TL;DR: November was an absolute banger for Garden. We crushed $950m in volume, and the big billy milestone is just a flip away. Act 2 testnet is live! Oh, and Garden run 2 also happened in Bangkok during Devcon. 

gm gardeners! 🌸 

November tested everyone’s self-control, but Gardeners couldn’t resist the temptations as Garden hit various milestones and broke records left and right.

We’ve been busy with Act 2, working to bring smooth UI/UX and faster swaps along with other features to redefine what bridging should feel like. December, we’re coming for you!

Canon Event

This november saw us hit $950m in volume, taking us closer to that billy mark. It’s honestly kind of surreal to think about the fact that we’ll be hitting a billion in volume very soon!

Big Items

  • We teamed up with the trusty molandaks again for Garden run 2 in Bangkok during Devcon. Garden run 2: the movie is under production, with Martin Scorcese saying it has, “More emotion than the theme park movies”.
  • Data don’t lie: we kept smashing volume records, hitting $72m in november with a staggering $5.4m in a single day, with no airdrops or incentives. It’s all organic in this garden baby!
  • The next big ting in bitcoin bridging, our act 2, is live on testnet. Look at some of the reviews below as you apply to get whitelisted! Read more about it here.

Technical Updates

  • We are all hands on deck for act 2 deployment.
  • Work is also in full swing to shift staking rewards from SEED to BTC. Yep, you heard that right, Gardeners will soon be earning in BTC.

Other Cool Stuff

  • November brought the cutest mascot in crypto space! Garden’s new mascot is here! Show it some love!
  • Seems like Litecoin is a huge fan of Garden đź‘€. Check this out. 
  • Our dude repped Garden in an AMA session hosted by Maia DAO, he was joined by other founders in the arbitrum ecosystem. 
  • Did you notice something new and shiny in our x handle? It’s rocking that golden touch now.

About Garden

Garden is the fastest Bitcoin bridge for swapping BTC with any asset on EVM and Solana chains in as little as 30 seconds. It is decentralized, trustless, audited, and not a real garden.

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