#injective. Weekly Review - Week 2 2024

* Injective marked a momentous occasion during Week 2 with the successful completion of the Volan Mainnet Upgrade on January 11, 2024 – a milestone considered the largest in the platform's history. This upgrade signifies a transformative epoch for Web3 finance, introducing pioneering features such as the world's inaugural native real-world asset infrastructure, heightened blockchain scalability, expanded interoperability, novel burn capabilities, and more.

*The winners of the Injective X Google Cloud Illuminate Hackathon were unveiled across different categories. Hosted by Injective and co-hosted by dorahacks in collaboration with Google Cloud, the recipients in the Defi Infrastructure and Tooling category included 🥇 @aeroscraper, 🥈 @AzoyaLabs, and 🥉 @chaindefenderai.

Meanwhile, in the Web3 (NFT, GameFi, SocialFi) category, accolades went to 🥇 @srdtrk, 🥈 @NinjaBlazeApp, and 🥉 @NinjaKits_.

*The Ninji wallet, is now accessible on the Play Store for Android users, empowers users to securely manage their digital assets.

* DojoSwap, Injective's premier AMM DEX, has achieved a commendable milestone, surpassing $16 million in total value locked (TVL). Further attesting to its success, DojoSwap boasts a 7-day trading volume of $20 million and has captivated over 6,000 unique traders, reflecting the community's profound trust in the project.

*Injective CEO & Co-Founder, Eric Chen, shared insights during an interview on "The Protocol" show by CoinDesk last week, elucidating on the significance of integrating real-world assets onto the blockchain, encompassing anything tangible in the physical world.

* Celebrating another milestone, Injective surpassed 100,000 unique delegates staking over 47.8 million $INJ tokens. The platform has witnessed over 400,000,000 on-chain transactions, affirming the dynamic engagement of the community.

* FilamentFinance, a hybrid perpetual DEX combining an order book with a unique on-chain liquidity pool model, is poised to launch on the Injective EVM testnet.