Introducing Retro9000 Cohort 2 🔺 8 projects have been... awarded retroactive grants, with over $250K in total funding from the $40M pool. Recognizing teams shipping Avalanche L1s and infrastructure tooling live on mainnet. Build. Deliver impact. Get rewarded.show more

🏆 The Hedera Hello Future Apex Hackathon has officially... concluded, and today we’re excited to celebrate the main track winners 🎉 Over nearly five weeks, builders across five tracks transformed ambitious ideas into polished prototypes and, in many cases, production-ready projects. From AI Agents and DeFi & Tokenization to Sustainability, Open Track, and Legacy Builder, the hackathon showcased an incredible range of creativity, technical talent, and execution across the Hedera ecosystem. More than $250K in prizes were awarded across main tracks, bounties, and side quests, recognizing teams building the next wave of applications and infrastructure. Watch the closing ceremony 👇show more

Introducing: Team1 Vietnam Our mission remains rooted in execution:... to build community and transform Vietnam into a primary builder hub for Avalanche in Asia. We provide the structure and support to turn students into developers, and developers into globally competitive founders. Over the last year in Vietnam, we have been building a foundation: - 1,200+ attendees across 20+ offline events. - 4 university tours reaching 400+ student developers. - 20+ projects successfully integrated into major Avalanche programs like Retro9000 and Build Games. - 150 teams were activated through our Avalanche Game Jam, turning prototypes into viable products. With the official launch of Team1 Vietnam, we are entering a new phase of scaling. We are doubling down on university pipelines and tech workshops. Direct paths are being created for founders to create startups and access global capital. We are also strengthening local developer and builder hubs across Vietnam. Our journey is just beginning. Stay tuned, follow us for updates, and join our community chat below to connect with the local community and builders:show more

Introducing: Team1 Brasil 🇧🇷 Across Brazil, Team1 was already... building a foundation and creating opportunities for builders before launching an official chapter. Over the past 1.5 years, we have achieved: - 30+ events, reaching 3,000+ participants across major tech hubs - 10 university collaborations, integrating Avalanche into academic programs and classrooms - Multiple sports-led initiatives, engaging directly with football players and local communities - 8+ virtual workshops, with 460+ total participants, from builders to developers across Brazil But the real impact goes beyond the numbers. We’ve helped transform first contact into real participation, onboarded the Brazilian community to Avalanche, and supported early-stage projects that are still growing today. From academic environments to grassroots communities, the focus has always been simple: Create spaces where people don’t just learn about Web3, they start building in it. As the ecosystem expanded, so did our network. From ecosystem projects to universities and local Web3 communities, we’ve focused on building relationships that actually create opportunities for builders. This is how ecosystems scale. Through people and local community, not just platforms 🔺 Join our community and Luma below 👇show more

Just yesterday, youths in business under different cooperatives who... benefited from over ₦2 billion in funding from Gov Ademola Adeleke endorsed him because they feel the impact. Today, you can visit SDG Centre, 100 students are in hands-on network systems training. B-RED!!! and Davido have also used their platforms to boost Osun businesses. Along with improved infrastructure like solar streetlights, the entertainment space in Osun is thriving.show more

Introducing Automata Builder Grants ✧ ​ TEEs and remote... attestation mechanisms are vital to building a Web3 with strong guarantees of confidentiality and integrity. ​ We're excited to announce the 2 Grant programs to provide targeted funding for projects building in these 2 verticals: ​ Automata Developer Grant ​ Aimed at builders who are using TEEs to push the boundaries of innovation. ​ Grant Details ​ ▶︎ Funding: Up to 50,000 USDC or its equivalent in ATA. ▶︎ Duration: Projects should aim for short to medium-term timelines (within six months). ▶︎ Support: Alongside funding, developers will receive marketing resources, visibility within the ecosystem, and optional technical support. ▶︎ Application Process: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with projects broken down into milestones for incremental funding. ​ Automata Attestation Grant ​ Tailored for developers and teams that are actively working on attestation-enabled projects within the Automata ecosystem. ​ Grant Details ​ ▶︎ Funding: Up to 10,000 $ATA, distributed progressively based on attestation usage. ▶︎ Support: In addition to funding, the grant provides marketing resources, increased ecosystem visibility, and technical support for attestation-related projects. ▶︎ Application Process: Developers can apply by submitting their attestation use case and progress. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. ​ We're excited to announce the first round of Attestation Grant recipients: ​ 01node Validator 0Y Aestus Relay Bella Protocol BlockPI Chainbase Staking 🥩 (💜,💛) cp0x.com DAIC Capital DSRV Dogs with nodes EigenYields Everstake HashKey Cloud InfraSingularity InfStones Global KudasaiJP🇯🇵🧡 Kukis Global Lavender.Five Nodes 🐝 LinkPool MatrixedLink moonli.me Nodes.Guru P-OPS Team P2P.org Pier Two Ryabina validator stakefish Stakely @staketab staking4all ​ As the machine attestation layer built on the Superchain, developers, and teams building in the Automata ecosystem are also eligible to apply for Optimism Collective Grants: ​ Start shipping today ​ Interested developers can read the full announcement for further details on the application process: ​show more

Inspired by the vision of His Majesty The King,... the Coronation Food Project was launched to tackle food waste and reduce hunger, working with partners thefelixproject, FareShare and Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD). Two years on, the results have been extraordinary: 🍽️ 50 food businesses have come together to find new ways to ensure frontline charities have a regular supply of food, unlocking 11 million meals 🏢 3 Coronation Food Hubs have been opened in Birmingham, Merseyside, and London, helping to get more food to people in need by boosting infrastructure and capacity 🍎 £900,000 in grants has been awarded, supporting grassroots efforts to tackle food waste and help those facing food insecurityshow more

Big news for Avalanche 🔺 Anthony Scaramucci , founder... of SkyBridge, just became lead advisor of AVAX One, the first NASDAQ-listed company built around Avalanche🔺 . Backed by Hivemind and the Avalanche Foundation, the plan is to raise $550M for a digital asset treasury dedicated to AVAX. So what does this mean? • Institutional gateway: For the first time, Wall Street investors will have a regulated, publicly traded vehicle to get direct exposure to Avalanche. • Massive bet on tokenization: Scaramucci compared Avalanche to a “Swiss Army knife” of blockchains thanks to its subnets, giving enterprises flexibility to customize and scale. • Adoption momentum: BlackRock, Visa, and JPMorgan are already experimenting with Avalanche to tokenize funds, payments, and even potentially stocks. • Focused growth: AVAX One’s first move is disciplined accumulation of AVAX with staking yield + long-term upside. From there, the company will invest into fintechs and onboard them onto Avalanche, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of adoption. • Scaramucci made it clear: while we live in a multi-chain world, Avalanche is uniquely positioned to lead in tokenization because of its enterprise tools and real-world integrations. AVAX One bridges traditional capital markets with on-chain finance, giving institutional players a trusted way to go all-in on Avalanche. The institutional era of Avalanche has officially arrived. 🔺show more

World Build is a program for bold founders launching... hyper scale Mini Apps for World 27M+ users In February, we flew 14 teams to Buenos Aires for an immersive week-long build retreat with leaders from World and the Friends With Benefits ecosystem. Over 8 days, the 30 founders from 12 countries: 🛠️ Attended 20 hours of expert-led workshops & mentor sessions 🛠️ Hacked over 150 hours, alongside elite devs from World’s core team 🛠️ Shipped 12 new Mini Apps …and was just in Buenos Aires. Top teams went on to pitch at the World Build Demo Day in San Francisco to world class VCs. By May they had: ✅ Shipped 17 fast growth Mini Apps ✅ Secured 100k DAUs across 7 apps + additional 600k+ sign ups in total ✅ Raised $11.1M in funding from top tier VCs 🌎🌎🌎 World Build is an immersive program for founders creating breakthrough Mini Apps for World App's 27M+ users. A collaboration between World and FWB, with Crecimiento 🌞 Blockchain Capital Alchemy Bain Capital Crypto and Variant Video by Soun Media Design by domingob.⌐◨-◨show more

Never stop November. Through wintry conditions, the developers &... community of Avalanche continued to forge ahead. This list is proof Avalanche is the most resilient community in crypto. Here are 50 updates across the ecosystem last month: If we missed anything comment below. 1. files $AVAX ETF with staking yield 2. Securitize just received EU approval to run a regulated trading and settlement system on Avalanche 3. Dexalot surpasses 400m transactions on it’s L1 4. Yield Yak 🐃 🥛 ships a new UI for their famous AI vaults 5. Helika opens applications for season 2 of it’s gaming accelerator 6. Pharaoh on AVAX prints an all-time high in fees generated 7. Hatchyverse breaks 3,000 Gen2 holders and joins the W3X Cohort 8. LaunchLoop & Funtico holds a game developer gamejam 9. Helika opens applications for season 2 of their gaming accelerator program 10. Playfull goes live with Season 3 of The Avalanche Battlepass 11. Off The Grid wins 5 GAM3Sgg awards, including Game of the Year 12. MapleStory Universe crosses 100M transactions on their L1 13. Blaze’s onchain streaming platform goes live 14. drops their big Blood Moon update 15. Paradise Tycoon 🌴 kicks off its biggest event to date, Harvest Festival 16. Dremica launches Dremica Carnage on beam 17. Castle Of Blackwater pushes a big update 18. experiments with additional onchain strategies 19. The Grohotto launches its testnet to do public QA before launch 20. MyStandard.io 💫 saw 500% growth on it’s iOS/Android app in November 21. Avalanche Team1 launched its Uni Tour #1 educating students on avalanche across the globe 22. Anthony Scaramucci hints at upcoming book Avalanche Ascending 23. Ava labs creative team launches 24. Avant launches it’s points program 25. Smitty and Kieks ✨ got married #avaxRoyalWedding🔺👑 26. Avalanche Granite launched on mainnet 27. @TheBlock__ launches Layer One, a new podcast with Steven9000 🎈 (L1/acc) & Kelvin Sparks highlighting the ecosystem 28. Record announces real time artist royalties on Avalanche 29. StableFlow integrates Avalanche 30. BENQI🔺 partners with Anchorage to offer staked avax to institutional clients 31. SUNTORY WEB3 releases extremely rare Bowmore ARC-54 Bottle No.128 available to purchase on Avalanche 32. SeaFi 🌊 | EulerDebt.com announces a secondary marketplace for Euler vault shares 33. NEXPACE announces a 50m ecosystem fund 34. SWANNY 🔺 launches the Team1 Australia chapter 35. Avalanche Developers 🔺 launches payments x402 hack2build 36. Superform launches it’s user-owned neobank on Avalanche 37. Messari by Blockworks releases it’s bullish Q3 Avalanche Report 38. Sierra launches on Avalanche, powered by OpenTrade 39. South Korean NH NongHyup Bank has launched a blockchain-powered VAT refund system on Avalanche 40. Routescan launches new features to identify verified contracts onchain 41. jaack 🛡️ 🔺️ introduces ACP-246 for discussion within the Avalanche Community 42. FIFA Collect opens redemptions for it’s successful FIFA World Cup 2026 right-to-buy collectables 43. FIS and Intain launch the Digital Liquidity gateway 44. launches new collection 45. Avalanche Team1 finishes Avalanche India Pitch Day with over 3500 developer requests 46. thirdweb launches x402 chain support on Avalanche 47. Re integrates with Spectra Finance turning Re Points to programmable onchain markets 48. Hypha🌱 is partnering with BitGo to bring Institutional-Grade access to Avalanche staking 49. KITE AI launched their token for it’s trusted AI Avalanche L1 50. Wolfi Land 🔺 adds new maps and features to Wolfi Rumble Beta whew. That was a lot. If we missed anything comment below. Congrats to all the builders on Avalanche. Back to work🔺show more

No US Taxpayer would EVER be okay with any... of this overseas spending Rep Nancy Mace goes over Elon Musk’s DOGE findings on USAID during House Hearing: - $2 million to strengthen trans led organizations to deliver gender affirming healthcare in Guatemala - USAID awarded $4.3 million on October 1st, 2023 to a group to fund comprehensive health services for men having sex with other men in South Africa - USAID awarded over $750,000 to fund alleviating loneliness among migrant garment workers in India - USAID awarded $1.5 million for providing a gender sensitive response to migration at the Venezuelan border - USAID awarded $1.5 million to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in serbia's workplaces and business communities by promoting economic empowerment and opportunity for LGBTQI plus people in Serbia - USAID awarded over $70,000 to a group to deliver a live musical event to promote the US and Irish shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility - USAID awarded $1.5 million to fund strengthening community support structures to upscale LGBT rights advocacy in Jamaica - USAID awarded $28 million to a group to facilitate the economic insertion of Venezuelan migrants in refugees in Peru and Ecuador - USAID awarded $17.5 million to fund voluntary medical mail circumcision overseas - USAID awarded nearly $150,000 to fund HIV prevention services targeting men who have sex with men and transgender Taxpayers deserve a refundshow more

I’ll always stand with people over profit. The health... of St. Louis residents must be the first consideration when outside developers look to build data centers in our neighborhoods. St. Louis has already suffered for decades from projects that have been forced on our communities in the past. This time, our leaders must listen to the people and keep our families from being exposed to uncertain risks.show more

.Marc Benioff's somewhat contrarian take on AI budgets: 👉"If... you have a standalone 'AI budget,' you're doing AI wrong." After 2+ years of GenAI hype, most companies have still failed with AI initiatives. Why? They're treating AI as a separate technology project instead of embedding it into line-of-business accountability. Real example: RBS had incredible AI team + PhD researchers but wasn't getting value. Breakthrough came when they stopped funding "AI projects" and started holding their wealth management and call center teams accountable for AI-driven business outcomes. Marc's insight: AI budgets should live where the impact happens—sales teams measured on AI productivity gains, service teams on efficiency improvements, ops teams on cost reductions. Standalone AI budgets = no business accountability = science experiments that go nowhere. Winners embed AI so deep into operations it becomes invisible infrastructure for superior performance. The great AI budget migration is underway.show more

13 World Build founders arrived in San Francisco for... the final World Build Demo Day where they pitched top VCs from Blockchain Capital Variant Bain Capital Crypto a16z crypto Blockchain Builders Fund Nascent (legacy) Hashed and others. The result of the 4 month build program is a fleet of world class Mini Apps for World Chain 27M+ users. To date, this inaugural cohort of World Build has: ✅ Shipped 17 Mini Apps ✅ Secured 100k DAUs across 7 apps + additional 0.6M+ sign ups in total ✅ Secured over $11m in VC funding with more to come PS 👀 World Build 2 is on the way! 🌎🌎🌎 World Build is an immersive program for founders creating breakthrough Mini Apps for World App's 27M+ users. A collaboration between World and FWB, with Crecimiento 🌞 Blockchain Capital Alchemy Bain Capital Crypto and Variant Video by Soun Media Design by domingob.⌐◨-◨show more

Hook season is here, the $UNI incentives for Bunni... have arrived and they’re going straight to the premier stablecoin pair on Unichain. 🔹 $75K in UNI rewards over two weeks and up to $300K total 🔹 USDC / USDT0 pool (currently a massive 43% APR) 🔹 Rehypothecation to Euler Labs for extra yield We are also launching a new version of Bunni that allows pools to rebalance via Bunni liquidity and replaces the referral system with a curator system starting today on Unichain! Other networks will get the updated version over the next 2 weeks; this is accompanied by a new pool creation UX! Let’s break down the playbook to build the most important liquidity pool on Unichain and beyond 🧵show more

Introducing the $COFFEE App & SDK - the versatile... on-chain Agent infrastructure that allows anyone to build custom agents. Try it now: Any repo, language, framework, or plugin can now be added to agents. Build plugins, create agents, sell on our marketplace, and chat with Agents that can take on-chain actions. This is just the beginning. The foundation has been built. Together let’s integrate the powerful tools and plugins from the #Solana and #ETH ecosystems into the $COFFEE marketplace. We have some exciting plugins of popular agent repos we will be adding in the coming days and partnerships in the works. Stay tuned! ☕️ SDK and APIs to build custom, enterprise-grade agents:show more

If you care about climate action, this one's for... you. Since we started Octant we've been funding public goods and open-source projects, and we've been working on bigger plans to be able to bring positive and lasting change. 6 epochs later, 65+ projects funded, and $6M distributed, we're excited to announce a major milestone for Epoch 7... 🥁🥁🥁 Introducing the Octant Climate Epoch, in partnership with Climate Coordination Network (CCN) Climate Coordination Network 🌍🌡️This is our first themed round, and it’s all about tackling the climate crisis. 🌡️Why climate and why now? Because if not now, when? The climate crisis is urgent, and action is a collective responsibility. This epoch is our way of empowering builders solving one of humanity’s biggest challenges. 💡Are we climate experts? No. But the folks at Climate Coordination Network are. They’ve been leading climate funding rounds since 2021, crowdfunded $1M+, and distributed $4.5M to web3 projects tackling climate change. Together, we’re here to support the ultimate public good. 💚Why this epoch matters: this is more than funding—it’s a step towards Octant v2, a protocol that helps ecosystems sustainably fund their communities while supporting essential public goods. This epoch will test new mechanisms for v2, designed to better serve high-quality donors and projects. ⭐️So what’s new? — No snapshot for this epoch. Projects will be handpicked with CCN. — The allocation process remains the same for donors, but with curated projects focused on climate. — Testing new tools + processes to improve outcomes for projects and donors. We'll share more on project eligibility and criteria over the next few weeks. What's not changing? ✅ The user rewards in this epoch stay the same. ✅ We'll be back to our regular programming with Epoch 8 being a regular epoch. 📈Funding is just the start. Over the next year, we’re providing mentorship, resources, and long-term support for projects in this epoch. We'll also work with independent experts who will evaluate the impact of these efforts.show more

Agent development is moving forward. While production scaling traditionally... required manual infrastructure setup and provisioning sandboxes from scratch, there's now a faster path. Managed Agents in the Gemini API are officially live. Get maximum agentic power with zero infrastructure overhead. One simple API call delivers a managed, remote sandbox for your agent so you can focus entirely on behavior. 📁 Fully customizable with your instructions, tools, and data via and 🌐 Test, iterate, and scale long-horizon tasks natively in the cloud. The hardest part of building agents is now the part you don't have to build. 👇 Get started now:show more

Introducing the context course: a free course on doing... ML with agent context. You will learn how to train models, optimize inferences, and build datasets, all by defining harness context with`SKILLS.md`, Plugins, MCP, Subagents, and Hooks. The course includes: - Weekly live AMA on YouTube - Weekly practical projects for ML with context - Instructions in Pi, Codex, Claude, and Opencode - Tutorials and guides on fundamentals - Interactive Quizzes Learn to give AI agents the right knowledge, tools, and structure to actually get work done. Skills, MCP servers, plugins, multi-agent workflows, and building an agent from scratch. Join here:show more

Get ready for the Marvel Rivals Ignite 2025 Grand... Finals, hosted by ESL FACEIT Group (EFG)! 📆Group Stage from October 27 to 29, and Playoffs and Finals at DreamHack Atlanta from October 31 to November 2. With an incredible $1,000,000 USD prize pool on the line, the stakes have never been higher! Mark your calendars and get ready to witness the biggest moment in Marvel Rivals esports history! #DHAtlanta #MarvelRivals #MarvelRivalsIgnite #GrandFinalsshow more