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It was a busy month across the Avalanche ecosystem. From grantee progress and ecosystem developments to network growth and key updates from the Avalanche Foundation. Here’s a recap of February 2026 ⬇️ Grantee Progress 🔺 @blaze_stream hosted a @playoffthegrid tournament, onboarded a new guild, and made numerous UI/UX improvements. 🔺 @amichainORG released tools to build and register AI agents on The Arena. 🔺 @WarpGameCHAIN's token went live on @BlackHoleDEX. 🔺 @ash_avax rebranded as "Ash by Suzaku" from the @SuzakuNetwork. 🔺 @LFG_GTFO hit 30K+ users and continues to grow. 🔺 @BanzaOfficial announced their new "AI Twin" app at Web Summit Qatar. 🔺 @l1beat_io introduced layer1.wtf, a live performance monitor for Avalanche L1s. 🔺 @0xGasless ERC-8004-compatible Agent Identity is now live on Avalanche. 🔺 @PolyPup, @WeKeepWinning_, and @bears_salmon received Team1 Builder Mini Grants of $5,000 from @AvaxTeam1. Ecosystem Developments 🔺 Avalanche launched Build Games, a $1M program for builders creating new dApps on Avalanche. 🔺 Avalanche Summit NYC announced for September 16-17, 2026. 🔺 @progmat_en is launching a dedicated Avalanche L1 to access built-in on-chain privacy, bringing $2B+ of RWAs to Avalanche. 🔺 @even_biz will provide its direct-to-fan platform to @UMG artists worldwide. 🔺 Avalanche won "Best Layer-1 Blockchain 2026" at the AIBC Awards. 🔺 @YOM_Official closed a $3M strategic investment round with participation from @AvalancheFDN and other leading investors. 🔺 FinChain, backed by Fosun Wealth, launched FUSD on Avalanche, an RWA-backed stablecoin offering native yield. 🔺 @HelikaGaming x Avalanche Game Accelerator wrapped its latest cohort, helping studios grow their gaming businesses. 🔺 Builder Console 2.0 arrived on the Avalanche Builder Hub. 🔺 ERC-8004 went live on Avalanche C-Chain, with 1,600+ AI agents registered. 🔺 @SilentSwap launched on @avax, enabling non-custodial, trustless, decentralised swaps with privacy protection. 🔺 @coreapp introduced a new Discover page, making navigation across the Avalanche ecosystem easier. 🔺 @Xyberinc launched on Avalanche, enabling agents to settle payments through the network. 🔺 Avalanche is now live on NEAR Intents, enabling one-click swaps for AVAX, USDC, and USDT across 125+ assets and 25+ chains. 🔺 Avalanche C-Chain is now fully supported in @Trezor Suite for managing, buying, and swapping ERC-20 tokens. 🔺 Codebase Season 4 announced the winners: @TurbineFi, @Trustware_io, and @penomoprotocol. Network Highlights 🔺 Surpassed 1B monthly transactions across L1s. 🔺 Surpassed 12B cumulative transactions. 🔺 Averaging 1M+ daily active senders on C-Chain. 🔺 70M+ transactions on C-Chain this month. 🔺 Averaging around 83,585 blocks per day on C-Chain. Foundation Updates 🔺 The Retro9000 C-Chain Round officially started, rewarding projects building on the Avalanche C-Chain and ranked on a public leaderboard via AVAX burned. 🔺 Retro9000 L1 and Infrastructure Tooling cohort four was announced, including @chainarq, @orange_web3, @ParadiseTycoon, @TheGrottoL1, @FanHub, and @turf_network. 🔺 Avalanche Foundation team updates: Matias A. (@frostLedger) joins as Chief Investment Officer and Eric Lu (@eric_lu_sc) as Lead Economist. 🔺 Matias A. released an interview with @AvaxTeam1, available now via Articles on X. 🔺 The Avalanche Foundation is hiring a Chief Operating Officer. See the listing via the jobs section on our profile. We are here. We see your messages, we are listening, and we appreciate every piece of feedback. Did we miss anything from February? Let us know below 👇

The Avalanche Foundation is delighted to see the first five projects funded through @HelikaGaming’s Game Accelerator on Avalanche. Each selected team receives an initial $25K grant, expert mentorship, deep technical support, and the opportunity to access up to an additional $125K in follow-on funding. We look forward to following their progress as the program continues to build momentum 🔺