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I know TGE is taking time, and I would rather tell you why plainly than let it sit unaddressed.
A lot of you have been asking, understandably, why this is taking so long. The plain answer is that ORO grew faster than the plan we built the original timeline around. Daily active users passed 100,000. Wallets coming to ORO went past 2 million. The number of ORE Points holders keeps growing every week, too. None of that was in the original plan, and all of it changed what "ready for TGE" actually needs to mean.
The bigger reason we are not naming a new date yet comes down to our exchange partners. We are locking in major tier 1 exchanges right now, and finalizing a listing runs on their operational and compliance timeline, not ours. What is left is the final stretch, not the start of it. But giving a date before that is locked would be a guess, not a commitment, and I would rather not do that to the community.
None of this changes what we set out to do. The infrastructure was built to handle this scale, and we are using this time to make sure it actually does. Every one of these numbers puts us closer to that date, and when the TGE happens, it is going to be an amazing one.
The date is still not announced, and the snapshot is taken 72 hours before the TGE. So yes, you still have time to earn ORE Points. The best way to learn how is to use @Ask_ORO.
The moment the timeline is locked with our exchange partners, the community will hear it first.
Some vault pages show two numbers: the APY, and the APY without rewards. The gap between them is the part that depends on someone continuing to pay.
If the gap is zero, rewards are not part of the yield. If it is large, ask how long the rewards run.
Just @Ask_ORO.
When one asset in a pool moves against the other, the pool rebalances and you end up holding more of the one that fell. That gap is called impermanent loss.
Trading fees can offset it if the pool has enough volume, and the pair you choose changes how much it matters. Both are worth knowing before you add, not after the price moves.
Just @Ask_ORO.
A vault is a set of decisions made by someone else. The curator chooses what it lends to and how much risk it takes, and your deposit depends on those decisions.
Those choices can change as market conditions change, so a deposit is also trust in decisions still to come. That is why the curator is worth checking first.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Every vault has someone behind it who decides where the money goes. That is the curator.
It is easy to deposit without checking who that is, or how long the vault has existed.
On ORO, the curator and the launch date are on the vault page. Ask ORO what the risks are before you deposit.
ORO is clarity.
The same swap can give different results on different venues. Pool depth changes the slippage, each venue charges its own fee, and a bridge in the middle adds its own cost.
That is a lot to compare by hand before you sign. ORO does the comparing and shows you the path.
Just @Ask_ORO.
The first amount someone puts into defi is rarely large. It is also the amount where they form their habits.
If the first $5 comes with a clear explanation of what it holds, where it can work and what it risks, the same questions get asked at $5,000.
Learning to ask at $5 is cheaper than learning it at $5,000.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Defi can feel like it is only for people with large portfolios.
If you have $5, it is hard to know whether it is worth learning, or where to even start.
With ORO you can start with what you have. Connect a wallet, see what you hold and ask what it can do. The explanation is the same at $5 or $5,000.
ORO is clarity.
A stablecoin is only as useful as the places that accept it.
When the issuer ends support for a version, apps and liquidity tend to follow. The balance does not disappear, but it gets harder to use.
USDC on @injective is native USDC, issued by @circle. Moving early means choosing where your balance stays useful before the choice is made for you.
Just @Ask_ORO.
When a version of USDC is retired, the first question is what to move into.
@circle is ending USDC support on Noble, and that means USDC.n support is ending on @ZIGChain too.
USDC.inj is native USDC, issued directly by Circle on @injective.
To migrate, Just Ask ORO.
APY tells you what a vault pays today. It does not tell you how long it keeps paying, or what you give up to receive it.
Lending yield depends on borrowers continuing to borrow. Reward yield depends on a program that can end. Fees decide what you keep, and liquidity decides how quickly you can leave.
Compare those before you compare the percentage.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Two vaults can show the same APY.
One earns it from lending demand. The other earns it from temporary rewards. On the screen, the number looks identical.
Finding the difference means checking fees, vault age, TVL, curator and liquidity across several tabs.
ORO compares both vaults in one conversation, so you see where the yield comes from before you deposit.
ORO is clarity.
Signing is the last step, not the only safeguard.
Before a transaction reaches your wallet, ORO simulates it. The token list is also short by design, so a mistake does not cost everything. I talked through both with @coinjuicehq in the full interview below.
Just @Ask_ORO.
“You as the user have the final authority.”
I spoke with Varun Choudhary, Co Founder and CEO of @Ask_ORO, about:
• Why DeFi remains difficult for ordinary users
• How ORO turns a financial instruction into onchain actions
• Why ORO will not hold funds, trade automatically, or run limit orders
• How a wallet holding Bitcoin can move into tokenized stocks
• Where AI agents and wallets fit into onchain finance
Full interview ↓
coinjuice.com/research-hub/c…
A strategy is an intention. The steps are only how you carry it out.
Done by hand, the intention gets lost in the steps: what comes first, what comes next, and whether the last one actually went through.
ORO keeps the intention and handles the execution.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Every decision about money starts with one question: where do I stand?
When assets are spread across wallets and protocols, that question takes work to answer, and decisions made without the full picture are usually the weak ones.
That is why the portfolio view has been part of ORO from the start.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Circle is ending USDC support on Noble. Anyone holding USDC.n will need to move to another USDC.
The hard part is not the move. It is knowing which USDC, which route and which steps.
ORO handles that. The user only approves it.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Circle is ending USDC support on Noble across the @cosmos ecosystem.
So USDC.n support is ending on @ZIGChain. Native USDC on @injective is taking its place.
Users can now migrate their USDC.n to USDC.inj in a single conversation.
Just Ask ORO.
Onchain has always asked people to trust steps they cannot see.
ORO reverses the order. The route is found and checked first, and you decide once you have seen the result.
Fewer steps only help if the last one is yours.
Just @Ask_ORO.
For someone new, the hardest part of defi is not defi. It is getting started.
A bank account, an exchange, a transfer, then decisions made alone at every step.
With @onrampmoney, ORO takes you from fiat to a working position in one conversation.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Buying crypto with fiat and putting it to work used to mean ten steps across several apps, plus researching where to earn.
That was the past.
Just Ask ORO. Buy crypto with fiat through our partner @onrampmoney, then swap it and put it to work, all in one conversation.
ORO is clarity.
Language is the first barrier between a person and defi.
Reaching users across the globe means removing it, one language at a time.
Seeing people speak to ORO in their own language is what makes me proudest of what we built.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Complexity was always the barrier for people who wanted to get into defi.
The problem was never demand. It was the interface.
Today 195k+ daily, 1M+ weekly and 4.5M+ monthly active users choose @Ask_ORO to break that barrier.
ORO is clarity.
A week in Singapore, my recap.
Attended @token2049 and a lot of side events. It was a great networking opportunity, and tokenization was the hot topic of the event.
Met a lot of builders who were really interested in what we are building with @Ask_ORO. I learned a lot from the other builders in attendance, and the conversations were interesting.
The side events were great as always.
AiFi is just getting started. That is what ORO was built for.
AI is not only going to move capital onchain. It is going to become how people access defi. Say what you want. Sign what you approve.
Just @Ask_ORO.
Yesterday, the co-founder of @ethereum said what ORO is built on.
"It is going to become normal to do complicated things with a blockchain without ever using a UI. I think AI is going to become the new UI in more and more cases." @VitalikButerin, on stage at @okx Now event in Singapore.
That is what we have believed since day one. Defi shouldn't be 10 different UIs.
Just @Ask_ORO.
At The Capital Table today, an exclusive event hosted by @ZIGFinance, bringing together leaders from across DeFi and TradFi, including @worldlibertyfi.
The room is full of people who think real-world capital and onchain execution shouldn't be two separate conversations. That has been ORO's position since day one.
I had a very interesting convo with them. More to say soon.
Landed in Singapore for @token2049.
Most of what I will be doing this week is expanding the reach of clarity and talking to people about what they actually want from defi.
If you're around and want to talk, reach out. I'll be here all week.
