🎤 "I spent $7K on gas just to test DeFi"

Vlad DeGen, TON’s DeFi lead and guest on Kolo Podcast #4, shares his wild switch from the game-development industry to an early DeFi in this tell-all episode.

🚀 Game dev → crypto dev: Vlad refused to move to the USA and dumped gaming projects for smart-contracts.

📈 When DeFi was tiny: he saw the space grow from 60 protocols & $10M TVL to the multibillion beast it is today.

💰 Skin in the game: spent ~$7K on gas just to test every new protocol live.

💡 Before TON: won a hackathon, got funded, built wallet + DEX + lending protocol from scratch.

Watch how Vlad scaled a two-man gig into large company and then became TON's DeFi lead👇
https://youtu.be/cbemUPl2c30

🟢 Card to live in crypto

🟢🚀🌑

Thanks to OG boosters, Kolo is finally touching lunar dust!

📊 Buy the hype and panic-sell at the first red candle — sounds familiar?

Our latest article breaks that cycle with DCA strategy (dollar-cost averaging), a cornerstone of smart investing.

Here’s a short recap of the blog post:

☕️ Investing $50 a month in BTC since 2019 would be worth ≈ $18.500 today (500% from $3700).

🧘‍♂️ Same sum, same day — DCA discipline eliminates FOMO buys and panic sells.

📉 Regular buys turn market dips into discounts.

🔍 Not a silver bullet — picking a dying coin or sitting through a years-long bear will still stack losses.

🟢 Stack coins in your Kolo Wallet, then spend the profits on whatever you dream of with Kolo card.

Dig into the step-by-step “how, why, and what to avoid” in the full post on Kolo blog:
https://kolo.in/blog/what-is-dca

💳 Kolo Card is LIVE — the first Kolo wallet milestone unlocked!

Spend your crypto for:

🍝 Michelin-star dinners
✈️ Last-minute business-class
🛍 Limited-edition drops

More features are on the way to supercharge you live in crypto!

🎥 We're kicking off the UGC contest!

1. Record a short video of you paying with your Kolo Card.
2. Post it on X and tag @KoloHub.
3. Fill out the form - the deadline is June 9:
https://forms.gle/mDFw63MzZZTqF2eE8
💸 One random transaction will get 100% cashback!

🌐 Show you live in crypto!

🟢 #KoloPodcast with Trust Wallet is LIVE!

Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet, drops gems on:

🔐 Scaling with no paid ads
💳 The real future of crypto cards
📈 Onboarding 1B people to Web3
🤖 AI + crypto = ?

▶️ Watch for real insights:
https://youtu.be/GpOpNNq6FpI

🟢 Kolo X Trust Wallet Recap

In the latest Kolo Podcast episode, we spoke with Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet, about scaling beyond hype and building real Web3 tools.

Here’s the short of it:

📲 Any crypto app can grow organically by building tools people actually use.

🧠 Next-gen wallets will become users' daily AI assistants for spending, saving, earning, and navigating Web3.

🛠 To streamline adoption, crypto builders must fix UX — starting with removing gas fees and clunky setups from the user experience.

💳 Accessible banking in emerging markets could change the game for crypto.

🎯 Big vision, lean team, user-first — that’s the way to reach the top.

🎧 Haven’t watched yet? The future of crypto is just one click away:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpOpNNq6FpI

🟢 Crypto cards mean high fees? - Not with Kolo!

From France to Brazil, Canada to New Zealand — Kolo users love our low fees and great exchange rates. They’re not just competitive, but often better than what local banks offer.

🛠 $0 maintenance
💸 Top FX rates
🌐 Borderless payments

Kolo brings global crypto payments to life — transparent, cost-effective, and built for real people.

✈️ Still traveling with a stack of cards, backup cash, and always stressed about exchange rates?

Kolo skips all of that — and goes fully crypto, from boarding pass to coffee cup.

Here’s a quick rundown of our last article:

🧳 Bank cards love freezing abroad — just when you need them most.
🔁 Exchange rates still feel like daylight robbery.
📶 Roaming issues + laggy banking apps = mid-trip nightmare.
🟢 Kolo just works — pay in 190+ countries, no surprise fees, no headaches.

Traveling with crypto is possible, but doing it right takes more than just a card — Kolo makes your crypto work where you do:
https://kolo.in/blog/travel-with-crypto

🚀 Official payment partner of Istanbul Blockchain Week? - That’s Kolo!

Buy your #IBW2025 tickets with crypto using Kolo card — fast, direct, and with 5% cashback.

💳 Get your card

🎟️ Secure your ticket for 20% OFF (with code IBW20)

Skip the banks. Welcome to Web3.

🎧 The very first voice on Kolo Podcast? - You got it!

Before Kolo became the payment partner of #IBW2025, we had Erhan Korhaliller, the founder of Istanbul Blockchain Week, on the mic.

🧠 Launching top crypto fest and pioneering Web3 marketing — his story is pure alpha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L4ol2LFghA

💳 Think crypto cards are just for crypto nerds? - Nah.

🟢 Kolo works for everyone — no jargon, no setup pain, no chaos. Just:

1. Load your Kolo Card with crypto
2. Add to Apple/Google Pay
3. Pay worldwide, feel the freedom

🌐 Real life, but you live in crypto.

Most people have at least 4 active subscriptions and spend around $90 every month — often without even tracking them.

Why?

📌 They are hard to spot — Because of auto-renewals, bank labels them not so obvious like “ENT_SERVICES”.
📉 They break your budget — A $9 app here, a $12 renewal there — over a year, that's $1,000+ lost to different services.
🧠 Most users forget to cancel — Even you might pay for things you don’t use for months.

🟢 With Kolo, you can create a dedicated card just for subscriptions and clearly control your spending.

🔗 Read the full article for examples & steps:
https://kolo.in/blog/subscriptions

Is Your Crypto Still Crypto? 🤔

Some сrypto cards flip it to fiat the second it lands. Suddenly, it’s not crypto anymore.

But not Kolo.
🚫 No converts, no surprises
💰 Funds stay in crypto until you spend
🌐 No limitations on how, when or where

Hold, swap, spend - your terms!

Kolo 🤝 TheOne
We’ve joined forces with TheOne — the AI-powered trading engine that finds the best price across all DEXs and CEXs.

🚀 To celebrate, we’re rolling out:
- $555 USDT reward pool for Kolo card activations
- $5 USDT for the first 100 traders
- 10,000 ONE (future $ONE airdrop)

💸 Be early. Get rewarded:
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