Scaling The Avalanche Blockchain In 2025

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The latest Talking Tokens podcast 🎙️

For this week’s Tuesday episode, Jacquelyn interviewed GoGoLabs Founder Steven Gates, Avant Founder Rhett Shipp and Ava Labs Senior Ecosystem Growth Associate for DeFi Matthew Schmenk.

The panelists dive into what's scaling the network, DeFi opportunities, the emergence of "Appchain season" and use cases for them. They also discuss real world assets, stablecoins, memecoin fatigue and how Avant's "stable-value token" avUSD fits into the DeFi landscape on Avalanche DeFi.

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Money and people moves

The biggest updates regarding market players who have started something new or teams that raised capital.

1. Margaret Hyde joined Botanix Labs as head of comms

2. Oscar Hanner returns to Blockworks to focus on brand growth and partnerships

3. Seismic raised $7M for its encrypted blockchain focused on privacy, in a round led by a16z

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