AVA WEEKLY UPDATE (20 June-26 June)

Welcome to this week’s $AVA and market update!

MARKET UPDATE

The top stories from the broader market:

✔️ Coinbase Receives MiCA Approval: @coinbase is now licensed to operate across all 27 member states in the European Union, making it the first American crypto exchange to secure its MiCA license.

💸 Texas Approves Bitcoin Reserve: Texas is the third US state to approve a public $BTC reserve after New Hampshire and Arizona passed legislation earlier this year. It marks the first state-owned fund containing legal protections that safeguard the fund from dissolution by future legislatures.

🦄 Unicorn Status for Polymarket: @Polymarket, the world’s biggest prediction market, is close to a $200 million funding round, valuing the company at more than $1 billion (making it a “unicorn”), an anonymous source told The Information this week. The round is set to be lead by @foundersfund, a venture capital firm started by PayPal co-founder @peterthiel.

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KEY UPDATES

In this week’s round-up of $AVA news:

🗓 Contributor Tasks: Mark your calendars, Contributor Tasks for the Ambassador Bonus & AVA Smart Bonus go live 8 July!

💵 Binance Earn: Enjoy up to 6% APR with AVA Flexible Products on @binance Earn.

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WEEKLY METRICS

Below are the key $AVA metrics from the last 7 days:

💼 Total AVA holders (Travala + on-chain): 41,224 (+0.36%)

🤝 Total AVA Smart Program members: 68,753 (+1.16%)

🔓 Total AVA locked in the AVA Smart Program: 9,459,550 (+0.51%)

💰 AVA givebacks last 7 days: 32,585 AVA worth $17,076 (+12.89%)

🛍 Total saved via Smart discounts last 7 days: $9,843 (-25.20%)

✈️ # of room nights & flights booked with AVA last 7 days: 123 (-35.94%)

💱 $ value of AVA travel bookings last 7 days: $26,871 (-31.60%)

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