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Avalanche Sets Sept. 22 Mainnet Deadline for Helicon Node Upgrade

AvalancheGo v1.15.0 sets a mandatory Mainnet activation deadline of 15:00 UTC (11 AM ET) on September 22, 2026 - nodes that haven't upgraded by then won't be able to follow the network, Avalanche Developers said.

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South Korea's Tokenization Plan Is Real; Avalanche's Role Is Not Confirmed

South Korea's Financial Services Commission and Korea Securities Depository confirmed a three-phase plan on Sept. 4 to tokenize stocks, bonds and funds starting Feb. 4, 2027 — but their own release names no blockchain vendor, leaving Avalanche's claim that it is the infrastructure resting on Avalanche's word alone.

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Ethena Launches Self-Custodial Neobank Ethena Pay Exclusively on Avalanche

Ethena launched Ethena Pay on September 1, a self-custodial neobank running entirely on its USDe stablecoin, with Avalanche as its exclusive settlement layer for an initial 400-user beta live across 48 countries.

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Avalanche Summit 2026 Preview: O'Leary Headlines NYC Sept. 16-17

Avalanche said Sept. 3 that Summit tickets were "almost sold out," two weeks before Kevin O'Leary headlines the Sept. 16-17 New York event — and as of September 4, 2026 the ticket page's own header still reads "Tickets Available Now."

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DYLI Retires Live Rip Subscriptions, Reprices Referrals in 48-Hour Overhaul

DYLI closed its Live Rip subscription service Sept. 2, ending future utility for sealed boxes, and repriced referral rewards to 1% of Box profit and 0.5% of Marketplace spend (1.5%/0.75% for DYLI Pro).

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Cambria Retires Its NFT Collections for $RSGP, Leading an Abstract Catch-Up

Cambria is deprecating game support for its Founders, Cores, and Companions NFT collections -- combined ~$1.6 million market cap -- and folding their functionality into its coming $RSGP token, the lead item in an 11-part Abstract catch-up covering August 24-31.

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Abstract's Head of Ecosystem Mason Announces His Departure

Mason, Abstract's Head of Ecosystem since before the chain launched, said August 17 his role “has come to an end,” citing more than $37 million in 2025 builder revenue — he gave no reason for the timing, and Abstract has not commented.

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FrankyGo Launches Shredding Sassy Skin and Three-Phase Tournament

FrankyGo added a new Shredding Sassy skin to Franky's Adventures on Aug. 10 and ran a three-phase pie-baking tournament through Aug. 16, with a Shredding Sassy NFT and hat pin packs as prizes.

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Fugz Names Unvault and Less Than Three, Ships Fug Hunt Tool

Fugz named its two teased partners — Unvault and Less Than Three — and launched Fug Hunt, a Collector Hub tool for curating and climbing collector ranks, founder yotdog69 said Aug. 14.

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Trencher TCG Sells Out on DYLI, Secondary Trading Opens

DYLI's Trencher TCG presale sold out its public phase in seven minutes on August 12, and secondary trading opened the same day.

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Base Ecosystem Fund Opens Applications, Names Six Target Sectors

Base's Ecosystem Fund says it has backed 30+ teams and is now naming the six sectors it wants next, including a newly emphasized “agentic commerce” category.

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Pudgy Penguins Kicks Off Global 'Pengu World Tour' Meetup Series

Pudgy Penguins launched the 'Pengu World Tour' on Aug. 3 and has already run meetups in Malaysia, Bangkok and Vietnam, with a five-city Asia leg -- Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Seoul and Bangkok -- built around KAKAWOW card openings at every stop.

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Yield Guild Games Crowns Idle Tactics: Ascension VibeBlitz Champion

Yield Guild Games and Animoca Brands split VibeBlitz's $5,000 prize pool among five browser games, naming Idle Tactics: Ascension the winner of the inaugural AI-assisted jam.

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Gacha Pull Expands Its Abstract Card-Rip Market to Magic: The Gathering

Gacha Pull launched Magic: The Gathering pack rips on Abstract on Aug. 13 — another new card category in two weeks, after a $2,100 NBA rookie chase and a $93,940 secondary-market sale.

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Proof of Play Ceases Operations, Says Nothing About Its Abstract Arcade

Proof of Play said on August 4 it is ceasing operations and open-sourcing Pirate Nation's code, contracts and art under CC0. Its Abstract-based Arcade went unmentioned, and the site now returns a server error.

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Base Ships Azul and Beryl Under the Base Stack; Cobalt Due in September

Base said Aug. 3 it has shipped two protocol upgrades since moving off shared OP Stack clients onto its own Base Stack: Azul in May, Beryl in June, with Cobalt due in September.

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Fugz Ships V2 Collector Hub as SBT Holders Face an August 31 Ethereum Deadline

Fugz's V2 Collector Hub and companion Gallery went live July 30 — and the project has set a hard deadline: connect an Abstract Global Wallet by August 31 or lose your Fugz SBTs for good.

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Gigaverse Names Gigabattler Overall Winner of Its First Community Hackathon

Gigaverse picked Gigabattler by NomadTreepwood as the overall winner of GIGATHON 1, its first community hackathon, from 28 submitted projects across six categories.

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Final Bosu Expands MEMO With Universe Hub and Two New Fragments

Final Bosu shipped a public Explore hub and two new MEMO Fragments this week, then said the platform logged 4,133 unique visitors, 356 new collectors, and 1,720 fragments claimed in its first seven days.

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Claynosaurz Micro-Series Debuts on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV

Claynosaurz, the Solana-and-Sui NFT project, is now streaming three animated micro-episodes on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV — a preview of a full 39-episode series being co-produced with Mediawan Kids & Family.

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DYLI Expands eBay Listings to Booster Packs, Boxes, and Ungraded Cards

DYLI opened eBay listings to booster packs, boxes, bundles, and ungraded cards on July 16, broadening past the graded-card-only beta it launched two weeks earlier.

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Base Creator Jesse Pollak Hands App to Cobie, Bets on Global Finance

Jesse Pollak is handing Base's consumer app to Cobie, admitting his social-driven adoption bet "was wrong" as Base pivots to become "the blockchain for global finance."

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Pudgy Penguins Joins Kakawow, Sells Out Debut Card Presale in Hours

Pudgy Penguins joined Kakawow's collectible-card platform alongside Disney, Marvel and Harry Potter's existing card lines, and the first Pudgy-branded presale — 200 boxes at $99 each, run through DYLI and Kakawow parent Suplay Inc. — sold out in about three hours.

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Pudgy Penguins Launches Weekly Live Shopping on TikTok and Whatnot

Pudgy Penguins is starting a weekly livestream shopping series on TikTok and Whatnot on July 15, 2026, with three recurring themed shows — Date Night, Polly's World, and Pengu's World — each including viewer giveaways.

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GUGO Miles Audit Recovers 136 Transactions, Catches Wallet-Hopping Seller

GUGO's Miles engine audit recovered 136 missing transactions and caught a wallet-hopping seller: "Miles don't care how clever you are. They only ask: did you stay?"

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The Plooshies is searching for a new owner after revenue fell short

The Web3 gaming brand said in a July 9 thread that revenue alone could not cover team and infrastructure costs, and it is searching for a new owner, operator, or strategic partner. Founder Viktor is stepping back from day-to-day X and Discord activity but remains in contact with the search.

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Tollan Universe's Overworld Expansion Teases Pudgy Penguins Integration

Tollan Universe announced Tollan Overworld on July 10 — a persistent hub extending beyond dungeon runs and horde battles, paired with a teased Pudgy Penguins-themed "Penguin Box."

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New Tournament and Skin Head to Franky's Adventures as FrankyGo's SBTs Close

Franky's Adventures is adding a new tournament and a new in-game skin the week of July 13, 2026, the team confirmed — landing just as FrankyGo's tiered Season 3 SBT claim window has closed.

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Bigtoshi Pivots to a New Token — Bigcoin Team Says "No Affiliation"

The team that inherited Bigcoin from its pseudonymous founder posted a pinned notice disavowing his new token on July 10 — the same day BIG hit an all-time low.

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Sugartown, the Zynga-born web3 game, is winding down

D20 Labs, the studio that bought Sugartown from Zynga in 2024, said on July 8 it is shutting down all services and will hand the game's IP to the community. Some holders questioned the move; the team addressed where the money went.

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Yield Guild Games Launches vibecode.game, a Hub for Vibe-Coded Games

YGG announced vibecode.game on June 16, a central hub for discovering, reviewing, and building AI-powered vibe-coded games, extending a push it ran through a 120-team hackathon in Seoul. The guild has not yet detailed how the hub reviews or lists games.

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Pudgy Party shuts down as Igloo Inc consolidates on Pudgy World

Igloo Inc has shut down Pudgy Party, the Pudgy Penguins mobile game, less than a year after its August 2025 launch, pulling it from iOS and Android to focus on the browser game Pudgy World.

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