Messari's Contributions to The Graph Ecosystem

**The Graph celebrates 5 years** of building decentralized data infrastructure with just **3 days left** until their milestone celebration. The San Francisco event welcomes both: - Long-time community members (OGs) - Newcomers to the ecosystem This marks half a decade of **building in public** and developing blockchain data indexing solutions. [RSVP here](https://luma.com/5etk3s9a) to join the community celebration.

**The Graph Foundation** sponsored SmartCon's inaugural VC Demo Day, connecting emerging web3 projects with venture capital investors. The event showcased: - Real blockchain projects seeking funding - Technical talent from the web3 builder community - Investment opportunities in decentralized infrastructure **Derek Meyer** from The Graph's Technical Council served as a judge, evaluating projects alongside other industry experts. The sponsorship aligns with The Graph's mission to **support the next generation** of web3 developers and infrastructure builders.

**The Graph has joined the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA)**, a coalition of major DeFi protocols representing over $100B in onchain assets. **Key alliance members include:** - Aave - Curve Finance - Lido Finance - Uniswap Foundation - Aragon Project - Spark Protocol **The EPAA advocates for four core principles:** - Protocol neutrality - Onchain transparency - Flexibility for innovation - Global permissionless access **Why The Graph joined:** As a protocol that makes trusted onchain data accessible, The Graph wants to ensure future financial regulations are informed by actual builders rather than external parties. The alliance works with advocacy partners including the European Crypto Initiative and DeFi Research Collective to influence policy development. [Learn more about the alliance](https://paragraph.com/@epaa/announcing-ethereum-protocol-advocacy-alliance)

**The Graph team wrapped up a successful Buenos Aires conference** with impressive engagement metrics: - **15+ talks and panels** delivered across multiple venues - **Hundreds of developers** visited booths to learn about Amp and other Graph products - **Deep builder connections** formed through hackathon workshops and side events **ETHGlobal BA hackathon showcased Amp's potential** as the world's first blockchain-native database: **Top Amp Dataset Winners:** - 🥇 **Amplify** ($3,000) - Enhanced blockchain data IDE extending Amp beyond queries - 🥈 **Bleeth** ($2,000) - Liquidity betting protocol using vampire attack primitives - 🥈 **RangeSeeker** ($2,000) - Autonomous liquidity agent for Uniswap V3 - 🥉 **ALA** ($1,000) - Crowdsourced market maker with collaborative intelligence **AI Use Case Grand Prize:** - 🏆 **Agentica** ($2,000) - AI treasury management system trading on strategy and news Developers left with **new ideas for decentralized data infrastructure** applications, demonstrating growing interest in blockchain-native database solutions.

**Monad mainnet has officially launched** and is immediately available across The Graph's infrastructure. **Key integrations include:** - Live support in Subgraph Studio - Full Substreams compatibility - Firehose integration for data streaming Developers can now query Monad blockchain data from day one, enabling swift and reliable onchain data access for their applications. **Get started building** with Monad data through [Subgraph Studio](https://thegraph.com/studio/) or via Substreams and Firehose today.