Avalanche

Can Avalanche Keep It Up? DeFi Users Rush In as Incentives Roll Out

The total value locked in Avalanche's DeFi ecosystem has swelled to $1.8 billion in the last month. Here's why.

Business  ·  26 August 2021

DeFi Exchange SushiSwap Builds on Avalanche as Part of $180M Incentive Program

The projects are committing $15 million in liquidity mining incentives over the next three months.

Business  ·  24 August 2021
DeFi

Avalanche’s AVAX Token Jumps on $180M Incentive Program

AVAX's price has more than doubled in the past month, according to data from Messari.

Markets  ·  18 August 2021
DeFi

Chainlink Integration Looks to Catalyze DeFi Development on Avalanche

More than 225 projects building on Avalanche are waiting for price feeds, said Ava Labs President John Wu.

Tech  ·  21 July 2021
Ethereum

First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $50K and Crypto’s Nouveau Riche Move In

Break of psychological threshold pushes largest cryptocurrency's year-to-date return to 70%, as a new breed of upstart tokens pushes industry market cap past $1.5T.

Markets  ·  16 February 2021
Blockchain

Avalanche Crippled by Bug Triggered by Unusually High Volume, Engineer Says

The blockchain, which had been touted for its ability to handle a high volume of transactions, was slowed to a crawl by an unusually high number of transactions.

Tech  ·  14 February 2021
Ethereum

First Mover: Bullish ($1 Million) Bitcoin Forecast as Year of Ox Begins

ByteTree's Charlie Morris shows how bitcoin's price gets to $1 million by 2032. PLUS: JPMorgan hounded by own traders over absence in bitcoin market.

Markets  ·  12 February 2021
Emin Gün Sirer

Avalanche Developers Rush Client Patch as ‘Bug’ Slows Blockchain Transactions

A "cross-chain finality" bug has forced the network into "self-healing mode."

Tech  ·  11 February 2021
DeFi

Ava Labs Sets Avalanche Mainnet Launch for Sept. 21

With $60 million in funding at its back, Ava Labs' Avalanche is the latest next-gen blockchain network to enter the DeFi landscape.

News  ·  16 September 2020
Smart Contracts

Base Layer Wars Heat Up With Another $12M Committed to AVA Labs’ Avalanche Blockchain

AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private token sale. The funding round – co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized and others – comes weeks before an anticipated mainnet launch.

Tech  ·  25 June 2020
News

Cornell Professor Unveils ‘Simple Yet Powerful’ Consensus Protocols

Cornell University professor Emin Gun Sirer announced a new family of consensus protocols at Token Summit on Thursday.

Tech  ·  17 May 2018