View in browser

Hi there 👋

Buckle up ‘cause there’s lots going on this week. From invigorating developments across institutions, enterprise, and DeFi to exciting updates on Avaissance and Avalanche’s engineering and product roadmap, we’ve got you covered.

Issue #68 Spotlights

ANZ studies tokenization on Avalanche, the launch of Memecoin Rush, and Alipay+ D-store’s voucher program.

Got feedback? We'd love to hear it, send us a message with your thoughts.

Weekly Avalanche Overview

Data pulled: 3/22/2024

Announcements

ANZ’s Tokenized Asset Settlement Case Study

Institutions

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) recently utilized Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and its own Evergreen Subnet to connect Avalanche and Ethereum in a simulated environment. Why? To study the global movement and settlement of tokenized assets on-chain.

What they found: Thanks to Chainlink and Avalanche, ANZ proved it’s possible to use CCIP as a single interoperability solution to transfer data and tokenized assets across blockchains securely and reliably.

Find out how

Got a use case to test on-chain? Try customized Subnets.

Avalanche’s Memecoin Rush Is On 🚀

DeFi

The goal: scaling liquidity and driving momentum. The tool: Memecoin Rush, the liquidity mining incentive program launched by the Avalanche Foundation.

What is it? Memecoin Rush is actually an extension of Avalanche Rush, the ongoing liquidity mining program helping turbocharge Avalanche DeFi since 2021. Memecoin Rush will have several phases, with the first providing $1M in incentives in AVAX through Trader Joe and Steakhut.

Learn more

Join the Rush. Add liquidity to memecoin pairs on Steakhut or stake into meme vaults on Trader Joe.

Alipay+ D-Store Launches Voucher Program on Avalanche

Are you a milk tea fan traveling to or living in SE Asia? If so, we’ve got good news for you: Alipay+ and its all-in-one digitalization solution D-store are launching a voucher program that gives users up to 50% off on milk teas sold at participating shops (with an assist from MUA DAO).

Partaking is simple: Play a mini game, get a voucher, pay for your milk tea using an Alipay+ partner e-wallet. And P.S. This is just phase one 😉

Learn about phase two →

Artist Spotlight

Aaron Huey

Avaissance Photography Mentor

Season 2 of Avaissance is coming up and Aaron Huey is leading its photography cohort.

Who’s Aaron? He’s a distinguished National Geographic photographer and explorer, a multidisciplinary master of storytelling, a boundary pusher, and now an Avaissance mentor with experience in virtual and augmented reality. Want to take Aaron’s class?

Apply to the AIR program

FYI: Avaiassance’s Artist in Residence program is free to apply to and offers a stipend to accepted participants.

PODCASTS

What Do Policymakers Think About When They Think About Blockchain?

Owl Explains Hootenanny, Episode 15

What do policy experts Thomas Tindermans, Norma Krayem, and Scott Mason think about the ever-evolving landscape of blockchain policy? Find out on this episode of Hootenanny, where the Owls’ guests discuss the importance of sound policy and regulation, their outlook for blockchain and beyond, and regulatory developments shaping the ever dynamic ecosystem.

Listen to the podcast →

Developer Community Call

Avalanche

You won’t want to miss out on this week’s call, especially if you’re keeping up with Avalanche’s 2024 engineering milestones and platform upgrades. This time, the devs are covering part two of the proposed Avalanche platform roadmap.

Watch the call →

Cool Stuff on Avalanche

The Graph Expands Data Tools for Avalanche Devs

Developers

New doors opened for builders when The Graph Network expanded subgraph support to include Avalanche 💪 Devs can now effortlessly use The Graph’s decentralized network at lower costs and competitive synching times.

“More chain ecosystems than ever are now equipped with open access to blockchain data, empowering people to gain control over the data they need, on their own terms.”

Tegan Kline, CEO of Edge & Node

What are subgraphs? Databases of dApp-specific data available for developers querying using GraphQL. Incorporating subgraphs eliminates the need to run nodes, which seriously trims setup costs. Instead, devs can query The Graph Network basically immediately after upgrading from the hosted service. Interested? Here are…

More reasons to utilize subgraphs

SPACES TO LISTEN IN ON

Avalanche

DeFi After Dark: Memecoins on Avalanche

March 21

Play recording →

Avalanche

Money Moves: Tokenizing Creator Copyrights on Avalanche

March 22

Play recording →

Share your Web3 interests

Get ✨personalized✨ Spaces recommendations in future issues.

ICYMI

Art & Culture
Dave Krugman, photographer and founder of art community ALLSHIPS, offers great insight on building NFT communities, his experience with NFT mints, and the journey of joining a community.
Avalanche →
Research
Reflexivity Research publishes an overview of Avalanche’s Q1 2024 developments, including technical updates and improvements, the AvalancheGo roadmap, enterprise adoption, and PoCs.
Reflexivity Research →
Institutions & Enterprise
How financial giants like JPMorgan are getting more proactive in Web3.
Blockworks →
Conference
Founder and CEO of Ava Labs Dr. Emin Gün Sirer is joining Cornell Blockchain Conference 2024 as a keynote speaker to discuss the future of blockchain. Get tickets before they run out.
Cornell Blockchain →

The Icebreaker Archive

Want to catch up on all the Icebreaker issues? You're in luck!

View the archive

P.S. Tell us what you think of Icebreaker!

You are receiving this email because you opted in to the Avalanche newsletter. This email is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for tax, legal, investment, financial, or other advice. Any references to third party platforms or projects is not an endorsement by the Avalanche Foundation Limited, Ava Labs, Inc., or any of their respective affiliates or subsidiaries. The information contained in this email is current as of the date hereof and is subject to change without notification. Please review this Important Notice.