<h1>Origin Protocol's Innovation Week</h1>Everything begins with an idea.&nbsp;Origin’s team kicked off the new year with Innovation Week: a 5-day hackathon where our entire team created new, innovative products that have the potential to be integrated into Origin Story and Origin Dollar.&nbsp;In the span of just 5 days, Origin’s team developed 15 new prototypes for unique products that could benefit both Origin’s community and the crypto industry as a whole. Below are the top 6 prototypes that emerged from Origin’s innovation week.&nbsp;As a reminder, these products are still prototypes, and we don’t recommend visiting these sites until/if they become publicly available. If you find any products below particularly interesting, we encourage your feedback in our <a href="https://discord.gg/ogn">Discord</a>!&nbsp;<h2>NFT Compare Tool&nbsp;</h2>NFT analytics are often siloed, making it hard for investors to see the full picture before making a decision to buy an NFT. Beyond simple volume and price metrics, NFT statistics are few and far between. We’re excited to launch our NFT Compare Tool––the first product of innovation week slated for public access.&nbsp;The NFT Compare Tool shows average volume, price, and sales statistics for two NFT collections side by side. This allows collectors to easily compare key metrics between collections and make informed decisions before purchasing digital assets. One of the most unique metrics featured on the NFT Compare Tool is holder overlap, showing how many users hold assets between two collections. Holder overlap proved useful to predict future mint distributions, such as Yuga Labs’ Sewer Passes that were distributed to users based on the assets they hold.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/bTNvkLcWnR4sBBGw4w23W04n6AOK4KLDJj3CPKZDr8XmmRp3eVhVO0z45DzB5psZSpwIUvxV4rOh4zgq87ppoZzklLhixoluerEsyD4W1gG1oeCcB5qXqPHXGBAW8lIUKm5XHUKAwMgicv5X_i2_QCTDQZcHZCm5MU8iAKijkSBDqow15dlnnm83QukM1A"></figure><h2>Rinse</h2>Brought to light after the launch of LooksRare, NFT wash trading now accounts for over half of all NFT volume. Unfortunately, NFT marketplaces don’t filter out data pertaining to wash traded tokens. This transaction data can be deceiving––most NFT trading history is made up of illegitimate transactions, causing certain NFTs to appear more popular than they really are.Rinse aims to bring clarity to collectors in regards to wash traded NFTs. The analytics platform gives an overview of aggregate NFT wash trading, pulling on-chain data across all top NFT marketplaces. The Rinse dashboard shows the cumulative number of suspicious transactions, percentage of suspicious trades, total ETH volume from washed NFTs, and the percentage of total NFT volume that is attributed to wash trading.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GxXc1bL3lU_J2SAZ-YHhEaBkPr3_FjXrSilmP8aq1oAePbmYdmccMDuezP6GdzIHuq5riOPSlqytFRUkF6Ruci_6Fg-8NmKd31tA8rr4R3AzHPFBpTml4On1Lo2vPtghEQ5bSRz7H0Sshn7lpCNHXq9NbNje848jB-AXysYxenccgyHLsRGQz4GZkjIxuA"></figure>Arguably even more interesting, Rinse.io allows users to view specific NFTs and collections. This is helpful for identifying whether or not a specific NFT has been wash traded, allowing collectors to distinguish between real and illegitimate token sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/z_5AbRPTE2jeLrDFzglJx0mdGhubezRzFy_lPeLQXuFb2t-dxg1eFLLBMfWc5Yl-cVXOHvetCnw0bJvPUBTk198GFVQC9-CxjoPxRL7-jIF2vLEq5a65iYm4FqwctY9OGw2k4h9IA0_bqSxhVbO1x0Q8UZ0GJwGGZRShDrJPywVbESk7TcRkHnBbuaEA8Q"></figure><h2>FairTix&nbsp;</h2>FairTix was created in response to the inefficiencies currently plaguing the entertainment industry. Evidenced by Taylor Swift’s latest tour, value is extracted out of artists’ fan bases by ticket scalpers, pricing out true fans from attending the most sought after concerts.&nbsp;The platform is a community ecosystem and next-generation ticketing system. The dapp lets artists host lotteries or auction off NFT tickets, allowing for a more fair distribution of tickets than what’s currently offered by legacy ticketing companies. Moreover, FairTix solves the problem of bot usage by using KYC-style verification to ensure tickets are sold to real users.&nbsp;Using web3 for ticket sales offers up the opportunity for artists and fans to mutually benefit. Artists could now receive secondary royalties from ticket resellers, or they could eliminate reselling altogether through the use of soulbound tokens. Buyers can rest assured knowing that their tickets are indeed legit.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VEOBZqj3osLG6-PoYHFbjWFYI5CstTW8_ug0kC_ZjzJADUnXStax8A6Kvl5Bi7-4OPRJV-z3rJgsvqCid59VJCfvGQzjfeMyu0qUvt-m1cFgphcvV8MgTtFIXjnfomqsQmpwbsc_qHUQ3G9QYeNFL7qMx0sF3D1tDtBWIy-oTpML8-wWm76pAKe5e44csw"></figure><h2>Ella Bank</h2>Ella is the bank that pays your subscriptions. The prototype was built by Andra, Origin Dollar’s Head of Business Development. Ahead of development, Andra researched the need for high-yield, accessible savings products, oriented towards women looking to take control of their finances. She found that over 8 million women make over $100,000 per year, yet most of this group is earning less than 1% APY on their savings.&nbsp;Out of those surveyed, the median amount held in savings accounts is $10,000. Those with $10,000 in savings could earn ~$400 per year through OUSD––enough to cover most users’ subscriptions. With fiat onramps, layer 2 support, and account abstraction on Ella’s roadmap, the startup aims to be an accessible entry point to crypto for new users who may be unfamiliar with the technology.&nbsp;Ella seeks to make the benefit of high yield easy to understand and accessible to everyone. The bank aims to earn yield through OUSD, and it uses Treasury Bonds as a safety net in case Origin Dollar Yields dip below these yields. As OUSD earns interest, the bank would automatically pay for users’ subscriptions. In order to cover these costs, Ella would require a minimum balance which is variable dependent on one’s subscription expenses.&nbsp;<h2>Stolen.fyi&nbsp;</h2>Stolen.fyi is “Literally the worst dapp.”&nbsp;This may be the prototype that NFT degens and Yolo traders find the most interesting. Stolen.fyi is a simple game, innovating on NFT dynamics to create the world’s most fun, decentralized Ponzi scheme. Users can mint NFTs representing their favorite Twitter accounts, but there’s no guarantee that their NFTs won’t get stolen…But don’t worry, if it gets stolen, you’ll end up making a profit. Stolen.fyi is the ultimate non-compliant, up-only degen money game. Initial Twitter handles are free to mint––wouldn’t you like to own Elon’s, POTUS, or Vitalik’s Twitter handle? Choose wisely, as you’ll only be able to hold three usernames at a time.&nbsp;Anyone can steal a minted NFT for 0.01 ETH. Afterwards, users can steal the NFT for twice what the last user paid for it. This makes the game “up-only,” but be sure not to be the greater fool! You can’t sell your NFT for a loss, and it’s not possible to list these assets on other marketplaces. You’re stuck with your assets until someone, dumber than yourself, steals them from you. Want your NFT back? You’ll have to buy it.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WKk1fUPabC9FFjCCqH6V5bUJY7SWlTs_oeRt2m6u2j5oWnYiAVCG5YhKZQViNyYFsbea5UbeRK-23RHTPOw3axUVOzmc6WPfxC91c7CocayBdHj4UChLMnJNSABcOr7kH6uMY2hsBMrqiXz6Qsl8oJt7y1kackLNhj-ZueBPO8-AWe2Q7xSD6o19GZhxjQ"></figure><h2>OUSD Win&nbsp;</h2>OUSD Win is for degens with a charitable side.&nbsp;The dapp lets users stake their OUSD in a no-loss lottery. As the pool accrues interest from OUSD yields, the potential winnings grow larger. Two lucky winners will split the funds in the rewards pool, with the remaining half of the accrued interest being donated to a nonprofit each week. The winnings in the pool are a function of the time between lottery drawings, the total value locked in the pool, and Origin Dollar’s annual percentage yield.Unlucky users will get their OUSD back with no loss of capital, or keep it staked for next week's drawing!<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2Y2isnuH_0m8GvHbjDC2wLwViL9GOew_tSkXqcHxb5HSJgYMP-Yy72oGyMgmnnH5zCZUIK9hClILz6qx0ItlB7bgE5OG7OWBFB7SvMpJONe-EIZY3DifyJDqvl5tLaJK2R3B3dlYZum3GJfd51OaJ7D38jeurFwpqYLL6IZlAuLeDuwpZLTzvdz7R4Uvaw"></figure><h2>Interested In These Prototypes? Let us Know!</h2>We welcome your feedback! While these products are certainly interesting––and potentially useful––we’re still deciding whether or not to add these products to Origin’s roadmap. If you find these innovations particularly useful, let us know on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/OriginProtocol">Twitter</a> or on our&nbsp;<a href="https://discord.gg/ogn">Discord</a>!If you’re interested in learning more about recent updates our incredible engineers have made to Origin Dollar and Origin Story, check out some of our most recent announcements below:<ul><li><a href="https://www.ousd.com/ousd-archimedes">Origin Dollar partners with Archimedes to launch leveraged yield product</a></li><li><a href="https://www.story.xyz/origin-token-gated-access">Introducing Token Gated Access on Origin Story</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ousd.com/Origin-Dollar-LUSD-Convex-Strategy">OUSD integrates the LUSD Convex Strategy for diversified yield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.originprotocol.com/December-2022-token-holder-update">Our December 2022 OGN, OGV, and OUSD Token Holder Update</a></li></ul>

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Prototypes Created During Origin’s Innovation Week

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December 2022 Token Holder Updates: OGN, OGV, & OUSD

Every month, the Origin team publishes an update to our token holders and the broader community. Thanks for reading the November 2022 edition.While November 2022 wreaked havoc on the broader crypto markets, Origin continues to have a well-managed treasury and battle-tested security to drive its products’ growth. We did not have any direct exposure to FTX and have multiple years of runway in cash and stablecoins to continue pursuing our mission.Our condolences go out to the investors that are victims of the FTX scandal. Now more than ever, transparent, decentralized, and trustless solutions are needed to replace corrupt legacy corporations.Here’s what we’ve done in November to get closer to our shared goal.&nbsp;<h2>Summary</h2>For those of you strapped for time, here’s the tl;dr.Following months of development and strict auditing,&nbsp;<a href="https://ousd.com/swap">OUSD V2</a> is now live. The token is exactly the same as before, and no action is needed by users to gain additional yield via OUSD V2 strategies. OUSD V2 utilizes new Convex and Morpho strategies to earn higher and more diversified yield, while maintaining support for Compound, Curve, Aave, and Convex strategies OUSD has used prior.&nbsp;Current trailing 30-day APY is 8.49% – nearly a&nbsp; 300% increase since the launch of OUSD V2.&nbsp;While the Origin team expects OUSD yields to vary with macro conditions, boosted APYs are an indicator that the OUSD V2 launch was a success.Internally, Origin Story launched its NFT Intelligence Platform (NIP) this month, our enhanced backend platform that powers blockchain data intelligence on our Story NFT platform. This important infrastructure update will also serve as the foundation for us to pursue novel new NFT use cases with established brands and Web2 companies coming into Web3.&nbsp;Also new this month, Story user profiles allow users to select owned NFTs as their profile picture and display names on partner marketplaces. This is a first step toward a rich collector profile experience.&nbsp;The Origin team did extensive strategic planning and goal setting at our company offsite in the Dominican Republic this month, and we came back with insights regarding Origin Protocol’s products and market positioning. We’re honing in on our most valuable product offerings as we build the groundwork for what’s to come.<h2>Story &amp; OGN&nbsp;</h2>Guess what anon? You can now use NFTs as PFPs on Story Marketplaces.We’re excited to have launched our NFT Intelligence Platform (NIP) this month. NIP is a next generation back-end for Origin Story that gathers and stores metadata for NFT collections––NFT traits, ownership, listings, and sales history. NIP will provide an incredibly fast and up-to-date user experience for our NFT marketplaces, and give traders, collectors and holders critical insights into NFT collections and activity.The technology exposes a set of simple internal APIs for our marketplace front-ends to query all the data necessary for a great user experience. The data is kept fresh by monitoring blockchain events in real-time, and it subscribes to a variety of data sources across the industry to receive up-to-date NFT transaction data.&nbsp;Separately, our new&nbsp;<a href="http://story.xyz">Story website</a> is live! The site now displays a handful of our top partner marketplaces, making it easy for collectors to navigate across Story products. Visitors can also view OGN price, circulating supply, and market capitalization directly from story.xyz. Importantly, the site supports our new content management system, allowing for Origin to create its own blog and benefit from in-house content production.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/v_YPNhPIwb3efC4aHeo0SucCjbIZ_B5zDJaxnoeg4HFzFXWyo_tOo9TDrqpyHUmEeOSR8Gcwl9Aq9E14yTkHd0tFERUUTPB-3-cc4pL-fMp0RDl90ykxry2mj_uCYMvKQTlckv-7khLlm-1uDRIn2GnSyRoDLZk7FZHsSkPN0mceizG7MlIEDBwGs5OHxQ"></figure>Moreover, Origin Story launched its profile page update earlier this November. The update allows users to select an NFT from their collection to use as a PFP on partner marketplaces, as well as choose a display name in replacement of their wallet address.Profile support is the first addition to creating an NFT marketplace that serves as an all-in-one platform to better bolster community, conviction, and communication between partner collections and their holders. We’re excited to roll out features to further community interaction, as legacy solutions in this sector are polluted with scammers, grifters, and fraud.In regards to OGN, the token gained exposure to over 3 million investors this month with integrations on Edge App and Exolix Exchange. Over 50 million (~10%) of OGN supply is currently locked in season 2 staking, which commenced earlier this month on November 8th. Token holders can continue to stake in&nbsp;<a href="https://app.story.xyz/stake">OGN Season 2</a> until February 6th, 2023 to receive a share of marketplace revenue generated by Story products.<h2>OUSD &amp; OGV</h2>OUSD V2 yields have hit it out of the park… even without MakerDAO’s help.After intense auditing, OUSD V2 is now live! OUSD V2 adds&nbsp;<a href="https://www.originprotocol.com/openzeppelin-audit-ousd-yield-strategies">improved Convex strategies</a> and implements completely new strategies on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.morpho.xyz/">Morpho</a>. The trailing 30-day yield sits at over 8.2%––the best risk-adjusted rates currently available in DeFi. As a reminder, OUSD earns yield strictly through stablecoin strategies, eliminating risk of impermanent loss or directional exposure from holding volatile assets.We’re convinced OUSD V2 is the ideal stablecoin allocation for DAO and company treasuries, as these organizations can benefit from full asset custody and DeFi money market exposure with instant liquidity.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/Screen_Shot_2022_12_02_at_10_14_13_AM_a7c661c939.png"></figure>In a similar vein, more DAO proposals are in the pipeline to allocate part of their treasuries to OUSD. While the MakerDAO proposal MIP87 wasn’t ratified, initial polling from PopcornDAO, among others, indicate OUSD is on track to be added to their treasuries. With competitive yields paired with an emphasis on self-custody, we expect retail interest in OUSD to increase as we roll out our OUSD V2 campaign this December.&nbsp;OUSD and OGV were listed on Exolix this month, allowing a wider investor base access to these tokens. While DAO treasury management has been a recent focus for OUSD, we recognize that retail investors need a decentralized, transparent, and trustless way to generate yields now more than ever.<h2>OGN &amp; OGV Tokenomics</h2>OGV rewards increase as OUSD interest rates increase. OUSD interest rates are up BIG.&nbsp;As previously mentioned,&nbsp;<a href="https://app.story.xyz/stake">OGN Season 2</a> is off to a strong start with nearly 10% of OGN’s total supply currently staked. As revenue is accrued across our partner marketplaces, these funds are used to fuel OGN staking seasons. To mitigate revenue risks associated with volatile NFT trading volumes, Story has begun to experiment with different revenue models. Up front revenue, such as the revenue from our partner Roofstock onChain, was dispersed in OGN Season 1 and will continue to be dispersed in Season 2.&nbsp;Those who stake OGV earn yield from protocol revenue and OGV token distributions. As OUSD yields have increased nearly 300%, OGV staking rewards remain high. Moreover, investors who stake OGV have governance rights over OUSD allocations, and as more users mint OUSD to earn yield via OUSD V2, these governance rights become more valuable.<a href="https://governance.ousd.com/stake">OGV staking rewards</a> currently sit at 56.3% APY. Impressively, 78.5% of OGV is currently locked in staking, eliminating the majority of the circulating supply from hitting the market. OGV is supported on multiple centralized exchanges like Huobi, Gate, and KuCoin, although the simplest way for crypto-native users to gain exposure may be through&nbsp;<a href="https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?outputCurrency=0x9c354503c38481a7a7a51629142963f98ecc12d0">Uniswap.</a><h2>Ending Q4 2022: Our Core Focus</h2>We’re honing in on what matters most.The lack of mania in the markets has allowed Origin to take a step back and hone in on our foundation during the next bull market. Story plans to dive deep with its most valuable partners, and we expect to expand our partnerships with large tech companies looking to integrate non-fungible tokens into their technology stack.Now more than ever, there’s a clear need for self-custodial alternatives to centralized platforms, particularly in the sector of interest-bearing assets. Unfortunately, investors in FTX, Celsius, and BlockFi have learned the importance of transparency and self-custody the hard way from trusting corrupt institutions with their digital assets. Our goal with OUSD isn’t to simply provide an alternative, however.&nbsp;OUSD is built to onboard the next generation of crypto users to blockchain, offering the benefits of DeFi with next-level ease of use, security, and convenience. As more users adopt self-custody practices, Origin believes investors will seek passive yield opportunities with instant liquidity. In wake of CeFi insolvencies and complex DeFi functions too cumbersome for everyday users to manage themselves, crypto newcomers are left with few options. OUSD will fill this gap by providing users a safe and easy to use platform for wealth creation.<h2>Team Updates</h2>Talent is still running from CeFi to DeFi, and we’re here for it.&nbsp;&nbsp;We’re excited to announce the newest addition to the Origin team Hrik Bho, joining us as a full-stack developer! Hrik is a full-stack and smart contract developer specializing in Solidity and JavaScript.&nbsp;Hrik entered the web3 space by purchasing his first NFT during the 2021 bull market. Over that summer he fell in love with the community and decided he wanted to contribute to the space in a significant way. Outside of development, Hrik is obsessed with NFTs. He monitors market trends and prices daily, looking to add new pieces to his collection. As Origin Story continues to grow from both a technical and partnership perspective, Hrik will support the platform’s growth in various capacities.Aside from new hires, many Origin team members got to meet for the first time this November. Our team traveled to the Dominican Republic for its first team offsite since pre-covid, and the team shared its business development, engineering, and marketing plans for OGN, OUSD, and OGV under one roof.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/HN43IKRWnaepx03dB-ba-pBEJYMvOCky5EXqIy8XgCnPsSBtkMIz02YmXQwfa4dGOZ9q9NVn1hXl-ZBQUtpI-i4zMPsN9-Oj2CMIp3jcYJfBzGNM8zJ2vXUY4G4RH1U77_x9kk9P97h8KHXsZnL5E0ujPzUxgAUuFbVQveqV0ysllZoW6eEh0xip2qYtEQ"></figure>Want to join us on our next team offsite, and in the meantime, help us build the necessary infrastructure for sustainable, transparent, and secure wealth creation? Origin is still hiring for a handful of roles, and you may qualify! Below are some positions that we’re still searching for someone to fill:Did you catch that? We’re hiring!!<ul><li><a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs/1860239-product-manager-defi">DeFi Product Manager</a></li><li><a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs/308390-senior-solidity-engineer">Senior Solidity Engineer</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs/2360663-email-marketer">Email Marketer</a></li><li><a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs/2226610-performance-marketer-paid-ads">Performance Marketer</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs/1505992-product-manager-nfts">Product Manager (NFTs)</a></li></ul><h3>Looking For: Shadowy Super Coders and Marketing Maniacs</h3>We are in search of experienced Product Managers for our NFT and DeFi platforms, a Solidity Engineer, and a full-stack engineer. Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">job postings</a>, come join us, or refer your giga-brain friends!

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November 2022 Token Holder Updates: OGN, OGV, & OUSD

===================================================================================I've been in this game for years, it made me an animalIt's rules to this shit, I wrote me a manualA step-by-step booklet for you to getYour game on track, not your wig pushed back- The Notorious B.I.GFate loves irony. The eternal wisdom of T.H.E. Biggie Smalls could have saved us from the successive controlled demolitions that have rocked crypto since this big year began.Alas, it seems the false gods’ playlists are as trash as their risk management.&nbsp;<h2>From Revelations to Genesis</h2>Number 4, I know you heard this beforeNever get high on your own supplyRummaging through the wreckage of the past year, it’s hard to unwind the ball of shrapnel that’s drained &nbsp;over 11 figs from the market.But one thing is clear – we’ve been rolling drunk on leverage since The Great Brrr began.&nbsp;For ordinary people, taking on debt has been a&nbsp;necessity in a macro climate where individuals are watching their spending power evaporate in real time. With global inflation soaring and JPow aggressively hiking, the average citizen is being squeezed harder than an Alameda stop hunt.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2jlsMdtEeKlyl5Q55ffICKwYapD5aVREUKDpg_H3pFmxai4euUS-O1OjzPa0Cktm88H329a-ClMZtO6OTEF4zyH-ZiJdK3U0oiHUT48stxt-KsvGp9IwfdaLxg1SV1txI9R1XlF1BShDvvkKDJeTHeZHXZl71o5ZBdMBjHUaezX2tVjoNXpABQ1wkt4L1w"></figure>Rekt is an understatement.This logic falls flat when considering the actions of crypto’s biggest actors.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Number 6, that goddamn credit? Dead it&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You think a crackhead paying you back, shit forget it!Successful CEX’s are, quite literally, free money printers. Similarly, multi-billion dollar hedge funds don’t need to do&nbsp;much&nbsp;to protect capital.Neither have any logical reason to recklessly deploy customer funds and dial up leverage like Adderall-fueled zoomers trying to make it all back in one trade.The fact that the market currently hinges on a&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/115243/genesis-trading-warns-of-possible-bankruptcy-as-post-ftx-fundraising-falters-report">&lt;$1B fundraise</a> is appalling. During 2021’s fever dream that figure was a drop in the ocean.&nbsp;While&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;who’s blown up this year is crawling out of the woodwork to blame LUNA for causing the contagion, this is a mid-curve excuse.Did the space’s “brightest” minds really fail to understand the protocol’s ponzinomics?How did these firms become&nbsp;so&nbsp;invested that they were willing to risk their balance sheets?<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0m8y5mgg56_j1ruAPENEUoUwIrZrEq0SSCZSRoTqqfUlvj2c77Placep1SEw-hWDV6X2PBxMtSPciK8rQxzCVQ7C6yfBI7ZByGynLwDP17FXNMWBSHWUUNhSZFe-vIt5fp5K363ntfUxIZuiFgtpU6sqPHWBsum6l70vzj7bC-q9dpiDDGFl2OqR6FJpWQ"></figure>Alright, which one of you actually had size?&nbsp;<h2>Back to The Main Character</h2>7, this rule is so underratedKeep your family and business completely separatedSam.&nbsp;Bankman. Fried.&nbsp;Little more can be written about the largest fraud this space has ever seen. In a not-so-shocking turn of events, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/chinesewall.asp">Chinese Wall</a> between FTX and Alameda turned out to be little more than a sheet of single ply toilet paper.&nbsp;Polycules and DNC/SEC ties aside, SBF’s greed has single handedly destroyed the industry faith that crypto natives have tirelessly cultivated for over a decade.Yes, SBF dug a $10B hole trading customer funds and using illiquid shitcoins as collateral.Yes, SBF set the industry back years through his malfeasance.But counterparties are far from blameless. Did nobody at these firms bother to hit up CoinGecko or look up the definition of FDV?Most in the space recognized that Solana’s VC-backed ecosystem tokens claimed exponentially bloated valuations, primarily to dump on retail. And yet, counterparties lapped up these tokens in exchange for cold hard cash.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cXDINqJOVZwRuP7OaA7enZ51_PQeRMaYkpoYcbSp8ACHXeKh5wiTd1OhCguOz_ikSjzTngoGXbhyleHjp5canZj591aweHKjCAkVIcKJP7rttK1P2HJnelk8RRwWSMmNNCErH5Hn7A57bU6YesH-uxL2mXLI-cXgCtwaOD_DAw_NVRZLTWrsbvom67Y6Og"></figure>Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. "Did he owe us six bill or only five?" Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is an FTT printing machine, the most useless collateral in the world and would blow your books clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel liquid?" Well, do ya, punk?<h2>Closing Larps</h2>Number 3, never trust no-bo-dyThe pantheon of idols has finally imploded. If anything, this seismic purge gives us a real opportunity for a hard reset.&nbsp;It’s now clear that 2021’s heroes were simply playing hot potato with a flaming ball of daisy-chained leverage. The net effect, of course, is that retail is left to pick up the pieces while the main culprits bide their time in obscene penthouses crowdfunded by their users.Crypto’s vision has never been to simply digitize the moral bankruptcy of Tradfi.&nbsp;As brutal as it is, this flush may be the wake up call we need to return to crypto’s core principles – decentralized value exchange built to wrestle the economic monopoly away from central banks.With BlockFi filing for bankruptcy and Genesis on the brink, it’s likely that more big weeks await us.Unless low liquidity volatility scalping is your bread and butter, it may be best to touch some grass for a while.Nobody ever got liquidated waiting to deploy capital… except Do Kwon.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/o7dUP11rZGGDAKE45AV-poFR4vMV7TBxI-luzY4RvrNTXt_n4eK1U2qomzWOqU4_A31Z_H3sJe-iHeLIeDcbv_EV-Hk-Z6OoK2APXLctK73G-5U6e6MQb9jjNcOlf-aSOwbIAaeCITyeG6R_M_p9UViJEz31UzQRP9Q33FjMCG2Q4ibtZEoYvWQDFtrA8w"></figure>Welcome to PvP&nbsp;

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The Goblintown Gazette: Edition 1

Want to read the full report? You can read it on our&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/OriginProtocol/security/blob/master/audits/OpenZeppelin%20-%20Origin%20Dollar%20Convex%20-%20October%202022.pdf">GitHub</a>.In line with our commitment to security, Origin Protocol has commissioned&nbsp;<a href="https://www.openzeppelin.com/security-audits">OpenZeppelin</a> to review and audit new OUSD Convex strategies. The audit has been successfully completed, with no critical or high severity issues.Auditing the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, Aave, and others, OpenZepellin sets the standard for smart contract auditing. We’re thrilled to announce our latest audit for new strategies coming to OUSD, conducted by <a href="https://blog.openzeppelin.com/origin-dollar-audit-2/">OpenZeppelin</a>.We are excited to integrate the OUSD-3Crv strategy, which&nbsp;will help increase Origin Dollar’s yield to mid-single digits&nbsp;with the same best-in-class OUSD security and convenience.<h2>New Strategies Using Convex</h2>OUSD has developed two new strategies for <a href="https://jamesbachini.com/stablecoin-strategies/">generating yield</a>, the Convex Generalized Meta Strategy and the Convex OUSD Meta Strategy.As a refresher, Curve is a decentralized exchange that allows users to trade or provide liquidity to earn fees and rewards. Curve’s 3Pool (3CRV) consists of USDC, USDT and DAI, allowing users to deposit these tokens and traders to trade between them. Our original integration with Convex and Curve two years ago has allowed us to use this strategy.&nbsp;The Convex Generalized Meta Strategy allows us to utilize pools that pair 3CRV with other stablecoins, such as OUSD. Pairing 3CRV with OUSD to deposit into the OUSD3CRV pool allows traders to trade between OUSD, USDC, USDT and DAI. &nbsp; This liquidity position will be deposited into Convex Finance to earn staking rewards in the form of CRV and CVX, and trading fees from the pool.The difference between the strategies is that the OUSD Minting Strategy is able to mint OUSD to deposit into the OUSD3CRV pool to keep it balanced. The strategy has to burn the minted OUSD when they are withdrawn, so there is no dilution of OUSD. Furthermore, OUSD tokens held by a contract are non-rebasing by default, so the yield generated for holders are not diluted as well.We see the minting strategy as an exceptional breakthrough, as other yield aggregators are unable to replicate it without their own stablecoin.<h2>Audit Findings</h2>A total of 14 issues have been found, the highest being a medium security issue which has been resolved:&nbsp;<ul><li>Critical Severity - 0</li><li>High Severity - 0&nbsp;</li><li>Medium Severity - 1 (1 resolved)</li><li>Low Severity - 9 (5 resolved, 1 partially resolved)</li><li>Notes and Additional - 4 (3 resolved)</li></ul><h2>What Was the Medium Severity Issue?&nbsp;</h2>In several instances where the strategies utilized their token balances, the strategies did not validate if the balances match the expected or specified value. This means it did not account for tokens that can be sent to the contract directly, or assumed the contract has received the expected number of tokens.&nbsp;For example, if the minting strategy attempted to burn all its OUSD tokens, it would fail if its balance exceeds the specified range, which could occur if someone sends OUSD directly to the contract.&nbsp;This has been fixed in a commit by OUSD developers.<h2>Higher APY, Same Security</h2>At OUSD, we maintain our philosophy of security first to give our users the best risk-adjusted yields in DeFi. Even as we are confident in the ability of our engineers to ship secure code, and rightly so seeing the results of the audit, we patiently wait for audits before deployment of new contracts.&nbsp;There are no shortcuts to security, and OUSD embodies this.&nbsp;Other new strategies built on top of Curve, Convex, Aave and Compound are being built and can be monitored on our&nbsp;<a href="https://vote.ousd.com/#/">governance page</a>. The same security processes will be followed for these strategies.&nbsp;If you do not hold OUSD to earn passive yield right into your crypto wallet, you can acquire OUSD through a decentralized exchange aggregator like&nbsp;<a href="https://matcha.xyz/markets/1/0x2a8e1e676ec238d8a992307b495b45b3feaa5e86/0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48">matcha.xyz</a>, centralized exchanges such as Kucoin or Gate.io, or use our own app on&nbsp;<a href="https://ousd.com/swap">OUSD.com</a>. &nbsp;

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New OUSD Convex Yield Strategies for Higher Yield, Audited by OpenZeppelin

Origin recently set off for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hapskorea.com/blockchain-week-in-busan-2022-begins/">Blockchain Week Busan</a> to discuss the current state of NFT infrastructure and exciting innovations stemming from the space. The city's mayor is doubling down on support for crypto, with the goal of making Busan a leading destination for blockchain.The three day event featured keynotes from the likes of CZ and a presentation from Origin’s very own Eric Charles.<h2>Why We Went to BWB 2022</h2>Origin has cultivated a thriving South Korean community since launching OGN in early 2020. In August, our co-founder Josh Fraser&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-chats-ousd-and-stablecoin-innovation-at-buidl-asia-35ed01059acd">gave a presentation</a> on OUSD at Seoul’s BUIDL Asia.Our latest visit focused on tapping into the country’s rising NFT community. BWB allowed us to connect with leading brands and public companies entering blockchain, and specifically NFTs. Meeting these brands and companies aligns with Origin’s mission to disrupt marketplaces across industries, as we’ve done with&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/the-first-real-estate-sale-via-nft-marketplace-executed-on-origin-protocols-story-marketplace-487127a5a77">Roofstock and the real estate industry</a> as well as web3-native NFT collections.&nbsp;<h2>Eric Charles Presentation on “Fragmentation of NFT Marketplaces”</h2>Origin’s Business Development manager Eric Charles gave an enlightening presentation on fragmentation in the current NFT marketplace landscape.Opensea remains the industry leader. However, its generic feature set is simply not equipped to accommodate the growing hunger for unique, custom marketplaces for all creators.NFTs have the potential to revolutionize a number of industries, from gaming and music to real estate and beyond. Branded marketplaces offer potentially the best positioning to serve this array of utility. &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Iv5w2iWJovPqBMQ8wMeL2bWVsqCbseKLcP22KQEzVVRfHkwCSdH5vCxYjIbW241AezcyPBMswgQrubf_8ib2eSYddmelAcT6UDZmWqWaNyi5sslqqzEjCdmoLQFTl8hHulc2VVl2Fbnio69MrNFAZqovbPmQOw86muK71HQs5-gmPY9J60UqUvrvt7mkXA" alt="Origin Protocol Blockchain Week"></figure>Eric laid out the vision for Origin Story’s&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/introducing-collections-branded-marketplaces-powered-by-origin-story-7b89f189ebd">white label NFT marketplaces</a> in impressive fashion.&nbsp;Origin has collaborated with&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/nft-collections-using-origin-story-to-power-their-marketplaces-35d093586867">leading NFT brands</a> to create feature-rich native marketplaces since its inception in July. Most recently, Origin built the first NFT marketplace for physical real estate in partnership with property giant RoofStock.Our partnership with RoofStock is a first foray into disrupting multi-trillion dollar industries plagued by redundancies. The first sale commanded just 3% in fees, well below industry norms of ~10%. This highlights the incredible potential of NFTs to drive real value to end-users, even beyond crypto natives.The industry is rapidly moving towards NFT innovation in the real world. Such use cases will naturally need their own platforms to facilitate exchange.However, as Eric noted, there’s more than enough space for generic and white label marketplaces to coexist. The current competition can be likened to Shopify and Amazon – both thriving marketplaces targeting distinctly different use cases.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YNZ_58iY7JYtzxw4egv-1hF9VV4Ed8KD6uxv62ptbFhemmgYv8T64vAQKe11c1w8RYC3C2VE-z92gIguVY78g2agSXALiEqxacslYP0kweA2WS9tDGH6WZE01MOR6-1G5g4tKpGBTU_Ii1gNHp0LkGC53e8F4dCqJcgFGBthPniRkQPFuzLUFTIPotqvqw" alt="Eric Charles and Origin Protocol In Korea"></figure>Eric's presentation on the fragmentation of NFT Marketplaces<h2>Origin Protocol Eliminates Siloes Between NFT Marketplaces</h2>Story’s marketplaces provide a native, holistic overview of collections. By aggregating official listings from major generic marketplaces, users are able to view the best deals on offer across the space.&nbsp;<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/FmCQW3uOSXpCv0H4KDP95oRqoqYBHRZj25W-LRTafXGmBAs4yo6rfQK6Fq8Re6MQc3VX6s8QH9qtpyPn2O-qdBUqrZKe6Tn1xzxa2Wm6kiNbWKqG4xM_FLK5rWcfoXVxUW0PGoDy8ehDp7py9MyIesthtJNIrHsvzpc1lLbgYLPAcAsvep_ar-3OGbvCqw" alt="Powered by Origin Story">The official&nbsp;<a href="http://pudgymarket.com/">Pudgy Penguins marketplace</a>, powered by Origin StoryFurther, Story’s platforms include comprehensive analytics dashboards. These dashboards are tailor-made for partnered projects to provide collectors with key metrics. These metrics are sourced from data across the space to guide collectors’ decision-making, without having to use third party tools.<h2>Developing a marketplace with Origin Story</h2>If you’re a creator interested in working with Origin Story to launch a branded marketplace or a primary NFT sale, please get in touch with our team via&nbsp;partnerships@story.xyz.

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Origin Protocol at Blockchain Week In Busan

Want to read our RFC on the MakerDAO forum? It’s right&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip87-ousd-decentralized-rewards/18216">here</a>.&nbsp;MakerDao recently passed&nbsp;<a href="https://mips.makerdao.com/mips/details/MIP13c3SP12#specification">proposal</a> MIP13c3-SP12 as a declaration of intent to invest in short-term bonds/treasuries to earn yield on Maker’s idle stablecoins. Stablecoin holdings currently represent over 50% of Maker’s treasury, and Maker targets a yield-to-maturity of 1%.&nbsp;According to the Maker forums, the organization aims to invest in liquid, low-risk investment strategies. It recently ratified MIP-81 to earn yield on USDC via Coinbase to the tune of $1.6 billion; however, this proposal maintains counterparty risk from several parties, which Maker addressed it wants reduced in MIP13c3-SP12. Through scaling Maker’s exposure to DeFi money markets, the organization can earn yield in a decentralized manner while maintaining full custody of its assets.&nbsp;Earning yield via OUSD will help scale Maker’s exposure to DeFi money markets, as yield is optimized between leading blue-chip protocols Aave, Curve, Convex, and Compound. Average yields from OUSD are higher than direct lending, as yields are optimized between protocols weekly.<h2>TL;DR: Origin’s MakerDAO Proposal MIP87</h2>MIP-87 enables MakerDAO to deploy its USDC into OUSD to earn yield without going through a centralized service or giving up custody of their funds. OUSD generates yield via Compound, Aave, Curve and Convex. OUSD uses the DAI, USDC, and USDT that it’s collateralized with to earn yield on these platforms. Yields are distributed daily, automatically rebasing in user wallets in the form of additional OUSD.OUSD has undergone&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.ousd.com/security-and-risks/audits">multiple security audits</a> by Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin, Solidified and Certora, with the next audit reports being published in the coming weeks. We suggest Maker start with a $100m allocation and mint OUSD via a custom module that supports PSM. This way, Maker can&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/makerdao/dss-direct-deposit/tree/v2">direct deposit</a> its USDC, remaining completely within its custody and fully decentralized. We are aligned with MakerDAO’s&nbsp;<a href="https://makerdao.world/en/learn/MakerDAO/core-principles/">core principles</a> and believe OUSD allows MakerDAO to remain as decentralized as possible, while putting its stablecoins to work.To align incentives between MakerDAO and Origin Dollar’s governance, Maker will receive OGV, the governance token associated with OUSD. At a $100M allocation to OUSD, Maker will receive 1% of OGV supply. At a $600M allocation to OUSD, Maker will receive 3% of OGV supply. As Maker scales its stablecoin strategy with OUSD, we are prepared to offer Maker increasing OGV allocations.OGV is used to vote on which protocols are utilized to earn yield on stablecoins and the proportions of stablecoins backing OUSD. Moreover,&nbsp;<a href="https://governance.ousd.com/stake">OGV stakers</a> earn protocol revenue associated with OUSD.&nbsp;<h2>Addressing Risk in Short-Term Bonds/Treasuries</h2>The prices of bonds and Treasuries have an inverse relationship to the amount of yield it generates. For example, if a 1-year bond was issued at an interest rate of 1%, redeemable for $100 and has a market price of $100, its yield would be 1%. But if interest rates rise to 3% and new bonds are issued, the market would no longer be willing to pay $100 for the previous bond, and its price should decline to approximately $98 for a yield of 3%.&nbsp;This is exactly what happened when the Federal Reserve raised rates––we can see from the chart below that US 2 Year Treasury Notes have declined by approximately 6.6% in the past year.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/cQHhn622hSkY35uRZr9qOKjtSD7fMyMW6dLVVX45ZfdZOe0ipuH5V_TyYZ1h4laxbh8az4aqJcaaqX4JyZqVoJBhSSZKErUknorTyV3po2AOl7Rgl4LRCyGTRYaAm8CFLix2HX3yfQdOewwnFzB5PPn8AFcL4JhoBxUj4cxTCMhMKc3iKDBYeHPtechjqA"></figure>If MakerDAO had $1 billion invested in these 1 year ago and had to liquidate their position due to redemptions, they would have suffered a huge loss. Furthermore, the fear of USDC depositors being unable to redeem their money at face value may cause bank runs and instability in DAI’s peg.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>Regulatory and Mismanagement Risks</h2>Regulatory and mismanagement risks when dealing with centralized parties include but are not limited to:<ul><li>Lack of incentive alignment<ul><li>Counterparties do not have strong incentives to act in Maker’s best interests.</li><li>Counterparties managing the funds could take on higher risk bonds in order to pocket the difference or earn higher performance fees.&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Lack of transparency<ul><li>Unlike DeFi, we are unable to monitor real-time transactions that counterparties take. If they decide to deploy capital into junk bonds or speculative assets, how would MakerDAO know?&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Regulatory uncertainty<ul><li>With the Tornado Cash&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosemariemiller/2022/10/26/tornado-cash-sanctions-by-us-treasury-draw-outrage-suits-from-crypto-community/?sh=70944cea584c">sanction</a> and bZx&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8590-22">charges</a>, we do not know how regulatory parties would respond to MakerDAO deploying money into US Treasuries.&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>The lack of precedent and transparency along with increased uncertainties and complexities may not bode well for DAI’s stability during turbulent market periods. If the party managing funds goes bankrupt, what and how long is the asset recovery process? Does MakerDAO have any legal recourse if counterparties become bad actors? We have had several reminders this year that funds are never truly secure when keys are handed to a third party.&nbsp;<h2>Counterparty Risks &amp; How OUSD is Different</h2>While we recognize the legitimacy of the MIP-86, MIP-81, and GUSD PSM proposals made in response to MIP13c3-SP12, we believe OUSD better aligns with Maker’s core principle of decentralization. Moreover, earning yield through centralized custodians introduces counter party risk, which isn’t applicable to OUSD.&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip81-coinbase-usdc-institutional-rewards/17703">MIP81</a> proposed by Coinbase requests $1.6B from MakerDAO to earn interest via Coinbase institutional rewards. The USDC yield Coinbase offers Maker is 100bps on the first $100M, and 10bps more APY on each $100M thereafter. However, Coinbase’s political activism and lawsuits involving exchange crashes, securities violations, and TornadoCash sanctions bring about significant regulatory uncertainty.Gemini’s Proposal:&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.makerdao.com/t/gusd-makerdao-partnership-announcement/18140">PSM GUSD</a> requests a portion of Maker’s treasury to be swapped into GUSD. If Maker’s PSM holds ≥$100M GUSD, Gemini will pay Maker at a rate of 1.25% APY, monthly. If the PSM holds less than $100M, however, Maker earns nothing. Consideration should also be given to Gemini’s recent lawsuits filed against the trading platform by the CFTC and IRA Financial, as the repercussions from these lawsuits may increase volatility around GUSD.&nbsp;Lastly, CoinShare’s&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip86-coinshares-usdc-institutional-rewards/17900">MIP86</a> requests $500M of funds from the PSM to earn yield via its platform’s USDC institutional rewards. CoinShares aims for a variable 2.28% APY through investment in traditional financial assets. However, given uncertainties in the macro environment, paired with the significant losses CoinShares sustained from its UST holdings, we believe this proposal exposes Maker to high counter party risks.&nbsp;We believe it’s important for Maker to diversify its yield strategies to mitigate counter party risks. OUSD offers a solution to the increasing counter party risks from the aforementioned centralized entities.<h2>Solution: On-chain Yield Generation via OUSD</h2>The layered risks and opacity of using a third party and investing in bonds seems egregious when compared to DeFi alternatives such as OUSD. By deploying yield-generating strategies on-chain via blue-chip protocols Compound, Aave, Curve and Convex, OUSD has significantly more transparency and liquidity than the alternatives. MakerDAO would be able to monitor transactions that are executed with a timelock and maintain full custody of their OUSD, which is redeemable for the underlying stablecoins DAI, USDC, or USDT at any time.&nbsp;As of 10/28/2022, OUSD’s 30-day and 365-day trailing APY is 2.1% and 9.2%, respectively. This is much higher than MIP13c3-SP12’s target yield of 1%. Origin Protocol, the team behind OUSD, has been established since 2017, maintains a $100m+ treasury, and has raised $38.1M from top investors including Pantera, Spartan Group, Foundation Capital and BlockTower Capital.&nbsp;OUSD has also undergone&nbsp;multiple security audits by Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin, Solidified and Certora, with the next audit reports scheduled to release by the end of October.<h2>Origin’s MIP87: Make Your Voice Heard</h2>We believe Origin Protocol’s OUSD is fully aligned with MakerDAO and its declaration of&nbsp;<a href="https://mips.makerdao.com/mips/details/MIP13c3SP12#specification">intent</a>. Hence, we propose&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip87-ousd-decentralized-rewards/18216">MIP87</a>, which enables MakerDAO to deploy its USDC into OUSD to earn yield on its USDC, while remaining as decentralized as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;Putting MakerDAO’s balance sheet into bonds under a centralized party’s hands poses a threat not only to the protocol, but every other DeFi protocol that utilizes DAI. We encourage web3 users and MKR holders to get involved on the MakerDAO&nbsp;<a href="https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip87-ousd-decentralized-rewards/18216/4">forum</a> and vote on future governance&nbsp;<a href="https://vote.makerdao.com/polling">polls</a>.&nbsp;

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Origin Protocol's MakerDAO Proposal MIP87: Scaling Maker’s Exposure to DeFi Money Markets

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October 2022 Token Holder Updates: OGN, OGV, & OUSD

We’re excited to welcome Business Development powerhouse and crypto veteran Amit Patel to Origin’s core team!<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/sUsyZoETnkkPbZr0KWKG1yctBWmG_iFC5KSkZA4QC_PysDMBTfXVyudW-NcHuyAwNd9KNMg9l942YEnO5m6KeEbYo94e7OLzzNm-lCyuIkIt4t1QPUrgC3H9MfxA5Zix2d0XNsxoUpxk1d671r-dgyVnA31F4ni8UbxtkABTG8HApI3XKrrCrCkIb6NsSw" alt="Amit Patel Origin Protocol">Taking the helm as Origin Story’s Head of Business Development, Amit has big plans to grow the platform, armed with over 15 years of experience growing major Silicon Valley startups.As Lyft’s 7th employee, Amit played a crucial role in building the company from the ground up. Lyft’s co-founders John and Logan often went to Amit to test experimental projects. After leading these projects for several years, Amit founded the company’s b2b arm Lyft Business which now drives over $1B in annual revenue.&nbsp;Under his leadership, his team solidified corporate partnerships with F500 companies including Delta, Apple, McKinsey, and Facebook. Additionally, he secured strategic partnerships with the top ten US health plans in an effort to provide safe and reliable transport for eligible patients.&nbsp;A true crypto veteran, Amit has been investing in the space since 2013. His passion for blockchain is driven by Web3’s vast potential to disrupt traditional industries across the spectrum.&nbsp;As he explains, “I’m most excited about the intersection of web3 and other industries including healthcare, real estate, music, and travel. There are so many potential applications that it is fascinating to think where the world will be in 5-10 years. As a team,&nbsp; we’re lucky to be in a position to be part of that journey…hopefully a big part!”On joining Origin, Amit was drawn to the team’s wealth of expertise and culture.&nbsp;“I was really impressed by all the talented folks on the team that had deep experience in web2” he states. “For me, it's a strong signal to see exceptional people making the leap into web3 and leaving incredibly established positions in these traditional tech segments.”A thrill seeker at heart (in true Crypto OG fashion), Amit is constantly pushing the boundaries of endurance. Besides scaling Kilimanjaro, he’s biked across Uruguay in six days, and competed in club soccer tournaments in seven countries.Please join us in welcoming Amit to the Origin team! Led by Amit’s vision and expertise, Story is primed to continue its path to disrupting untapped industries in real estate and beyond.

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Amit Patel Comes Along for the Ride: ex-Lyft Executive Now Head of Origin Story BD

We’re excited to welcome virtuoso Data Engineer Jonathan Snow to the Origin team. A seasoned veteran of crypto and fintech, Jonathan has turbocharged growth for a number of brands in the space by building robust data pipelines and automated tools.&nbsp;<img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_01_18_PM_761155c974.png" alt="Jonathan Snow" srcset="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnail_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_01_18_PM_761155c974.png 209w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/small_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_01_18_PM_761155c974.png 500w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/medium_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_01_18_PM_761155c974.png 750w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/large_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_01_18_PM_761155c974.png 1000w," sizes="100vw">Jonathan adopts a strategic mindset that underpins his wealth of experience in driving disruption. “When entering a new space, I tend to build small projects that snowball into larger ones,” he explains, alluding to the several, cross-sector startups he’s built over the years–– spanning everything from marketing to software innovation.As a lifelong entrepreneur, Jonathan started his first business at the age of seven. Fresh out of high school, aged 19, he built Point-of-Sale automation tools for the largest US grocery chain by locations.Since then, he’s developed social media automation tools for the likes of Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, as well as his own enterprises.A crypto native since 2016, Jonathan’s interest in NFTs and DeFi was piqued in 2020, which led him to begin building bots and analytics tools to track market data. Soon after, Jonathan built&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nicejpeg.com/">nicejpeg</a>, offering broader data tooling for the general NFT space. His relentless passion for developing data tools on the cutting edge of current technology has also seen him contribute to a number of DAOs and smart contract development.Nicejpeg prompted Jonathan to dive deeper down the rabbit hole of Web3, leading him to Origin. Recognizing the quality of the products being developed and the diverse, tight-knit team we’ve proudly cultivated, Jonathan has joined the Origin team to innovate on our data processes with his immense skill set.When he’s not riding data flows, Jonathan can be found hitting the slopes on his snowboard, planning his next trip, and hunting for good coffee, company, and croissants.<img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_02_20_PM_adcb65b668.png" alt="Screen Shot 2022-10-24 at 2.02.20 PM.png" srcset="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnail_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_02_20_PM_adcb65b668.png 201w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/small_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_02_20_PM_adcb65b668.png 500w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/medium_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_02_20_PM_adcb65b668.png 750w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/large_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_2_02_20_PM_adcb65b668.png 1000w," sizes="100vw">We’re thrilled to have another passionate builder with an exemplary history of accomplishments among our ranks. Please join us in welcoming Jonathan to the Origin engineering team!&nbsp;

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Let It Snow: Origin Protocol Welcomes Jonathan Snow to Our Core Team

We’re excited to announce a new addition to Origin’s team, Product Designer extraordinaire Matt Bullock.&nbsp;<img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_11_49_PM_61921ef46b.png" alt="Screen Shot 2022-10-24 at 3.11.49 PM.png" srcset="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnail_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_11_49_PM_61921ef46b.png 191w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/small_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_11_49_PM_61921ef46b.png 500w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/medium_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_11_49_PM_61921ef46b.png 750w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/large_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_11_49_PM_61921ef46b.png 1000w," sizes="100vw">Upon entering the space, Matt immediately recognized the many problems with UX and design in crypto as a significant barrier to entry. Having spent four years at Augur as Lead Designer, he’s been contributing to improving the Web3 user experience since its barebones beginnings. His time at Augur led him to Dapper Labs, where he played a critical role in adding a user-friendly crypto custody solution to their wallet.Apart from designing beautiful user experiences to drive further adoption, Matt’s passion for crypto lies with DeFi. He first entered the sector during 2020’s frenetic DeFi summer with a cursory interest that has since grown to an unrelenting commitment to design seamless products and broaden access to these novel, decentralized financial instruments.&nbsp;In joining Origin, Matt is aligning these passions to redesign the OUSD and OGV product experiences from the ground up, in order to make our DeFi offerings as seamless as possible – from OUSD’s dApp to the overall governance experience.“We want users to be able to easily access OUSD and enjoy the simplicity of growing their investment without the worry of taking on risk,” he explains, continuing, “I see the perfect opportunity for a safe, fully decentralized and self custodial interest bearing stablecoin like OUSD to step up and own the sector. I see OUSD as a great product offering and want to help be a part of bringing this to more people.”When he’s not conquering new frontiers in crypto, Matt’s adventurous spirit leads him to the outdoors. An avid cyclist, hiker, traveler and toucher-of-grass, he’s even embarked on an overland journey from Europe to Japan.&nbsp;​<img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_12_25_PM_e946875b00.png" alt="Screen Shot 2022-10-24 at 3.12.25 PM.png" srcset="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnail_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_12_25_PM_e946875b00.png 192w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/small_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_12_25_PM_e946875b00.png 500w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/medium_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_12_25_PM_e946875b00.png 750w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/large_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_3_12_25_PM_e946875b00.png 1000w," sizes="100vw">Please join us in welcoming Matt to the Origin design team – we couldn’t be more excited to have another intrepid explorer among our ranks!

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Origin Protocol Welcomes Matt Bullock as Product Designer for OUSD

Origin Token Holder Update September 2022

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September 2022 Token Holder Updates: OGN, OGV, & OUSD

Please join us in welcoming Origin Protocol’s youngest hire to date: Ryan McNamara.&nbsp;Ryan is a recent graduate from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business but not new to the crypto-sphere. First onboarded to Ethereum’s blockchain via CryptoKitties, Ryan has been an active Ethereum advocate since 2016, starting the cryptocurrency club at his high school in 2017 and running University of Michigan’s Wolverine Blockchain club in 2020.&nbsp;<img src="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_11_45_26_AM_8b71b677d8.png" alt="Ryan McNamara Origin Protocol" srcset="https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbnail_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_11_45_26_AM_8b71b677d8.png 179w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/small_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_11_45_26_AM_8b71b677d8.png 500w,https://cmsmediaproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/medium_Screen_Shot_2022_10_24_at_11_45_26_AM_8b71b677d8.png 750w," sizes="100vw">After seeing a need for cryptocurrency coverage at Detroit media outlet Benzinga, Ryan went full-time at the publication his Junior year. During his time at Benzinga, Ryan grew cryptocurrency readership from the tens of thousands to millions of readers per month, mainly through organic searches and SEO-optimized content.&nbsp;Ryan was first introduced to Origin Protocol via his livestream&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovIIKzeoM1U">Moon or Bust</a>, where he interviewed Matthew Liu a handful of times before meeting in person at NFT.NYC. After hitting it off with the Origin team, Ryan joined Origin last month to build out Origin Protocol’s new blog and manage product announcements pertaining to OUSD and Origin Story.&nbsp;Dedicating just about every hour of his waking life to Crypto Twitter and content management, Ryan is passionate about spreading the word about blockchain technology. In his own words, “One of the largest barriers to mainstream adoption of crypto is education. By educating those about the opportunities that lie within crypto, we can onboard the next billion users to blockchain. Sure, there’s plenty of UX improvements to do, but users need to know why it’s so important to get onboarded to crypto today.”&nbsp;When Ryan’s not writing about crypto, you can find him spending time driving or working on cars. While he loves a good manual transmission, he’s currently sporting a 2011 Ford Fusion with a license plate that reads “Bitcoin”–– a subtle reminder to take profits in the next bull market.&nbsp;As a self-proclaimed hypebeast, Ryan saw the potential for NFTs early. After covering Bored Ape Yacht Club news soon after the mint, he made his first large NFT investment a few days after the MAYC mint. Below is Ryan's Mutant #21468, which he plans on holding for the foreseeable future:&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/JuYXyDLD7HEv4GjQcQD8ua2cTtwgA678eAEhevi14q0x3R1Xwh6zmUOVVRn_5yMe8vc8GKsEc5Kzh1g4ua7spIsMgmAHziZTnn0dQ6McKnL3BsG8N3thNq8LEbH-0Vqu9IZHL12HBGukA0TAjRxO2shWwehwV8NWnesYqJdjNW-OiyUMDWq_Ut1WcQ"></figure>To stay in touch with Ryan, be sure to follow him on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ryanonchain?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>!

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Origin Protocol Welcomes Ryan McNamara As Content Marketing Manager

We’re excited to welcome adrenaline veteran and brand management virtuoso Jan Sammut as Origin’s new VP of marketing!<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/mrpyHhL-5gs3pzdP_HF0K8SYkeoYrMHySVYzaIiW3cjGlLMHk5zPsc1FeNZoOagi7Zh5LI0GnybL32WMPqWNUr8IbF6vNoaWIIaHTBm2_eEpkxcnA091BdQniV5rt-mxGAjeYoU6OcTm0GCYTkH20GiVm84LQukAsP48ob5-0EqmgY4gLqcvuTLuvQ9vRQ" alt="Jan Sammut Origin Protocol"></figure>Jan brings with him a wealth of informed experience, having led marketing teams in the online gaming industry for over a decade. In his four years as a brand manager, he’s worked to elevate global brands including the likes of Nike, Swatch, Oakley, Dolce &amp; Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, and Tag Heuer––although it looks like Jan may be a bigger fan of Audemars Piguet than Tag.Jan claims the rarified title of true crypto OG, having started his trading journey with Ethereum in 2014. Immediately recognizing the space’s vast potential, he founded Europe’s first ICO platform: ICO Malta. Acting as host to 40 ICOs and STOs, the company garnered the Blockchain startup of the year award, after which the company was exited successfully.Testament to his vision and determination, Jan’s passion for blockchain has held steadfast since discovering the industry over 8 years ago. He prides himself on his technical trading expertise, and builds custom trading algorithms in his spare time to streamline his conquest of the three-comma club.&nbsp;Discussing joining Origin, he espouses the playful wisdom of someone who truly understands the psychology of the space. “I loved the vision, passion, and skill set of the team,” he affirms, continuing, “It was evident from the get go that the team are native crypto degens, whilst having the commercial mindset to make this a success.”<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3VaQso2rTY4ifkpl-5g4s1YQLXjkoSUln9fYOcflxygnJbESKtvIg9DKF_MW1wE1SRtl5TLsjmTn9gYcHntjXGrnT6IQ9rp8HNr9kQNCaSYT8SjD-bGDdOhTlhgsDDFqY7Van78u2KCbNZD1fks2UILacsWh2jiXFWXHTVPzSaqpUzTrMdXLpNcEVsMG3g" alt="Jan's Lotus Exige"></figure>When he’s taking a break from crypto, Jan enjoys pushing the limits of his comfort zone in true degen fashion. “The closer I get to death, the more alive I feel. This will not end well”, he jokes, considering his love for snowboarding and a passion for cars that has seen him win three consecutive national championships.&nbsp;Please join us in welcoming Jan to the Origin team! Who better to lead the charge as we embark on our next chapter of trailblazing innovation?

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Welcome Jan Sammut: Serial Entrepreneur Now Origin’s VP of Marketing

We’re excited to announce Justin Charlton, an early Origin investor with 12 years of rockstar experience in corporate finance and strategy consulting, will be joining Origin to head up our finance team. Justin is charged with bringing operational and financial discipline to both of our business units,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.story.xyz/">Origin Story</a> and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/">Origin Dollar</a>.Despite the bear market, Origin is continuing to expand. We’re thoughtfully building out our team, pushing hard on our product development and R&amp;D, and ramping up our marketing and community initiatives. Justin will provide strategic insights and ensure team leads are maximizing ROI and growth potential. Justin brings a lot of enthusiasm and says he joined Origin Protocol because he is confident we could make a top 20 coin together.Justin is an explorer who loves a great adventure, especially in financial markets. His first adventure started at 13, putting his allowance money to good use by investing in Take Two Interactive (TTWO), the creator of Grand Theft Auto. He became an early proponent of Behavioral Finance investment principles and introduced it to a multibillion-dollar international equities fund in his early 20s. In preparation for the next crypto cycle, he’s consolidated his market learnings with other academic research into a trading algorithm that is back-tested to beat “HODL” strategies by more than 10x while dramatically reducing maximum drawdown risk.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/tflFa2ufuf0L5dDo6HwL41dyCoSXE6MdvZ4ogb-qSxrDFQsH7yDUFVOaDl8Zbmm-2taHe6J-T08hHFmr24UwmKExL-tPhKoZkMXtRp-ibjDWrBVgj9SYzmk60OX9AWLgPPfurNHA7a_gO_NKJYLnEe-tyokg70NfBnrx5T6Q2XypkOj89gtubXFOfpDbXA" alt="Justin Ripping His Lambo"></figure>Although Justin is adamant he was a very successful TradFi investor (incl. TTWO, ATVI, and NVDA), the truth is his real big winners came from crypto. Welcome to the club.Justin’s favorite DeFi protocols (other than OUSD) are Maker, Curve, Compound, 1INCH, and Uniswap. During his interview in March 2022, he noted that he doesn’t like LUNA because the yield wasn’t sustainable — great call. He paper handed his NFTs but is looking to scoop some blue chips before the next bull market — perhaps another great call.Prior to Origin, Justin spent seven years in the TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecom) consulting arms of PwC and KPMG. He managed complex executions for multiple multibillion-dollar deals and led global teams in the US, Europe, and APAC. Prior to consulting, Justin received his MBA from Cornell and put together financial plans for launching satellites and rockets into space at Lockheed Martin.When not at work, Justin loves spending time in the great outdoors. He plays tennis, skis, scuba dives, hikes, and camps. He offsets all this activity with copious amounts of BBQ as an amateur Texas pitmaster.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9wg9ER7kTwd7AdQRBqrsbKRnUp3kHo5QdOMri4o08Byxxwdlvo7hSeCs-nKzLx1cfE8Gc_UKqY7ylyz2kTQaudtL87Li3cBitNqwzPpzSnHeKEXc9JlhfrZ7pH1b0HObn3WPgU0fgdkGu1eOlIfbyne_ZuqH_sPNwsluacGLnffSjESGuqWerr6V_cZjRA" alt="Justin Charlton Origin Protocol"></figure>&nbsp;

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Meet Justin Charlton, Head of Finance

&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/KIi8Dnh_l6bG351Zqtez46wtwgn6jlZxy1VJiTbpZVdWQM-okw2relWaWBJIu3q6okV-WSvvw3p4wpuFueOjqAOh9f5S2D_5nLxzgVRkVVmgc2hzzFO-uqTzYf4rySnvjkc5QO9jfEIkFJHVI1q8xWU_9IO6Cly8KNidGdeRPNzXv-44ZugbrJ0QV3KIYg"></figure>We’re adding a world-class product, business strategy, and global operations leader to the Origin executive team. The entire team is ecstatic that Linus Chung (<a href="https://twitter.com/linuschung">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/linuschung/">LinkedIn</a>) is going to take on the reins as VP of Product. Linus’s primary mandate is to scale&nbsp;<a href="http://www.story.xyz/">Origin Story</a> to be the NFT platform of choice for creators worldwide and to ensure OGN delivers enhanced utility and tokenomics to holders.Linus’s first initiative is launching our new OGN staking program, recently approved in our decentralized&nbsp;<a href="https://vote.originprotocol.com/#/proposal/0xf4c6711ce969523cb8f403da80a08492a8185f94bd0a468646b29a8b0d078005">governance vote</a>, that will accrue Story platform fees directly to OGN stakers. Linus will lead the expansion of Story’s platform to branded creator marketplaces, secondary trading, and other exciting new product features. Beyond building a world-class team of product managers, designers, and engineers, he will also work closely with me to build a business development organization that can build long-lasting partnerships with leading brands, gaming/metaverse companies, native NFT artists, and celebrities/influencers alike.Linus is a product visionary and leader with an exemplary track record of scaling products and businesses. He’s taken initially modest user bases and revenues and scaled them 2–10x in multiple instances, and has built products used and loved by millions worldwide. He’s helped multiple organizations scale from early stages through successful IPOs (Coinbase, Pinterest) and also built an international joint venture (LinkedIn China) from the ground up.Most recently, Linus was an executive at Coinbase, serving as Director of Product. While at Coinbase, he held many product leadership positions, including Head of Risk, Head of Growth, and Director of Product for payments. As Head of Growth, Linus led Coinbase’s global customer growth, growth marketing, and international expansion. Under his leadership, Coinbase expanded to 100+ countries, and its customer base grew from 25M to 50M+ in two short years. He also managed the teams that built and scaled some of Coinbase’s fastest-growing products, including Coinbase Earn, Coinbase Card, Coinbase Pay, crypto payroll, gifting, peer-to-peer payments, and international transfers.Prior to Coinbase, Linus also served in senior product roles at iconic companies Pinterest and Tesla. At Pinterest, Linus led a cross-functional team of 40+ people that doubled active users to over 200M.Beyond product, Linus also has extensive experience in business development, corporate development, and global operations. He was a founding member of LinkedIn China, where he led the establishment of the joint venture and served as head of both sales and corporate development. He was essential in bringing a major US Internet company to the Chinese market, one of the most complex markets for foreign technology companies to enter and operate.Perhaps even more important than his decorated experience is Linus’s deep passion for Web3 and NFTs. Linus was an early investor in Origin, participating in our fundraise as an angel investor in 2018. Over the last year, he’s become extremely passionate about NFTs as a transformative medium. His favorite in his collection: Bored Ape #1418,<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eqTTJ8mhdWDXbeC8mVsgvBQjbP3PlZHEo0p-EuX6LWMMOwB9vQ_Lff-YWt3zaPnz5ozJqg3pY3Db8VQ7x4PLAPyx6iD09qehaVmisXE2kp7kyVk-sth7QVDPOFmhgxnLPPiqNcUn5sdGaqATx0Iaaf5f-8oLz6633fLI2xsFh4jXrJrj-9BEVt_LnAu2Iw"></figure><h2 style="margin-left:24pt;">Some of Linus’s favorite NFTs</h2>Linus has deep empathy for both NFT collectors and creators alike, having experienced ups and downs being a crypto degen. He understands tokenomics, Web3 user experiences, and the power of incentives to grow user bases and protocol revenue.I’m especially looking forward to this new working relationship and partnership with Linus because we’ve known each other for 20 years and have always been looking for the right opportunity to build together. Linus and I first met as Stanford students. Throughout the years we’ve been close friends, housemates, confidantes, and co-investors, but this is the first time that we will be able to work together on a daily basis. I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Linus to the Origin family with the full confidence that he will 10x our business like he has so many others in the past.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fAv7MnVmLfb9UOpSKWzQ4Tz9DtBU9EJWhr33lmvQJW1nU0ZmB7u_OA5Se4_0WaI_3HldLuzDCYFsyqMzTQdAvQzk-8_vjWW42AhtepytQZGdd4Wbu-tB4P-fsmDaZfcfE2LVvJUPf241nanL9wV7aBU-30J3lnskKaHRtOCqJUEROq6ahQUXHBBNLIYxhw"></figure>Linus and I as young ApesIf you want to work with 10x product, design, engineering, and BD talent, please apply for our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">open roles</a> and send us a message on our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/discord">Discord</a> or&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/OriginProtocol">Twitter</a>.Learn more about Origin<ul><li>Launch your NFT ecosystem for free on Story:&nbsp;<a href="http://story.xyz/">story.xyz</a></li><li>Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a></li><li>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a></li><li>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/mint">ousd.com/mint</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://trade.kucoin.com/OUSD-USDT">KuCoin</a></li><li>Participate in governance:&nbsp;<a href="http://vote.originprotocol.com/">vote.originprotocol.com</a></li><li>Join our team:&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/originprotocol/jobs">angel.co/originprotocol/jobs</a> &nbsp;</li></ul>

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From Coinbase to Origin — Welcome Linus Chung as VP of Product

Every month, the Origin team publishes a monthly update to our token holders and broader community. Welcome to the&nbsp;September 2021 edition. We are eager to hear feedback and suggestions from our community. Please email support@originprotocol.com for support requests and info@originprotocol.com for general inquiries/comments. Please email nft@originprotocol.com if you are a creator looking to launch NFTs on Origin.<h2>Summary</h2>September was another exciting month for Origin. Continued progress was made on Origin Dollar’s integration into&nbsp;<a href="http://curve.fi/">Curve.fi</a> and we broke NFT records yet again as the result of an exciting collaboration between ourselves, Polygon, and Inspiration4 for SpaceX’s recent Falcon 9 launch. We also announced a crossover partnership with C.R.E.A.M Finance that integrates DeFi with NFTs and announced a major exchange listing for OGN.<h2>Product</h2>One of the most exciting developments for Origin in the month of September was our&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-partners-with-polygon-to-offer-mainstream-layer-2-nfts-15602dca021?source=collection_home---4------4-----------------------">partnership with Polygon</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-and-inspiration4-partner-for-good-acafa7c41eb8">subsequent NFT launch with Inspiration4</a> for the successful Falcon 9 rocket launch by SpaceX. SpaceX is of course led by Elon Musk, a crypto fan and a co-founder of PayPal alongside our founding engineer,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Pan">Yu Pan</a>. All of the NFT sales proceeds go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stjude.org/">St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital</a>®. We sold 63,148 of individual NFTs, smashing the previous record. We were able to sell so many NFTs in part because of the extremely low gas costs for minting NFTs on Polygon, a leading layer 2 solution for Ethereum. Our partnership with Polygon, alongside our support for credit card payments, will allow us to target mainstream audiences with NFTs instead of only serving whales and a niche audience.We also partnered with&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/win-weekly-nfts-when-you-borrow-or-lend-ogn-on-c-r-e-a-m-finance-bcaaf149d296">C.R.E.A.M Finance for an NFT giveaway</a> for OGN borrowers and lenders. The NFTs are from&nbsp;<a href="http://mud.xyz/">Heroes of Evermore</a>, the first text-based NFT-MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) adventure game. We are working with C.R.E.A.M to bridge NFTs, DeFi, and the Metaverse and look forward to building out cool new stuff with them.We continue to make progress on OUSD’s integration into&nbsp;<a href="http://curve.fi/">Curve.fi</a>, one of the largest DEXes by volume and the leading platform for stablecoin swaps in DeFi. Our CRV gauge is now turned on and we are testing OGN rewards for liquidity providers. The next step for us is to become whitelisted on Andre Cronje’s voting incentive or&nbsp;<a href="https://bribe.crv.finance/">bribe tool</a> and to begin our liquidity mining campaign. There are a lot of moving parts and DeFi governance is very complex, but we are close to the finish line for this extremely impactful integration.Cover Protocol, which offered coverage or insurance for OUSD, has decided to shut down. You can still&nbsp;<a href="https://app.nexusmutual.io/cover/buy/get-quote?address=0xE75D77B1865Ae93c7eaa3040B038D7aA7BC02F70">purchase coverage for OUSD</a> on Nexus Mutual, by far the leading coverage provider for DeFi, and we are working on expanding coverage options and deepening our partnership with them.Our token OGN was listed on&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-tokens-ogn-are-now-on-coinlist-9bfbd87d389b?source=collection_home---4------1-----------------------">CoinList</a>. We had previously conducted part of our fundraising on their industry-leading platform.<h2>Token economics</h2>We have made some updates to our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">token dashboard</a>. Currently there are 88,126,977 OGN tokens staked. This is nearly 25% of the entire circulating supply of OGN, showing strong belief in OGN from our holders.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/zJmWpnZJR1468NVMjTBoYNqTpce2uedCjMPCuWhM8FSZ3Wkhh2x9wYmmhB8nX5E4CBuca6Nb1eVbYp2jlrVIGTlkLg79fQkTAiWN3KKxT58P-hl6KBSb4DGZZWGJd23UqsUSFuM6hh_L6y6Dbk48JvIogxT5V0YBaNy7Wao9UrHVVJaGJfufFVEjsIXd"></figure>Circulating supply is currently at 355M compared to a projected 412M tokens. The circulating supply number includes the millions of OGN staked in our staking program, reducing the actual float further.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X8T1RL5pPG6vX-I-Gz5VkD6g_SU-2NUjGNI3l_vi3A8yTe7SrL9s9Q3Oq_odQidmINRYelWhu2qv_y7fm0Kk1dcyRkqtqAY-BnqBPFVexyUniTGzexPAUJQxnAz15b5JibZWDXHgYRLHbrekoKZxSsMc85qtel3HlIsbtcQOQtNO-dkow2mC7avz2l-A"></figure>To this date, no OGN tokens have ever been sold by either Origin co-founder. They have no plans on selling any OGN any time soon.<h2>Community</h2>Previously we held open meetings for OUSD and DeFi updates on our&nbsp;<a href="https://discord.gg/jyxpUSe">Discord server</a> at 11 AM Pacific Time every Monday. We have now opened that meeting up to include NFT related updates. We would love to see you&nbsp;<a href="https://discord.gg/jyxpUSe">join and participate</a>!<h2>Hiring</h2>We are still looking for an experienced Product Manager for our NFT Launchpad, a Social Media Manager, a Full-stack Engineer, a Senior Growth / Marketing Engineer, and a Senior Solidity Engineer. Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">job postings</a>, and come join us or refer your friends!Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/mint">ousd.com/mint</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://trade.kucoin.com/OUSD-USDT">KuCoin</a>Stake your OGN to earn:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/stake">ousd.com/stake</a>Learn more on our company website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>

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September 2021 Origin Token (OGN) Holder Update

This article was originally written in September 2021 on Medium. Information may be outdated.At Origin, we’re committed to bringing NFTs to the mainstream. We believe NFTs can be used to create compelling new use cases for creators across to engage and interact with their fans. Art, collectibles, access tokens, social tokens, and tokens that represent physical merchandise and other items will flourish in the next few years.Today, NFTs are rapidly trading on Origin and other platforms, generating over $3B of sales last month alone. However, the number of NFT creators and buyers still numbers in the hundreds of thousands. As an industry, there’s still a long way to go before NFTs penetrate mainstream audiences. To get there, NFTs need to be cheaper and more accessible to the average user that may be relatively new to crypto.On August 9th, the Origin community&nbsp;<a href="https://vote.originprotocol.com/#/origingov.eth/proposal/Qmd9pm7maUFnDoZwzAhEnGpzReCfCYtiWjZqKHUYykkhM4">voted</a> to support Polygon as the first alternative to Ethereum layer 1 NFTs (ERC-721), which can be costly to mint and transfer. We’re excited to have brought this decision to the community and then rapidly executed, showcasing the power of decentralized governance in shaping Origin’s product roadmap.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DSaYI5SU_Pr-eSLOFBZeaGK3vd7uWomjxGmquSL7B6hp092L7G6AzJ31-QZVdFgAQdZhIAc4TcjzQ0guJmgv4x2JqbZ1BE8juLKyKgXPanQI162f-Q7ii4rvc4x6l9PAEPvxJa8sf0_TOKEZGjJFjh03qwmI4cYqzL4fnwGRwn5q0ZVG0XCEr-NSaxot"></figure>Less than two weeks after the governance vote, we are thrilled to announce that this integration is now complete, opening up a wide range of exciting new opportunities for creators to engage with their audiences through more economical and ultimately, more accessible NFTs. Polygon is a fantastic choice for the first alternative chain to Ethereum for our NFT platform. Polygon’s sidechain technology is very fast and scalable, enabling creators to mint NFTs at ~$0.01 or less. In addition, Polygon boasts one of the strongest and most rabid communities in all of crypto. We’re thrilled to partner with their world-class team and engage with their community on a deep-level.Creators will now be able to select which chain, Ethereum layer 1 or Polygon layer 2, that they want to use to mint their NFTs. Origin’s NFT Launchpad will allow different NFTs from the same creator to exist on different chains, giving the creator fine-grained control over how they want to sell their NFTs to different audiences. Buyers will be able to see which blockchain NFTs exist on before purchasing.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/VXKzHfKyd8t5eSiK6DS0p9mn1Bw9UG4EzeMA_sdvRpdDUsfkco2bnklY5yZeiJM-G0krEYR9iAu-DxJDvD9ON0GrdtItBzipv8D81bYGmaxjusxOOhpyxFxFBlUg207ndJK3nGlSnKJJl-zi6xaHyMjY9KlBJ1_Exn3OT72lDtm5gGw_Veuc67Vdl12b"></figure>Here’s more information on why we’re excited about supporting alternative chains on NFT Launchpad. As one of the leading NFT platforms, Origin has had the privilege of working with numerous high-profile creators. Creators have voiced their desires to make drops accessible to their mainstream audiences, wanting to sell NFTs at $1 to $20 price points while enabling credit card payments. Expensive minting fees on Ethereum, which at times can reach upwards of $100, has often made this very challenging. According to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-02/nft-meaning-majority-of-americans-struggle-to-understand-the-art-craze">survey</a> by Harris Poll conducted for Bloomberg, the median amount Americans were willing to spend on an NFT was just $10, ten times less than the cost to mint a single NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. While this figure will undoubtedly rise as people become more familiar with NFTs and their numerous use cases, it tells us that mainstream adoption depends on lower price points.Furthermore, environmental concerns about Ethereum’s Proof-of-Work consensus methodology has been a mainstay for mainstream media throughout the year. Artists and collectors are beginning to take notice too, with Michael Yamashita having pledged to use proceeds from his&nbsp;<a href="https://nft.michaelyamashita.com/#/">drop</a> on the Origin Launchpad to purchase carbon credits.By enabling Polygon-based NFTs across the entire Origin platform, we are giving creators the opportunity to mint NFTs that are both inexpensive and environmentally sustainable. Now, artists who want to offer affordable NFTs to their fans will be able to do so using the Origin NFT Launchpad and marketplace. This includes creating NFT tickets, access passes, and other utility-driven use-cases that have until now been economically unfeasible.If you are a creator that has been hesitant until now to dive in NFTs because of minting costs and environmental concerns, we invite you to get in touch with our team to discuss performing a drop on Polygon.Looking forward, we anticipate supporting additional chains beyond Polygon layer 2. While we built our initial product and brand as a leader in the NFT space on Ethereum, we are supporters of the cross-chain ethos. Have an opinionated stance on which chain to support next? Create a&nbsp;<a href="http://vote.originprotocol.com/">new proposal</a> on our governance portal and nominate your favorite layer 1 or layer 2 chain for our next partnership integration.Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Participate in governance:&nbsp;<a href="http://vote.originprotocol.com/">vote.originprotocol.com</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="https://ousd.com/">ousd.com</a>Learn more on our company website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>Join our team:&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/originprotocol/jobs">angel.co/originprotocol/jobs</a>

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Origin Partners with Polygon to Offer Mainstream Layer 2 NFTs

As of today, Crypto.com will integrate Origin Protocol’s blog into the&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/price/origin-protocol">Origin Token price page</a> as an official source of news and updates. The additional feature will mean that OGN news and updates will be easily accessible to more than 10 million Crypto.com customers world wide.Crypto.com users can easily stay on top of Origin’s latest updates on its products and services in addition to accessing the latest OGN price, volume, and market capitalization data, all in one easy-to-navigate&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/price/origin-protocol">place</a>. We are excited that our relationship with Crypto.com continues to evolve, greatly helping to increase our global reach.<h2>Origin Tokens Are Available For Trading On Crypto.com</h2>Origin Tokens were first listed on the Crypto.com mobile app in 2020, then&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/crypto-com-exchange-lists-ogn-71cfdbba2dd0">added their exchange in April 2021</a>. As a major player in the cryptocurrency industry, Crypto.com’s listing has made it even easier for users to trade OGN tokens using USD, EUR, GBP, and over 20 other fiat currencies. The platform is a leader in the industry, regularly exceeding a daily trade volume of around $100M. Origin Protocol is thrilled to be continuing to grow our presence on Crypto.com through this latest news feed integration update.<h2>About Crypto.com</h2>Founded in 2016, Crypto.com has grown into a fully-fledged and well-known international cryptocurrency hub in just a few short years. Its crypto ecosystem consists of the&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/app">Crypto.com App,</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/exchange">Crypto.com Exchange</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/defi-wallet">Crypto.com DeFi Wallet</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/defi/swap">DeFi Swap</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/defi-wallet#earn">Crypto Earn,</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/credit">Crypto Credit</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/price/">Price Page</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/nft/marketplace">NFT marketplace</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/defi/dashboard/gas-fees">Ethereum Gas Fees Tracker</a>, and many other services. Crypto.com works with regulatory institutions all over the globe and aims to bring you the most convenient way to buy, sell, trade, and spend cryptocurrencies. The Crypto.com App allows users to buy over 100 top cryptocurrencies at true cost, to earn high interest on their crypto, to manage their Crypto.com Visa Cards, and to easily make crypto payments, along with many other rewarding features. The company’s Crypto.com DeFi Wallet is non-custodial, so users can have full control of their private keys.<h2>About Origin Protocol</h2>Founded in 2017, Origin Protocol has worked to enable blockchain-powered commerce and decentralized finance. The project’s goals are to reduce/remove unnecessary transaction fees charged by intermediaries, promote open and censorship-resistance commerce, and give early ecosystem participants stakes in the commerce network as it grows over time. Origin’s ecosystem is made up of utility of governance in the form of Origin Token, passive yield farming through its stablecoin Origin Dollar, and revenue generating commerce from the Origin NFT Launchpad.Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://crypto.com/exchange/trade/spot/OGN_USDT">Crypto.com</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a>Stake and earn Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/pos">https://www.binance.com/en/pos</a>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="https://ousd.com/">ousd.com</a>Launch your decentralized store:&nbsp;<a href="https://originprotocol.com/dshop">originprotocol.com/dshop</a>Learn more on our company website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>Join our team:&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/originprotocol/jobs">https://angel.co/originprotocol/jobs</a>

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Origin’s News Feed Is Now Fully Integrated on Crypto.com

Please give a warm welcome to Eric Charles. Eric brings his 7+ years managing relationships and closing deals at multiple successful technology companies to Origin. He will be working with prospective creators, brands, and influencers to drive new partnerships for our growing NFT business. Eric has already hit the ground running by helping us refine our partnership/sales strategy as well as creating the necessary systems and processes for us to really begin scaling our NFT Launchpad. Expect Eric to play a pivotal role as we expand from a few marquee NFT drops a week towards the greater vision of democratizing NFT creation and sales to many more creators.Eric’s work with creators and brands includes experience co-founding and running a boutique marketing agency, Bredfor, that connects brands with influencers. He’s worked on campaigns for companies like Poshmark and Hopper, connecting them with many large influencers that he’s developed personal relationships with. Eric has deep sales experience and was one of the first 250 employees of sharing economy powerhouse Lyft. At Lyft, he was a founding member of Lyft’s first B2B product that is now a $1B+ revenue stream within their business. Eric’s experience also includes helping generate over $50M in net revenue at Tophatter, a discovery-based marketplace, where he managed the US team’s top third-party sellers.Eric’s passion for NFTs and empowering creators stems from his love of video games growing up, where he first familiarized himself with virtual currencies and digital goods. Today, he is the proud owner of Bored Ape #2903.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/1lHV5hmy9E37T5T0K3fxRaWzqdYTB5Hm88lIs5W1q1RrJehzLPHe715l1nwRKYOXMMX-_q4P6HSUVgOC0WraDseTuQsve1HohSKQphG96y4swzXsV97DCTyHKEK0ZlzFrZlOyG9eREYsLNPNB_ZubNKOTLnNhXn8q_-BPf5DNlSTG7T9OBKf6lMjj7nr"></figure>In the physical world, Eric is an avid basketball player, having played NCAA Basketball at University of California, Santa Cruz. He’s also the proud parent to Winnie, a 1-year-old Yorkshire Terrier puppy.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/dbr7-1ZgdzRMwVNZzDIY4cF9sVYJ9QneHx_ep0jQVA8rCPJLz6y0k3gN3Ez3yUCKYbRilGxIFXJC54rVBHkw9u3cZrDEHCJQvEUxxz6FAeZSjEVpAC3T81YlrEoH3Khf3dzDOLFM1aMJdQEi9qYyJuHd1S_E6vdjGZWPTFyi4ZxaQzXA8ZjRQBCw-WmQ"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/htpkUclxTXOWjWGf0FePjN0q2xyRY_MgamXz14ILDXgTJ0H57Sl-POE063nqAJONPPx1KV4X8cGrp6rkivrkWZuMT0DewQjCwR8Eu0gplBfRfLm30EiCPWPe83q2Apw13YMVNSZH25JHYDsjinv9D6SX1R5vUqPKBgwiD_b7jQvpcNurmbVKiG8UY_13"></figure>In his own words:“NFTs resonate with me because of the options they provide artists and creators. As we continue to move towards a world where the creator economy is growing exponentially, I feel changes should be made to help empower anyone and everyone to create content. After all I’ve spent countless hours on Instagram / YouTube consuming and learning from creators, and strongly support any way to help them continue doing what they do best!”If you’re interested in working with Eric and other members of our mission-driven team, check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">open roles</a>.Learn more:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coinbase.com/price/origin-token">Coinbase</a>,<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD"> Coinbase Pro</a>,<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE"> Binance</a>,<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/"> Huobi</a>,<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN"> Upbit</a>Get interest-bearing Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="https://ousd.com/">ousd.com</a>Check out upcoming NFT drops:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>Join our team:&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/originprotocol/jobs">angel.co/originprotocol/jobs</a>

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Welcoming Eric Charles to Origin

Every month, the Origin team publishes a monthly update to our token holders and broader community. Welcome to the July 2021 edition. We are eager to hear feedback and suggestions from our community. Please email support@originprotocol.com for support requests and info@originprotocol.com for general inquiries/comments. Please email nft@originprotocol.com if you are a creator looking to launch NFTs on Origin.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/QjpApPNU2YWP8WQ0jjdj-gCIfAfOyw_NzWUICeENfwsXje2wlX7iCs_VJ7drGUeDogu_05JbScw-fI3UqGZYrGAIDYWbeiBHRJ7pu3UbHXpEZHxTYNE0ivrXsG2kJBSKvA7W2gHrXMSClpwQLmqN7DlSpLzmr4PuaD1Cy-c7HZskmekduaE4bE1yu2dAtQ"></figure><h2>Summary</h2>It has been a busy month at Origin. We announced a major upgrade to our NFT platform with&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/introducing-nft-marketplaces-by-origin-61feb5f91d07?source=collection_home---4------0-----------------------">NFT Marketplaces by Origin</a> and launched several drops by notable creators. Our token, OGN, was also listed on one of the biggest and most established crypto exchanges in the world. Our team has been doing a lot more in-person connecting and collaboration as things begin to normalize from the pandemic.<h2>Product</h2>NFT Marketplaces by Origin will be an important addition to our NFT offerings. We will now enable creators to host their own custom and curated marketplaces for secondary trading of their NFTs. This means creators can control the entire experience and interact directly with their community instead of listing their NFTs on a generic marketplace. Just recently, we announced our partnership with&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/trevor-jones-don-diablo-and-alotta-money-launch-%CE%BEth%CE%BEr%CE%BEal-on-origins-nft-launchpad-f62f5e2c9629">Trevor Jones, Don Diablo, and Alotta Money</a> to bring NFT fans the precedent-setting&nbsp;<a href="https://ethboy.co/">ΞTHΞRΞAL collection</a>, commemorating the 6-year anniversary of the Ethereum network launch (July 30, 2015). We also announced drops by&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/iconic-photojournalist-michael-yamashita-to-release-the-m-y-earth-nft-collection-cebfb796609b?source=collection_home---4------4-----------------------">Michael Yamashita</a>, a c<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/george-lopez-ali-sabet-and-blk-prl-to-launch-exclusive-cha-cha-lucha-nft-collection-264b822e39b3?source=collection_home---4------6-----------------------">ollaboration between George Lopez, Ali Sabet, and BLK PRL</a>, and a drop by EDM legends&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-partners-with-pendulum-to-release-an-nft-collection-celebrating-their-latest-ep-806c1f5001de?source=collection_home---4------2-----------------------">Pendulum</a>.On the token front, Kraken, one of the oldest and most respected crypto exchanges in the world,&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-tokens-are-coming-to-kraken-one-of-cryptos-biggest-oldest-exchanges-1fdbe48a1e1f?source=collection_home---4------5-----------------------">listed OGN</a> in July. We also continued to improve OUSD and recently created a Curve factory pool for OUSD and 3CRV (USDT, USDC, DAI). You can add liquidity&nbsp;<a href="https://crv.to/pool">here</a> by searching OUSD or view the pool on Etherscan&nbsp;<a href="https://crv.to/pool">here</a>. OUSD has also been integrated into the popular DeFi aggregator&nbsp;<a href="https://zerion.io/">Zerion</a>. A huge new group of users will now learn about and be able to acquire OUSD easily from their portfolio manager. We are executing a strategy to get OUSD more integrated into the DeFi ecosystem and are pleased with the early results.<h2>Token economics</h2>July saw little change in OGN staking numbers from June. We are re-configuring how we track locked tokens so look to an update to our&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/dashboard">OGN token dashboard</a> soon.Circulating supply is currently at 316M compared to a projected 368M tokens. The circulating supply number includes the millions of OGN staked in our staking program, reducing the actual float further.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/dpCXJN4Evx9dOD_bLdHzGecCfrWGyNJVPXMStbC235jVR_ToilmcdsG9g3e3x-R3nEOAF6vwWQ_6Iex-avIW9z-GkxdVLJ4drjRu8LyISed4EJWEqUBkPFhCjpwWZ6RKy_4I-mELefiQXoRSqqB_51UsqpoT9AWRxtbfZdLsmUc9-wXXDfidmta40mmx9Q"></figure>To this date, no OGN tokens have ever been sold by either Origin co-founder. They have no plans on selling any OGN any time soon.<h2>Community</h2>One of the best parts of being at Origin is welcoming new faces to the Origin family. We welcomed Chase to our team a while back but made the&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/welcoming-chase-colman-to-the-origin-family-c8a2a3c12f72?source=collection_home---4------1-----------------------">official announcement</a> recently. We also welcomed&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/welcoming-william-tong-to-the-origin-team-f7227f5721ca?source=collection_detail----6338b5533e9a-----2-----------------------">William Tong</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/welcoming-jon-youshaei-as-origins-first-creator-in-residence-13629c1d728c">Jon Youshaei</a> who will work alongside our top creators and help them navigate the path to artistic freedom through NFTs. Origin co-founder&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/matthewliu">Matthew Liu</a> took questions from our Reddit community at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/originprotocol/">/r/originprotocol</a> and conducted an AMA on all things Origin on Twitter Spaces.Many of our team members were able to get together in Los Angeles this month and visit with various NFT Collectors and people interested in the space. William Tong, our NFT people connector extraordinaire, also traveled to Paris to attend EthCC this month. NFTs were a huge part of the conference and we were able to make valuable relationships with important stakeholders while there. We want to give a special shout-out to John Legere, former CEO of T-Mobile and now passionate NFT collector. John has participated in multiple drops by Origin and is a pleasure to interact with.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6kCV6PlbTxdIFLEIszxkBsPmUFqXgGWxuXOOfNcQSX9Xu7_lNCTkZcYZgw59M4HPs31U9UAzq_wrkMYdXOhVfevfu5aClLO7XlTBp55EyTyRUsWdIz57Dg0POlDQdOVFHNNrD-uzpdF16F1tcYgRmbVQEzusfAkE1U7J0j4_ADX5fqVvWAwdnxo2OjnB-Q"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7adk24pcKQV-FgP_PwgCzwuPaky9G5OnRLR0i4VxL7m6ynXMu1tSZjU4fvbmFvDO7M0NZ_Jltuppr_VcbofNW3v0pOmBYaMm_qK3eF5T3NQ1b0mHqXLPCo8ILr7dwuA0IwnMIAf-McpFnt8Hm_C0OdwiaaWvgYjXYRpoBAWhacVYQ_XuPFWR-n9YNwlAyQ"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Qt2WsGUSXM7AMWVmyzQv2Vn9TpDPG97xJXja8YleSDZbzlT7-BuPMhXITJ18xZF8V4YPKtTcSIfCuWlF0xuW8un8VGK58pQYv37uWIzbuNUXunATnc98X1ZtbpmEn4Cu-jk-WIRUglkwsF-BS-H_JSVBaT0iJ3q4wn2M_0m-AP_Fyn8fpLcb4hoSGtOOZQ"></figure>The Origin team visiting the legendary West Coast Customs in LA<h2>Hiring</h2>We are still looking for an experienced Product Manager for our NFT Launchpad, a Social Media Manager, a Full-stack Engineer, a Senior Growth / Marketing Engineer, and a Senior Solidity Engineer. Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">job postings</a>, and come join us or refer your friends!Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/mint">ousd.com/mint</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://trade.kucoin.com/OUSD-USDT">KuCoin</a>Stake your OGN to earn:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/stake">ousd.com/stake</a>Learn more on our company website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>

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July 2021 Origin Token (OGN) Holder Update

Every month, the Origin team publishes a monthly update to our token holders and broader community. Welcome to the June 2021 edition. We are eager to hear feedback and suggestions from our community. Please email support@originprotocol.com for support requests and info@originprotocol.com for general inquiries/comments. Please email nft@originprotocol.com if you are a creator looking to launch NFTs on Origin.<h2>Summary</h2>It’s been another great month for Origin as we continue to make progress on all fronts. One of the largest personal finance apps in the world made OGN available for purchase and trading. Paris Hilton, the original influencer, joined Origin as an advisor and investor. OGN was listed on more important exchanges and we also announced that&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/gannett-usa-today-network-launches-the-first-newspaper-delivered-to-the-moon-nft-collection-7ea2b50ce0cd">Origin is going to the moon with NFTs</a>!<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/LaIWL3UCQG_CPEachNmEgPh6d_v-xBl7oC3TuPdQkDn9BxB1aVK4zwW5XQCqMRJmSdtdHTEH08jFF5BWEaByY1_0AXZJ73OyvJNQKtnTzjw3H32cFg05sOx5F0YxYGqK5W4dQY2DMG_fd-390mn7m0AW_v_21MfvvuyMpDGvJz307DVDTV3CxXCwbDEaOA"></figure>Origin will be helping USA Today auction off an NFT for the first newspaper delivered to the moon<h2>Product</h2>We were thrilled to learn that we were one of the few crypto assets&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/financial-superapp-revolut-adds-origin-tokens-ogn-for-trading-2416c956ef94">listed on Revolut</a>. Revolut is a financial super app which boasts tens of millions of customers across dozens of countries, who collectively make more than 100 million transactions each month. Revolut is a do-it-all personal finance app that has a very strong user base in the UK and Europe. They’ve helped onboard many new users to crypto much in the same way that Robinhood has done in the US. This represents a large step forward in mainstream adoption of OGN and our products.Leading Turkish exchange&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/leading-turkish-exchange-paribu-lists-origin-tokens-ogn-cd294c20659">Paribu</a> and leading Indonesian exchange&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.indodax.com/en_US/loom-ogn-listing-on-indodax/">Indodax</a> also listed OGN this past month. Both of these exchanges serve countries where crypto adoption is exploding. OGN being listed on easy-to-use exchanges with local fiat on-ramps is extremely important for adoption. We are very proud of our&nbsp;<a href="https://t.me/OriginTurkish">Turkish</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://t.me/OriginProtocolIndonesia">Indonesian</a> communities.Paris Hilton arguably invented the concept of an influencer and has had a profound impact on popular culture, the arrival of the creator economy, and business as a whole. She has built a multi-billion dollar empire across countless fashion, beauty, media and entertainment, e-commerce and retail, and investment businesses. Paris has already had a huge influence on how we think about the NFT space and we are sure that having her onboard as an&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/paris-hilton-joins-origin-as-investor-and-advisor-68482acd5ae7">advisor and investor</a> will reap extreme dividends for usDespite yields in DeFi falling across the board, OUSD was able to maintain a&nbsp;<a href="https://analytics.ousd.com/apy">double-digit APY</a> for the majority of June. OUSD still offers the simplest and easiest way to get exposure to the best yields in DeFi. Insurance coverage for OUSD is available on Nexus Mutual and Cover Protocol and our users report they are happy with the very premiums.<h2>Token economics</h2>June saw one of the largest&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-announces-1-3m-ogn-buy-back-1e2b8644ac7">OGN buybacks</a> we have ever conducted. Origin used NFT sales revenue to purchase $1,304,284 worth of OGN on the open market.June saw little change in OGN staking numbers from May. Almost 110 million OGN have been removed from circulation, an amount equivalent to over 35% of the listed circulating supply or 52% of the true circulating supply.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/fUIHR_AxoN-2pPJKzPrBhnyh8DfeXe6OnvgPXdggCSOpGdGhy-FE37NOyFPdvMqZ8EdvW0G4dM_ivGxlBNU7md_in27nVDueIyl2rSqQ37wuozyZfnBvTpOsU7Qp5AR_ayit3SNBZyDZuRwtekUppjR-R7IryAYbLxYxci0xquNHEL-xLE1o8Ig76lAn2Q"></figure>Circulating supply is currently at 308M compared to a projected 360M tokens. The circulating supply number includes the 110M that is currently staked in our staking program, reducing the actual float further.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KZMVm3fMn5z4rbHnRqUO651QY3SKeCReG9tMQIo8SGpG_L1UolNOiQZ_Mnz9PaaTwcBfnHyZ_Kq7eF8QoE60L1wrPAH0XGWTNP7MgfIOQ6mgy4R4QcA7itgHZzE7AGIi-Cw9UpV9XMqXZYvHFMnFrZDL05O6blJ8ywMrHef65M_AjEolARgejZAlIALAjg"></figure>To this date, no OGN tokens have ever been sold by either Origin co-founder. They have no plans on selling any OGN any time soon.<h2>Community</h2>With all the craziness going on in the world over the past year and a half, we were extremely thankful to attend Bitcoin 2021 in Miami and see our friends, investors, community members, and NFT collaborators in person. The energy in Miami was incredible and we were thrilled to see NFTs take center stage at what was supposedly a Bitcoin conference. This wasn’t surprising since Miami is one of the most creative cities in the world, hosting conferences like Art Basel. Miami has also become a center of crypto activity under the leadership of a HODLer mayor.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/mZhyWAL-F1dNSxEAQLxj4SzjYRZsVE7_xOPOsuzJzSTb2jZREz1pVAwb5Qqn3Ft8UJ72M1iTC2SGaBlaN5cAn41DFW8ERHU-kWLgCarKZ7H13IK3SYgsT2rydDPMU_M2HuFX-LR0P3EMjGvyM5TZHU6-4-WpEQrBFYWYDp8gMPmrRonS64dkNwLg7yhSmQ"></figure>Team Origin with Paris Hilton, Origin’s Advisor &amp; Investor at OGN VIP Event in MiamiWe were thrilled to catch up with&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/3lau-joins-as-formal-origin-advisor-c03ca8921152">3LAU</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/mega-star-jake-paul-to-launch-boxing-nft-collection-on-origin-20c78900dc5e">Jake Paul</a> in person, both highly influential and well-known creators in the space who had record-breaking drops on our NFT Launchpad. We also developed a deeper relationship with some of the top NFT creators like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sabet/">Ali Sabet</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gabe_weis/">Gabe Weis</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nessgraphics/">NessGraphics</a>, who gave us fresh perspectives into key features that artists are looking for when partnering with a tech platform. Without these artists, the industry simply cannot move forward, and we cannot thank them enough for their lasting contribution and passion for bringing NFTs to the masses. Special shoutout to&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.originprotocol.com/paris-hilton-joins-origin-as-investor-and-advisor-68482acd5ae7">Paris Hilton</a> who joined us at our VIP event as we celebrated the evening with some of the top influencers in the space. Lastly, we’d like to thank our good friends and investors, Pantera Capital and Blockchain.com, who have shown us support throughout the trip and our journey since the beginning.<h2>New Regional Telegram Communities</h2>As part of our effort to make Origin more accessible to people all over the world, this month saw us launch several community-run regional channels on Telegram. Below is a list of the new channels:<a href="https://t.me/OriginJapanese">https://t.me/OriginJapanese</a><a href="https://t.me/OriginItalian">https://t.me/OriginItalian</a><a href="https://t.me/OriginPortuguese">https://t.me/OriginPortuguese</a><a href="https://t.me/OriginFrancais">https://t.me/OriginFrancais</a><a href="https://t.me/OriginNederland">https://t.me/OriginNederland</a><a href="https://t.me/OriginDeutsch">https://t.me/OriginDeutsch</a>Native speakers wanting to get involved are encouraged to join the channels and become active participants. OGN grants, merch and other perks are available to those willing to help grow the community.<h2>Upcoming AMA on Twitter Spaces</h2>It’s been a while since we’ve hosted an AMA of our own, so this Tuesday, July 6th at 6PM PDT, Origin will be hosting a Twitter Spaces event with co-founder Matthew Liu to answer all your questions.You can sign-up for the event on Twitter&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDxLppRmBaxm">here</a>.To submit a question for Matt to answer, please visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/originprotocol/comments/obdbwd/submit_your_questions_here_upcoming_ama_with/">following thread</a> on the official Origin Protocol subreddit. Questions will be prioritized based on the number of up-votes they receive, so be sure to engage with other questions you feel are valuable.<h2>Hiring</h2>We are still looking for an experienced Senior Growth / Marketing Engineer and a Senior Solidity Engineer. Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">job postings</a>, and come join us or refer your friends!Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/mint">ousd.com/mint</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://trade.kucoin.com/OUSD-USDT">KuCoin</a>Stake your OGN to earn:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/stake">ousd.com/stake</a>Learn more on our company website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>

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June 2021 Origin Token (OGN) Holder Update

This article was originally written on Medium in June 2021. Information may be out of date.Today, we welcome Paris Hilton as both an investor and advisor to Origin. We’re ecstatic that the world-renowned entertainment and business icon has chosen to team up with Origin and is now aligned to make our products and Origin Tokens (OGN) massively successful.In the last few months, we’ve been fortunate to spend a significant amount of time with Paris and her fiancé Carter, Partner of M13 Ventures. Paris Hilton is the original influencer that ushered forth the creator economy. Beyond leaving a permanent mark on mainstream culture through her TV shows and music production from the early 2000s until now, Paris Hilton is also one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in the world. Over the years, she has built a multi-billion dollar empire across countless fashion, beauty, media and entertainment, e-commerce and retail, and investment businesses. Her brand appeals to a global and multigenerational audience. Paris has also been an outspoken activist that supports causes for women’s empowerment, LGBTQ rights, and medical care and support for children around the world.Perhaps most importantly, Paris and her team share Origin’s long-term vision that blockchain technology and specifically NFTs (non-fungible tokens) will empower creators, influencers, artists, and brands to engage more directly with their fans. In the process, NFTs will disrupt existing multibillion dollar industries like digital metaverses/gaming, premium fashion/limited edition merchandise, traditional fine art, and of course, social media and entertainment. Paris articulates her belief in NFTs in her&nbsp;<a href="https://parishilton.com/why-im-excited-about-nfts/">blog post</a>:I see NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, as the future of the creator economy.Whether art or music or fashion or design, NFTs allow me to express myself and allow all creators to directly reach their audience, creating a new type of marketplace. — ParisDespite her massive success in pop culture and business, Paris also shows an incredible amount of humility and eagerness to learn voraciously as a “student of the game”. She’s already forged relationships with top NFT technologists and collectors like WhaleShark, Illestrator, 888, 33NFT, Pablo, and many others. Paris’s recent NFT drop with Blake Kathryn set records for most successful NFT sale by a female creator on NiftyGateway, and she’s just getting started.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0s6vg5q0sr6PqJRmM8Wmw1zEp5Ds9x-DQl03HHMES420-hJFjuLV_OJwLKdmQPXTn8JxuO-1l512ouroPZPBEYYvCy9NigOOg79nSbJ7QpzdHOK5ykoBZC4nsCIOIw3loqcySBVZL9zgE5iANgeMZOvFfMDY36VI6Zunpf2NbfgG5x759sr4M-BWLhPmEw"></figure>Blake Kathryn and Paris Hilton’s 1 of 1 NFT sold for over $1M in AprilBeyond creating amazing NFT art, she is also giving back to the community. Paris has donated to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grants.art/">Sevens Foundation</a> to support up and coming NFT artists and is also an avid collector of other creators’ works, having amassed over&nbsp;<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/parishilton">130 NFTs</a> to date and also participating in the&nbsp;<a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0xB6Aa5a1AA37a4195725cDF1576dc741d359b56bd">JennyDAO</a>, a respected NFT collector community.We’re incredibly excited to work with Paris to unlock new opportunities for Origin. As an investor and advisor, Paris will provide strategic advice on how to most effectively deliver value with NFTs for top-tier creators like celebrities, influencers, and brands. In addition, we look forward to working closely with Paris to bring NFTs to mainstream consumer audiences through education, marketing, and creating new use cases with this disruptive technology (e.g. redemption for physical fashion and accessory items, access to unique experiences or premium content). Please welcome Paris to team Origin.Learn more about Paris HiltonOne of today’s most recognizable entrepreneurs and international influencers, Paris Hilton is a pioneer in reality television and an innovator in technology, media and celebrity branding.Since starring in “The Simple Life,” Hilton has built a global empire as an influencer, DJ, designer, recording artist, philanthropist, host, actress, model and author. In 2006, she created Paris Hilton Entertainment, a multi-billion-dollar company consisting of 45 branded stores, 29 fragrances and 19 product lines, which have generated over $4 billion in revenue. In 2011, Variety declared Paris Hilton as a “Billion Dollar Entrepreneur” in recognition of her successful business and global brand.In 2020, Hilton debuted “This Is Paris,” a critically acclaimed YouTube Originals documentary about her life journey, which has garnered 20+ million views to date. The film follows her success as a business woman but also reveals, for the first time, the abuses she suffered as a teenager at schools in the Troubled Teen Industry. Since the documentary debuted, Paris has used her voice and dedicated her platform and resources to eradicating the abuse of children in systemically abusive institutions. As a direct result of Paris’s efforts, Utah passed SB 127, a bill protecting thousands of youth in residential treatment facilities. Paris is actively working to pass a similar bill on the federal level, and is an active philanthropist in many other areas.Always attuned to emerging trends and opportunities, Hilton continues to expand Paris Hilton Entertainment into a leading global integrated media and product company with the goal of pushing boundaries, inspiring audiences, empowering creatives and driving lasting positive impact across the world. Paris has been an innovator in the NFT space since March of 2020, and in April 2021 set the record for the highest grossing NFT drop for a female artist. She also recently launched London Audio (podcast production company in partnership with iHeartMedia), Slivington Manor Entertainment (TV production company with an overall deal at Warner Bros.), and PHE Digital. As an investor, Hilton is committed to supporting and investing in the next generation of entrepreneurs positively impacting the world at companies such as Daily Harvest, R3SET, Good Catch, ZenWTR, Podz, and many more.Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):<a href="https://www.coinbase.com/price/origin-token"> Coinbase</a>,<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD"> Coinbase Pro</a>,<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE"> Binance</a>,<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/"> Huobi</a>,<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN"> Upbit</a>Track OGN token metrics:<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard"> originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):<a href="https://ousd.com/"> ousd.com</a>Are you looking for something?&nbsp;<a href="https://puzzel.org/es/crossword/play?p=-MyXXHyErrVLXfeC9Z-C">https://puzzel.org/es/crossword/play?p=-MyXXHyErrVLXfeC9Z-C</a>Learn more on our company website:<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------"> originprotocol.com</a>

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Paris Hilton Joins Origin as Investor and Advisor

Every month, the Origin team publishes a monthly update to our token holders and broader community. Welcome to the May 2021 edition. We are eager to hear feedback and suggestions from our community. Please email support@originprotocol.com for support requests and info@originprotocol.com for general inquiries/comments. Please email nft@originprotocol.com if you are a creator looking to launch NFTs on Origin.SummaryAnother exciting and productive month has passed for Origin. We broke records again with the highest value meme NFT ever sold with&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/charlie-bit-my-finger-nft-sale-on-origin-makes-global-headlines-and-sets-new-record-9cf60d5d6a29">Charlie Bit My Finger</a> for over $760,000. This sale generated headlines worldwide and we were featured on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/arts/charlie-bit-my-finger-nft-auction.html">The New York Times</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-57227290">BBC</a>, Good Morning America,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/21/charlie-bit-my-finger-youtube-video-deleted-auctioned-nft/5199975001/">USA Today</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://time.com/6050450/charlie-bit-my-finger-leaving-youtube/">Time Magazine</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie-bit-my-finger-video-taken-off-youtube-nft-sells-760000/">CBS</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/05/20/charlie-bit-my-finger-video-to-be-auctioned-off-as-an-nft-on-may-22nd.html">CNBC</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/iconic-charlie-bit-finger-video-removed-youtube-sold/story?id=77871309">ABC</a>, and Fox News among many others. The sale was especially big news in Korea, making the front page of Naver (the equivalent to Google) and being on Korean public broadcast TV on&nbsp;<a href="https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2021/nwtoday/article/6188501_34943.html">MBC</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1006331029&amp;plink=ORI&amp;cooper=NAVER">SBS</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://m.yna.co.kr/view/MYH20210525012400640?section=video/all">YNA</a>. Millions of people around the world were exposed to the idea of NFTs and to Origin for the first time. Origin now holds the records for most successful music NFT sale ($11.7M with 3LAU) and most successful viral video/meme NFT sale. We also saw the landmark&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/kucoin-to-list-ousd-ogn-38ed12def362">listing of OUSD on KuCoin</a> and a dramatic increase in the OUSD supply, showing strong growth and adoption.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ctnBn04vhjuKJTXWmt61EPtnJG6Tf8wk-XyKLr-mTLH3sL8taqi_2tE6P2bYtb8RdWAlyvnrl8oJxV5pQlQjRB7ni3GJhr_ZgkCNQ6aG8Q8I6m6PqaYMXWzZ8khIyS-3T_pK-1BSjHK6hfGy3Ec5pZot5sjN8tmwQAWGavoL3noOGYjp3Bzs_EcoAqiEOg"></figure>Front page news around the worldProductIn addition to the record-breaking&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/charlie-bit-my-finger-nft-sale-on-origin-makes-global-headlines-and-sets-new-record-9cf60d5d6a29">Charlie Bit My Finger</a> sale, Origin also completed a successful&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/micro-unveils-next-generation-e-bike-on-origin-first-vehicle-to-debut-via-nft-6d0c2ac16103">NFT sale for Micro electric bikes</a>. This sale paired NFTs with limited edition next generation mobility devices. Origin is committed to pushing the boundaries of NFTs beyond digital collectibles and into real world use cases. We also announced an upcoming drop for a&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/grammy-award-winning-musician-mononeon-x-american-pop-artist-kii-arens-nft-collection-4f71b51845">collaboration between MonoNeon and Kii Arens</a>, two world-renowned artists. MonoNeon won a grammy working with legendary rapper (and crypto investor) NAS and was one of the last people to work with the most important pop musicians ever, Prince. Kii Arens has created art for Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Bernie Sanders, PIXIES, Coachella, and Elton John. Rounding out NFT news is our&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/mike-dean-shepard-fairey-launch-exclusive-nft-auction-on-origin-ae88c3b2b6f1">second drop with Mike Dean and Shepard Fairey</a>. The legendary artists had a successful drop on Origin’s NFT Launchpad last month.Origin Dollar (OUSD) was listed on a top-10 global exchange in KuCoin. KuCoin is a major hub of activity for altcoin trading and with users looking for exposure to new projects. So far, nearly $500k in OUSD has been staked and held to receive industry-leading yields without the complicated and expensive actions required by yield farming.Being listed on centralized exchanges with large user bases is key to the long-term success of OUSD. Having to use MetaMask and pay transaction fees is a major blocker for many mainstream users who are curious about DeFi and yield farming but have never gotten started. We aim to make it easier and easier for mainstream users to participate in DeFi with continued advancements with OUSD. The supply of OUSD rose over $10 million in May alone, reaching $18 million. A third decentralized insurance provider,&nbsp;<a href="http://bridgemutual.io/">Bridge Mutual</a>, has added coverage for OUSD alongside Nexus Mutual and Cover Protocol. We look forward to seeing OUSD and OGN integrated with more and more decentralized and centralized platforms.Token economicsThis month we saw a modest increase in OGN staking numbers, from 79 million tokens staked to over 81 million tokens staked. Almost 110 million OGN have been removed from circulation, an amount equivalent to over 35% of the listed circulating supply or 52% of the true circulating supply.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6DlzgpNNPF3_coWZZOyI-SbMvHoNNAliNqDlcVLaPIjOgk2TBq2CHheZ48rjQWyPyA8gCHPq0u2dHnhAMSGOtT3a7NojKp5YrfdDYx7Q8rMoE0EfsH7820uocWQVv2zAASSx8euFoH-r6YIW_D7yKSJ6gPVBaFCqetxU5IcW9GJi5nuqYfM_mZnuZyruHA"></figure>Circulating supply is currently at 307M compared to a projected 341M tokens. The circulating supply number includes the 110M that is currently staked in our staking program, reducing the actual float further.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mnBi9U875gYITgv2F7Lp9sJDuFRWBmYKvreZAi4NNP1jkDQQNxPKAOWEYAseFkm6Y71qrpfeOeVqzAlqkgOnkYTszBVdIdS7_7rVA0ZwzcBkrwXnEYsO2EKK44rSdUn4wxe84TWrKUxNQ7oCT3E7awlPvsXB1c5vuFJlheqsHYQbX5o6mU8iqGk-W0JhSA"></figure>No OGN tokens have ever been sold by either Origin co-founder. They have no plans on selling any OGN any time soon.CommunityThis month our regional communities have experienced especially strong growth. We wanted to highlight our Spanish language community led by Moisés and our Turkish community led by Neshe. Moisés is based in Venezuela and has been a passionate crypto enthusiast for a long time. He volunteered for Origin before we hired him and he is a great example of someone being empowered by cryptocurrency in a country suffering from high inflation. Neshe has helped our Turkish community reach record engagement and her efforts have attracted the attention of top influencers in Turkey. We are thankful to have them representing us on a global stage.HiringWe are pleased to announce that famed musician and crypto influencer-investor&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/originprotocol/3lau-joins-as-formal-origin-advisor-c03ca8921152">3LAU has joined the Origin team as an advisor</a>. Origin has made a number of key hires in the past month or two and our pipeline for business development candidates is quite healthy. Moving forward, we are focusing most of our efforts to hire on the engineering and product side of the company. We are still looking for an experienced Senior Growth / Marketing Engineer and a Senior Solidity Engineer. Check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://angel.co/company/originprotocol/jobs">job postings</a>, and come join us or refer your friends!Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/OGN-USD">Coinbase</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ogn_usdt/">Huobi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-OGN">Upbit</a>Track OGN token metrics:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.originprotocol.com/dashboard">originprotocol.com/dashboard</a>Get Origin Dollars (OUSD):&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/mint">ousd.com/mint</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://trade.kucoin.com/OUSD-USDT">KuCoin</a>Stake your OGN to earn:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ousd.com/stake">ousd.com/stake</a>Learn more on our company website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>

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May 2021 Origin Token (OGN) Holder Update

This article was originally written on Medium in 2019. The information below may be out of date.At Origin, we have always believed that our success will be 50% dependent on the impact of our technology and 50% on the strength of our community. Behind every great blockchain company is a supportive, engaged, and collaborative community. A strong community believes in and is excited to share the company’s vision and values; it can also guide the company in making better decisions when it comes to product development and innovation. Perhaps even more importantly, a strong community that has aligned interests with the project can act as the strongest advocate for the project in acquiring end users, developers, and enterprises in the future.From day one, Origin has strived to build a global brand while ensuring it’s locally relevant to our users in China, which is one of the most important markets to us. Two years on, we are lucky to have a loyal and vibrant Chinese community that has embraced our mission to enable true peer-to-peer commerce.Today I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce a new addition to the Origin China team, Leslie Song, who will focus on dramatically increasing our online and offline community-building efforts in China.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uw9qnFzPcEApnXSLH5sN91sxofhV1R_e7wVjkrRdjnb-B_vl45QLp5n_69kkxXfDdZ_XPRTE2xFtkSHftIxG7C893Ky-28PcqJdAGcPEPgEwiEi29cwOoE2mi86NerFrYytjWHgQ93KbBW1jVAuenBHTqh8qU23oMfd78Qwpido_see8zHf1WdQIGP407A"></figure>Leslie has deep insights into the cryptocurrency and blockchain trends in China and brings with him a wealth of experience in working with blockchain startups from all around the world, such as Kava, Algorand, MakerDao, and Blockstack. As a partner to these projects, he has often helped them build thriving Chinese communities from scratch.Now at Origin full-time, he will take his years of experience building thriving communities to a new level, being singularly focused on actualizing our ambitious community vision and executing our initiatives in China.After graduating with a Masters in Chemistry from Nanjing University, Leslie spent a year working as a Community Manager at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bugbank.cn/">BugBank</a>（漏洞银行）before moving on to&nbsp;<a href="https://bihu.com/">Bihu</a>（币乎）, the largest Chinese crypto community. At Bihu’s Content Officer, he helped dozens of overseas blockchain projects manage and grow their Chinese communities. In many cases, he grew community sizes from a handful of initial members to tens of thousands of loyal followers in short periods of times.During his two years at Bihu, Leslie also forged strong relationships with numerous local and global projects, crypto influencers and media, and is now widely recognized as one of the figureheads in the Chinese cryptocurrency space.When asked why he chose to join Origin, Leslie replied, “I believe in giving contributors to sharing economy marketplaces more rights; Origin can empower them and strengthen their voices in the ecosystem”. Having Leslie onboard gives us even more confidence that we will realize the Origin mission of enabling peer-to-peer commerce and and create the game-changing Internet marketplaces and e-commerce applications of tomorrow.When he is not organizing blockchain meet ups, collaborating with journalists, talking to community members one-on-one, or running successful online airdrop events, Leslie can either be found on the basketball court or letting his hair down (literally) at a rock concert.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/N1FNqd3JDQOzFuZ2rYl063DQrYL4o8c7zLG7BTjyF6h9ZjLmw-fHu68WnSjTi4W55V9CXhUlAeTx80XdF-9UCdbnMwZOX-NxqnJbNw63bt4hhapxeS3STIU4MDwvjNSp73M3jAbPUSQE3bAZ1FRCqsotcnqhXP4mB8529bU8IAiJXs8pAnvyra1FfIhhIg"></figure>It is Leslie’s authenticity and his raw enthusiasm for life, building long-term and meaningful relationships, and his desire to positively impact the world that we first bonded over. I believe his upcoming work at Origin will help inspire our global community (and even our internal team members) to build a much stronger and more vibrant community in China. Once again, welcome to the Origin team, Leslie!Learn more about Origin:Buy Origin Tokens (OGN):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=NPPYAEAE">binance.com</a>Buy and sell on mobile:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.originprotocol.com/mobile?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com/mobile</a>And on the web:&nbsp;<a href="https://shoporigin.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">shoporigin.com</a>Learn more on our website:&nbsp;<a href="http://originprotocol.com/?source=post_page---------------------------">originprotocol.com</a>

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Origin’s China Team Grows Even Stronger—Welcome Leslie Song!

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