Daniel Kimotho

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[Benionchain @benibauer3]

Had the honor of representing @Celo at @tokennation_io to talk about something I love: teaching and finding tech pathways for real-world problems.

We used Aparecida-SP as a case study, a city facing major structural challenges due to the heavy seasonality of religious tourism.

It was the perfect setup to bring real examples of what we’ve been mapping and building over the last few months in Bahia, showing how AI, data and Web3 infrastructure can solve specific, local bottlenecks.

Connecting cutting-edge tech with real-world impact is exactly what drives me.
Huge thanks to everyone involved, already looking forward to the next one!

The future of technology lies in real-world adoption and a relentless focus on utility!

[Celo @Celo]

This is just scratching the surface of what the Celo ecosystem has accomplished in the past six years

For a deeper look at the momentum & milestones, read the blog post ↓
https://t.co/M9mcF79ROA

[Celo @Celo]

As network usage and real-world adoption accelerated, it was time for Celo's economics to evolve with it

Through the CELOccelerate tokenomics upgrade, in just one week, network revenue has increased 66.6%

[Celo @Celo]

@MiniPay alone has processed 400M+ transactions, roughly one transaction for every person living in the United States

All on one app

[Celo @Celo]

A key driver of Celo's growth is "Crypto's Killer Use Case" -- @MiniPay

The self-custodial stablecoin wallet built by @opera has onboarded 14M+ users in 60+ countries.

If every user held hands, they'd stretch from New York to Lagos and back - twice.

[Celo @Celo]

Celo has processed 1.27B+ lifetime txs, nearly as many txs as there are cars on the road. But these aren't sitting in traffic

[Celo @Celo]

With 25 native stablecoins, Celo is home to the most of any blockchain

This is more on par with @PayPal than any other network. While PayPal reached 25 currencies over 25 years, Celo achieved it in 6

[Celo @Celo]

Security costs after the L2 migration dropped 99.8%

That's like going from lighting an entire theater to one single seat. It's the same show at a fraction of the cost

[Celo @Celo]

Since migrating to an Ethereum L2 just over one year ago, Celo has processed over $65B in stablecoin transactions - more than the GDP of Iceland

[Celo @Celo]

Celo consistently leads as the #1 @Ethereum Layer 2 by Daily Active Users, reaching a peak of 840K DAUs

That's more than the entire population of San Francisco using Celo in one day

[Celo @Celo]

Six years ago today, Celo mainnet launched on Earth Day! 🥳

The @Ethereum Layer 2 built for the real world has processed 1.27B+ transactions, bringing fast, low-cost stablecoin txs to 600K+ global users every day

What does this look like in practice? Here's a better look ↓

[Rene ◘ @RegenRene]

Thanks for having me @ETHGlobal! Awesome to talk about Self and our work with Google and Tether we announced earlier this week!

[Espresso ☕️ @EspressoSys]

It’s crazy we can text a 4k video to a friend halfway across the world but yet can’t easily send the same friend a payment… real-time transaction finality is what we need to get there.

@jillgun in conversation with @KateEldaly on the @Celo L2 year one livestream ⤵️

[Rene ◘ @RegenRene]

Come and hear the story behind teaming up with two of the world's biggest companies - Google and Tether - on this incredible new product launching very soon.

Proof of Human, powered by https://t.co/EYOQNFSaJx. On $CELO.

[marek.gwei @marek_]

Some exciting recent @Celo community highlights:

🦸 @USAT announces that it is coming to Celo, the first chain after @Ethereum
🚅 Celo Core Co releases CELOccelerate: Celo Tokenomics Proposal that moves sequencer revenue to Celo holders, does a retroactive burn, increases the minimum base fee, and more
🟨 Celo celebrates its 1st anniversary as an Ethereum L2 🥳 with special appearances by @VitalikButerin, @SreeramKannan, @JillGun @JorgenArnesen, @Web3_data, @LehmannLorenz, @BoqDan_, @Lsquaredleland, and @Ben_Chain
🪪 @selfxyz and @GoogleCloud announce a USA₮ distribution from Google Cloud to anyone verifying their humanity with Self
🍴 @cLabs shepherds the Jovian Hardfork, the first Celo hardfork of the year
🤖 @Virtuals_io joins Celo to power agentic commerce on Celo with the Agent Visa Program bringing liquidity, DeFi incentives & real users to bots building on Celo
t_ @TokenTerminal reports ~90% of the 100k XAUt0 holders are on Celo via @SquidRouter
₮ @Tether on Celo reaches 5M+ weekly USD₮ Users and 7.2M+ USD₮ tx
📲 @MiniPay posts another Real Stories, Real People, Real Payments video, explaining how app benefits
🥧 @growthepie_eth releases research report on Celo’s first year as an Ethereum L2
🟧 @FP_Block and @selfxyz team up for their event at @EthCC with conversations about production-ready systems
🧶 @TextileProtocol and @Empowa_io team up to fund an alternative housing finance product built around income flexibility, designed for informal markets in Africa
🚢 @CeloDevs announce Proof of Ship monthly builder program is back on April 1
📱 @Valora announces plans to integrate @selfxyz's phone number mapping and sybil resistance standard
🗳️ Celo Governance Proposal 285: Celo’s Next Chapter: Opera Proposal to Transition from Distribution Partner to Network Stakeholder passes
☕ @EspressoSys and Celo kick off @EthCC with a coffee meetup
♻️ @CeloPublicGoods announces the Real World Agent Hackathon V2 winners with 6K awarded in USDT
👷 @CeloDevs releases video on Building AI Apps on Celo
🪪 @selfxyz partners with @EFDevcon to enable India Early Bird tickets for $99 to all residents of India 🇮🇳

What did I miss?

[Alex Witt @AlexLWitt]

14M users. 420M txns.

@tether + @minipay = the stablecoin rails thesis playing out in real time.

[Celo @Celo]

BREAKING: @usat is coming to Celo, the first chain expansion following @Tether's dollar stablecoin deployment on @ethereum

The launch is supported by Day One Partners @MiniPay, @GoogleCloud & @selfxyz, unlocking real-world adoption at scale ↓

[Celo @Celo]

Introducing Celo's New Regional Ambassadors!

Spanning Africa, Latin America & Southeast Asia, the group is dedicated to driving on-the-ground education, awareness & grassroots adoption for the leading programmable rails for global finance 🌐

Meet the Ambassadors ↓

[Daniel Kimotho @dankimotho]

@growthepie_eth @Celo Exciting numbers!!

[growthepie 🥧📏 @growthepie_eth]

Extending its lead, @Celo has reached a new high of 840k active addresses.

The primary source of this activity is microtransfers and stablecoins, which have led to a 12% increase in addresses in the last 30 days.