Covering Celo — Issue 6
Kuneco Demo Day
Winners from the Make Crypto Mobile Hackathon were announced on Twitter during the Kuneco Demo Day. Celo highlighted specific projects during the days following the event but the preliminary list gave an overview of the winners including Fiat-NFT by Sonika Agarwal. For the full list see https://twitter.com/CeloOrg/status/1471555068587429888.
Demo Day Laid Out Talking Points for 2022
“#KunecoDemoDay @marek_ talks 2022: Espresso Hardfork, Oracles, Stablecoins, #RegenDegens, Liquid Staking, Native Rewards Protocols, Platform Upgrade, Uncollateralized, Loans, and Identity,” said a Dec. 16 tweet.
Celo Available on Guardarian
$CELO is now available for purchase with USD and EUR on Guardarian. Guardarian has over 250 coins for purchase and doesn’t require users to have an account. For more information see https://guardarian.com/.
Celo Available in NovaDAX
$CELO is now available on Brazilian exchange NovaDAX. “A exchange mais completa do Brasil. Mais de 100 moedas para você negociar!” said NovaDAX on Twitter. To learn more see https://www.novadax.com.br/.
Celo Releases List of First Place Winners
Celo released a list of first-place winners for the MakeCryptoMobile Hackathon. Winners included Blockcash Defi Hub by Rahunandan Kandasamy and Cworld by Matheus Sacandiffio. For a full list see https://twitter.com/CeloOrg/status/1471978543420784643/photo/1.
Celo Made Available on Bitfy
Celo was made available on Brazilian multi-use non-custodial Bitcoin wallet Bitfy. For more information see https://linktr.ee/bitfyapp.
Celo Announces Grand Prize Winner for Hackathon
Revo team took the Grand Prize for the Make Crypto Mobile hackathon. “Revo allows users to directly exchange any ERC20 token for a staked, auto-compounded position in an underlying yield farm,” said a Dec. 17 tweet from Celo. To learn more see https://devpost.com/software/compound-interest.
Celo Highlights Winners in Hackathon Categories: Defi Track Winners!
Blockcash, a non-custodial DeFi Mobile Hub, took first place in this category. Blockcash makes it easier for users to access different DeFi protocols to simplify the crypto trading process. To learn more see https://t.co/wUI4E7fIbF.
Celo Highlights Winners in Hackathon Categories: NFT, Gaming Track, and Creator Track Winners
CWorld took first place in this category! CWorld awards creators for promoting brands and campaigns. To learn more see https://devpost.com/software/cworld.
Optics V2 Pools are Live on Celo
Celo migrated over to Optics V-2, a community-owned redeployment of the Optics Bridge. “Bridge your assets via @opticsapp v2 and deposit to the Celo liquidity pools on Sushi to earn rewards,” said a Dec. 22 tweet from Celo. To learn more see https://bit.ly/3ru5ndx.
Celo Highlights Winners in Hackathon Categories: Infrastructure and Web3
Save the Earth with Celo bu Adebayo Omolumo took first place in this category. “They allow you to create entries of newly discovered, rare, or near-extinct life on earth with the help of AI and share with the world. Plus you get rewards for prioritized discoveries,” said a Dec. 22 tweet from Celo. To learn more see https://devpost.com/software/save-earth-with-celo.
Celo Highlights Winners in Hackathon Categories: Regenerative and Environment Winners
ParaDropp took first place in this category with the hope to evolve into a multi-tourist platform to help tourists offset their carbon footprint by giving them rewards for using greener methods of transportation. To learn more see https://devpost.com/software/paradropp.
Celo Highlights Winners in Hackathon Categories: Interoperability Winners
First place went to RedStrone Oracle on Celo. “@redstone_defi provides customizable data feeds including long-tail tokens and real-world data on things like crops or livestock,” said a Dec. 24 tweet from Celo.
Celo Highlights Winners in Hackathon Categories: Cash in Cash-Out Winners
21yield took first place for creating yEUR, the first interest-bearing euro stablecoin, to fund microcredit on-chain through Celo. To learn more see https://devpost.com/software/21yield.
Celo Takes a Look Back on 2021
Highlights for Celo’s year include 3,897 builders in 158 countries, 71 million transactions, and 300 DAppls on the Celo network. To learn more read the full breakdown at https://bit.ly/3GFeazz.
Winners for LATAM Hackathon Released
“Use Celo for the greater good,” said a Dec. 28 tweet from Celo. Winners include Blonix and Biota. For a full list see https://bit.ly/33vNKSL.
Winners for Africa Winners Released
Projects were submitted from all over the continent including Nigeria and Kenya. “Thank you to all the @CeloOrg’s #MakeCryptoMobile Hackathon Africa Track Winners!” said a Dec. 29 tweet from Celo. For a full list of winners see https://bit.ly/3ryi1sd.
Winners for Brazil Announced
“Brazil is already becoming a major crypto hub globally & @CeloOrg had some amazing project submissions from there!” said a Dec. 30 tweet from Celo. Eights winners were announced including CWorld. For a full list see https://bit.ly/3GI91qu.
Celo Hits 100,000 Followers Before End of Year
“100K followers!,” said a Dec. 31 tweet from Celo. “Squeezed in another milestone to end the year strong. Thank you to everyone following along, here’s to continued success in 2022!”
Winners in India Announced
“With more than 15 million crypto users, India had some amazing submissions in @CeloOrg’s #MakeCryptoMobile Hackathon,” said a Dec. 31 tweet from Celo. For the list of winners see https://bit.ly/33I11Y6.
Student Prize Winner HeraCoin!
@CeloOrg’s #MakeCryptoMobile Hackathon encouraged students worldwide to #BuildOnCelo,” said a Jan. 1 tweet from Celo. “The submissions from young minds solving problems were amazing and the winner was HeraCoin!” To learn more see https://t.co/5aXXbQswK1.
Demo Day Spolight ZSales
ZSales took second place for Africa with a decentralized IDO platform for Celo blockchain. To learn more see https://t.co/dsYK0sXZ6U.
Band Protocol Available on Celo
“Band Protocol is a cross-chain data oracle platform that aggregates and connects real-world data and APIs to smart contracts,” said a Jan. 3 tweet from Celo. To learn more see https://bit.ly/3KnEm47.
Hold and Purchase $CELO on Trust Wallet
Users can now buy and hold $CELO, $cUSD, and $cEUR with Trust Wallet!
Celo Now Listed on Huobi
Huobi Glocal started listing Celo on Jan. 5! To learn more see https://bit.ly/3tI3uN5.
Celo Opens up Applications for Celo Camp Batch 5
Applications for the fifth batch of Celo Camp opened on Jan. 5 and will remain open until March 22. To apply or learn more see https://www.celocamp.com/.
Celo Provided Access to International Markets for Community of Filipino Weavers
Celo and ImpactMarket, a crowd-funding platform on Celo, came together to pilot an anti-poverty program using mobile technology. To learn more see https://bit.ly/3KjuyYW.
Celo Hits 90 Million Transactions
“Congrats! Total transactions on @CeloOrg now surpassed 90 million,” said a Jan. 10 tweet from Celo Daily. “100 million is coming. $CELO”
