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Earn up to 7% on your crypto!! 🔥 Spring is the season for things to bloom, and your crypto wallet should be no exception. While we wait for the market to heat up again, we’ve boosted our #Earn rates on the Venga App!! 🚀 You can now enjoy: 🔸 5% RPY on $BTC 🔸 7% RPY on $ETH 🔸 6% RPY on $TRX 🔸 6% RPY on $LINK What else to know? ⏳  Limited-time offer 🔒 60-day lockup period Try it now 👉 venga.onelink.me/L1wB/iwd6zv0c Ready, Earn, Venga!

If you’re wondering what Bitcoin Pizza Day is about 👀 May 22nd marks one of the most iconic moments in crypto history, the 1st real-world Bitcoin transaction ever made! 🥇 In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 $BTC for two pizzas ✌️ Back then, Bitcoin was still a niche internet experiment mostly discussed by some developers and forum users. Those coins were worth around 33€ at the time, but would now be valued at around 660M€! 🤯 The goal wasn’t to make history. Laszlo wanted to prove that Bitcoin could actually be used to buy something tangible in the real world. #BitcoinPizzaDay marked a major turning point! 👉 the moment crypto started to be used for payment So, today is the perfect excuse to grab a slice of pizza and celebrate crypto 🍕

Happy Pizza Day! 🍕₿

🤖 When AI helps recover lost Bitcoin Losing access to your crypto wallet usually means one thing: it’s gone forever 👋 But this week, @cprkrnn went viral after claiming he recovered 5 BTC (~€350K) from a wallet untouched since 2015, with help from @AnthropicAI's Claude 👀 It helped him connect the dots across years of digital clutter, searching across: 💻 Old files 💿 External hard drives 📝 Apple Notes 📧 Emails 💬 Messages 📓 even college notebooks… Until he finally found the right backup file and a clue to the password. This is particularly interesting because millions of Bitcoins are estimated to be lost forever due to forgotten passwords and missing seed phrases!! So yes, a great ending for this investor 🎉 But also a good reminder that your seed phrase is not something to take lightly. Sometimes the difference between “I have Bitcoin” and “I used to have Bitcoin” is simply one lost note...

What an amazing day Sant Jordi was!! 🌹 Thank you Barcelona 🧡

Bona Diada de Sant Jordi 🌹

The crypto industry spent years optimizing for growth. Now it’s being tested! ☝️ Auditors, regulators, and users are asking for more security, transparency, and accountability. 👉 So, crypto companies are rethinking how they approach compliance, risk, and product decisions. This afternoon, our MLRO joins a Webinar hosted by @sumsub to discuss insights from the State of the Crypto Industry 2026 report: 🔹 Only 23% of platforms are fully Travel Rule compliant 🔹 Fraud stabilized (~2.2%) but attacks are harder to detect 🔹 Hybrid verification and reusable KYC are becoming standard 🔹 Stablecoins + company-to-company transactions (44%) are reshaping compliance She will be part of a strong lineup with speakers coming from @krakenfx, @januar, and @sumsub. Join the Webinar 👇 🗓️ Today at 3:00 PM CET 🎟️ Register here: sumsub.com/blog/webinars/… If you work in compliance, fraud, risk, or product in crypto or fintech, this session is for you. Let’s keep sharing. Venga!

Sant Jordi is almost here 🌹 This Thursday, April 23rd, Catalan streets will be filled with books, roses, and people celebrating this tradition inspired by the legend of Sant Jordi and the dragon. Since Barcelona is our home, we’re joining the festivities in style this year! We’re organizing 3 different activations: 📻 The Day in Barcelona On Thursday, we’ll be in Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona with Flaixbac running a live activation with roses, merch, and a prize wheel with crypto rewards. 🎁 The Crazy Giveaway Since last week, and until the 27th, every new user in Spain who signs up and verifies their account automatically enters a giveaway to win a fabulous prize of 5,000€. 🐉 The Digital Hunt We launched an easter egg hunt inside the Venga app, where new verified users can discover hidden memories of the Dragon and earn USDC rewards for each catch. Read more about these in our Blog 👉  venga.com/en/blog/sant-j… Sign up on Venga 👉  venga.onelink.me/L1wB/iwd6zv0c Let’s celebrate Catalan culture! Enjoy this Sant Jordi week 🌹 #ReadySetVenga

MiCA has been live for over a year... now the real test begins! 🇪🇺 Across Europe, crypto companies are moving from understanding the regulation to actually implementing it: 🔹 Some CASPs are already authorised 🔹 Others are still navigating transitional regimes 🔹 And regulators are interpreting the same rulebook differently across Member States Our CCO Ana recently joined a webinar hosted by @Solidus_Labs to discuss: 🔹 The realities of the MiCA licensing process 🔹 Diverging supervision across Member States 🔹 Custody, prudential safeguards & DORA challenges 🔹 PSD2 and EMT overlaps 🔹 Whether CASPs need EU-level supervision 🔹 What firms must prepare for in 2026 If you’re building in Europe’s crypto market, or just curious, watch the full discussion 👉 soliduslabs.com/webinars/mica-… MiCA is no longer theoretical, and its next phase will shape the future of crypto in Europe.

🔥 The SEC just made major clarifications for the market!! For years, the crypto industry wasn’t really welcomed in the U.S., especially with the #SEC under Gary Gensler. It was lawsuits after lawsuits, without clear regulation. But since last year, and with Paul Atkins, things have changed. The SEC and CFTC just introduced clear guidance on digital assets! 🖐️ 5 categories: • Digital securities (tokenized stocks, bonds, etc) • Digital commodities (BTC, ETH, SOL, & others) • Digital collectibles (NFTs, memecoins) • Digital tools (utility tokens) • Stablecoins (under GENIUS Act) And, only digital securities remain considered as securities, under SEC jurisdiction. Everything else falls outside of it! 😯 More good news? • Mining, staking, airdrops, wrapping → NOT securities • “Investment contracts” can stop being securities over time 🧐 Why does it matter? This is the first real market-wide clarity in over a decade! This means: • Less legal guesswork • End of SEC and CFTC turf wars • Green light for core crypto activity • Signal to build in the U.S. After years of fog, the industry might finally see the horizon!

Crypto doesn’t have a money laundering problem on its own. At least not vs traditional finance, where it’s 2x more prevalent, and 90%+ goes undetected. In her latest @Cointelegraph article, our CCO Ana shares how crypto can fight money laundering without stifling financial freedom. And blockchain might be one of the most powerful #AML tools we have: 👉 More transparent than fiat 👉 Illicit flows traceable end-to-end on-chain The real issue is fragmentation: Different regions. Different rules. Different thresholds. That’s what creates loopholes that bad actors exploit. What we need is better communication across the ecosystem. Read more 👉cointelegraph.com/opinion/crypto… Let’s keep building a safer ecosystem. Venga!

Talking Crypto at 4YFN ⚡️ During this year's edition of #4YFN, our CEO, @michael_stroev, joined the Crypto & Fintech roundtable hosted by Cuatrecasas. Together with his fellow speakers, he explored the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of financial services. Within this discussion, Michael shared his take on: ⚖️ How to navigate the MiCA Regulation 🔮 What’s next for crypto companies 🚀 How to onboard the next 500M crypto users It’s always a pleasure to take part in conversations happening at the heart of the European tech ecosystem!

We’ve joined the MiCA Crypto Alliance 🤝 From day one, we’ve built Venga with a compliance-first approach, and joining the @MiCA_Alliance is another step in that direction! The #MiCA Regulation is introducing mandatory sustainability disclosures for VASPs across the European Union, and that’s where the MiCA Crypto Alliance supports us. Read more 👉 venga.com/en/blog/venga-… This collaboration reflects our mission to build a regulated and user-first crypto platform designed for long-term trust, while helping shape the European crypto ecosystem the right way. Ready, Set, Venga! 🚀

We’ve launched Challenges on the Venga App! 🏆 🤔 What is it about? Just simple steps to guide you through getting started, and you earn along the way. 😁 How much can you get? Up to 15 USDC for completing 3 Challenges. 😮 What kind of #Challenges are those? Passing KYC, depositing funds, and starting to buy. Just the natural way to start investing. So yeah, making your first steps just got more rewarding 🤑 Try now 👉  venga.onelink.me/L1wB/iwd6zv0c #ReadySetVenga

🤝 Welcome Venga to the MiCA Crypto Alliance @Venga_App has joined the MiCA Crypto Alliance as a member. Venga is a European crypto-asset service provider (CASP) operating a regulated, consumer-facing crypto application with custodial services and a primary focus on the European market. As part of this collaboration, the Alliance is supporting Venga with MiCA-aligned ESG datasheets prepared in accordance with Article 66(5) of MiCA and CDR 2025/422. This work focuses on standardised sustainability disclosures to support consistent, comparable, and regulator-ready environmental reporting. By engaging early on ESG disclosures, Venga is taking a structured approach to meeting MiCA sustainability requirements as implementation progresses across the EU. 📖 Read the full announcement: micacryptoalliance.com/news/mica-cryp… #MiCA #CryptoCompliance #ESG #Sustainability #CASP #CryptoRegulation

Heading back to @4YFN_MWC! ⚡️ In a couple of weeks, our CEO, @michael_stroev, will be speaking at the Crypto & Fintech roundtable hosted by Cuatrecasas during #4YFN 2026. In this session, he will dive into the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of financial services, from regulation to innovation. If you’re in Barcelona, don’t miss it: 🗓️ March 4th at 10:15 am 📍 Hall 8.1 at 4YFN 🔗 Register here: cuatrecasas.com/en/spain/event…

Supermarkets just became the latest battleground for Prediction Markets 🛒 @Polymarket and @Kalshi took their rivalry offline, offering free groceries to New Yorkers! Here’s what happened 👇 Polymarket announced New York’s first free grocery store to open on Feb 12: - A real physical location - Fully stocked and free - No wallet required As they put it: “Free groceries. Free markets. Built for the people who power New York.” 🗽 They’re coming back home in style and also made a $1M donation to Food Bank For NYC. Kalshi organized a grocery giveaway in Manhattan: - Available for 3 hours on Feb 3 - Covered $50 grocery tabs for shoppers - Nearly 1,800 people showed up With lines stretching blocks, they definitely raised awareness, as many had never heard of Kalshi before. Prediction markets are moving beyond niche users and are starting the fight for the mainstream audience in a surprising way. It’s giving a Coca-Cola vs Pepsi vibe, but Web3 style.

🌍 Crypto Takes Over Davos At this year’s World Economic Forum, crypto is everywhere, from governments to central bankers, from CEOs to the United Nations. Here’s a quick breakdown 👇 🇺🇸 The U.S. wants to win crypto Donald Trump doubled down on a clear goal: make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world! With the GENIUS Act already in place and broader regulation coming, crypto is now treated as a strategic industry (partly to stay ahead of China). 🏦 Crypto vs Banks debate Sharing a panel around tokenization, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argued with France’s central bank governor over Bitcoin’s trustworthiness based on its decentralized nature. A spark of the behind-the-scenes conflict between banks & crypto platforms. 🌍 Crypto goes humanitarian Circle announced its first international grant to support the UN’s Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions. The goal is modernize how humanitarian aid moves globally with faster payments, lower costs, full traceability, and better accountability across UN agencies. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong is on the move While others debated, Hong Kong reaffirmed its “same risk, same regulation” approach to regulate businesses based on what they do and not the technology they use. This follows the city's goal to strongly push its tokenization ecosystem in the next 5 years. Read more 👉 venga.com/en/blog/crypto… Bottom line: it’s no longer about if crypto matters but who leads the industry, how it’s regulated, and what it’s used for.

🌍 Crypto in crisis: from Escape to Speculation Since the beginning of the year, crypto has been showing up everywhere, including protests, sanctions, regulations, and bets. 🇮🇷 Iran is a striking example Crypto activity in the country crossed $7.8B in 2025, spiking during protests, internet blackouts, and military tensions. For some Iranians, Bitcoin is about survival and self-custody in an economy that collapses: • Rial lost ~90% since 2018 • Inflation is around 40–50% • Online services can stop overnight According to ChainAnalysis, Iran’s regime crypto funds are also being heavily used with around 50% of its activity linked to its military force. Same technology but completely different use cases! 🎲 Prediction markets speculate on conflicts In this context, prediction markets are increasingly featuring betting opportunities over geopolitical conflicts, such as: 🇮🇷 Iran’s leadership change 🇻🇪 the US invasion of Venezuela 🇺🇦 outcomes in Ukraine Earlier this month, several wallets placed bets on Maduro’s capture and earned 6-figure profits! Suspiciously well-timed, so politics came in: • Some wallets went silent, others were frozen • Trump claimed a “Venezuela leaker” had been jailed • US lawmakers drafting bills against insider trading on prediction markets From Tehran to Caracas, Washington to Kyiv, the crypto ecosystem is becoming part of the geopolitical landscape. And now, when the world burns, the blockchain lights up!