What happens when a $20T industry finally goes onchain?

@WatrProtocol is bringing global commodities—metals, fuel, food, and more—to Avalanche, unlocking new levels of transparency, liquidity, and programmability for one of the world’s most critical markets. @WatrProtocol Built by veterans from Shell, BP, and J.P. Morgan, Watr isn’t just tokenizing commodities—it’s rethinking how they're financed and traded.

With decentralized ID, smart contracts, and traceability, Watr lays the groundwork for a programmable commodities economy.

DeFi is evolving from speculative experimentation into real financial infrastructure.

On Avalanche, that transition is underway, driven by scalable architecture, low-latency execution, and composable design.

Let’s take a look at what’s being built. 🧵 Stablecoins on Avalanche serve as infrastructure for payments, yield, and FX, representing $2.12B in market cap with 2.5M+ holders.

New assets like @avantprotocol’s avUSD ($40M TVL) and savUSD integrate native strategies, while @withAUSD ranks among the network’s top stablecoins.

Global FX rails are expanding too, with XSGD, BRZ, EURC, and @nonco_otc’s FX On-Chain platform driving cross-border liquidity.

While bureaucracy runs on paper, this doctor-turned-developer created a brand new digital signature platform on Avalanche, hoping to onboard a new generation to Web3.

Here’s their story 👇 Meet @santicammi and Gabriel Lavecchia (@LuceroLabs_), the Argentine founders behind Codebase startup AutoPen, and explore how a newspaper article and a changing regulatory landscape in Latin America sparked the idea to build a solution for a next-gen notary service.

DeFi is rewriting the rules of trading.

This shift isn’t just about new tools, it’s about faster execution, capital efficiency, and risk-aware design, giving both traders and LPs more control, automation, and yield per dollar deployed.

It’s time to talk new strategies, new protocols, and why it’s all happening on Avalanche 🧵 @vertex_protocol is at the center of DeFi’s evolving trading stack.

By combining perps, spot, and lending into a single platform, Vertex enables cross-margin & unified collateral, sub-second execution, and streamlined strategy deployment.

When did stables stop being stable?

Now they yield, they flex, and they bridge worlds.

Let’s dive into the FX-fueled, APY-chasing chaos happening across Avalanche rn. savUSD by @AvantXYZ
🔺Funding rate arbitrage model
🔺Live on Pharaoh & LFJ
🔺Built for composability, backed by avUSD

DeFi APY that grows while you sleep.

DeFi is growing up—and that means the infrastructure itself is evolving.

Stablecoins aren’t just for payments. They’re aiming to unlock institutional liquidity and global access.

Let’s talk about the new era of stablecoins—and what’s launching on Avalanche. 🧵👇 Stablecoins started as simple tools for traders—exit ramps, USD access, and a hedge against volatility.

Today, they’ve become one tool for the infrastructure for global, permissionless finance:
🔺 Yield-bearing USD stables
🔺 Region-specific FX tokens for local settlement + FX access
🔺 Democratized access to yield across protocols + partners

Avalanche is at the center of this next wave. Let’s take a look 👇

KOR Protocol is launching an Avalanche L1 to bring intellectual property onchain, starting with $1B in music, film, and gaming IP from partners like Black Mirror, deadmau5, Niantic, and Beatport.

@KorProtocol’s launch marks a new era for managing creative work in a digital world. Built for the media and entertainment industry, @KorProtocol enables creators and rightsholders to register IP onchain, define usage rules, and manage licensing transparently—solving long-standing problems around attribution, royalties, and ownership.

DeFi is growing up.

But some of us still remember the early days—the chaos, the culture, and the creativity that kicked it all off.

This is a late-night nod to the ones who helped build the culture.

Welcome to Degen After Dark. 🌚 In the beginning, DeFi felt like a digital frontier.

Anyone could launch a token.

Anyone could create a protocol.

And everyone was learning in public, often by making… let’s call them 😅experimental decisions.😅

DeFi is Growing Up. 🚀

The days of 1000% APYs and ponzinomics are fading. A new era of structured, scalable, and institutional-ready DeFi is here.

Let’s talk about what’s changing & what’s coming next. 🧵 A few years ago, DeFi was the Wild West:
⚡ High yields (but high risk)
🎭 Anonymous projects popping up daily
💰 Speculation driving insane returns

It was an experiment—and one that proved people wanted finance without middlemen.

🔺doption lives here 🧵: Gaming Adoption lives here:

10+ million gamers have been onboarded to crypto wallets within the past year. With some of the biggest studios in the world also bringing their player base on-chain, adoption is inevitable.

Another iconic gaming IP is set to tip off on Avalanche.

FreeStyle is a street basketball franchise that has dominated the global hoops gaming scene for decades.

And now, in partnership with @TRALA_Official, it’s making its web3 debut on the Avalanche C-chain. 🎮🏀👇 Originally launched in Korea in 2004, FreeStyle transformed online street basketball with its fast-paced gameplay, deep strategy, and cultural impact.

With over 100M downloads and $700M+ in revenue, its legacy is undeniable.

Does AI Gaming even make sense?

We found out. In the most recent Bounty9000 we asked avalanche developers to create an AI gaming application for a chance at $9000.

Let’s learn about the winners: Congrats to @Envoy_1084:

Harvest Horizons is a 2D Farming game with AI Farmer Agents that can execute tasks like planting, harvesting, & trading on your behalf. The farmers also have access to your inventory so they can plan out tasks using atomic actions
github.com/Envoy-VC/harve…

Independent Action Filmmaking, powered by Avalanche 🎬

@Rodriguez, the director behind “Spy Kids,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” and “Sin City,” is teaming up with @joinrepublic to raise funds for a development slate of Brass Knuckle Films, tokenized on Avalanche 👇 Through Brass Knuckle Films, Rodriguez will produce a slate of high-impact action movies with Troublemaker Studios.

Investors will get behind-the-scenes access and the opportunity to submit film concepts, with one idea selected for full development.
brassknucklefilms.com

Another Avalanche game is coming to gaming consoles. 🎮🔺

@HauntedSpace_ from Galaxy Lab is a multiplayer open-world space exploration & combat game set for release on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Here’s how Avalanche is powering the game and its specialized integrated AI. 👇 @HauntedSpace_ Utilizing the Avalanche C-chain, Haunted Space will enable game asset ownership, allowing players to own and trade spaceships, skins, weapons, and much more.

But the dynamic in-game economy isn’t the only innovation for players.

Avalanche continues to unlock worldwide access to financial opportunities 🔺

@littioco is expanding its product suite with a new EURO account and savings option powered by @circle’s EURC and @opentrade’s RWA-backed stablecoin yield platform on Avalanche.

https://twitter.com/opentrade_io/status/1894408501922775131

With Littio’s mobile banking app, tens of thousands of users have already accessed USD-based savings via USDC
decrypt.co/307664/amid-in…

Avalanche’s Agentic Future Is Bright ☀️ 🔺

As AI transforms the on-chain experience, Avalanche is perfectly positioned to benefit

🔺 Agentic economies can thrive within Avalanche’s performance-optimized infrastructure
🔺 DeFi and Gaming, both prominent within Avalanche, already have clear use cases for AI

Avalanche x Agents: let’s dive in 🧵 In this comprehensive overview, we’ll cover the following topics:

1️⃣ What are AI Agents?
2️⃣ What are Agent Frameworks?
3️⃣ Avalanche Agent Ecosystem
4️⃣ Why Avalanche?
5️⃣ How To Get Involved

The US Government is exploring the use of blockchain technology to create efficiency, transparency and security across a wide variety of outdated systems.

What if they leveraged Avalanche to power this infrastructure?

Let us explain using @MorganKrupetsky's excellent breakdown /🧵👇 Let's start with the basics.... understanding Avalanche.

Avalanche is a dynamic network of many interoperable L1 blockchains, that have customization built right into its design.

Public, private, permissioned, permissionless, EVM compatible, and the ability to use any gas token.

Its all possible and ready to build on today.

Avalanche9000 is live on Mainnet 🔺

Built for everything. Build for everything.

This is the start of… …hundreds of Avalanche L1s launching

Avalanche9000 reduces the cost to deploy an L1 by 99.9%, and with hundreds of L1s being developed on testnet, look out for an explosion of launches in the coming months.

Next Generation Sports and Fan Experiences, powered by Avalanche 🏟️

@si_tickets_ and the @NewYorkRedBulls announce a historic 13-year partnership, renaming the Red Bull Arena to Sports Illustrated Stadium and integrating blockchain technology for ALL live event ticketing! Starting in 2026, Sports Illustrated Stadium will become the FIRST major venue to fully adopt blockchain-based ticketing via @si_tickets_ platform, “Box Office.”
boxoffice.sitickets.com

Unlocking DeFi: Dexalot Surges

With @dexalot’s CLOB L1, traders can benefit from:
🔺 Frictionless deposits
🔺 Rapid execution
🔺 No slippage
🔺 User incentives

How, you ask? Simply by harnessing the powerful features of Avalanche.

Let’s dive in 🧵 Since launch, @dexalot has become one of the go-to perps marketplaces on Avalanche.

Recently, activity on Dexalot has surged, resulting in:
📈 $1.37B total volume
🤝 295K+ total txs
💰 30K+ unique wallets
and more!

➡️flipsidecrypto.xyz/Ali3N/dexalot-…

Another major milestone for institutional adoption on Avalanche!

Kinexys by @jpmorgan (formerly Onyx by J.P.Morgan), selected @AvaCloud to participate in Project EPIC, a new report examining the state of on-chain privacy, identity and composability.
avax.network/blog/avacloud-… Bolstered by the acquisition of EtraPay, @AvaCloud has brought to market advanced privacy solutions that provide confidential transactions and portfolio balance management while maintaining auditability and composability on the Avalanche blockchain. avax.network/blog/avacloud-…