Origin Protocol Announcements

🚀 Origin is joining forces with Inspiration4, launching on SpaceX's Falcon 9, in their mission to garner support for one of the world's most noble causes. The mission is in support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, and the team has an ambitious goal of raising $100M for the cause in addition to the $100M commitment from the Mission Commander, Jared Isaacman. The NFT sale will consist of nearly fifty 1 of 1 auctions running simultaneously, plus 1 open edition. The open edition piece is the first Polygon sidechain implementation on Origin's NFT Launchpad, and will feature the official Inspiration4 mission patch. This highly-anticipated auction will coincide with the launch and return of the Inspiration mission. Read now: https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-and-inspiration4-partner-for-good-acafa7c41eb8

⚔️ Win Weekly NFTs When You Borrow or Lend OGN on C.R.E.A.M Finance Origin is proud to be partnering with C.R.E.A.M Finance, a decentralized lending protocol, to giveaway four Heroes of Evermore NFTs over the next four weeks to users who borrow and lend Origin Tokens (OGN) on cream.finance. Each NFT is valued at approximately 0.2 ETH. This contest is the first phase of C.R.E.A.M’s latest initiative to merge DeFi with NFTs and the Metaverse. We are especially thrilled to be working with like minded projects to bridge this important gap. Stay tuned for more announcements in the coming months as we continue our collaboration with the C.R.E.A.M Finance team. Find out how you can win by visiting our blog: https://blog.originprotocol.com/win-weekly-nfts-when-you-borrow-or-lend-ogn-on-c-r-e-a-m-finance-bcaaf149d296

🤝 Origin Partners with Polygon to Offer Mainstream Layer 2 NFTs At Origin, we’re committed to bringing NFTs to the mainstream. Today's announcement opens up a wide range of exciting new opportunities for creators to engage with their audiences through more economical and ultimately, more accessible NFTs. This integration wouldn't have been possible were it not for the OGN community, who recently voted to support Polygon as the first alternative to Ethereum's layer 1 NFTs. Have your say on the future of Origin by participating in governance at vote.originprotocol.com. Read the full story: https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-partners-with-polygon-to-offer-mainstream-layer-2-nfts-15602dca021

🏦 The OUSD DApp has been added to the Gnosis Safe App Store. This means you can now open the Origin Dollar DApp from within your Gnosis Safe to manage your OUSD directly from your favorite multi-sig wallet to more securely interact with your holdings! In addition, the Gnosis app store already contains integrations from other leading DeFi projects, which allows users to do even more. For example, you could use your ETH as collateral to mint DAI using the Oasis app from Maker, then use that DAI to buy OUSD, all without leaving the security of your multi-sig. It doesn’t get much safer than that! Read the full story: https://blog.originprotocol.com/origin-dollar-ousd-now-featured-in-the-gnosis-safe-app-store-9396a3a8274

August was a very busy month for Origin! We announced our transition to decentralized governance with the launch of our OGN governance portal and opened up our weekly DeFi meetings to public participation. Additionally, our OUSD liquidity pool was added to Curve Finance's UI, placing Origin Dollar on the most important stablecoin exchange in DeFi. Check out the full update on our blog: https://blog.originprotocol.com/august-2021-origin-token-ogn-holder-update-7f94222c602a

Introducing the most significant upgrade to the OUSD DApp since it launched last year. Now ousd.com compares the price of buying Origin Dollar from decentralized exchanges versus minting it from the Origin Vault! The DApp currently works with multiple smart contracts that are able to swap between OUSD and the 3 major stablecoins (USDT, USDC and DAI): ✅ Origin Vault: the primary contract for minting and redeeming OUSD. ✅ OUSD Swap: a simple 1:1 coin swap contract that is provided by Origin to offer gas-optimized trading of OUSD. While limited in both functionality and liquidity, this simple contract uses about 45% less gas than Uniswap. ✅ Uniswap V3: an ideal option for stablecoin swaps due to its low fees and concentrated liquidity. Learn more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/the-ousd-dapp-now-guarantees-you-get-the-best-rate-possible-9dba017109d1

Get revved up for the drop of the summer! Origin is excited to unveil a first-ever NFT collection, together with the world-famous West Coast Customs, titled The Metaverse Drop. This inaugural release represents the culmination of nearly 30 years of innovation, disruption, and groundbreaking ingenuity in the car customization space. The first series in the drop, Whips, will be hosted on the Origin NFT Launchpad and consist of 4 limited editions and a 1-of-1 auction featuring digital versions of some of WCC's most iconic cars! The limited editions and auction will begin on August 25th at 7:00 P.M. PDT. The auction will end on September 1st at approximately 7:00 P.M. while the limited editions will be available until September 15th at 7:00 P.M. PDT. Full details: https://blog.originprotocol.com/west-coast-customs-is-here-to-pimp-your-nft-collection-with-their-metaverse-debut-ed0c840d13e8

Join us on Discord for this week's DeFi Weekly community call hosted by the Origin Protocol team. We will be discussing all things OUSD, including development, governance, and business development. 📞 Join the DeFi Weekly voice channel today at 11 AM PDT: originprotocol.com/discord 📺 To watch last week's call visit our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TWRh5-BN_nI

Join us on Discord for this week's DeFi Weekly community call hosted by the Origin Protocol team. We will be discussing all things OUSD, including development, governance, and business development. 📞 Join the DeFi Weekly voice channel today at 11 AM PDT: originprotocol.com/discord 📺 To watch last week's call visit our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TWRh5-BN_nI

💬You voted, we built it. Introducing a Telegram community for verified OGN token holders! Gain access to exclusive verified member-only contests and giveaways, sneak peeks into what we're working on, and direct access to core team members. It's also a great place to discuss governance. To join visit chat.originprotocol.com and connect your wallet. See you there! Visit our blog to learn about all the perks and benefits of being a member: https://blog.originprotocol.com/introducing-a-community-for-verified-ogn-token-holders-82f3307648c Update: You can now use your staked OGN to access the verified token holders community.

📺 This week's DeFi Weekly Community Call is now available on YouTube. These meetings are a great place to keep up with $OUSD engineering, governance and business priorities. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe for future updates. https://youtu.be/TWRh5-BN_nI

Join us on Discord for this week's DeFi Weekly community call hosted by the Origin Protocol team. We will be discussing all things OUSD, including development, governance, and business development. 📞 Join the DeFi Weekly voice channel today at 11 AM PDT: originprotocol.com/discord 📺 To watch last week's call visit our YouTube channel: youtu.be/HwzDhzFXzEg

With millions of OGN used in community governance this week, these were the most popular proposals: ☑️ Allocate 10% of $DAI to AAVE v2 http://bit.ly/37CQRGN ☑️ $1M bounty pool for developer community http://bit.ly/3xEC9tA ☑️ Upgrade $OUSD 3Pool strategy for Convex http://bit.ly/3yFohAL ☑️ Launch a private community for OGN holders https://bit.ly/3fV87f2 ☑️ Winning alternative chain to be supported on NFT Launchpad https://bit.ly/2VTziQs Get involved at vote.originprotocol.com

📆 Each Monday we host our DeFi Weekly Community Call at 11am PDT. These meetings are a great place to keep up with OUSD engineering, governance and business priorities! Can't make it? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch up each week! https://youtu.be/HwzDhzFXzEg

🛍 A New Chapter for Dshop — Giving Control to the Community Today, we are excited to announce a new community initiative that opens a new chapter for Dshop. With the recent launch of the Origin Token Governance Portal, we are now ready to put the Dshop codebase in the hands of our broader community of developers and supporters! We have committed $1M for community grants in order to attract top global developers. We hope this incentive inspires more contributors to get involved and take Dshop to the next level. Read more: blog.originprotocol.com/a-new-chapter-for-dshop-giving-control-to-the-community-12e8ec7ee5ca

Introducing #DeFiWeekly! A weekly community call hosted by the Origin team to discuss all things OUSD, including development, governance, and business development. 📞 Join the first call today at 11AM PDT: https://zoom.us/j/96445944202?pwd=UmwvekFEck90N292U3VNeU83K1RKQT09

Please welcome Eric Charles to the Origin team! Eric has been playing a pivotal role in scaling our NFT Launchpad. As we expand from a few marquee NFT drops a week towards the greater vision of democratizing NFT creation, he will continue to work with prospective creators, brands, and influencers to drive new growth through these partnerships for our NFT business. Click to read more: https://blog.originprotocol.com/welcoming-eric-charles-to-origin-1bfb888f02c4

🚀 Today, we're taking a giant step towards further decentralizing Origin Protocol with the launch of the OGN Governance Portal. Origin Token holders can propose and vote on changes to Origin’s products, open-source codebase, and have a voice in key business decisions and the overall direction of this project. Origin has always been about community and we couldn’t be more excited to take this important step towards relinquishing control to our community of OGN holders. Vote now at https://vote.originprotocol.com Read More: https://blog.originprotocol.com/introducing-the-ogn-governance-portal-vote-now-3324748aa910

🚀 Today, we're taking a giant step towards further decentralizing Origin Protocol with the launch of the OGN Governance Portal. Origin Token holders can propose and vote on changes to Origin’s products, open-source codebase, and have a voice in key business decisions and the overall direction of this project. Origin has always been about community and we couldn’t be more excited to take this important step towards relinquishing control to our community of OGN holders. Read More: https://blog.originprotocol.com/introducing-the-ogn-governance-portal-vote-now-3324748aa910

📆 The July 2021 Origin Token Holder Update is live! This month provided exciting growth with upgrades that empower our creator-centric NFT Launchpad and talented individuals joining the team that bring us closer to achieving our goals! Read more https://blog.originprotocol.com/july-2021-origin-token-ogn-holder-update-6ca8cf762d96