🔈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

VALR now supports ETH on Base 💙

In addition to $USDC, you can now deposit and withdraw Ethereum (ETH) via Base on VALR.

🔈 New Podcast Episode Is Out

In the latest episode of The VALR Podcast, Farzam Ehsani sits down with
Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist of the Efficient Group and one of South Africa’s most referenced economists, to discuss the history, flaws, and future of money.

Listen on:

Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Or YouTube

How to earn up to R2,500 this week if you're in South Africa 🇿🇦🧵

https://x.com/VALRdotcom/status/1897269063421976647

BTC vs Gold Round 2 Has Already Started ⚖️

Here’s how you can participate and win a share of another $5,000 in BTC & XAUT this week:

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

Eligible Trading Pairs 📈

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

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

📌 Reminder: The weekly $5,000 reward pool will be allocated based on the total number of eligible trades for XAUT/ZAR.

For Example:

If the total XAUT/ZAR trade count for the week is 5,500, then the:

XAUT reward pool will be $2,000

And the BTC reward pool will be $3,000

Your individual reward will be determined by your leaderboard ranking for that week.

You can view the current leaderboards* for round 2 here: https://blog.valr.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-trading-competition

*Leaderboards are updated daily.

Don't forget...

At the end of the competition, the top BTC & XAUT traders (based on trade count) will each receive $500 🏆

Think you have what it takes to beat the top traders?

Trade BTC and/or XAUT today 🫡

Even if you don’t make it in the top 10 this week, you still have a chance to win a share of $1,000 in BTC & XAUT through our weekly airdrops 🪂

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

🔈Average lending APRs on VALR (last 7 days):

$USDC - 27.94%
$USDT - 17.92%
ZAR - 8.77% (South African rands)
TRX - 4 %
SOL - 3.79%
AVAX - 3.07%
BNB - 2.63%
XRP - 1.33%
DOGE - 1.24%
WIF - 0.88%
SHIB - 0.88 %
TRUMP - 0.88%
BTC - 0.61%
ETH - 0.44%

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

BTC vs Gold Current Trade Count (Round 2)🏅

Bitcoin currently remains in the lead this week:

- BTC Weekly Trade Count: 27,084
- XAUT Trade Count: 715

That means the current weighted reward pool stands at:

$1,250 for XAUT traders
$3,750 for BTC traders

Want to boost the reward pool for XAUT traders? Simply trade $20 or more on the XAUT/ZAR pair.

Right now, just 5 trades (+$20 each) could secure you a spot in the Top 10 XAUT leaderboard 👀

View all leaderboards.

And remember, even if you don’t make it in the Top 10, there’s still $1,000 in BTC & XAUT airdrops up for grabs for those trading eligible BTC & XAUT pairs.

Round 2 ends at 23:59 UTC 13 March, 2025.

So start trading and see if you can balance BTC vs Gold! ⚖️

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

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Refer & Earn Campaign for South Africans living overseas! 🇿🇦

All rewards have been distributed 💸

Check out our ongoing competitions for more ways to earn on VALR: https://valr.com/en/competitions