VALR Announcements

Our Spot Margin Trading Competition is heating up 🔥

Check out the latest leaderboard featuring the Top 20 Spot Margin Traders by Total Volume.

Remember - there's 10,000 USDT up for grabs for the Top 20 traders.

[View leaderboards]

Can you balance the BTC vs Gold scales this week? ⚖️

Bitcoin is still in the lead:

- BTC Weekly Trade Count: 48,986
- XAUT Trade Count: 2,139

That means the current weighted reward pool stands at:

$1,750 for XAUT traders
$3,250 for BTC traders

To balance the scales, XAUT trade count needs to be more than 20,000.

Check your position on the leaderboard here: https://blog.valr.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-trading-competition

May the scales tip in your favour 🫡

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Our AMA with Cointelegraph is happening now!

Tune in 🤝
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1899822814817099800

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Trade & Win Your Share of 15,000 USDT 💸

VALR’s Spot Margin Trading Competition is your chance to put your trading skills to the test and earn crypto rewards!

How to Join:

✔ Ensure your VALR account is fully verified.
✔ Trade at least $2,000 in volume on eligible Spot Margin pairs.

Eligible Trading Pairs:

Trade across 43 eligible pairs, including BTC, ETH, SOL, and more against USDT, USDC, and ZAR.

👉 [View all eligible pairs]

🏆 2 Ways You Can Win:

1. Top 20 Traders with the highest total trading volume across all eligible pairs share 10,000 USDT.

2. Top Trader per Pair - for each of the 43 trading pairs, the highest-volume trader on that specific pair wins a share of the 5,000 USDT reward pool.

Important Note:

- Traders can win from both reward pools and be a Top Trader on multiple pairs.
- Leaderboard updates are not in real-time but will be provided regularly throughout the competition.

👉 [View leaderboards]

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/spot-margin-crypto-trading-competition

🔈 Happening today at 16:00 SAST!

Don't miss our AMA with Cointelegraph where Ben Caselin (CMO) & Gianluca Sacco (COO) will share insights on lending and newly launched trading competitions on VALR 🔥

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1899505850093613230

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Refer & Earn Campaign for South Africans living overseas! 🇿🇦

All rewards have been distributed 💸

Check out our ongoing competitions for more ways to earn on VALR: https://valr.com/en/competitions

Congrats to the Top 10 traders across Spot (including Simple Buy/Sell) & Futures from this past weekend ☀️

Check your VALR wallet to see your rewards 💵

And if you traded over the weekend, you might have received a trading fee rebate!

Ready to win your share of another $1,000 in USDC/USDT?

Trade any pair across Simple Buy/Sell, Spot, or Futures this Saturday & Sunday (March 15 & 16) for your chance to win.

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/crypto-weekend-trading-challenge

BTC vs Gold Current Trade Count (Round 2)🏅

Bitcoin currently remains in the lead this week:

- BTC Weekly Trade Count: 27,084
- XAUT Trade Count: 715

That means the current weighted reward pool stands at:

$1,250 for XAUT traders
$3,750 for BTC traders

Want to boost the reward pool for XAUT traders? Simply trade $20 or more on the XAUT/ZAR pair.

Right now, just 5 trades (+$20 each) could secure you a spot in the Top 10 XAUT leaderboard 👀

View all leaderboards.

And remember, even if you don’t make it in the Top 10, there’s still $1,000 in BTC & XAUT airdrops up for grabs for those trading eligible BTC & XAUT pairs.

Round 2 ends at 23:59 UTC 13 March, 2025.

So start trading and see if you can balance BTC vs Gold! ⚖️

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-trading-competition

🔈Average lending APRs on VALR (last 7 days):

$USDC - 27.94%
$USDT - 17.92%
ZAR - 8.77% (South African rands)
TRX - 4 %
SOL - 3.79%
AVAX - 3.07%
BNB - 2.63%
XRP - 1.33%
DOGE - 1.24%
WIF - 0.88%
SHIB - 0.88 %
TRUMP - 0.88%
BTC - 0.61%
ETH - 0.44%

See today's best APRs (Annual Percentage Rates) 👉 https://www.valr.com/en/lend

Don't forget...

At the end of the competition, the top BTC & XAUT traders (based on trade count) will each receive $500 🏆

Think you have what it takes to beat the top traders?

Trade BTC and/or XAUT today 🫡

Even if you don’t make it in the top 10 this week, you still have a chance to win a share of $1,000 in BTC & XAUT through our weekly airdrops 🪂

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-trading-competition

BTC vs Gold Round 2 Has Already Started ⚖️

Here’s how you can participate and win a share of another $5,000 in BTC & XAUT this week:

- Trade eligible BTC & XAUT pairs (minimum $20 on Spot, $200 on Futures)
- Increase your trade count (not trade volume) to climb the leaderboard

Eligible Trading Pairs 📈

Spot Trading Pairs: BTC/USDC, BTC/USDT, BTC/ZAR, XAUT/ZAR

Futures Trading Pairs: BTC/USDT-PERP, BTC/ZAR-PERP

📌 Reminder: The weekly $5,000 reward pool will be allocated based on the total number of eligible trades for XAUT/ZAR.

For Example:

If the total XAUT/ZAR trade count for the week is 5,500, then the:

XAUT reward pool will be $2,000

And the BTC reward pool will be $3,000

Your individual reward will be determined by your leaderboard ranking for that week.

You can view the current leaderboards* for round 2 here: https://blog.valr.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-trading-competition

*Leaderboards are updated daily.

BTC vs Gold Round 1 Results Are In ⚖️

BTC weekly trade count: 44,182
Weighted BTC reward pool: $3,500

XAUT trade count: 1,868
Weighted XAUT reward pool: $1,500

The top 10 BTC & XAUT traders in Round 1 have received their share of $5,000 🏆

We’ve also airdropped $750 worth of XAUT and $250 worth of BTC to lucky traders! Check your VALR wallet to see if you were one of them 👀

How to earn up to R2,500 this week if you're in South Africa 🇿🇦🧵

https://x.com/VALRdotcom/status/1897269063421976647

🔈 New Podcast Episode Is Out

In the latest episode of The VALR Podcast, Farzam Ehsani sits down with
Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist of the Efficient Group and one of South Africa’s most referenced economists, to discuss the history, flaws, and future of money.

Listen on:

Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Or YouTube

VALR now supports ETH on Base 💙

In addition to $USDC, you can now deposit and withdraw Ethereum (ETH) via Base on VALR.

We’ve just distributed $1,000 in USDC/USDT to the Top 10 Spot (including Simple Buy/Sell) & Futures traders from this past weekend 💵

Make sure to check your VALR wallet - you might have received a trading fee rebate if you traded over the weekend 👀

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a top trader on VALR?

Trade any pair across Simple Buy/Sell, Spot, or Futures this Saturday & Sunday (March 8 & 9) for your chance to win a share of another $1,000!

Ts & Cs apply: https://blog.valr.com/crypto-weekend-trading-challenge