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Key takeaways:
Despite a slow-down across the space, the weekly active users still record at over the million mark, the second-best performing week of the year so far. QuickSwap (+16%), KyberSwap (+62%) and Aave (+46%) lead the user growth amidst a wider cooldown. Sunflower Land leads the gaming front with nearly 60k weekly active users and 140k transactions.
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