0x expands partnership with Celo to distribute $4.5M to DAO ecosystem

0x expands partnership with Celo to distribute $4.5M to DAO ecosystem

The two firms were part of a consortium of DeFi projects that founded the financial inclusion and education initiative DeFi for the People in August. 0x protocol and Celo blockchain have announced a joint partnership to allocate $4.5 million — consisting of $3 million CELO and $1.5 million ZRX — towards the growth of 0x’s ecosystem via its community-centric decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).The news follows an agreement penned in mid-November between the two firms to integrate a zero-cost 0x API functionality on the Celo blockchain to enhance the experience of DeFi developers....


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