MERIDIAN

Meridian is the infrastructure that makes Galaxy's deal repeatable. they proved the demand and we built the infrastructure.

There’s been a lot of noise around the Build Games results, so I want to give a perspective from someone who actually listened to most of the pitches. From a pure judging standpoint, @MeridianProto stood out immediately. The moment I heard the pitch, I knew it was going to win. It wasn’t close. I called it in multiple private and group chats. That doesn’t mean I didn’t have questions. I did. I even pushed on things like unverified contracts, contract complexity, and lack of testing. Those are valid concerns. But zooming out, you have to evaluate what was actually presented. Most submissions fell into a few buckets: 1⃣ Copycats 2⃣ Small games 3⃣ Short-term/degen ideas 4⃣ Apps that realistically won’t scale or bring meaningful TVL That’s fine, it’s a 3–4 week build window. But if you’re judging based on: ✅ Real-world utility ✅ Ability to scale ✅ Potential to attract users and capital ✅ Quality of vision and execution There was only one project that clearly checked those boxes. That’s why Meridian won. Also worth remembering: these teams had a few weeks. Of course there will be bugs. Of course things won’t be perfect. That’s the entire point of a competition like this, it’s a starting line, not a finished product. The prize money itself doesn’t even cover audits. It’s not some massive payday, it’s a stepping stone to get real funding and actually build something meaningful. If you have concerns, that’s completely fair. Ask questions. Challenge things. That’s how the ecosystem improves. But piling on and attacking builders who just spent weeks grinding to create something ambitious isn’t it. We want people building serious applications on $AVAX. When someone actually does that, the response shouldn’t be to tear them down. We're all human, let's treat each other with dignity and respect.

@ntr_xHK @PolyPup @avax Stay tuned!

Real-world utility is the key for @avax atm. In your Opinion how it will leverage Avalanche’s ICM, Teleporter, subnets, and upcoming upgrades? I mean such as Etna or L1 improvements to expand its cross-chain margin layer and become a core primitive for institutional credit across the entire Avalanche ecosystem?

@PolyPup This is the best thing I’ve read all day. Thank you! “Ask questions. Challenge things. That’s how the ecosystem improves.” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@spendfiddys It’s all good vibes here!

Can we stop hating @MeridianProto please? Good project with a good team and a good pitch. Deal with it.

@nickisanders 🤌🏼

@MeridianProto 👏👏👏

I’m not crying 🥹

@averageandy @wooddeeeee @TheGrottoL1 @WeKeepWinning_ And you’ll be getting a grant!! Congrats!

@wooddeeeee @TheGrottoL1 @WeKeepWinning_ There were a ton of good products and mine isnt everyones scale or cup of tea. I am happy to have made it to the finals and the north start remains the same. Keep Winning.

Some of the main complaints I’ve seen from Build Games is that things aren’t live yet, however both @TheGrottoL1 and @WeKeepWinning_ are BOTH live already! The WKW vault cap will also be increasing tonight as well 👀 WeKeepWinning.com

@averageandy @Wikitiky1 @TheGrottoL1 @WeKeepWinning_ Meridian is live it’s just behind a waitlist.

@IdMintThat 😍

@MeridianProto Ilysm already Meridian 🫶

@JustnThePhotog "thank you!"

It pleases me that the Twitter for this “project” was created less than a week ago 🤝

@Sqyli_ @avax oh no! why not?

@MeridianProto @avax You misinterpreted i don't support

The inaugural Build Games competition has concluded With over 2,000 applicants, 50+ grantees, here are the 3 grand prize winners:

@Sqyli_ @avax the app is fully built, it's on a waitlist currently. thank you for your support!

@avax @MeridianProto Bruh how one can become 1st if the app isn't even public lmao

@snapss thanks snaps! I need to show my son the grotto! (I'm not much of a gamer)

@MeridianProto Cheers & massive congrats! Excited to see where this takes you!

Thank you & I love you. The Grotto is eternal. BUILD GAMES, EVERYONE!

@0xNeothon @Forg3tProtocol @TheGrottoL1 @avery_bartlett @vohvohh @avax amazing compitition!

The first Build games come to an end! Congratulations to @MeridianProto @Forg3tProtocol and our beloved @TheGrottoL1 Great management by @avery_bartlett @vohvohh all the judges and the entire team at @avax Those who lost in the final round, don’t feel sad. Be proud you went till the finals. Deliver and go to newer heights! Build Season is just starting on AVAX🔺

@avalanche_tr very excited to bring this to life!

100.000 dolarlık büyük ödülün sahibi olan 1.sırada yer alan proje Meridian! @MeridianProto, yapılandırılmış kredi vault'ları, AMM fiyatlandırmalı kredi temerrüt swap'ları ve zincirler arası teminat sistemine sahip kurumsal bir kredi altyapısıdır.

Build Games'in ilk yarışması sona erdi 🔺 2000'den fazla başvuru ve 50'nin üzerinde destek almaya hak kazanan ekip arasından, büyük ödülün sahibi olmaya layık görülen 3 proje belirlendi. İşte detaylar 🧵:

@jave_gg @brookejlacey @avax thank you!

@brookejlacey @avax @MeridianProto Congrats Brooke!! Huge W

@CreativityEngr 🙏

@MeridianProto huge congrats, well deserved🔺

@TheGrottoL1 @avax @vohvohh Congrats guys! Well deserved

Our founder has fainted from joy. It’s time to show Web3 what we mean when we do something. Thank you for valuing us as much as we value you. Our protocol is your protocol. Thank you @avax and @vohvohh for choosing the hooded horror bros.

1st place with the grand $100,000 prize is Meridian. @MeridianProto is Institutional credit infrastructure with structured credit vaults, credit default swaps with AMM pricing, and cross-chain margin. Composable smart contracts bringing the $13 trillion credit market onchain. Extremely proud of @brookejlacey’s vision and execution. Check it out here: meridianprotocol.xyz

@vohvohh @avax 🥹

@avax @MeridianProto SO PROUD OF BROOKE!