🎄Merry Christmas! On behalf of the Origin team, we wish everyone celebrating a safe and happy holiday season.

December brings an end to an amazing year for Origin.

In the latest Origin Token Holder Update, we revisit the past month and beyond to bring you some of 2021's most memorable Origin Token (OGN), Origin Dollar (OUSD), and Origin Story highlights.

👉 Click now: https://blog.originprotocol.com/december-2021-origin-token-ogn-holder-update-dfea8f53f496

Watch Origin's Director of Product, Micah Alcorn, guide us through the easy process of swapping DAI, USDC, USDT for Origin Dollar (OUSD) at ousd.com.

Check out how easy it is to earn competitive yields with Origin Dollar: https://youtu.be/UabjvL-7iu4

🌍International channels have now been added to Discord!

We’re making it easier for Originators who prefer Discord to discuss the project in their native language.

To begin with we’ve created channels for Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkey, and Vietnam. If there’s a language missing that you’d like added, please let one of our community managers know.

Join our Origin Discord today at: https://originprotocol.com/discord.

As guardians of the yellow realm, we are proud to be part of the #888innercircle. To help kick of 'The Realms Drop' on 1/28, we are giving away 888 Inner Circle NFTs to a few lucky community members in addition to exclusive access to the drop’s allow list.

Starting today, any wallet staking at least 10 OGN or holding 10 OUSD by 11:59 pm PT on 1/24 will have their address added to the ‘The Realms Drop’ allow list. Anyone staking 1000 OGN or holding 1000 OUSD will be entered to win an 888 Inner Circle NFT!

There will be many ways to win access & NFTs. Stay tuned for more updates.

🎨 Picasso: Man & The Beat is a unique NFT collection from DJ and Producer Florian Picasso and his mother Marina, the granddaughter of the prolific artist Pablo Picasso. The NFT audio features the collaborative track "Tomorrow" by Florian, John Legend, Nas and will be exclusively available on Origin Story to preview before its official release!

This exciting collection spans the Picasso legacy across 4 generations with stunning audio & visual experience.

Read more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/marina-florian-picasso-man-the-beat-to-origin-story-fd0149fed370

2022 is officially underway. In January, Origin Dollar (OUSD) and Origin Story both made great progress towards adaption.

Origin Dollar's TVL is holding above $260 million while top-tier creators like Paris Hilton are spreading the word about Origin Story. We also kicked off a great cross-community event with the 888 Inner Circle that rewards our community members and token holders with exclusive access and a chance to win NFTs. Read about all of this and more in the latest edition of the Origin Token Holder Update.

Read more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/january-2022-origin-token-ogn-holder-update-c8c246d3d7b6

Origin Story is open for everyone! Creators of all sizes, anywhere in the world, can now sign up for Story to launch their own NFT storefronts using the same platform that has powered some of the most successful NFT drops of all time.

Our mission at Origin is to bring NFTs and their emerging use cases to the masses. To do that, we are making it easier than ever for creators and collectors to transact. As we enter this new phase for Origin Story, it's time to welcome creators of all types. Whether you're an artist who's new to Web3 or a seasoned NFT creator, story.xyz is the best platform to power your sales.

Read more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-story-opens-to-nft-creators-worldwide-d8e9997aa16c

✨ The wait is finally over! Paris Hilton will drop her collection, Past Lives, New Beginnings, today at 11:11 am PT. The drop offers a handmade collage by Paris as an NFT alongside three other masterfully rendered pieces in collaboration with Dayzee from Superplastic.

Past Lives, New Beginnings is an exclusive direct-to-fan experience from Paris that offers hundreds of bonus rewards to lucky winners, including several ways to connect with Paris in person and online, additional NFTs from the 888 Inner Circle, and over 12,000 OGN.

This event will also host two limited-edition offerings on February 7th and will close with an auction set to start on February 8th that will pique the interest of avid NFT collectors and everyday fans of Paris alike. You won’t want to miss it! 🤩

Read more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/paris-hilton-launches-past-lives-new-beginnings-on-origin-story-91f5011a9e29

Join us tomorrow for what will surely be one of our most iconic AMAs ever, featuring Paris Hilton as we talk about her latest NFT collection ‘Past Lives, New Beginnings’ on Origin Story. The event will start at 11:30 AM PT on our Discord at: https://discord.gg/ogn

🎺 Get ready for ETERNAL from next-generation musician and creator, Timmy Trumpet! ETERNAL is a 1/1 NFT auction that starts on 2.22.22 and will grant the owner unprecedented access between the physical world, metaverse, and beyond.

Not to toot his horn but Timmy’s Trumpet is a bit of a legend and could be yours!

👉 Read now: https://blog.originprotocol.com/timmy-trumpet-enters-the-metaverse-beyond-with-ground-breaking-nft-eternal-cd80609bee4

We've partnered with DappBack to bring their web3 Task Page to the Origin Protocol community. Now you can earn rewards for completing web3 micro-tasks like joining our community, getting onboarded, providing content, and much more.

Take a look and task away!

👉 https://dappback.com/originprotocol

🇺🇦 To support the citizens of Ukraine through the current crisis and horrors they are going through we have organized an NFT Charity Drop.

100% of proceeds will be sent to reputable non-profits providing relief to the people of Ukraine. During these times of crisis, crypto can not only aid but also offer a decentralized manner of retaining funds within 30 seconds while traditional financial institutions experience bank runs and insolvency. Our hearts go out to those affected by this senseless violence. We stand in solidarity with them and with the crypto community who may be currently displaced.

🙏 Share and support: https://helpukraine.story.xyz

February has come and gone. From DeFI to NFTs, here are some highlights in this month's Origin Token (OGN) Holder Update:

➡️ Origin Story open to everyone
➡️ Paris Hilton sold +25,000 NFTs on Story
➡️ OUSD dripper & harvest functionality added
➡️ Charity NFT sale for Ukraine

Read now: https://blog.originprotocol.com/february-2022-origin-token-ogn-holder-update-42a8e32a7f45

🎉 We’re expanding Origin Story to enable the creation of large-scale NFT collections for growing communities of collectors and fans to position creators in the gaming, metaverse, and PFP (profile picture) verticals for success.

Beginning next week, we will be launching a series of generative collections with our inaugural partners in these market segments. We’re very excited to kick it off with Lucky Ducky, the first family-friendly, hand-crafted, claymation generative collection.

Read more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/lucky-ducky-launches-generative-nft-collection-on-origin-story-f3a51044e5ae

🚀 Join our co-founder Josh Fraser for an AMA about the future of Origin on 3/21 at 5PM PT.

We will be discussing Origin Dollar's (OUSD) new governance token, Origin Token's (OGN) value accrual through Story, and the entire Origin ecosystem.

👉 Ask your questions now in our Discord: https://discord.com/channels/404673842007506945/954414625716314242

🏆 In honor of the full launch of Origin Story and the success of Origin Dollar (OUSD), we will be hosting the first Origin Meme-Olympics 🥇 and community treasure hunt 🔎 with a prize pool of $1,000 in Origin Token (OGN) and other rewards.

Click the link to register on our Discord.

The AMA with Origin Cofounder Josh Fraser is starting now on Discord. Tune in to hear about the Future of Origin, what OGV is all about, and what it means for OGN holders!

https://discord.gg/9sNANMDP?event=955615011869425735

The first ever Origin Meme-Olympics begins in just under 12 hours. Don't miss your chance to compete for OGN prizes and more.

Join us on Discord for full details.

Did you miss last week's AMA? Here are the most up-to-date details regarding the upcoming airdrop for Origin Token (OGN) holders.

Leave your questions in the comments of the article, and we will answer as many as we can in the next update!

Click now: https://blog.originprotocol.com/hello-ogv-details-on-the-upcoming-airdrop-for-ogn-holders-2660dab47757

🏛 The Origin Token (OGN) Governance Portal now supports vote delegation for those holders that wish to appoint a trusted representative to exercise voting power on their behalf.

These proxy votes can be convenient for those Originators without the free time to track each new proposal but share an aligned interest with a particularly active community member or core team member.

👉 Learn how: https://blog.originprotocol.com/ogn-governance-portal-now-supports-vote-delegation-5d35f89e41d5