Arweave/AO Ecosystem Highlights Week 12｜Gold Standard Nodes Competition, $AO Listed on CoinGecko & CoinMarketCap, Aolotto Launches $ALT Staking
Arweave sets a new weekly storage record at 7 TiB, $AO gets listed on CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap, Aolotto launches staking with daily rewards, WeaveVM rebrands to Load Network, and Rimbox rolls out the Set Position feature.
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Arweave Network Data:
In the past week, Arweave completed 296,716,917 transactions, reaching a storage volume of 7 TiB.
Storage fee for this week stands at 1.42 $AR/GB, block reward at 3,566 $AR, and endowment increased by 8,568 $AR.
AO Network Data (as of March 16, 2025):
AO has sent a total of 208 Million messages; 3,532,514 $AO have been minted.
Bridged assets include 65,418 $stETH and 196,816,453 $DAI.
PermaDAO Incentive Distribution:
PermaDAO distributed a total of 525.46 $AR and 5,536.78 $BP as contribution incentives last week.
Network & Project Updates
LBank listed $AO spot trading on March 17.
AO mainnet and Legacynet upgrade: enhancing network interoperability and improving user and developer experience.
AO mainnet is now live. The latest HyperBEAM update improves interoperability between Legacynet and the mainnet, with better cross-network communication, more reliable scheduling, and advanced data handling (introducing the deep_merge feature), reducing compatibility issues.
Users benefit from a more seamless cross-network experience, while developers enjoy more flexible deployment and migration. Full details available on GitHub: github.com/permaweb/HyperBEAM
Aolotto launches the 3rd round of its LuckyShare giveaway.
To participate, follow @aolotto_dao, repost the campaign tweet, and leave your AR address. If the number 347 wins, 10 lucky participants will split the prize.
aopump.fun is now live on the Permaweb, offering easier permanent access.
Accessible at aopump.defi.ao, the site no longer relies on centralized infrastructure and is fully supported by the Arweave and AO ecosystems.
Only Arweave partners with BazAR for NFT giveaways from March 18–21.
Every day during the event, Arweave Today articles featuring BazAR will be published, giving away NFT artworks from four artists: @Josh_Burleson, @TRUE_jDHarmony, @coneheadsquid, and @Meka_Human.
KYVE becomes an official validator for Story Protocol, supporting data archiving on Arweave.
Funded through a public goods initiative, KYVE contributes to the Story Protocol data pool. The KYVE community can earn $IP tokens by safeguarding historical data, which will be permanently stored on Arweave.
Gate.io lists $ARIO spot trading, live from March 19 at 14:00 UTC.
Aolotto launches $ALT staking on March 18; daily reward distribution begins March 20.
Available at aolotto.com/#/divs, staking yields veALT (minimum 7 days, up to 4 years). The longer the staking period, the more veALT earned. The next dividend round starts March 20 at 08:00 GMT.
A total of 1,009,223 $ALT has already been staked, representing 53% of circulating supply.
WeaveVM rebrands to Load Network, now the largest data protocol on Arweave, powering the EVM ecosystem.
Formerly WeaveVM, Load Network leads in monthly transaction volume and has been integrated with avax, Metis, and rss3 as a storage layer, also providing DA for Dymension and ensuring data permanence for Blobscan and EigenDA.
It breaks EVM storage limitations with support for up to 492GB of data per transaction and combines eigenlayer hot caching with AO processes to create an on-chain data center.
Rimbox introduces Set Position feature, enhancing gameplay with instant teleportation.
Players can now set coordinates in all four directions for instant movement and save positions via links, allowing for seamless continuation in future sessions.
4Everland partners with FusionFi Protocol to launch Telegram mining aggregator, offering 32,500 $FFP in rewards.
FusionFi Protocol joins 4Everland’s Telegram-based one-click mining campaign, distributing a total of 32,500 $FFP tokens.
Arweave India hosts Founder’s Camp featuring kempsterr on building real value in Web3.
kempsterr, Head of BD at AR.IO Network, shared insights on moving beyond “Logo x Logo” partnerships to deliver genuine impact in the Web3 ecosystem.
AO hosts DUH X Spaces on March 20 to explore the AO ecosystem and Beacon Wallet.
Speakers included @DMPierson, @JohnnyRingo711, @ajablanky, and @kibbler_william from Vela, discussing AO’s ecosystem and Vela’s new project, Beacon Wallet.
Gate.io launches $AO airdrop event on March 19 with $100,000 in rewards.
Users holding at least 1 $GT can participate. The more $GT you hold, the greater your rewards. Event runs from 05:00 to 12:00 UTC on March 19.
CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap officially list $AO with real-time market tracking.
$AO is now live on CoinGecko, offering real-time price, charts, market cap, and news.
Beacon Wallet version 1.3.6 now available on the App Store, improving gateway integration and UX.
The update enhances AR.IO integration, user onboarding, transaction flow, and interface experience.
AR.IO Network Gateway Node Release 28 launches with performance and feature upgrades.
Updates include longer name refresh intervals to reduce CU load on the AO community, plus apex domain support for ArNS services. Gateways can now serve Arweave-hosted websites and apps.
WeaveDB Nigeria launches Web3 Career Workshop to empower community skill development.
The 3-day workshop covers Web3 technologies and careers, content creation (video editing and copywriting), and community/social media management.
BetterIDEA launches arnode.asia gateway for fast Arweave data access and multiplayer gaming.
Operated by @betteridea_dev, arnode.asia offers stable data access, a polished homepage, and multiplayer Minecraft support. Users can stake 100 $ARIO to participate and earn rewards.
Arlink updates analytics features to enhance real-time user insights and performance tracking.
New tools enable real-time audience insights, performance and engagement tracking, and user profiling to improve Web3 project operations.
Gold Standard Nodes competition launches — win a $10,000 solid gold floppy disk.
Run a HyperBEAM node on AO and submit your public IP in the “Gold Standard Nodes” channel on HyperBEAM’s Discord before midnight EST on April 4 to enter.
The winner will be selected using a random algorithm, with proof shared. Join here: discord.gg/nyBokajGd
Arweave network storage hits record 7 TiB in one week, pushing $AR into deflation mode.
Network storage has exceeded 4 TiB for six consecutive weeks, peaking at 7 TiB last week — the highest ever.
The endowment fund is growing by 2,092 $AR weekly (approx. 8,400/month or 100k/year), accelerating $AR deflation. Circulating supply dropped by 8,369 $AR in the past month.
Aolotto joins the AR.IO Network Builders Showcase to share project insights and future plans.
Held on March 20 at 11:00 ET via Discord, Aolotto discusses the inspiration and implementation of a decentralized lottery system on the AO ecosystem.
DecentraMind receives media support from IBC to foster community growth.
Marketverse AI opens for testing, enabling the creation of autonomous agents on AO.
Users can deploy DCA agents, custom agents, and upcoming LLM agents within the AO ecosystem.
StarGrid Battle Tactics to launch private beta testing on March 25.
Partnerships & Integrations
Basejump and KORUS launch the BROADKOR remix challenge with $ACTION rewards.
Hosted on the ENKOR platform, participants in the BROADKOR remix challenge can be featured on Mixtape Vol.2, create tracks for Basejump battle mode, and win $ACTION and KOR score boosts.
Onairos partners with DcodeBlock to build a Web3 learning and development platform.
The collaboration aims to offer personalized Web3 learning resources, hackathons, and code competitions focused on crypto tech, security, and smart contract development.
Ecosystem Education
4EVERLAND blog — “4EVERLAND x Arweave x AO: Web3 Cloud Infrastructure for the Future of DApps”
4EVERLAND is shaping a new kind of Web3 cloud infrastructure. It leverages Arweave for permanent storage to ensure data durability and integrity, and AO for decentralized, highly scalable computation.
With tools like high-availability gateways, AI services, S3-compatible storage, and one-click deployment, 4EVERLAND significantly simplifies building and deploying decentralized applications.
Together, 4EVERLAND, Arweave, and AO form a unified Web3 cloud infrastructure, allowing developers to access powerful storage, compute, and cloud services — all from a single dashboard.
Nansen blog — “AO Computer - Keep Calm and Farm”
AO is building a massively parallel decentralized compute network. It offers staking options for stETH (7% APY) and DAI (17% APY), with rewards in $AO or PI tokens, compounding automatically with no lock-up or penalties.
Highlights of the AO ecosystem: decentralized computing (AI, DeFi, gaming), no VC unlocks, over 100 projects, $700M+ in bridged assets, and permanent storage via Arweave — signaling strong market potential.
KYVE post — “How does KYVE Works”
KYVE generates revenue through chain integrations and public goods funding (in $KYVE or native tokens). Public node operators maintain the infrastructure and give back to the community.
Validators verify and archive data to Arweave in return for rewards. Stakers help secure the network and share in both inflationary and integration-based earnings — advancing the broader Web3 ecosystem.
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