Hello Protonians,
Welcome to Newsletter #28
In this week's newsletter - more podcasts, new products and hints on what's coming next by the Proton team.
As always, thanks for reading and have a great week!

Proton
We start with some great news for Kiwis. If you live in New Zealand you can now buy Proton XPR directly using the New Zealand dollar. Easy Crypto is available in Australia, Brazil and South Africa so hopefully, we see XPR there soon too:
#XPR is now available at Easy Crypto! βοΈπ₯#Proton #Protonchain @ProtonXPR https://t.co/TpQZqV1Dnp pic.twitter.com/yAl8OcRbS1
— Easy Crypto (@easycrypto) May 25, 2022
And just like that, the Proton team released an amazing new feature last week - Proton OTC. It is trustless p2p trading which allows you to trade any coin and/or NFT in your wallet with another account on Proton Chain. That is a great addition to the Proton ecosystem that we are sure many people will find useful:
Introducing Proton OTC
— Proton Blockchain | $XPR βοΈ (@ProtonXPR) May 27, 2022
The days of broken land sales, NFT mints and needing to trust your trading desk are over. Now any dApp building on Proton can integrate p2p trades. Read more here:https://t.co/wGCd02xLQs
Decentralize the trust, decentralize the world.#Proton $XPR βοΈ
In case you missed the last week's podcast by the Proton team, here's the link to the Twitter space, make sure you listen to the whole episode:
Join me in my Space! #Web3StartsHere https://t.co/NRBCZwRSsk
— Proton Blockchain | $XPR βοΈ (@ProtonXPR) May 26, 2022
Yet another podcast from Real Vision where Marshall spoke not too long ago. He was invited back to speak with Ash Bennington from RealVision to discuss how Metallicus is building its infrastructure and the future of Web 3.0:
Have you seen @AshBennington's new podcast?
— Real Vision (@RealVision) May 27, 2022
Welcome to Building Blocks! In the latest episode, Ash sat down with @metalpaysme CEO @MarshallHayner for a deep-dive into his company and the future of #Web3 π
π§ π https://t.co/MHR6grsMzx pic.twitter.com/nJRX50aM5k
Last week we saw the addition of Storex (STRX) token to Proton Swap and now we got two more projects coins added - Proton Mint (MINT) and Snipcoins (SNIP). These are three great projects built on top of Proton Chain that now can be traded on Proton Swap:
Now available on Proton Swap: Proton Mint (MINT)!
— Proton Blockchain | $XPR βοΈ (@ProtonXPR) May 23, 2022
Proton Swap users can now swap other xtokens for $MINT, and can earn more MINT by contributing to the MINT/XPR liquidity pool on Proton Swap!
Give a warm welcome to @protonmint! βοΈhttps://t.co/KKcz7BhxHj
Now available on Proton Swap: Snipcoins (SNIPS)
— Proton Blockchain | $XPR βοΈ (@ProtonXPR) May 24, 2022
Proton Swap users can now swap other Proton-wrapped cryptocurrencies for $SNIPS, and can earn more SNIPS by contributing to the SNIPS/XPR liquidity pool on Proton Swap!
Give a warm welcome to @snipcoins!βοΈhttps://t.co/GxTc6iaCBe
We see more and more calls for crypto regulation, especially with the recent LUNA crush. For those of you who don't know, Marshall delivered the Crypto-currency act of 2020 in front of congress calling for more regulation and how crypto should be treated in the US. Now this alone should speak a lot of the vision of the Proton team, they did this two years ago which in crypto time is a LOT! It is to show that the Proton team is moving in the right direction. Keep up the good work!
Remember that time we went to Congress to submit a Bill that would provide needed regulatory clarity for crypto to grow in the #USAπΊπΈ while properly regulating stablecoins and supporting builders? Letβs do it again. #Bitcoin #ProtonβοΈ #Metalπ€ https://t.co/q42BR4YxDT
— Marshall β Hayner βοΈ (@MarshallHayner) May 26, 2022
Here is something else interesting. Marshall dropped by the telegram group chat the other day asking what would like the users to see first - Proton DEX or Proton universal DAO dashboard:

and it looks like the majority of the 313 votes were in favour of the DEX:

Another member of the community (HunterX) also did a pool on Twitter that came up with very similar results:
Which Proton $XPR feature would you rather see first?
— HunterX β’ (@HunterX_NFT) May 27, 2022
For reference, here is description of DEX and DAO by the Proton team:
- Proton DEX is a fully functional decentralized spot exchange built on Proton.
- Proton DAO dashboard is a universal DAO dashboard similar to snapshot.org that can be used for any DAO built on Proton to propose and make governance decisions
Metal Pay
Metal Pay launch in less than a week and today we welcome the General Manager of Metal Pay UK and Europe who was just introduced earlier today:
Mondays are for new team members π€
— Metal Pay (@metalpaysme) May 30, 2022
Welcome Benedikt Goetz, General Manager for Metal Pay UK & Europe
π¬π§πͺπΊ@benediktmgoetz $MTL pic.twitter.com/02UB0bkbhg
Money2020 is just around the corner and understand that Proton CFO (Irina Berkon) will be part of a panel discussing the Crypto FOMO:
Countdown to #Money2020EU π€
— Metal Pay (@metalpaysme) May 26, 2022
Our CFO Irina Berkon @metalcfo will be speaking on the βHow far can you go with Crypto FOMO?β panel.
Whoβs coming?@money2020 $MTLhttps://t.co/U6NTEIBdhU
Proton Loan
We all believe in Proton and have no second thoughts but to see the platform praised by people outside of the community is amazing. Ideally, that's what we all should do - spread the word and get more people to use the platform:
The APY's on ProtonLoan for stables USDC and Tether are pretty high right now (23% and 33%) ... and the ecosystem looks healthy (lots of lending afoot, $21M in TVL) pic.twitter.com/KBjHpZl7hm
— Mark Jeffrey (@markjeffrey) May 29, 2022
You guys have definitely done a lot since the last time I looked in on you :)
— Mark Jeffrey (@markjeffrey) May 30, 2022
And another recognition by the Blockchain Media:
Proton Loan by $XPR is one of the most promising DeFi lending protocols in the world.
— The Blockchain Media | We are hiring! (@THECHAINMEDIA) May 30, 2022
1. Liquidity pools
2. Smart contracts
3.Rewarding rates
4. Youβre in control
5. Powerful API
6. Lightning fast
With plenty of product innovations, @ProtonXPR is really exciting. #Proton pic.twitter.com/tjfDZbhHlx


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

And we feature Marshall in this section again, we couldn't even dream of this feature and it certainly would be a killer one:
Wait until you see the biometric recovery feature! Never lose a private key ever again. I think this may solve a massive problem in crypto.
— Marshall β Hayner βοΈ (@MarshallHayner) May 28, 2022


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