Avalanche Foundation has joined the Beam network as a validator node operator. Beam is a game-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. As part of the collaboration, the Avalanche Foundation will mint $500,000 worth of BEAM node tokens. The partnership comes after Avalanche recently completed its major 'Avalanche 9000' mainnet upgrade. Beam plans to rebrand itself as a Layer 1 blockchain on the Avalanche subnet. This will allow Beam to operate its own validator nodes. The integration with Avalanche will provide Beam users with access to a faster and more scalable network. It will also open up new opportunities for collaboration between the two projects.