Hello Protonians,
Welcome to Newsletter #11
There isn't much happening this week, following the release of Proton Loan and with markets all in red but here is the most important news of 2022 - on 23rd January Marshall became a father of a baby girl πΆ
Congratulations to proud new parents π₯³
Thank you for reading another issue of the newsletter and hope you have a great weekend!

Proton
We have the new marketing lead, Will, working full time for a few weeks now and we are seeing results of his hard work already but here is a thought - you can help grow Proton too. What better way to grow the community than happening from within, here's what you can do - tell a friend or family member, show them how cool the wallet is, give them enough resources so that they can do their own research. For that purpose we've put a starters guide so that anyone can get up to speed relatively quickly:

Here's an infographic from Cryptolaxy, a year-old account that focuses on FA&TA, where Proton is on top of the chart in DeFi projects by social activity. That's no surprise given how involved and dedicated Proton community is:
TOP-8 DEFI PJTs BY SOCIAL ACTIVITY
— Cryptolaxy (@Cryptolaxy) January 26, 2022
Introducing DEFI PJTs with the highest LunarCrush Galaxy Score.
Galaxy Score indicates how healthy a coin is by looking at combined performance indicators across markets.$XPR $LRC $XTZ $AVAX $TLOS $CRV $SAITO $ROSE pic.twitter.com/cCIySzN8Eq
Metal Pay
Rember there was Metaverse week for Metal Pay in the last two issues. Here's a summary in case you missed it:

It feels sometimes that Metal Pay doesn't get enough attention, perhaps because it's only available in the US at the moment. We are so looking forward to the day when it will be available in the UK! The Metal team announced yesterday that they now practically removed all limits on Metal Pay - users can buy and sell crypto up to $2 annually and unlimited crypto deposits and transfers, read more here:

You can actually check all the limits here.
Proton Loan
With Proton Loan going live this time last week we saw massive amounts of XPR flowing into the Loan platform. The amount of total value locked reached $10M in only five days:
5 days, $10 million TVL π€
— Proton | $XPR βοΈ (@ProtonXPR) January 25, 2022
Congratulations to our Proton community for crossing $10M TVL on @ProtonLoan in just 5 days since the launch!#ProFi is here βοΈ pic.twitter.com/wwohswd2lx
In case you missed Proton Loan go-live last week, read the blog below:

NFTs
Competition is good, users benefit the most as each of the sides is doing their best to attract more users and add more value to the product. That's the case for ProtonMint and ProNFT Market. ProtonMint has been around for a few months and recently passed $2M in sales but ProNFT Market is getting a lot of attention now and I have to say the site looks really cool.
ProNFT even posted a cheeky joke yesterday:
Good morning! βΊοΈ
— ProtonNFT - NFT Marketplace on ProtonChain (@Proton_NFT) January 27, 2022
Remember: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Glad we were able to inspire others π
As long as the whole community benefits, we have nothing against it!
βοΈhttps://t.co/ppji3bL1Ml
The Marketplace @ProtonXPR deserves
Meanwhile Proton Mint released two new features allowing users to list NFTs in USDC, XPR or LOAN and also make offers:
Multi currency has come to #ProtonMint !
— Proton Mint - NFT marketplace on proton $XPR (@protonmint) January 27, 2022
You can now list your NFTs in $XPR & $LOAN in addition to usdc π€
Let's support the #Proton ecosystem #Brotons π₯βοΈ
Join us: https://t.co/vuqDSx2BKy#ProtonNFTs #NFTs #protonmarket pic.twitter.com/CPrCc1f3ei
Because listing weren't enough... π
— Proton Mint - NFT marketplace on proton $XPR (@protonmint) January 27, 2022
You can now create offers in $XPR and $LOAN ! βοΈ
We also added the $ value of the coins you put in sales/offers. π€
Let's make the #Proton ecosystem on FIRE π₯
Join us: https://t.co/vuqDSx2BKy#ProtonMint#ProtonNFTs #NFTs #protonmarket pic.twitter.com/CvWeyB2N61
Number 1 NFT artist on ProtonMint, HunteX, is holding his first townhall over Twitter in a few days time with Marshall as a guest speaker, how cool is that:
Dear $XPR βοΈ & #CrypFennecs π¦FAMILY!
— HunterX β’ (@HunterX_NFT) January 22, 2022
We have some exciting news for all of you πππ
The first official @Crypfennec Town-hall is here.
Venue: Twitter
Time: 9:00 PM UTC
Date: February 3 2022
7K$ $XPR βοΈ Prize Giveaway. #NFT #giveaway #BlueChip pic.twitter.com/M91w3cZcwM


- Proton and Metal data source: CoinMarketCap
- Price change based on Thursday close price using latest data in range (UTC)
- Loan data source: Protonscan (Alcor exchange + Protonswap)

The #ProtonBillboard travelled far this week and landed on the Maldives, we wish you a nice holiday Aleksander and thanks for taking Proton with youπ΄π
#ProtonBillboard @KuramathiISLAND #Maldives $mtl $xpr $loan @ProtonXPR pic.twitter.com/37d7nLRm9z
— Aleksander Kucler (@Kucler) January 27, 2022
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