Refer & Earn 🇿🇦

Earn up to R2,500 by inviting your South African friends and family living abroad to join VALR!

Your referrals can also earn up to R1,000 when they sign up, fully verify their account, and deposit at least R500 worth of ZAR (or USD/EUR equivalent).

Please note:

This offer is only valid for South African VALR customers from 24 Feb to 9 Mar 2025.

Rewards are limited - start referring today 🤝

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/blog/refer-earn-invite-south-africans-abroad-to-valr

🔈 New Podcast Episode Is Out

This time our CEO, Farzam Ehsani, sits down with Stafford Masie - tech entrepreneur, Bitcoin advocate, and Chairman of Altvest Capital, now the first publicly traded African company to adopt a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Masie goes into depth about why Bitcoin is more than just "number go up and down" - and how Bitcoin, particularly Bitcoin mining, could transform South Africa’s economy and potentially help solve both the country’s and the world’s energy crisis, setting an example for the entire continent 🌍

Listen on:

Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Or YouTube

🔈The Space with the AgriDex team has been postponed to next week.

We'll keep you updated 🫡
https://x.com/VALRdotcom/status/1894650323504881678

🛡 Stay Informed: Protect Yourself from Crypto Scams 🛡

As the cryptocurrency industry grows, so do the tactics of scammers.

Phishing and impersonation scams are on the rise, targeting crypto users through fake platforms, misleading promises, and requests for sensitive information. It's important to stay alert and watch out for these warning signs:

⚠️ Phishing & Impersonation Warning Signs:

- Fake platforms and interfaces mimicking real ones
- Promises that sound too good to be true
- Requests for personal information like passwords or private keys
- Pressure to invest more or pay upfront fees

📢 When in doubt, reach out!

If you're unsure about a message or communication that claims to be from VALR, always double-check.

Contact VALR’s support team here or via email at help@valr.com.

To learn more about how you can stay safe and spot these types of scams, read our latest blog post:

🔗 https://blog.valr.com/blog/how-to-avoid-crypto-scams

🚀 We've enabled Sonic $S as a collateral currency

✅ You can now:

- Trade S/USDT with up to 5x leverage on Spot.

- Use $S as collateral for leveraged trading across Spot Margin and Futures.

- Lend Sonic ($S) and earn hourly yield.

Trade here: https://www.valr.com/en/exchange/S/USDT

Or lend: https://www.valr.com/en/lend

🫡

🔹 Reminder: VALR’s Official Social Channels (Global Community) 🔹

❌ VALR will never contact you through unofficial channels.

Stay vigilant and please note that we do not have:

- Financial advisors or traders on social media
- Employees offering investment or trading advice
- WhatsApp or Facebook trading/support groups

These are our official Global community channels:

X (Twitter): @VALRdotcom

Instagram: @valrdotcom

Facebook: VALRdotcom

Telegram Announcements: @VALRdotcom

Telegram Community: @valrexchange

YouTube: @VALRCryptoExchange

LinkedIn: VALR

These are our official Chinese-speaking community channels:

X (Twitter): @valrdotcomzh

Telegram Announcements: @VALRAnnouncements_Zh

Telegram Community: @valrdotcomzh

📢 When in doubt, reach out!

If you're unsure about a message or communication claiming to be from VALR, always verify first.

Contact VALR’s support team here or via email at help@valr.com.

💙 VALR

🔈This week is the final round of VALR's Futures
Trade Arena.

The competition will conclude after the current round, ending on 28 February.

Final weekly and monthly rewards will be distributed on Monday, 3 March.

Thank you to everyone who participated! Stay tuned for more trading competitions coming soon to VALR.

🔜 https://www.valr.com/en/competitions

The 4th edition of the VALR Nugget is here 📚

This week, we're testing your knowledge on Crypto Security 💡

Answer all the questions correctly, and you could win a share of 50 USDT 💵

🔗 Take the quiz here → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScx8mptIQ5iPBZOPlzoFjFCSGBbJ64tWkAEZxMlHaqG0kEl6w/viewform

📖 Make sure to read our blog to find all the answers: https://blog.valr.com/blog/how-to-avoid-crypto-scams

NB: 10 lucky winners with the correct answers will be randomly selected from our Global and Chinese-speaking community channels.

Winners will be announced on Monday, 3 March.

Good luck, VALRians!

The Great Re-Balancing: BTC vs Gold starts today ⚖️

Trade BTC and/or Tether Gold (XAUT) on VALR from 28 Feb - 27 Mar and compete for a share of $25,000 in BTC & XAUT rewards!

🏆 How to Participate:

- Trade eligible BTC & XAUT pairs (min $20 on Spot, $200 on Futures)
- Increase your trade count (not trade volume) to climb the leaderboard

💰 What’s Up for Grabs?

- $5,000 in weekly rewards for the Top 10 BTC & XAUT traders (based on trade count)
- $1,000 weekly airdrops in BTC & XAUT

And at the end of the competition, the top BTC & XAUT trader will receive $500 each 🥇

Remember: Your ranking is based on the number of trades you make, not your trade volume. More trades = Higher rank 📊

Eligible Trading Pairs:
 
Spot Trading Pairs: BTC/USDC, BTC/USDT, BTC/ZAR, XAUT/ZAR

Futures Trading Pairs: BTC/USDT-PERP, BTC/ZAR-PERP

Trade now & secure your spot on the leaderboard 📈

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-trading-competition

🔈Average lending APRs on VALR (last 30 days):

ZAR - 10.92% (South African rands)
$USDT - 10.37%
$USDC - 9.3%
TRX - 6.51 %
SOL - 3.88%
AVAX - 2.89%
BNB - 2.63%
DOGE - 1.33%
XRP - 1.31%
WIF - 0.92%
SHIB - 0.88 %
TRUMP - 0.88% (Official Trump)
BTC - 0.47%
ETH - 0.44%

See today's best APRs (Annual Percentage Rates) 👉 https://www.valr.com/en/lend

🔈 Final rewards for VALR’s Futures Trade Arena have been distributed

The last round of VALR’s Futures Trade Arena has officially wrapped up, and we’ve just distributed the final weekly and monthly rewards 🎉

Looking for more ways to earn on VALR? View all our ongoing competitions and promotions here:

🔗 https://www.valr.com/en/competitions