We would like to thank @Carapthian, one of COTI's node operators, who built, along with his own team, a COTI merchandise store where anyone can by his favorite COTI related items. The store can be found here: https://cotimerch.store/
We would like to wish a warm good luck to @Carapthian and his team, showing us once more what an amazing community we have!
Some already received their order and are now enjoying COTI's merchandise!
You can also join the COTIMerch.Store in the Telegram group: https://t.me/CB_COTI_CN
*The COTI Merchant Store is an unofficial COTI product and no profit is sent to the company.

COTI Staking 3.0 - Status Report
The new staking program application reached new application records. We remind all that approvals for the March cycle will be sent between Feb 22nd and Feb 25th - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH NATIVE COTI BY THEN. Read more here: https://medium.com/cotinetwork/cotis-staking-3-0-status-report-e68286345dc5

Today, February 22nd at 15:00 UTC (10:00 AM EST) watch live Shahaf Bar-Geffen in the Crypto Banter show hosted by Ran NeuNer.
https://rebrand.ly/crypto-banter-live-show

We encourage you to join the show and call in, the call in details will be here:
https://rebrand.ly/crypto-banter-telegram

Ran Neuner, Host of the Crypto Banter Show will Run a Community Node for COTI!
As just announced by Shahaf Bar-Geffen on the Crypto Banter show, we are very excited to share that the unrivaled Ran Neuner will run the next COTI Community node! The new node will go live on March 1st, along with the launch of Staking 3.0.
See what Ran had to say about it: https://medium.com/cotinetwork/ran-neuner-host-of-the-crypto-banter-show-will-run-a-community-node-for-coti-22080f0068b1

Staking 3.0 approvals for the March staking cycle have started!
We are happy to announce that we started sending out the confirmation emails to the March staking cycle approved stakers. If you have applied for Staking 3.0, make sure to check your inbox between now and February 25th.
Make sure you have the approved number of COTI Native coins in your COTI Pay VIPER wallet.
https://medium.com/cotinetwork/staking-3-0-approvals-for-the-march-staking-cycle-have-started-12b0589a12ee

Thanks to our community updating our events regularly, we have been listed as "Coin with Potential" on CoinMarketCal with no less than the maximum hot score!
https://coinmarketcal.com/en/

Easier Storage for COTI ERC20 and GOVI
$COTI ERC20 and $GOVI are now fully supported on the MyEtherWallet and MyCrypto popular token lists.
https://medium.com/cotinetwork/easier-storage-for-coti-erc20-and-govi-4b4c8ac954a6

We are now on SushiSwap, too: the ETH-COTI pair is now available on the SushiSwap platform. We have submitted an application to the Sushi Swap team to incentivize liquidity providers with $SUSHI for their deposits. We are looking at the possibility of adding $GOVI rewards to SushiSwap liquidity providers as well. Stay tuned.

During the last few days, we have been hard at work on the technical goals and upcoming releases. Here is our weekly recap: https://medium.com/cotinetwork/weekly-updates-from-the-coti-team-c1abf7cb33cb

Staking 3.0 is now live!
March 2021 marks the first month for Staking 3.0 and we’d like to congratulate all participants! Over 1,300 new applicants were admitted to Staking 3.0, in the course of 10 days. Read here all the Staking 3.0 launch stats: https://medium.com/cotinetwork/staking-3-0-is-now-live-3637a284332b

We are happy to announce that the February Rewards Distribution preceding the Staking 2.0 close has been a success! It was completed yesterday, March 1st 2021, and all stakers who claimed their rewards have received them. Read all about February's staking reward distribution and the new record in COTI's merchant monthly transaction volume: https://medium.com/cotinetwork/february-staking-rewards-and-last-staking-2-0-rewards-successfully-distributed-16493d770fc8

You can now buy COTI with Apple Pay, the popular choice for millions. Read more:
https://cotinetwork.medium.com/you-can-now-buy-coti-with-apple-pay-aa5431b72c43

During the past week, we marked some new records and ticked an important milestone. We even managed to surprise you with an exciting release, which wasn't planned on our roadmap. Read our weekly recap: https://medium.com/cotinetwork/weekly-updates-from-the-coti-team-2a385ef2df57

We are happy to announce that we have partnered with Orion Protocol to enable greater liquidity and accessibility for DeFi
Orion Protocol will drive limitless liquidity to the COTI network via COTI-X, while COTI will enable greater accessibility of Orion Protocol via COTI Pay. Read more about the partnership here: https://cotinetwork.medium.com/orion-protocol-and-coti-join-forces-to-enable-greater-liquidity-and-accessibility-for-defi-ee07ee756aef

Binance Futures Will Launch USDT-Margined COTI Perpetual Contracts with Up to 25X Leverage
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/53c007d040594d55a8b2ccc57de8efa4

COTI Full Review on the Crypto Banter Show!
For all of our new community members, this is a great opportunity to learn all about COTI! Join us today at 10am EST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT01UwkVyYg

With success comes FUD. With a lot of success, comes more FUD.
Here is our answer for the latest FUD about COTI: https://cotinetwork.medium.com/coti-vs-fud-9428e6981872

COTI launches a New Staking Campaign with KuCoin
Pool-X will enable KuCoin users to stake via KuCoins' wallets while earning COTI coins and extra POL rewards.
This campaign will increase the COTI overall staking amount of locked supply to 123M in March, and 135M in April!
For all the details, read here: https://cotinetwork.medium.com/coti-launches-a-new-staking-campaign-with-kucoin-59243b014c57

Staking 3.0 Update - Capacity will Increase Sooner than Projected!
As COTI’s staking capacity is closely coupled with the business processing volume that continues to grow, we are happy to say that we will increase each Community Node’s capacity for April allowing us to increase the staking pool and staking rewards, locking out more of our supply. Read more: https://cotinetwork.medium.com/staking-3-0-update-capacity-will-increase-sooner-than-projected-e1c54bb627a8