AVA Foundation (@AVAFoundation): AVA WEEKLY UPDATE (9 May-15 May)

AVA WEEKLY UPDATE (9 May-15 May) Welcome to this week’s $AVA and market update! MARKET UPDATE The top stories from the broader market: 📉 Inflation Slows to Lowest in 4 Years: The latest inflation data was released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the Consumer Price Index growing at the slowest pace since February 2021 at a rate of 2.3% YoY in April 2025 (down from 2.4% YoY in March 2025). This fuelled $BTC and $ETH to continue their strong rallies this week. 🤝 US-China Temporary Tariff Deal: On Monday, the US and China agreed to temporarily lower the tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30% and from 125% to 10% on US imports for 90 days from 14 May. 📊 Coinbase to Trade on S&P 500 Next Week: After going public in 2021 via a direct listing, @CoinbaseExch is now set to begin trading on the S&P 500 next week — the first public crypto company to do so and a major milestone for the entire industry. --- KEY UPDATES In this week’s round-up of $AVA news: 🏝 Travel Drop Winners: Congratulations to our 2 lucky Diamond members with NFT IDs #757 & #870, who won the Luxury Fiji Travel Drop! 🎁 Bonus Task Winners: Congratulations to Marianna, Nikolaos, and Alexandr for winning an extra $100 Travel Credits each by completing the Bonus Contributor Tasks! 💻 Job Opening: We’re hiring a new Lead Growth Contributor to join the team! --- WEEKLY METRICS Below are the key $AVA metrics from the last 7 days: 💼 Total AVA holders (Travala + on-chain): 40,446 (+0.37%) 🤝 Total AVA Smart Program members: 63,771 (+1.59%) 🔒 Total AVA locked in the AVA Smart Program: 9,318,050 (-0.07%) 💰 AVA givebacks last 7 days: 29,118 AVA worth $19,678 (-30.43%) 🛍 Total saved via Smart discounts last 7 days: $6,184 (-25.86%) ✈️ # of room nights & flights booked with AVA last 7 days: 98 (-47.31%) 💱 $ value of AVA travel bookings last 7 days: $31,646 (-59.52%)