Mateusz Rzeszowski

May proved to be an exceptional month for the Flow ecosystem, demonstrating significant advancements across key metrics including developer growth, user acquisition, and DeFi expansion.

Flow has rolled out an important upgrade that significantly enhances how NFTs can move between EVM and Cadence.

Flow Community Rewards enables users to earn Boxes and Keys by engaging with apps on Flow. In the rewards store, those Boxes and Keys convert into points, which can be redeemed for rewards such as MacBooks, digital collectibles, Nike sneakers, and much more.Now, Flow Rewards is bigger, better, and more rewarding. Including new features such as Sweepstakes and Social Quests, making it even easier to stack up points and unlock prizes.

April marked another significant period for the Flow ecosystem, building on the positive trends of early 2025 with notable growth across key areas. Data indicates strong performance in DeFi, developer activity, community engagement, and ecosystem innovation. Highlights from the month include a new all-time high for Total Value Locked, a substantial increase in bridging volume, and the introduction of CryptoKitties' Meowcoins. The following highlights in detail Flow's progress in April.

Generating randomness on-chain is notoriously hard. You need a number that’s unpredictable before it’s revealed, unbiased during its generation, and verifiable afterward. To make things even more challenging, nodes of the network have to generate and agree on random numbers in a distributed and decentralized manner. With these nearly opposing constraints, traditional random functions (like Math.random()) aren’t an option.

When CJ set out to build aiSports, he didn’t just want to create another fantasy basketball app. He wanted to craft a completely new layer of gameplay - built directly on top of NBA Top Shot. Flow made that possible.