone for gaming adoption on the network.
🔺 @tomatochain joined Avalanche, bringing a media, payments, and commerce-focused ecosystem onchain through a new dedicated Avalanche L1 in Korea.
🔺 @zero________one launched the open call for the Rome exhibition, with selected artworks to be displayed in June. Submit on their platform with the tag #rome before May 24th.
🔺 @AvaxTeam1 hosted community events including Game Night and announced Gourmet Night Tokyo - continuing to build the Avalanche community on the ground across Asia.
🔺 @0xGasless continued supporting AI agent infrastructure with embedded wallets and gasless operations on Avalanche.
There's going to be moments we missed! Let us know ⬇️
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6.37M $ALOT is already staked, leaving ~3.6M spots before the cap fills.
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More institutional grade yield products coming to Movement.
@YuzuMoneyX 's Yuzu Prime offering is exactly the type of product that leading fintech companies can underwrite.
More updates on distribution coming soon.
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
The Avalanche Foundation is delighted to see @AvaxTeam1 open applications for their latest cohort 🔺
Team1 is a global community program dedicated to growing the Avalanche ecosystem through education, events, content, and direct support for builders and newcomers.
Since its inception it has grown to 450+ members across 40 countries, established six official chapters, hosted 600+ community events, and built partnerships with 130 universities - with at least six new country chapters launching before the end of 2026.
Team1 represents exactly the kind of sustained, community-driven ecosystem development that strengthens Avalanche at every level ⤵️
Join us at Avalanche Summit New York 🔺
We look forward to welcoming our community of founders, developers, institutions, investors, creators, and operators shaping what comes next.
Find out what you can expect ⤵️
Los Angeles Friends & Family 🍕
@Pizza_DAO x @AvaxTeam1 are teaming up for this year’s Global Pizza Party.
Pull up and celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day with great pizza and even better people.
📍Los Angeles
🔺x 🍕
Spots are limited - RSVP below 👇🏼
BTC is tradeable on Dexalot right now.
Not wrapped. Not synthetic. Not on an AMM where the price moves against you before your swap settles.
A real order book. You set the price. It fills there or it waits.
BTC/USDC or WBTC/USDC (for @arbitrum users). Live. Zero slippage on limit orders.
👉 https://t.co/CKmB7qWIJ0
$ALOT | $BTC | #Bitcoin | #DeFi | #CLOB
Imagine 1 auth for our communities!
your website, your discord, your org, 1 identity
we can create our own symbols, by what we believe is symbolic
stop paying AWS & start sharing value to p2p seeds that host content
power we control... unkillable infra... coming soon
indeed we are at a crossroads~
"We can keep operating through outdated, fragmented systems, or we can build new infrastructure rooted in the abundance, accountability, and mutual responsibility our faith already teaches."
worth the read, see the rest from @Jomari_P here: https://t.co/936iHxwLl1