THANKS & GOOD LUCK COLIN

Hello all, we wanted to share that Colin Miles will shortly be stepping down from his role as Chief Commercial Officer at Zilliqa to embark on his next professional chapter. Our entire global team is grateful to Colin for all his contributions over the last year and a half. Colin, thanks for helping steer the marketing ship, and laying the foundations of our commercial operations. You will be missed. We wish you the best for the future, and hope to see you from time to time in the halls of Telegram or Twitter as well. The projects and ideas you’ve initiated will not be forgotten. I’m sure you know our work is never complete: We will continue to build and make Zilliqa even more visible, global, usable and successful on all counts.

Zilliqans, there are numerous exciting projects in the works as we head into Q4. Wish we could name drop - alas, we do have some protocols to follow, but time will reveal all. We’re taking on some bold new challenges and promise to deliver exceptionally high quality experiences that will consolidate into a new creator economy for all. We’re onboarding new talent across all teams. We’re continuously working with Switcheo and Polynetwork to make the bridge a high-functioning and seamless tool. In fact, you might have seen the news yesterday about our work in gaming and esports with Ninjas in Pyjamas.

All this is already underway, and will be strengthened by new incoming leadership. Hold on to your hats - this will be formally announced within a week. This will help us recalibrate ourselves and the direction ahead. What you will see in the next six months will reflect a more mature and exciting phase in Zilliqa; one where we will go BIGGER and LOUDER with our outreach, partnerships, publicity, driving volume onto our chain, and taking-to-market new BaaS services and applications. Your support means everything to us - so, rest assured that these transitions and changes will be silicon-smooth. Talk soon folks!

📢BREAKING NEWS: Blockchain Visionary Dr. Ben Livshits Appointed Zilliqa’s new CEO

This is a thrilling time for Zilliqa as we welcome industry leader Dr. Ben Livshits as our new CEO.

A true blockchain visionary, Ben understands how to make blockchain work for people. As background: Ben comes to us from Brave. His contribution there was a massive success; he led high-growth teams to commercialise Brave Browser, which today attracts nearly 40M users and 1M content creators.

He will be instrumental in making Zilliqa a global name and accelerating user adoption as we dive into #DeFi, the creator economy and make strategic investments in groundbreaking projects across #fintech, gaming, #esports, art & more.

We at the Zilliqa team look forward to working with you Ben. Together, let's make Zilliqa as powerful, usable, and value-driven as possible!

Join us in giving Dr. Livshits a warm welcome folks!

https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-welcomes-blockchain-visionary-dr-ben-livshits-as-new-ceo-54aa43d4af3a 
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Leading US based social analytics firm LunarCrush launches Lunr token on Zilliqa!

As users of social media, we all know that “Social sentiment” as a metric is a critical indicator of trends and opinions. Tapping into this data is crucial, especially in an industry as fast-paced as crypto where the market is highly dynamic.

Zilliqa too runs on a data-driven ethos, and so we’re proud to announce that LunarCrush, the leading social analytics firm in crypto, is launching their utility token LUNR on the Zilliqa blockchain!

The LUNR token reimagines the way users perceive their value to a protocol, rewarding them for active participation, sharing and helping to grow the LunarCRUSH community. Holders of the LUNR token can gain access to advanced features such as lunarCRUSH’s GalaxyScore rating, global alerts and more, helping them navigate the fast-paced crypto markets.

Learn more about the token here: https://www.lunrtoken.com

The Q3 Ecosystem Report is now LIVE!

We're proud of all that we're achieving each day. Here are some of the highlights.

🟣 ZILBridge launch
🟣 34.5% growth in on-chain transactions vs Q2
🟣 42.3% more ZIL burnt in Q3
🟣 43.7% growth in on-chain trading volume
🟣 Record breaking ZILOs by @blox_sdk and @de_monsters

All these and more growth metrics in the full report here!

https://docs.zilliqa.com/ecosystem-growth-report-2021-Q3.pdf

Join our Head of Sales and Marketing Matt Dyer and Metaverse Futurist Sandra Helou on their panel, "Zilliqa: A Builder's Perspective" at the LA Blockchain Summit on 4th of November, 2.45PM PDT!

The LA Blockchain Summit is a leading annual gathering of the leaders, movers and shakers of the crypto industry, so tune in if you're interested in the crypto space!

Register here:
https://lablockchainsummit.com/registration

Agenda:
https://lablockchainsummit.com/agenda

Missed out on what went down in Zil Town in October? Catch up with us through the October Monthly Newsletter!

Read our newsletter here:
https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-monthly-newsletter-october-2021-283e32ebf076

Zilliqa is set to make a Blockchain-powered bang with our foray into the music industry!

Welcoming our partner, Token Traxx to the Zilliqa Family where we will be looking to revolutionise the music industry through tokenising and incentivising the curation, creation and collection of the value chain with music industry veterans like Tommy Danvers.

Check out our thread to learn more about this partnership here!
https://twitter.com/zilliqa/status/1458763298422226945

Soon 👀

We're excited to announce XIDR on the Zilliqa blockchain, the first Indonesian Rupiah fiat-backed stablecoin in the world! 🇮🇩


☑️ XIDR is fully backed 1:1 with IDR


☑️ Send Rupiah on the blockchain


☑️ Access DeFi Protocols with XIDR

Indonesia is home to 273+ million people, with 66% of the population unbanked. XIDR will serve as a tool for these people to access financial products. Zilliqa is proud to empower the unbanked with StraitX!

Learn more 👉 https://straitsx.com/id-blog/xidr

Get ready for a curator led - artist first marketplace!

A collaborative marketplace where physical and digital art worlds collide

Bringing together artists, collectors, curators and brands.

Redefining the NFT and traditional art space. Stay tuned, we're just getting started.

Zilliqa's Creator Economy is Evolving! Introducing the ZRC-6 NFT token standard

With key features like royalty payments and batch operations, the ZRC-6 token standard will further us in our push to be the Layer-1 of choice for creators 🔥

Read more on our blog:
https://blog.zilliqa.com/introducing-zrc-6-the-new-and-improved-nft-standard-to-fuel-the-creator-economy-c3661dae3287

Introducing the revamped www.zilliqa.com website. The ultimate hub for all things Zilliqa!

🟢Real-time dashboard for the Zilliqa Ecosystem

🟢Designed for ease of use for both crypto & non-crypto natives

🟢Discover & learn more about our ecosystem, platform & language

In conjunction with the launch of our revamped website, myMessage (a ZILHive grantee), is running a treasure hunt contest with a prize of $5,000 up for grabs to the winner!

Check out their tweet in the link below to find out more about how to participate in this treasure hunt:
https://twitter.com/myMessageOS/status/1465983588793344005

We are happy to announce that Binance has joined the $ZIL ecosystem as a Staked Seed Node operator! 🎉

Introducing the @binance locked staking program! Stake and earn up to 35.4% APY.

Win prizes for staking early and enjoy higher APYs.

Read more here 👇

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/8682411d79ad4e0ca886fc4c674ed9ef

Zilliqa's Monthly Newsletter is out!

Here's some of what we achieved in November:
TokenTraxx Partnership 🎵
Increased Network Activity and Address Growth🔥
New NFT standard with ZRC-6 🪙

Projects in the Zilliqa ecosystem like PackagePortal and XCAD have also been making waves, with major announcements in the past month!

Catch up with what happened in November on our blog:
https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-monthly-newsletter-november-2021-c6ced3e922b7

Zilliqa’s artist-first, curator-led NFT Marketplace landing page is live and Launch is Imminent; gZIL holders: You’re all invited to name the marketplace!

⭐️Packed with features like royalties, auctions for batch minting and more, this marketplace will be the cornerstone for artists and curators alike.

⭐️Check out the marketplace here: https://zilliqamarketplace.com/

⭐️All forms of creative expression are welcome into the very heart of the creator economy. Musicians, artists, designers, writers will all find a home here.

⭐️ZRC6 is Major upgrade to the NFT standard that will fuel this.

⭐️NOW INVITING gZIL holders to support in naming and branding the marketplace! https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqas-dao-structured-nft-marketplace-launch-is-imminent-gzil-holders-you-re-all-invited-to-929b5075fd64

To participate in the discussion for the naming of the marketplace check out this thread on the governance portal: https://gov.zilliqa.com/t/discussion-for-the-naming-of-zilliqas-curated-art-marketplace/1046

Presenting the first sneak peek into Metapolis - a highly immersive, gamified extended reality (XR) metaverse, powered on the Zilliqa Blockchain!

Metapolis will feature cities made up of domes, populated and created by brands, artists, games, creators, individuals and e-stores. Through the use of NFTs, virtual avatars, advertising billboards, digital mannequins and more, Metapolis will unleash a whole new layer of engagement for brands, applications and creators building on the Zilliqa blockchain.

Ready to enter a whole new dimension of engagement and possibilities? Follow our social media to stay updated as we unveil the features and give you a peek into Metapolis!

http://ow.ly/KWi650HfjJx

Christmas came early this year! Brilliant news that some OG Zilliqans have been waiting for. We have developed a decentralised token swap dApp giving hodlers a second chance at swapping their interim ERC-20 ZIL to native ZIL via the ZilBridge.

Convert your Interim ERC-20 ZIL for Native ZIL on #Zilliqa mainnet via a two-step process:
1. Swap your Interim ERC-20 ZIL for Bridged ERC-20 ZIL
2. Bridge ERC-20 Bridged ZIL to Native ERC-2 ZIL via #ZilBridge

Where: https://tokenswap.zilliqa.com
How: https://blog.zilliqa.com/interim-erc-20-zil-token-swap-tutorial-d7ae10c7d4aa

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Alternatively, you can head over to Zilswap to do the token swap directly on the ZilBridge tab.
Where: http://zilswap.io/bridge/erc20-zil-swap…
How: http://docs.zilswap.io/how-to/zilbridge/erc20-zil-swap

2022 is almost upon us and we've got big plans. Hear from none other than Dr. Ben Livshits on why 2021 was a defining year, how we've matured as a blockchain, and what we've got in store next. 


Happy Holidays from all at Zilliqa!

https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqans-get-ready-for-2022-its-going-to-be-an-adventure-2b1d89c001dd