Emin Gün Sirer’s $42 million blockchain for DeFi scaling has launched

Emin Gün Sirer’s $42 million blockchain for DeFi scaling has launched

The platform's native asset began trading OKEx, Binance, and elsewhere shortly thereafter. Avalanche, a blockchain offering scalability to the world of decentralized finance took its mainnet live on Sept. 21. "From Snowflake to Avalanche, the decentralized platform has come a long way, and its journey has only just begun," Ava Labs said in a Sept. 21 statement on the mainnet launch.Ava Labs is the entity responsible for building the Avalanche blockchain and project. Emin Gün Sirer, ranked 52nd on Cointelegraph's list of the top 100 people in crypto and blockchain, serves as Ava Labs' CEO.....


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