Hola readers! Polygon launches the 2nd edition of #BUIDLIT - one of the biggest web3 hackathons and three new game titles are coming to Polygon - PlayWildcard, Playmetalcore, and Derby Stars.
Let’s dive in.
Key takeaways:
Uniswap V3’s volume continues to grow for the third consecutive week, reaching $814.25 Mn. Cafeswap (3.1kk, +89%) and BitKeep (2.7k, +133%) entered the maximum growth list of DeFi projects. Top three TVL gainers in the past week - Uniswap ($120 Mn, +64%), Gains network ($9.3 Mn, +20%), and Sphere Finance ($3.5 Mn, +15556%). The best performing games were Arc8 (38.4k), Pegaxy (20.2k), and Sunflower Land (19.8k).
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