Last week in Elrond 👇🏻

⏱ Get back time with https://maiar.com - innovation
🇺🇸 3+mn Crypto.com users unlimited access
🌐 4.7+mn stores accept ERD via Utrust
💳 60mn merchants via Swipe VISA card
🇦🇺 AUD fiat pair via CoinSpot
🇷🇴 RON fiat pair via LDV Bank
🛠 8 releases, 15 new features, 9 bug fixes
🔒 5.422bn $ERD / ~$120mn USD staked for Genesis
⚔️ #battleofnodes complete & rankings
💱 Binance savings for $ERD
🦑 Proxy component open sourced
🌐 Elrond Web 3.0 review by Everstake
🦅 Stateless Money joins as launch partner
🎙 Mainnet Preparations AMA with Beniamin
🇺🇸 Altcoin Daily segment on Elrond
🇮🇳 Beniamin talks crypto & India
⚙️ Rust SCs on Elrond VM by @hiddentao
📰 Media coverage:

• PressOne (RO)
• CryptoNewsFlash
• CryptoNews
• Yahoo Finance (PR)
• CoinSpeaker
• BTC Manager
• CoingGape
• CoinCodex
• iHodl (ES)
• AssociatedPress (PR)

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1287644679236988928?s=20

🔥 Get 5% bonus $ERD with @Swipe Wallet!

We’re excited to announce that we’re taking our partnership with Swipe to the next level with a special promotion. Buy ERD on the Swipe Wallet App and receive up to 5% cashback on net buys (total purchases minus sells).

This is a limited time offer which runs under the following conditions:

Promotion Details:

📆 Duration: 7/27/2020 to 8/01/2020 - 5 days

Holding the $SXP Swipe token is required to participate:

• 0-100 - 2% cash back
• 101-500 - 3% cash back
• 501-1000+ - 5% cash back

Up to $100 cashback in ERD per KYC user.

Promotion budget $25.000 USD in ERD

📲 Get the app: sw.pe/Elrond

RT: https://twitter.com/SwipeWallet/status/1287746767115546630?s=20

Elrond Assets to Fuel Innovative DeFi Products Built on @dfinance_co

We’re excited to announce that Elrond will work together with Dfinance to make Elrond native assets an integral part of innovative DeFi tools built on top of Dfinance, a platform that enables anyone to create and publish financial instruments.

Dfinance integrates Facebook Libra’s innovative Move VM and operates on Cosmos to provide blockchain interoperability. Dfinance’s design and performance, combined with Libra’s Move, provides secure and rapid execution that will allow the building of sophisticated and secure financial instruments.

“An important reason why apps added tremendous value to mobile ecosystems was that everyone could build one. Innovation exploded when tech barriers for fruitful imagination were removed. We’re excited to work with the team at Dfinance to integrate Elrond, and unlock significant potential via their new tools.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-assets-to-fuel-innovative-defi-products-built-on-dfinance

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1287786167388307461?s=20

Hello 🇷🇺 Russia! 500k users, 180+ countries & 13 Fiat Currencies in 15 minutes with Visa & Mastercard via Indacoin

We’re excited to announce that Elrond is available on Indacoin! The fiat gateway offers cryptocurrency purchases with Visa or Mastercard in fiat such as GBP, EUR, USD, RUB & 10 more fiat currencies, with 15 minutes delivery times.

The platform is highly popular in Russia, but also in the UK and globally, with a total number of customers exceeding 500.000. Its most attractive feature is the fast delivery times for cryptocurrency purchases, which can be as low as 15 minutes for the first time and even faster after that.

“Delivery speed is crucial for capitalizing on time-sensitive opportunities. Settlement in 15 minutes for credit card payments sets a new quality standard for the Elrond ecosystem. We’re happy to work with Indacoin to expand Elrond accessibility to our Russian community and beyond.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

👉🏻 Read more https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-on-indacoin-fiat-gateway-180-countries-visa-mastercard

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1288070715074387968?s=20

3x Bonus Crypto.com Exclusive Campaign for Elrond Fix Term Deposits

We’re happy to announce that $ERD holders are getting a chance to earn triple bonuses on Crypto.com short term deposits!

The Elrond ERC20 token is now listed on Crypto.com’s Earn savings platform. $ERD holders can make short term deposits with attractive interest rates, which can go up to 6% p.a. for the duration of the campaign.

The total prize pool for this event is $30,000 USD in ERD Tokens and can be subscribed to for a limited period of 10 days.

👉🏻 Learn more about the campaign and join: https://elrond.com/blog/3x-bonus-crypto-com-exclusive-earn-campaign-for-elrond-short-term-deposits

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1288380050249846784?s=20

Bitfinex will list Elrond for trading & staking services 🔥

We’re thrilled to announce that Elrond will be listed on Bitfinex! Deposits for the mainnet ERD token will be enabled on the 17th of August. Bitfinex will also support staking soon after.

Bitfinex is a top tier exchange. It was founded in 2012 and it is widely acknowledged as the exchange with the deepest liquidity. It has support for 197 countries and offers fiat deposits & withdrawals in USD, EUR, GBP and JPY.

“We are excited to unveil this listing as part of a strategic plan to expand our ecosystem, which brings significant exposure and opportunities for Elrond. Enabling additional products in collaboration with Bitfinex, such as staking, will strengthen Elrond, and position it for accelerated growth after the mainnet launch.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/bitfinex-will-list-elrond-for-trading-staking-services

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1288450396437073921?s=20

20 hours until the Genesis. Are you ready?

Hello Genesis participants,

We're getting ready to make history together. Our mainnet launch will bring about an important change to the internet. It's no longer only about blockchain, but it has to do with the entire digital landscape, money and most importantly, time.

We are all here, we are all ready and we are very excited that you are here with us as well! 🙌

https://twitter.com/lucianmincu/status/1288518703403995136?s=21

🌎 Elrond begins. Witness it live in 2 hours!

The “Zero to One” Genesis livestream goes live in 2 hours.

You will be able to watch it on:

• Elrond.com (Vimeo)
• Periscope (Twitter)
• Facebook

Elrond begins. Witness it live!

The “Zero to One” Genesis livestream starts at 13:15 UTC.

You will be able to watch it on:

https://elrond.com
https://periscope.tv/ElrondNetwork
https://facebook.com/ElrondNetwork

New Economics: eGLD Operational Process & Reasoning. AMA at 14:00 UTC

Operational process by Lucian Todea: https://twitter.com/luciantodea/status/1289165586333933569?s=20

Reasoning by Beniamin: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1289165923060822016?s=20

Live AMA with further clarifications @ 14:00 UTC - in 2 hours

https://periscope.tv/ElrondNetwork

New Economics: eGLD Reasoning & Operational Process

Think about it for a second.

What if you could have a new economic system with Ethereum-like programmability, internet-like speed & costs, Apple-like UX, and improved Bitcoin-like economics to bootstrap the system to global adoption with unparalleled speed?

This is what we've built at Elrond. Incidentally decentralisation properties are a big bonus on top of all that. This is the first complete solution that, we believe, will redefine blockchain, money and open a new economy for hundreds of millions of people around the world.

The Elrond to Elrond Gold change proposed yesterday, is the result of a long thought process on how by reasoning from first principles we could build the most robust digital currency that could go beyond the current crypto space, to become a global reserve for the digital economy.

Quick eGLD facts:

• eGLD is the mainnet token, replacing ERD ERC20 & BEP2
• 1eGLD = 1000 ERD
• eGLD is not an additional currency, it replaces ERD
• Swapping ERD to eGLD begins in 30-60 days
• There is no swap currently
• Until the swap occurs, trading & buying ERD ERC20 & BEP2 continues like now
• Swapping ERD ERC20 & BEP2 will be possible for up to12 months
• Binance & other official listing partners will enable the swap
• Staked & delegated tokens are minted on the mainnet as eGLD
• No action needed at the moment

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/new-economics-egld-reasoning-operational-process

RT: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1289326847746928640?s=20

Maiar Access - First Wave on 7th of August

50.000 people are ready to fit their whole crypto world into their pockets. A money app with progressive security that will be fun to use. A friends recovery system for your private keys, so they help you restore if something happens with your phone.

DeFi, stake, delegate, spend, send, earn.

https://maiar.com

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1289507613512671238?s=20

The Elrond Mainnet kicks off with DeFi - Orion Protocol Integration Update

We’re excited to share about the first DeFi integration of the Elrond mainnet with Orion Protocol. We are supporting our partners to enable their platform to aggregate the entire liquidity from centralized & decentralized exchanges, as well as liquidity pools.

✅ Deposit/withdrawal of assets.
✅ Trade functionality, fill/cancel/update
✅ Methods for determining balances and trade status
✅ Different models, such as an order model with encoding, decoding and validation functionality
⏱ Signature validation
⏱ Implementation of the order fee
⏱ Writing further tests

The Orion team is on track to develop the ultimate cryptocurrency aggregation platform. The integration with our blockchain will enable fast, inexpensive and liquid DeFi products, and will bring an important transaction volume to the Elrond mainnet.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/the-elrond-mainnet-kicks-off-with-defi-orion-protocol-integration-update

RT: https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1289575103508840448?s=20

Last week in Elrond 👇🏻

🎉 Elrond mainnet successful launch
📺 Watch the mainnet launch event
Ⓜ️ Maiar 1st wave on 7 August
💹 Economics upgrade 1 000 $ERD = 1 eGLD
🍃 Bitfinex to list $ERD / eGLD
1️⃣ First Elrond mainnet transaction
🍀 Adding scarcity with eGLD by Beniamin
⚙️ eGLD operational process by Lucian Todea
🎙 New economics AMA
📺 Maiar - What if you could take back time?
🔣 Earn program Crypto.com
💹 #DeFi integration update Orion Protocol
💳 5% cashback with Swipe wallet
🇷🇺 Fiat on-ramp Indacoin
📊 No-code #DeFi tools with dfinance

📰 Media coverage
• Yahoo! News • Cointelegraph • BeInCrypto • Coinspeaker
• BTC Manager • Cryptopolitan • Cryptoninjas • Coincodex
• Bitcoinist • Cryptopotato • iHodl • Cryptonews • Coindesk
• Cryptodaily • Cointrust • Yahoo! Finance (PR)
• Yahoo! Finance (PR, 2) • Digital Journal (PR)

❕ 1000 $ERD = 1 eGLD

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1290180015221424128?s=20

eGLD Will Be Added to DeFi Assets in Frontier Wallet

We’re excited to announce that Frontier Wallet will list eGLD as a DeFi asset. Our partner will integrate the new ticker and denomination, alongside with integrated Validator staking tools.

The DeFi toolkit developer will integrate support for our native token and real-time updates for wallet activity, such as protocol rewards received by Validator nodes. The change will be included in an upcoming app update and will allow eGLD holders to easily track their balances.

"The Elrond Gold model will be the simplest and most powerful way to convey Elrond's value to the next billion users of digital economy. Very excited to have strong partners sharing our vision for the future of Elrond and listing eGLD in their innovative Frontier Wallet." said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

The integration brings exposure to the new eGLD standard, adds new features for our ecosystem members, and emphasizes Elrond’s perfect balance between value, utility, and convenience.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/egld-added-to-defi-assets-in-frontier-wallet

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1290269755937439745?s=20

+600,000 properties to accept eGLD payments via Travala & Agoda partnership 🏨✈🏡

Elrond is with you everywhere and will soon take you anywhere. Our ecosystem partner, the Binance-backed Travala.com, has just announced entering into a major collaboration with leading digital travel platform Agoda.

Agoda adds +600k properties to Travala’s inventory. Our partner thus becomes the world’s largest blockchain-based online travel agency, with over 2,200,000 properties in 90,124 destinations in 230 countries and territories.

All of them will accept our native eGLD, bringing real adoption and utility for our mainnet token.

👉🏻 Read more: https://blog.travala.com/travala-com-and-agoda-partner-to-boost-travel-with-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies/

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1290569204417146880?s=20

Elrond to Boost DeFi Tools & Business Process Deployment with Band Protocol

We’re very happy to reveal more details about data availability for Elrond smart contracts thanks to our ongoing collaboration with Band Protocol. We’re working with our partners to bridge our two networks with the goal of feeding reliable off-chain information from the Band Protocol oracles to applications developed on the Elrond mainnet.

“Cross-chain data availability will accelerate DeFi applications being built on Elrond, while off-chain data will open the door for a multitude of potent business applications. We’re impressed by the capabilities of the Band Protocol team and the level of energy they demonstrated throughout our collaboration.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

The integration of Band Protocol oracle data with the Elrond mainnet gives developers access to reliable data sources that can be used in complete trustless scenarios, guaranteeing end-to-end tamper-proof decentralized process logic execution.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-gets-off-chain-data-for-defi-apps-via-band-protocol-update

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1290624575672324097?s=20

🧭 Elrond Explorer New Feature: Delegation Balance

We’re happy to share with you a new update to our mainnet explorer. Looking up a wallet used in Genesis Delegation will now show the Delegation Balance, in addition to its actual Balance.

Try it out, it’s awesome:

1. Go to http://explorer.elrond.com
2. Access the erd1... address using the search bar
3. Balance - how much eGLD is actually in the address. Your pre-mainnet 25% APR staking rewards are there
4. Delegation
• Delegation: the amount of eGLD delegated from this address
• Rewards: the amounts claimable from Delegation
• Total: sum of Delegation & Rewards

Wallet & claims will be available soon.

💹 Liquid Staking for Elrond PoS Participants via Stafi Integration

We’re excited to announce that participants in the Elrond Proof of Stake economy will get access to liquidity for their staked collateral via integration with Stafi Protocol. Staking-Finance is a novel DeFi protocol type that makes it possible to use the value locked for staking in DeFi scenarios.

The Stafi team are developing a decentralized network for staking smart contracts that can further be linked to proof of stake blockchains, such as Elrond. Instead of staking natively on Elrond, a participant can choose to stake through the Stafi blockchain, and immediately receive rTokens, proportional to the amount of eGLD staked.

The resulting rTokens reGLD are pegged 1:1 in value with eGLD and will be tradable or usable in DeFi scenarios i.e. for collateralizing a loan. The staked eGLD can be redeemed by the respective token owner, together with the accrued rewards.

“The addition of liquidity options for Elrond staking will attract more sophisticated participants to the Elrond economy. This in turn will lead to more value locked into it, resulting in increased security and stability for our network. We’re happy to explore this avenue together with Stafi” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/liquid-staking-for-elrond-pos-participants-via-stafi-integration

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1290955187042091008?s=20

Elrond Interoperability with Ethereum & Compatible Chains via xDAI Token Bridge

We’re excited to announce our partnership with the xDAI Stable Chain to make their Arbitrary Message Bridge compatible with Elrond. This integration will enable token transfers between the Elrond mainnet and Ethereum compatible chains, as well as smart contract calls between the different chains.

Making the xDAI Arbitrary Message Bridge compatible with Elrond will enable using eGLD in ETH-based #DeFi contracts or porting over stable coins from Ethereum onto our mainnet, preserving their value but making them transferable at much higher speeds & lower fees.

“The +$4bn in DeFi assets today are just the beginning of the significant change coming to the global financial system. DeFi growth will rapidly accelerate with the scalable and inexpensive features provided by the Elrond mainnet. Our work with xDAI will help bring liquidity & performance together.” said Beniamin Mincu, Elrond CEO.

👉🏻 Read more: https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-interoperability-with-ethereum-compatible-chains-via-xdai-token-bridge

RT: https://twitter.com/ElrondNetwork/status/1291021496614363137?s=20