Let's continue our series of #azuroglobal posts about our teams' actions worldwide.
After London, the core team went to Dubai, where our CEO Paruyr together with CMO, Rossen Yordanov pitched Azuro Protocol at the World Blockchain Summit main stage. Paruyr and Rossen gave their about the project and answered questions about Azuro Protocol advantages and risks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdBZnpQsYNw

October was rich for different events, and we are happy to summarize our activities abroad finally. Besides speeches in London and Dubai that we have mentioned earlier, we are glad to report to you about the hackathon in Lisbon.
Learn more in the article:
https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/azuro-london-dubai-lisbon-95ed06ce4548

We are thrilled to introduce Vladislav Martynov as an Azuro Protocol adviser.
Read more in the article:
https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/vladislav-martynov-becomes-azuro-protocol-adviser-269e1889874e

We are conducting an AMA on November 17th at 1:30 pm UTC.
Azuro Protocol Founder Paruyr Shahbazyan and CMO Rossen Yordanov will answer your questions about Azuro Protocol, Testnet, collaborations, and upcoming features!
Authors of the 5 best questions will have a chance to win an exceptional reward from us — Azuro Secret Box.
Ask your questions in AMA dedicated Discord channel:
https://discord.gg/XZ4DAnVM2g

Dear Azurians,
We are proud to introduce a new feature for our community — Telegram Roles!
We will reward the most active and helpful users with roles that will be visible for all users in the chat.
Our three roles from lowest to highest:
1. Enthusiast
2. Hero
3. Master

We will also create unique Azuro avatar pictures and will gift them to users having roles.

Thank you for your contribution to the Azuro community!

Dear Azurians,

We are getting ready for our first AMA which starts on November 17th at 1:30 PM UTC.
Please submit your questions in our Discord channel (more is better).
Authors of best questions win a Special Box which can include AZUR tokens and NFTs!

Ask your questions here:
https://discord.gg/XZ4DAnVM2g

Watch the AMA here:
https://youtu.be/qg0QQ2MlNJM

It is less than 24 hours before we start our AMA session. Don't miss your chance to submit questions in our Discord channel and win prizes:
https://discord.gg/XZ4DAnVM2g

Watch the AMA here:
https://youtu.be/qg0QQ2MlNJM

The DAY has come! Today, at 1:30 pm UTC, we conduct our first AMA with our CEO, Paruyr Shakhbazyan, and our CMO, Rossen Yordanov. We are excited to tell you more about us and answer your questions.
Feel free to drop any questions in advance in our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/XZ4DAnVM2g
Watch the AMA here:
https://youtu.be/qg0QQ2MlNJM

Watch here:
https://youtu.be/qg0QQ2MlNJM

Here is a fresh #techupdate for the Azuro Community:
1. We continue working on the Dispute Resolution Mechanism.
2. We continue the development of the SDK:
• We have created the core SDK, which is written in pure javascript and allows you to use the API without additional dependencies and binding to any framework;
• We have deployed conditions fetching, odds calculation for the current balance, and bet creation;
• We have made an additional shell for using the SDK in React.
3. We continue the improvement of our TraderBot for odds adjustment.
4. We made some minor bug fixes.
5. We have been working on the next update of the protocol which is scheduled for December:
• We have researched the logic and the architecture for new markets;
• We have created The UX and UI design for the new betting markets (full-time score, Over/under, Double chance) and e-sports;
• We have created the UX/UI for the liquidity pool staking;
• We have finalized the concept of the Azuro marketplace;
6. We have started the creation of the new Azuro Protocol landing page.

We have conducted an AMA session with Paruyr Shahbazyan (CEO) and Rossen Yordanov (CMO). If you have missed it you still have a chance to watch it via the link:
https://youtu.be/qg0QQ2MlNJM

As we promised we have selected the authors of the best questions and will reward them with the Azuro Special Box after AZUR Token Generation Event. Here is a list of winners:

Chen#7879
peakfam#7580
wowser#6720
laban2018#8196
Igor Doganov#2394

Dear winners, please message us in Discord with your ERC-20 wallets🙂

Dear Azurians,
We have recently posted an article explaining why the world needs decentralised betting. This is the start of a series of deep dives looking back into the history of betting, the current state of betting and what decentralisation will bring.
Read the full article here:
https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/why-the-world-needs-decentralised-betting-d615b85d8753

Dear Azurians,
We are continuing our deep dive into the fundamental problems surrounding decentralized betting. This time we discuss: Why is it Finally Time for Decentralised Betting to Take Off?
In our next article, we will be letting you know who we have partnered with and what this means for Azuro.

Read the full article here:
https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/why-is-it-finally-time-for-decentralised-betting-to-take-off-9942435c4177

Azurians,

We couldn’t think of a better place to start our partnership announcements than with BR Capital, our very first partnership. The first people to share our vision in decentralized betting and hopefully the start of a long-standing success story.

To read more about the partnership follow the link below:
https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/azuro-partnerships-blockchain-and-web3-investors-br-capital-b1ab86fad1ed

Azurians,

It’s time for our 2nd partnership announcement! We are excited to have a pioneer of prediction markets Gnosis on board!

Stefan George and his team at Gnosis (developers of web3 DApps such as Gnosis Safe) believe we are the right team and have the right approach to finally scale prediction markets.

To read more about the partnership follow the link below:
https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/azuro-partnerships-web3-pioneers-gnosis-5aba615f0322

❗️GREAT NEWS FOR THE AZURO COMMUNITY❗️

We are happy to introduce the launch of the Azuro Protocol Testnet v2!

New markets are already LIVE and we will add eSports events very soon.

Stay tuned and prepare for the new contest which is coming very soon!

🚨GREAT NEWS EVERYONE 🚨

We're very pleased to announce #AzuroSZN starts Today with a whole new set of campaigns and prizes to get stuck into!!

We want you to put the new Azuro Protocol Testnet v2 through its paces and in return you’ll get the chance to win some awesome prizes.

Here is a full article explaining it all - https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/win-prizes-to-celebrate-the-new-azuro-testnet-v2-9d2b7ced7c6a

...but if you have any questions please ask in the Azuro Chat channel or head to the Azuro Discord server

Azurians! Week 1 has come to a close!! The curtain comes down on #azuroSZN week 1 with the Sunday night fixture, Atalanta v Inter game finishing…0-0! What a way to end 🙂

That was the last game on testnet that qualified users for the week 1 challenges so no more entries will be counted.

We’ll now be crunching the numbers and confirming who has successfully completed the challenges and earned the NFTs and Discord roles.

Once we’ve done this, the winners of all 3 competitions: 💰│betting-challenges , ⁉️│mystery-challenge, 🤣│memes-challenge, will be announced!

Because of your help this week, the dev team have seen Testnet v2 put through its paces and they have been able to make changes accordingly. They’ve made improvements and fixed bugs, all with the help of you guys, so we really appreciate it.

NOTE: We're aware of the issues relating to match settlement and appreciate your patience while we get it resolved. Do not worry if you have matches that are still showing as 'live' even though they have ended, everyone who qualified and met the criteria will get their NFT. We would appreciate it if anyone who still has matches showing on their dashboard as 'Live' even though they have ended, head over to the #bugs and post a screenshot of the matches along with the wallet address you are using for the testnet.

From tomorrow, we’ll be starting week 2 of #azuroSZN and running 3 more challenges meaning more chances for you to win NFTs and Discord roles.

It will give the team another chance to see testnet in action and improve the application further.

Full details of week 2 and the challenges you’ll need to complete in order to qualify for prizes are in this article here - https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/azuroszn-week-one-done-week-two-incoming-fe9aff3e0f74

And make sure you join the Azuro Discord for the best place to keep up with all the action and join in with the community - https://discord.gg/azuro

Azuro Protocol closes seed round - $3.5 million raised!!


The Azuro Protocol team are excited to announce the closure of our seed funding round, raising over $3.5 million from our venture and strategic partners.

This funding round comes from a variety of heavy weights in the crypto/DeFI/Web3 space.

-EtherealVentures
-AllianceDAO aka. DeFI Alliance
-Gnosis
-Delphi Digital
-ArringtonXRP Capital
-Merit Circle
-PolyMorphic Capital
-Flow Ventures
-MetaCartel
-Clever Advertising (Top 3 in global sports betting)
-SevenXVentures
-OP Crypto
-BR Capital
-CitizenX

The team behind Azuro have been vehemently working on fostering these relationships, bringing them to fruition, and we couldn’t be happier to finally have a chance to announce them to you, our community, and the wider cryptocurrency space.

To see our vision for decentralized prediction markets validated by such an illustrious group of investors/firms is exciting to say the least. It gives further motivation for everyone at Azuro to work hard delivering something that will shake up the betting world to its core.

Check out the Medium article for an in depth look at the protocol, its vision and more details on the closure of the seed funding round.

Azuro Protocol

https://azuroprotocol.medium.com/azuro-closes-3-5mln-seed-round-to-build-the-base-layer-for-decentralized-betting-369f384cd228