Over five years in, Valora still makes sending crypto as easy as sending a text.
The crypto wallet built for everyone is now maintained by @cLabs (Celo Core Co.), offering seamless, affordable access to 100+ assets worldwide.
We're excited to share an important update about Valora’s next chapter. Read more from our CEO below.
Thank you to our global community for all the support over the years.
We're excited for what's next!
Today, I'm excited to share the next chapter in @Valora's journey. The Valora team will be joining @stripe, marking an important milestone in our mission to unlock access to financial opportunity for people around the world.
We founded Valora on a core belief and mission: everyone should be able to create and share value without barriers. For too many people worldwide, financial systems remain inaccessible and fragmented, limiting participation in the digital economy. Valora set out to help change that by making it easier for anyone to move financial value, access digital assets, and save, all from your mobile phone.
Over the years, Valora has become a trusted way to send, save, and use digital assets with ease, demonstrating that global money movement can be better and more inclusive. Through this work, we’ve seen firsthand how access to stablecoins and crypto rails can expand economic opportunity. In the past few months, it became clear that we could accelerate this mission by joining Stripe, one of the world’s leading financial infrastructure platforms.
Stripe shares our conviction that stablecoins and crypto can dramatically expand who gets to participate in the global economy. We also saw significant overlap in shared values and passion for impact in our conversations with the Stripe team. By bringing Valora’s team to Stripe, we’ll be able to contribute our expertise in web3 and user-first experiences to a platform with unparalleled reach.
We are incredibly proud of what we’ve built at Valora — and even more energized by the opportunity ahead. Joining Stripe allows our team to continue to pursue the mission of expanding global access to financial systems.
The Valora app will continue to live on by returning to its original home at @cLabs, which will steward its future development. Over four years ago we spun out of cLabs and throughout that time we’ve stayed closely aligned with our broader community. As we enter this next chapter, it's appropriate that the app returns to the team best positioned to support its continued growth.
To our users, partners, investors, and especially to our team members: thank you for believing in this mission and for your support every step of the way. This transition marks the close of one incredible chapter and the start of an even more exciting one. And I couldn’t be more optimistic about the impact our team will continue to make within Stripe. We look forward to continuing in our work to increase economic opportunity in this next chapter! 🎉
@GigaHierz andrewkimjoseph.celo.eth
With @selfxyz, it's technically paid for - FREE OF CHARGE FOR A YEAR - and the pennies each year after that - 0.05 CELO.
Already tried it out on the @Valora app and it looks good!
Celonames are here.
Celo users can now claim human-readable names powered by ENS, supported by Namespace, and integrated with Self for proof-of-personhood.
Register for less than a penny with Self verification or pick your name at https://t.co/7f6gr29ZzN and use it across ENS-aware apps.
Built with Celo, Namespace, Self, and ENS ⤵️
https://t.co/rQqC5aBRx2
In South Africa, USD₮ isn’t just online, it’s at the checkout counter. 🇿🇦
From local shops to supermarkets, people are paying in digital dollars.
Watch the second episode of the USD₮ Africa series 👇
🎥USD₮: South Africa’s Quiet Financial Revolution 🌍
Celo's purpose-built, battle-tested network has powered over 1 billion transactions 💪
Whether for DeFi or stablecoin payments & more, Celo has served as a gateway bringing real users to the global onchain economy for 5+ years & 1B+ transactions 💛
Case A — Microwork + Stablecoins (Kenya)
@mercycorps, @kotanipay, @Valora & Celo ran a pilot with ~200 youths.
>Paid in cUSD for digital microwork tasks.
Cashed out via M-Pesa.
>Transaction cost: cut from ~28.8% ➝ ~2%.
>Average earnings: ~$7/day vs ~$4.35 baseline.
Quer ganhar recompensas com suas stablecoins na Valora? Assista a este vídeo de um dos nossos apoiadores sobre como usar o @beefyfinance para fazer isso!💫
https://t.co/EeEnajXZWO
As @VitalikButerin wrote, low-risk DeFi like payments, savings & fully collateralized lending strengthen ETH while serving a globally positive purpose
The Celo community is building for this future - let's recap how, togETHer, we're democratizing financial access ↓
No bank account? No problem. Use Valora to store and save your assets in stablecoins like USD₮ 🏦
Then earn rewards by depositing them into an Earn Pool with just a few taps! 👆📱
Assista a este vídeo de um de nossos apoiadores no Brasil🇧🇷!
Saiba como @CryptoRandi ganha recompensas automaticamente no aplicativo Valora com a Beefy📱
Baixe o Valora e experimente hoje!
https://t.co/zkiXBqGkp0
Confira a nova integração da Beefy com o app da @Valora!
➡️ Monte piscinas de liquidez
➡️ Gere rendimento com suas moedas
➡️ Faça tudo em um só lugar, com poucos cliques
#publi
Have you tried out Beefy in the Valora app yet? 🧐
If not, read about how you can automate earning rewards with just a few taps here!👇
https://t.co/oLT4NQS983