Another week of real-world finance, institutional momentum, and builders pushing Avalanche forward. Here’s what has shipped: 🔺 @Securitize launched a new tokenized high yield fund with @neubergerberman, bringing the investment manager’s $230B+ fixed income platform onchain across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui. 🔺 A new report from @Delphi_Digital highlights Avalanche’s growing real world finance ecosystem, including $2.8B+ in Japanese securities migrated, $1.6B+ in cross border payments settled, 2,000+ U.S. banks being connected to tokenized markets, and more. 🔺 @Bitwise increased its $AVAX holdings through its Avalanche ETF ( $BAVA ) by nearly 90,000 AVAX in just over a month, rising from 2.54M AVAX on July 7 to 2.63M on August 17. ~ @turkcrazy07 🔺 Avalanche’s RWA market cap grew by $19.8M over the past week. ~ @RWAFoundation_ 🔺 @AvaLabs announced leadership appointments as part of its continued growth, with @CharleyCooper01 appointed President, @John1wu transitioning to Senior Advisor, and @encycloplydia appointed Chief Financial Officer. 🔺 Retro9000 has concluded following its final funding rounds, with nearly 4,000 AVAX burned across C-Chain Rounds 4 and 5 through verified onchain activity. 🔺 @AvaxTeam1 sat down with @AvalancheFDN Lead Economist @eric_lu_sc to discuss the Foundation’s growth agenda, including its framework for measuring, capturing, and distributing value across the ecosystem. 🔺 @PharaohExchange ranked among the Top 5 DEXes by 24h holder revenue on @DefiLlama. ~ @LHBCrypto 🔺 @loopia_world is now live, opening Season 1 with exploration, missions, leaderboards, and rewards as players enter the Loopia world. 🔺 @Team1KOR officially launched in Korea after onboarding 500+ builders, 12 teams, 200+ developers, and 80+ founders, creating clearer paths for Korean talent to build and ship on Avalanche. 🔺 @Team1VN hosted a Web3 Builders’ Breakfast in Ho Chi Minh City alongside @sqrDAO and @SkyMavisHQ, bringing builders and the local community together to explore Team1 Builder Grants and August opportunities. 🔺 @Team1IND hosted Team1 Connect Bhopal, bringing builders together and strengthening the local @avax community. 🔺 @Team1LatAm brought builders together around tokenization, RWAs, and onchain business, creating space for builders and the community to connect and explore what’s being built on Avalanche. 🔺 @Team1BR closed out Blockchain Rio with an evening bringing market leaders and community members together, alongside @SuperteamBR, @cashi, @reapglobal, and @aveniaio. 🔺 @Team1TUR hosted a You Write the Rules: Avalanche L1 Workshop in Türkiye, introducing participants to @avax technology, Team1 initiatives, and Mini Grants and Accelerator Grants opportunities for builders. 🔺 The @AvaxTeam1 Builders Lab train is visiting Port-Harcourt City, via @Team1NG on August 22, 2026. 🔺 @Team1USA_ is bringing builders, founders, creatives, and community members together in Dallas and Los Angeles on August 27, with MetaMask × Team1 Community Builder Night and Team1 Slice Night focused on connecting and building with Avalanche. 🗽 One month until Avalanche Summit New York. Finance’s next decade is being built in the back office, with the people shaping it coming together September 16–17. 🔺

Another week of real-world finance, institutional momentum, and builders pushing Avalanche forward. Here’s what has shipped: 🔺 @Securitize launched a new tokenized high yield fund with @neubergerberman, bringing the investment manager’s $230B+ fixed income platform onchain across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui. 🔺 A new report from @Delphi_Digital highlights Avalanche’s growing real world finance ecosystem, including $2.8B+ in Japanese securities migrated, $1.6B+ in cross border payments settled, 2,000+ U.S. banks being connected to tokenized markets, and more. 🔺 @Bitwise increased its $AVAX holdings through its Avalanche ETF ( $BAVA ) by nearly 90,000 AVAX in just over a month, rising from 2.54M AVAX on July 7 to 2.63M on August 17. ~ @turkcrazy07 🔺 Avalanche’s RWA market cap grew by $19.8M over the past week. ~ @RWAFoundation_ 🔺 @AvaLabs announced leadership appointments as part of its continued growth, with @CharleyCooper01 appointed President, @John1wu transitioning to Senior Advisor, and @encycloplydia appointed Chief Financial Officer. 🔺 Retro9000 has concluded following its final funding rounds, with nearly 4,000 AVAX burned across C-Chain Rounds 4 and 5 through verified onchain activity. 🔺 @AvaxTeam1 sat down with @AvalancheFDN Lead Economist @eric_lu_sc to discuss the Foundation’s growth agenda, including its framework for measuring, capturing, and distributing value across the ecosystem. 🔺 @PharaohExchange ranked among the Top 5 DEXes by 24h holder revenue on @DefiLlama. ~ @LHBCrypto 🔺 @loopia_world is now live, opening Season 1 with exploration, missions, leaderboards, and rewards as players enter the Loopia world. 🔺 @Team1KOR officially launched in Korea after onboarding 500+ builders, 12 teams, 200+ developers, and 80+ founders, creating clearer paths for Korean talent to build and ship on Avalanche. 🔺 @Team1VN hosted a Web3 Builders’ Breakfast in Ho Chi Minh City alongside @sqrDAO and @SkyMavisHQ, bringing builders and the local community together to explore Team1 Builder Grants and August opportunities. 🔺 @Team1IND hosted Team1 Connect Bhopal, bringing builders together and strengthening the local @avax community. 🔺 @Team1LatAm brought builders together around tokenization, RWAs, and onchain business, creating space for builders and the community to connect and explore what’s being built on Avalanche. 🔺 @Team1BR closed out Blockchain Rio with an evening bringing market leaders and community members together, alongside @SuperteamBR, @cashi, @reapglobal, and @aveniaio. 🔺 @Team1TUR hosted a You Write the Rules: Avalanche L1 Workshop in Türkiye, introducing participants to @avax technology, Team1 initiatives, and Mini Grants and Accelerator Grants opportunities for builders. 🔺 The @AvaxTeam1 Builders Lab train is visiting Port-Harcourt City, via @Team1NG on August 22, 2026. 🔺 @Team1USA_ is bringing builders, founders, creatives, and community members together in Dallas and Los Angeles on August 27, with MetaMask × Team1 Community Builder Night and Team1 Slice Night focused on connecting and building with Avalanche. 🗽 One month until Avalanche Summit New York. Finance’s next decade is being built in the back office, with the people shaping it coming together September 16–17. 🔺

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