Sophie Hediger, Olympic Snowboarder From Switzerland, Dies in Avalanche Sophie Hediger, who competed in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, died in an avalanche in Arosa, Switzerland, according to the police and the Swiss ski federation.

Swiss snowboarder Hediger dies in avalanche A member of Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team has died in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa in the east of the country.

Avalanche Blockchain’s Largest-Ever Upgrade, ‘Avalanche9000,’ Is Live The technical changes are designed to attract developers to the ecosystem and let them create their own customized blockchains, known as subnets.

Avalanche Raises $250M Amid Major Overhaul of Layer-1 Blockchain The sale follows shortly after the Avalanche9000 upgrade went live in a testnet environment.

Truck Spills Lumber in Highway ‘Avalanche,’ Taking Out Car And Unlocking New Fear A driver in Pennsylvania was caught up in a crash that looked straight out of a horror movie last week when a truck carrying lumber overturned and threw its load across the road. The pile of lumber flew over I-83, sideswiping a car and forcing it off the highway in the process. A tractor-trailer loaded up with lumber… Read more…

Avalanche Blockchain’s Largest-Ever Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet Avalanche’s largest upgrade to date, Avalanche9000, went live on testnet Monday. The upgrade is designed to cut costs of sending transactions and operating validators, making it easier to build apps on the network.

Driving A Gemballa Avalanche Is All About The Vibes If you had to boil down the 1980s south Florida ethos into an automobile, it almost certainly would look something like this 1987 Gemballa Avalanche. Based on Porsche’s iconic “930” 911 Turbo, it’s already a lesson in excess, but once you’ve tacked on the giant fender flares, mesh BBS wheels, and a slant nose body… Read more…

Snowball vs avalanche vs something else? So, I ran into some unexpected money and I thought I might use it to pay off student loans. And I get there is an avalanche and snowball method for paying off debts generally. And being a dork, I made a spreadsheet. I was looking at a student loan ($8200) that had jumped up to 8.25%. I’ve been autopaying $104 monthly. I should pay $3655 interes…

Homium Raises $10M and Tokenizes Home Equity Loans on Avalanche The loans are currently live in Colorado and plan to extend to other states.

An ‘Avalanche’ Is Hitting the N.C.A.A., and Change Is Coming for Athletes “If student-athletes become employees, what does that relationship look like?” one college professor asked.

Should You Use the ‘Debt Avalanche’ or ‘Debt Snowball’ Method to Pay Off Debt? It’s easy to feel paralyzed by your debts, but finding the right payment strategy will help.

Question with avalanche and 0% balance transfer credit cards. I’ve been paying down debt (thanks to this sub!) using the avalanche method with 2 credit cards and a small home improvement loan. Both cards had the same interest rate at 28%, one was for $5k and the other $7.5k. The loan only has 3k left on it with an 8% interest rate, so it’s last. Considering both cards had the same interest rate, I was work…

Stars, Avalanche face off in key clash in Central race The Western powers remain in a bitter battle for the Central Division’s No. 1 seed. Plus, updated playoff projections, draft lottery standings and more.

Republic’s Profit-Sharing Token on Avalanche Will Pay Investors VC Dividends Republic Crypto is launching R/Note, a tokenized security whose owners get payouts from the company’s venture exits. It will live atop the Avalanche blockchain.

First Mover Americas: Avalanche and Near Lead Weekly Gains The latest price moves in bitcoin and crypto markets in context for Nov. 17, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Blockticity Mints Hemp and Cannabis Certifications on Avalanche The process works by Blockticity printing a QR code on a product and the QR code then links to a Certificate of Analysis minted as an Avalanche NFT.

How Elon Musk Helped Cause An Avalanche Of Hate For A Journalist Covering A Hit-And-Run This journalism stuff isn’t always easy, especially when folk on the internet decide to barnstorm you over misconceptions and online bigotry. It certainly doesn’t help when the richest man on Earth repeats those bullshit assumptions for his gaggle of rabid fans. One journalist found herself in this position, but she’s… Read more…

Avalanche Developer, Known for Minting Millionaires and Duds, Is Back With ‘WAGMI’ Tokens Sestagalli’s previous Avalanche projects created a cult-like following in the 2021 bull run under the “frog nation” moniker.

New Avalanche Dapp Lets Traders Swap Hundreds of Different Tokens in Single Transaction Decentralized exchanges usually let users swap one asset for another, but a new tool claims to let users swap 300 tokens at the same time.

Publicly Traded Korean Firm Neowiz To Build Games on Avalanche Network Intella X, Neowiz’s Web3 arm, has joined Avalanche Arcad3 to build blockchain games in the crazed market.