Hello Protonians,
Welcome to Newsletter #34
We would like to dedicate this newsletter to Will Cleaver and his noble cause. Thank you Will for all the hard work and we fully support you with your fundraising campaign. We wish you luck with your Ironman competition.
Thank you for your support and have a great week!

Proton
You've probably seen some of Will's tweets in the past about him competing in Ironman. He's competing again later this month in Canada and fundraising for the Alzheimer's Society in memory of his late father. He shares an incredible and touching story in his medium post that you really need to read!
On August 21st, I will race in my 2nd full distance @IRONMANtri in Mont Tremblant, Canada 🇨🇦
— Will Cleaver ⚛️ 🤘 (@TheWillCleaver) July 13, 2022
I am fundraising for @alzheimerssoc in memory of my dear father, Bill.
I’ll be wearing a @ProtonXPR @ProtonLoan @metalpaysme triathlon suit.
Read more: https://t.co/8VaazzVaiP
Will will be wearing an awesome and sleek tri-suit with Metallicus and Proton logos. He also made a digitized version of the suit in the form of NFT that he is selling for $100 each. All proceeds will be donated directly to Alzheimer’s Society UK and we are happy to support him in this noble cause by purchasing one. You can do too:
Another significant milestone for the Proton team by reaching 400k accounts. Important to note that these are accounts on-chain and not necessary XPR holders:
Another incredible milestone for the #ProtonBlockchain Ecosystem ⚛️🧑💻📈
— Proton Blockchain | $XPR ⚛️ (@ProtonXPR) July 10, 2022
Thank you to the community! We will continue to build a world with #BetterBlockchain, and support all those building with us.
See you at the next one!$XPR #BetterNFTs pic.twitter.com/beELhphg3o
In one of the last newsletters, we highlighted a very cool project, Proton Link by another block producer (ProtnoNZ). The project has had a few features added since and we strongly recommend you have a look and create your Proton.Link profile:
Brand new feature update on https://t.co/tYhGunWBj3 🔗
— protonnz.xpr ⚛️ (@protonnz) July 12, 2022
⚛️NEW: Instantly TIP link users, XPR with memo!
⚛️NEW: Live message chat with link users!
⚛️NEW: Drag to re-arrange your links!
Thanks to @Xhashman1 for his hard work ⚛️🫡#Proton $XPR #Web3 #Crypto #Protonchain #SocialFi pic.twitter.com/AUy4Isqxfz
Just a reminder that if you want to do cross-chain transfers past 30th July you will need to be verified, act now and verify your account. This will also allow you to use Proton fiat on-ramp.
To further future-proof the Proton blockchain for future regulatory requirements, and to enhance user security, the Proton Bridge will be available to Verified users beginning July 30th, 2022.
— Proton Blockchain | $XPR ⚛️ (@ProtonXPR) June 30, 2022
Learn more about what this update means for you here:https://t.co/vLAk8n9Rin
Following the successful #BetterNFTs and #BetterBlockchain campaign the team is looking to do another one for the block producers. This is a brilliant idea since many people don't put much into picking up the block producers they vote for and there isn't much exposure except protonscan page and block producers' social media accounts.

With two weeks left until the last long staking contract appreciates, we are approaching the 8% inflation so far this year. There are under 100M XPR left now under long staking contracts that will appreciate in the coming two weeks:

We also created a countdown timer for when the last long staking contract will appreciate later this month, on 28th July at 10:52PM UTC:
Metal Pay
In other news, Metal Pay added another state where they can operate - the State of Connecticut:
Good news! Metal Pay has just received a Money Transmitter License for the State of Connecticut!
— Metal Pay (@metalpaysme) July 7, 2022
Get ready for the easiest way to buy, sell, send, and receive cryptocurrency as we prepare to bring our services to the Constitution State.
Stay tuned, we're on the way! 🤘


- 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)

One thing to remember is that with Metal Pay you get a real bank account where you own your funds. Similarly, Proton Loan is an overcollateralized decentralized P2P lending application, unlike other centralized services:
Good thing Metal Pay gives you a real bank account. pic.twitter.com/DvtrDdoQN1
— Marshall ℙ Hayner ⚛️ (@MarshallHayner) July 10, 2022



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