Eric 🔺

Lead Economist @AvalancheFDN @avax. NFA. Views are my own.

[Avalanche Team1 @AvaxTeam1]

Big changes introduced to Retro9000 🔺

User verification makes community participation essential. Verify and directly impact project scores.

Smaller projects now get a larger share of rewards relative to what they burned.

Win together 👇

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

Retro9000: C-Chain Round 4 is live 🔥

New this round: verified users now impact project rankings, and smaller projects receive a meaningfully larger share of rewards relative to what they have burned.

The leaderboard just got a lot more interesting 🔺

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

The leaderboard just got a lot more interesting 🔺

Retro9000 C-Chain Round 4 introduces two major changes to how projects score points and how rewards are distributed.

Here is everything you need to know ⤵️

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

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 ⤵️

[Avalanche🔺 @avax]

Want to help grow Avalanche?

@AvaxTeam1 just opened applications for new members.

Team1 gives builders, creators, developers, and community leaders a path to contribute directly, get support for ideas, and build careers in blockchain.

Start here. 🔺

[Avalanche Team1 @AvaxTeam1]

Team1 Applications Are Open 🌎

Team1 is a global network of builders, developers, creatives, & community members who grow Avalanche.

- 450 members across 40 countries
- 6 official regional chapters with more coming
- 600 events with 75k luma subscribers
- 130 university collaborations
- 30+ jobs created
- Bounty opportunities for creators
- Grants and support for builders and members

You can now apply to join Team1 as a collaborator and build your career in blockchain while directly contributing to the growth of Avalanche. Collaborators who deliver value to the ecosystem will then be invited to become members.

Team1 is a platform that empowers the community to grow Avalanche from the bottom up. Have an idea to grow our ecosystem and support the community? We will fund it and support you to lead it.

We are looking for event hosts, founders, content creators, designers, BDs, university students, marketers, developers, country leads, and more.

You will directly contribute to the growth of Avalanche and the blockchain industry. Paid positions are available to those who lead, deliver value, and take initiative to grow certain regions or verticals.

Join Team1, grow your career, fund your project and build Avalanche.

Applications below 👇

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

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 ⬇️

[Eric 🔺 @eric_lu_sc]

Very honored to serve on the committee with some of the best minds in the world on crypto economics. Looking forward to seeing the submissions.

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

The Avalanche Foundation is pleased to introduce the selection committee for its Call for Research Proposals on Avalanche Network Economics.

The committee brings together members from Ava Labs, the Avalanche Foundation, and leading academics with deep expertise in economics, finance, and decentralized network design - assembled to evaluate proposals for grants of up to $50,000 USD ⤵️

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

The Avalanche Foundation is pleased to introduce the selection committee for its Call for Research Proposals on Avalanche Network Economics.

The committee brings together members from Ava Labs, the Avalanche Foundation, and leading academics with deep expertise in economics, finance, and decentralized network design - assembled to evaluate proposals for grants of up to $50,000 USD ⤵️

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

The Avalanche Foundation is pleased to announce Retro9000 C-Chain Round 2 rewards.

A full breakdown of awards, eligibility, and next steps below ⤵️

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

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 ⤵️

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

This week on Avalanche!

Here is some, but not all, of what stood out from our grantees across DeFi, infrastructure, mobility, payments, gaming, and NFTs ⤵️

🔺 @dexalot teased the launch of OmniVaults: one deposit that automatically deploys liquidity across every chain where users are trading, with no extra bridging, no managing multiple pools, and no market makers required. They also shipped a major app upgrade making the platform faster and simpler for traders.

🔺 @WarpGameFDN grew the wheel event prize pool to over $8,000, giving early participants a stronger shot at Enterprise and Pro Nodes plus other rewards on Avalanche.

🔺 @BlackholeDEX recapped a packed year of building exclusively on Avalanche: TWAP and limit orders, in-app cross-chain bridging, zap functionality, and single-click rebalancing. A lot shipped in a short time.

🔺 @BenqiFinance highlighted how tokenized assets on Avalanche can embed rules, incentives, and real utility, deepening DeFi composability across the ecosystem. They also rolled out cross-chain loan repayments from any EVM chain.

🔺 @kardpay reaffirmed two years of building on Avalanche with no plans to slow down, citing the ecosystem's builder support as a key reason for staying long-term.

🔺 @pangolindex put real usage numbers on the board: 69k transactions in 24 hours with active incentive programs across pools.

🔺 @blaze_stream updated Blaze PRIME so selected streams now require subscriptions for Backstage Pass rewards - a move to better support creators and reward the most active community members.

🔺 @AvaxTeam1 hosted the Women Connect event in Manila, engaged 7,000 students at the HUTECH Job Fair in Vietnam, and highlighted @kardpay for powering global event payments with stablecoins on Avalanche.

🔺 @zero________one dropped new independent art collectibles available for collection on their platform.

🔺 @LFG_GTFO kept Gladiator Mayhem Open Beta active with a competitive LFG Stars leaderboard and dropped 10 Forge Keys into the Wheel of Fortune in collaboration with Warp.

🔺 @CodeNekt_Eco opened its L1, described as purpose-built for the mobility industry, to builders, developers, designers, and startups. APIs, SDKs, smart contract support, hackathons, and direct vehicle data integration - all on Avalanche.

🔺 @routescan_io released its Transaction Authorization List tool to simplify tracking authorized transactions on Avalanche.

The builders are building, and it's the community that makes Avalanche worth building on.

There's going to be moments we missed! Let us know ⬇️

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

Academic research meets real network economics 🔺

The Avalanche Foundation is funding original research at the intersection of economic theory and decentralized network design.

Grants of up to $50,000 available for researchers and independent scholars working at the frontier of economics, finance, computer science, and engineering.

[Avalanche Policy Coalition 🔺 @AvalanchePolicy]

Big ideas, we want you! The @AvalancheFDN
is now accepting research proposals on Avalanche network economics, with grants of up to $50,000 USD available for original academic work.

We’re looking for proposals in two key areas:
- cryptoasset pricing and valuation
- validator economics and network security

Open to academic researchers and independent scholars. Researchers keep full IP rights.

Applications are open now through Monday, June 1, 2026.
Apply at:
https://t.co/yquPrGsgVP

Read more: https://t.co/BZSiKYVqBf #Avalanche #AVAX #Research #Tokenomics #CryptoEconomics #BlockchainResearch #Web3 #Academia

[Eric 🔺 @eric_lu_sc]

@AvalanchePolicy @AvalancheFDN 🙌

[Avalanche Foundation 🔺 @AvalancheFDN]

Avalanche builders continue to ship 🔺

From AI-powered blockchains and gasless transactions to MEV protection, livestreaming, gaming, and more.

Here is a look at recent progress from our grantees ⤵️

[Daniel 🔺 @Dorlanz0x]

Foundation programs are evolving and new initiatives are coming 🔺

As we build out the next generation of support for the Avalanche ecosystem, we want to hear directly from builders and community members.

What would make the biggest difference to you right now? 👇

[Eric 🔺 @eric_lu_sc]

@azzabazazz Hmm, haven't thought about that. Could you elaborate a bit more? A median block in terms of what? Why do you think it is a lead indicator?

[Eric 🔺 @eric_lu_sc]

https://t.co/yB1IlhxmcX

[Eric 🔺 @eric_lu_sc]

@bit_mani Great question! Will need some time for a comparative study though. The current data pipeline does not automatically generalize to other chains yet.

[napper ���🔺 @napper_]

It's been a big few weeks on Avalanche!

$11B in production RWAs, $2B in tokenized assets, AI agents with onchain identity and more.

Here's what you missed ⤵️

> @BridgeTowerCap launched its institutional tokenization platform on Avalanche with $11B+ in production RWAs, including a major Arizona copper-gold project, featuring Proof of Reserve, SmartNAV, and Chainlink connectivity.

> @progmat_en, Japan's largest tokenized securities platform, is live on a dedicated Avalanche L1 with $2B+ in tokenized assets and is now leading a consortium study on an on-chain framework for Japanese Government Bond repo transactions using stablecoins. Japan's ~$1.6T government bond repo market is exploring Avalanche infrastructure.

> @Broadridge brought proxy voting, corporate actions, and shareholder governance on-chain via a purpose-built Avalanche L1.

> @GoKiteAI mainnet and Kite Agent Passport launched on Avalanche, bringing verifiable AI agent identity, programmable spending limits, and native stablecoin settlement.

> @Lynq_Network and Intain are using Avalanche L1s for real financial activity: real-time payments, collateral mobility, tokenized loans, and ABS, with full validator control and regulatory alignment

> @eric_lu_sc introduced Gross Chain Product - a new standard for measuring real on-chain economic output.

Everything will be on Avalanche.

You are just a little earlier to it than everyone else 🔺