Reef Announcement Channel

30 September 2025 17:27

🪸Reef Chain at Web3Conf Enugu’25: Event Highlights! 🇳🇬

What an unforgettable week at Web3Conf Enugu’25! From hackathon creativity to powerful talks, the energy in Enugu showed just how ready Africa’s Web3 leaders are to build the future on Reef.

✨ Highlights:

🔹 Hackathon builders tested the new Pelagia Testnet 🚀
🔹 Derek Silva, COO at Reef, shared insights on funding & safer cultural innovation 🎤
🔹 Biodun Ayorinde, a Reef team member from Africa, inspired builders with this talk, saying: “Building on Reef is not only a remarkable way for builders to stand out but a step forward to producing a global product.”
🔹 Lots of vibrant discussions on empowering Nigeria’s future Web3 leaders
🔹 And of course, big smiles and big ideas 💜

📸 Swipe through the photos to see the energy and passion that lit up Enugu!

⭐️ P.S: Here's one of the projects built on the new testnet, Reefly, a social tipping bot for the Reef ecosystem: https://x.com/__Nzubechukwu/status/1971709957575004674/video/1

Reef Announcement Channel

12 September 2025 15:04

EXPERIENCE THE GAME ⚽️ LIKE A VIP ⭐️!

🎉 This isn’t just a match, it’s your chance to experience the EFL Trophy like never before!

From Reef Chain & Crawley Town to you. We're giving one lucky community member the chance to experience VIP treatment at Crawley vs Aston Villa U21 ⚽️🔥

What’s Included 🏟

✨ 8x hospitality spaces
🍴 2-course lunch in the guest lounge
💺 Premium padded seating for the big game

Game Details ⚽️

📍 Location: Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
📅 Date: Tuesday 16 September 2025
⏰ Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST
⚔️ Fixture: Crawley Town vs Aston Villa U21 (EFL Trophy)

Contest Deadline ⏰

⏰ Contest Deadline: Monday 15 September, 9AM BST
🎉 Winner Selection: Random draw once all entry requirements are confirmed
✨ Note: Travel to/from the stadium and UK is not included

👉 Entry to win & more contest details are on X: https://x.com/Reef_Chain/status/1966485205205614957

Reef Announcement Channel

08 September 2025 16:57

It's a great day for another exchange announcement! 🚨Paribu has reopened $REEF deposits & withdrawals 🎉

Start trading and moving your $REEF with ease on one of Türkiye’s largest exchanges 🌍

Get moving here: https://www.paribu.com/markets/reef_tl

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🚨 Paribu üzerinde $REEF yatırma & çekme işlemleri yeniden açıldı 🎉

Türkiye’nin en büyük borsalarından birinde $REEF kolayca al-sat ve transfer et 🌍

Başlamak için: https://www.paribu.com/markets/reef_tl

Reef Announcement Channel

08 September 2025 13:59

🌊 August was a milestone month for Reef!

From the launch of stablecoins to exchange integrations and big steps toward our next upgrade, the Reef ecosystem kept pushing forward.


⚡️ Highlights from August:

🌍 $USDC went LIVE on Reef Chain
🔥 New exchange listings for $REEF
♻️ 1B+ $REEF burnt on BNB Chain
💎 1.5B $REEF minted to Paribu
🦊 Native MetaMask support demoed
💳 AlchemyPay fiat on-ramp activated
🚀 Progress on testnet + incentive program


💡 September will be even bigger:

✅ New testnet ahead of Web3Conf Enugu
✅ Launch of the on-chain incentive program
✅ More CEX support for $REEF

👉 Dive into the full August Recap here: https://blog.reef.io/monthly-recap-august-2025

Reef Announcement Channel

01 September 2025 21:01

🪸 LAST WEEK AT REEF 🪸

Friday, August 29, 2025

- Burnt almost 1.4 billion $REEF on Ethereum
- Multiple conversations with companies who can help Reef’s new investment fund, build a new DEX on Reef, add more hardware wallet support, etc.
- Revived some old discussions, deleted others where the projects are now dead
- More discussions for a Reef native quest platform
- Performed token swaps with two more exchanges; one getting ready to complete the token migration, one is re-listing $REEF
- Derek’s Nigerian visa application was successful
- Exploring attending a crypto event in London
- Antier Solutions continues to make progress, reaching milestone 3 in the process

Reef Announcement Channel

01 September 2025 12:50

⏳ The Countdown is on for Web3Conf Enugu'25!

We're really looking forward to this next adventure ✈️

Some of the Reef team will be heading to Africa to participate in this amazing conference, featuring incredible Web3 developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and enthusiasts.

Oh, and did we mention, we're a Diamond Sponsor 💎

📍 Summerhill Place Event Center, Enugu, Africa
🗓 September 20th–27th, 2025

🌍 About Web3Conf Enugu
Africa’s premier Web3 conference, organized by Nextbridge Africa, bringing together developers, entrepreneurs, investors & enthusiasts for:

✨ Keynotes & workshops
✨ Hackathons & gaming
✨ Networking & collaboration

🎯 The mission of the conference: Accelerate Web3 adoption across Africa by connecting global expertise with local talent, creating pathways for the next generation of African builders.

🎟 Want to join and meet up there? Register here now: https://web3conf.nextbridge.africa

Let the countdown begin, T-19 days! 🚀

Reef Announcement Channel

23 August 2025 19:13

🪸 THE LAST TWO WEEKS AT REEF 🪸

Friday, August 22, 2025

- Prompted by a community member, we contacted the developer of a game in testing about expanding to Reef Chain
- Emailed Baanx leadership to ask why Reef-branded debit cards are still being issued; no response yet
- Set up an account with a new hosting platform to set up infrastructure for the upcoming on-chain incentive program
- In discussions about white-labelling a popular quest platform
- Announced Wrapped USDC now live on Reef Chain
- Working closely with multiple CEXs to finalize support for $REEF on Reef Chain
- Saw significant movement on the upcoming Reef Chain upgrade; Antier demonstrated native support for popular EVM wallets like MetaMask
- Derek recorded an interview with Sander Gortjes for the HELLO Podcast
- We met with a company that specializes in ecosystem growth initiatives
- Launched a sizable REEF/USDC pool on ReefSwap
- Lots of internal discussions about potential business development targets, marketing initiatives, etc.
- You will soon see the results of multiple decisions made over the past week as well
- Preparing for the launch of Reef's new testnet in September, aiming to launch prior to hackathon at Web3 Conf in Enugu, Nigeria

Reef Announcement Channel

14 August 2025 15:00

🔥🚨 $REEF BURN ALERT 🚨🔥

Ethereum Burn Tx: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x38bd6aaa449b0d4519fd8c44486a60ccc68d096c5fcee07694992ecec5976c94

Yesterday we burnt 1,578,199,853.08654330231088929 $REEF on legacy chains!

In total we have burnt 9,305,807,038 $REEF on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

18.5% of all REEF on Ethereum has been burnt as of 14 August 2025.

Reef Announcement Channel

06 August 2025 07:19

🪸 THE LAST TWO WEEKS AT REEF 🪸

Friday, August 1, 2025

- Announced that KuCoin and Poloniex now support $REEF on Reef Chain
- Created a TG group for Reef Validators to coordinate the upcoming blockchain upgrade
- Announced Reef’s sponsorship of Web3Conf Enugu in September
- Sent an MOU to a game developer; grant, co-marketing, etc. outlined
- Minted and sent another 1.5 billion $REEF to Paribu
- Over 1 billion $REEF were burnt on BNB Chain
- Set up a meeting with a well-known RPC infrastructure provider
- Contacted a European finanical services firm about listing $REEF
- Significant progress made on an on-chain incentive program; amost ready to launch
- Reef’s developers began integrating a new fiat on-ramp into Reef’s dApps
- Ongoing discussions with another RPC infrastructure and blockchain indexing provider about working with Reef
- Prepped several announcements related to USDC on Reef Chain, the fiat on-ramp launch, and the availability of Reef on Ledger devices
- Discussions with a prospective BD representative
- Organized all the opportunities for the Community Developer Fund into a new tool
- Hotcoin listing is pending fixes to the market maker tool
- Multiple threads open with Crawley about upcoming fixtures, hospitality suite, season tickets, etc.
- Speaking with CoinGecko about enhancing Reef’s data and visibility with accurate data
- Discussions between Denko and Derek about internal responsibility reorganization
- Finalizing marketing and co-marketing around USDC on Reef Chain

Reef Announcement Channel

04 August 2025 17:05

We’re live on X with Web3Global now

https://x.com/web3globalmedia/status/1952384120413401578?s=46

Reef Announcement Channel

30 July 2025 20:15

🚨 TOKEN MINT ALERT 🚨

1,500,000,000 REEF were minted on Reef Chain on 28 July 2025 at 13:02 UTC.

https://reef.subscan.io/extrinsic/13193487-1

These native REEF were sent to Paribu earlier today.

https://reef.subscan.io/extrinsic/13211432-1

Reef is now waiting for a corresponding 1.5 billion REEF to be sent to our burn collector wallet on BNB Chain. Those 1.5 billion REEF will be burnt promptly.

We are planning at least one token burn later this week.

Reef Announcement Channel

24 July 2025 13:54

🏁 MotoDEX POAP Campaign – Ends Tomorrow! 🏁

Time’s almost up!

MotoDEX has been blazing the track on Reef Chain with their Season 2 POAP campaign 🔥

With 1,200+ daily active wallets and 1,500+ transactions a day, this campaign has been pure Web3 racing adrenaline 🚀

But the final lap is now. Campaign ends tomorrow – Friday, July 25th.

Haven’t joined yet? This is your last chance to claim a POAP and unlock exclusive in-game rewards 🎖

Here’s how to race in before it’s over:

1️⃣ Go to: reef.motodex.dexstudios.games
2️⃣ Connect your wallet
3️⃣ Click “POAP” and cross your fingers 👀

Be part of Web3 racing history on Reef – before the flag drops 🏁🏍

Reef Announcement Channel

22 July 2025 17:46

🪸 LAST WEEK AT REEF 🪸

Friday, July 18, 2025

- Signed agreement with fiat on-ramp provider
- Finalized ProtoUSD testing and feedback
- $REEF got listed on fiat on-ramp provider platform; announcement coming soon
- Finalized agreement with another CEX to convert to $REEF on Reef Chain
- Reviewed technical and other requirements for a game to expand to Reef Chain; in discussions
- Reviewed scope of work for a BD-as-a-Service organization
- Received proposals from two potential BD representatives
- Backend development for on-chain incentive campaign completed
- Antier is working with Reef’s tech team to set up a new, public testnet with their upgrades in place
- Inbound from a platform that offers HR management, bulk payment, and debit card; meeting set
- Working on multiple campaigns around product launches
- Made decision to sponsor a hackathon in Africa; more details coming soon
- In discussion with several organizations around custodial platform support, RWA platform, an AI platform that generates Solidity contracts, and more

Reef Announcement Channel

17 July 2025 15:06

🏁 Partner Spotlight: MotoDEX POAP Campaign – 1 Week Left! 🏁

One of our GameFi partners, MotoDEX, has been tearing up the track on Reef Chain with their Season 2 POAP campaign🔥

With over 1,200 daily active wallets and 1,500+ daily transactions, the momentum is real 🚀

But... the lap is soon ending. Campaign ends next Friday, July 25th.

Haven't raced yet? Get in on it now to claim your POAP and unlock exclusive in-game rewards 🎖

Here's how 👇

1️⃣ Head to: http://reef.motodex.dexstudios.games
2️⃣ Connect your wallet
3️⃣ Click “POAP” and wait to be selected 👀

Don't miss your shot at being part of Web3 racing history on Reef 🏍

Reef Announcement Channel

15 July 2025 15:56

🪸A Major Upgrade is Coming for Reef Chain

👉 We're working closely with Antier Solutions to bring you the best layer 1 blockchain in Web 3.

Major upgrades are coming to Reef Chain, making building and launching dApps easier, faster, and with full Ethereum compatibility ⚙️

So what's been done so far and what's next?

Catch our COO, Derek Silva, and Tech Lead, Matjaz Hirsman, along with the Antier team, chat about the latest updates and the amazing work to come.

📍 X - https://x.com/i/spaces/1MYGNwnMdooJw/peek
📅 Thursday, July 17th, 2025
⏰ 12pm UTC

Reef Announcement Channel

22 September 2025 13:33

🔥🚨 $REEF BURN ALERT 🚨🔥

- Ethereum Burn Tx: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xaf337ea61cc932b91f8bbcf6588d4da2b675a1fb2b4ad5df47ca1ac0079d3442
- BNB Chain Burn Tx: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x676596d5b21aff4d2630f81c9ad34664f38dd6ef1f77fafe49c31c9ff8be8537

Today we burnt 148,177,692.44773 $REEF on legacy chains!

In total we have burnt 10,836,029,293.85134708 $REEF on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

35.2% of all REEF on Ethereum, and 63.6% of all REEF on BNB Chain have been burnt as of 22 September 2025.

Reef Announcement Channel

09 September 2025 18:07

Reef apps are safe 🔒

Yesterday our development team tested all the code repositories, and did not find any vulnerabilites brought about by the supply chain attack revealed.

For more details on the attack, check this post on X: https://x.com/p3b7_/status/1965094840959410230?s=46

Reef Announcement Channel

08 September 2025 14:40

FRESH 📢🪙 REEF/USDT on HotCoin!

Hotcoin Global has released an official announcement for listing $REEF:

Trading Pair: REEF/USDT
Trading Start Time: September 9, 2025, 00:30 (UTC+8)
Withdrawal & Deposit Opening: September 8, 2025, 22:30 (UTC+8)


Read the official announcement: https://www.hotcoin.com/en_US/support/notice/spot-reef/

Reef Announcement Channel

04 September 2025 19:04

$REEF Is Back on BitMart — With Full Native Support

After almost three years, we’re excited to share that $REEF has been re-listed on BitMart! This re-listing marks an important milestone for Reef Chain, bringing broader access and liquidity to millions of users around the world.

More details: https://blog.reef.io/reef-back-on-bitmart-full-native-support

Reef Announcement Channel

01 September 2025 18:10

$REEF is expanding 📈

More Access, More Options, More for You

✅ New native listings are now available
🔜 More exchanges coming soon
🏃 The Reef ecosystem is growing fast

👉 Read the full updated list here: https://blog.reef.io/the-growing-list-of-exchanges-now-supporting-native-reef

Reef Announcement Channel

26 August 2025 18:32

🔥🚨 $REEF BURN ALERT 🚨🔥

Ethereum Burn Tx: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x3ce99fef328f6a2d8d83e579e114bddf9d0468cd84ccb54c2f63b3068b3977a1

Today we burnt 1,382,044,562 $REEF on legacy chains!

In total we have burnt 10,687,351,600 $REEF on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

33.9595% of all REEF on Ethereum has been burnt as of 26 August 2025.

Reef Announcement Channel

20 August 2025 14:32

💲 Wrapped USDC is now live on Reef Chain!

The stablecoin you've been waiting for has landed — thanks to our integration with VIA Labs and the ProtoUSD bridge!

💵 Why it matters

USDC brings stable liquidity and unlocks real DeFi utility across Reef:

⚙️ Borrowing & lending protocols
📊 Stable DeFi apps
💼 Payroll, payments & DAO tooling
🎮 In-game economies & NFT markets

🔗 Connected via Avalanche, using Circle's CCTP for fast, low-fee transfers.
Reef now has a reliable, dollar-pegged asset to power scalable, dApp-ready growth.

🌉 Bridge now: https://reef.protousd.com
💱 Trade on ReefSwap
📄 Contract: 0x7922d8785D93E692bb584e659b607Fa821e6a91a

🛠 More DeFi. More liquidity. More possibilities!

Read more: https://blog.reef.io/wrapped-usdc-is-now-live-on-reef-chain

Reef Announcement Channel

08 August 2025 21:52

🔥🚨 $REEF BURN ALERT 🚨🔥

BNB Chain Burn Tx: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x006f6a410031b4eee72892ab1303da6b5eac1f9b42d29ab680a50b3ef22bb287

Today we burnt 1,500,000,000 $REEF on legacy chains!

In total we have burnt 7,727,607,185.31707577 $REEF on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

63.38% of all REEF on BNB Chain has been burnt as of 8 August 2025.

Reef Announcement Channel

05 August 2025 21:00

Major milestone for Reef Chain!

The dedicated Reef app for Ledger hardware wallets is now live 🟣🔐

You can now securely send, receive, and stake native $REEF — all while keeping your keys offline.

Here’s how it works and why it matters 👇

Reef now has a native app built specifically for Ledger — no MetaMask, no browser extensions, and no bridges required.

What can you do with the Reef Ledger app?
✅ Send & receive native $REEF
✅ Stake $REEF and manage nominations
✅ Store assets safely, offline

Secure. Seamless. Native.

Why this matters:
🛡️ Hardware wallet security
🔗 Native Substrate compatibility
📈 Full staking and governance support
💡 No browser extensions needed

Try the new integration today ⬇️

🔗 https://console.reefscan.com
📖 More details here: https://blog.reef.io/reef-chain-now-live-ledger-native-app-secure-storage-staking

#ReefChain #Ledger #CryptoSecurity #Staking #Web3

Reef Announcement Channel

01 August 2025 21:48

🔥🚨 $REEF BURN ALERT 🚨🔥

BNB Chain Burn Tx: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x766c6bcb2771fcf0364f66cf371bdf0e09efe9608251701a8573cd37c6ebb5bf

Today we burnt 1,037,994,652.836362521789262703 $REEF on legacy chains!

In total we have burnt 6,227,607,185.31707577 $REEF on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

50.95% of all REEF on BNB Chain has been burnt.

Reef Announcement Channel

25 July 2025 14:43

Reef 🪸 is on the move this Fall 🧳✈️ 🌎

Where can you catch us? Here's just one place to start:

📍Coming up this September, some of the Reef Chain team is heading to Enugu, Nigeria for the Web3 Conference Enugu'25! And we're proudly sponsoring this amazing event as a Diamond Sponsor 🔷

⭐️ About Web3Conf Enugu
Web3Conf Enugu is an Africa's Web3 event with the goal of uniting developers, founders, and enthusiasts for a week of hackathons, talks, and networking.

Find out more and register for the event now: web3conf.nextbridge.africa

Reef Announcement Channel

23 July 2025 17:39

🚨 Big news from the Reef 🌊

We’re thrilled to announce that KuCoin and Poloniex now support native $REEF on Reef Chain!

No more bridges. No more confusion.

You can now:

✅ Withdraw native $REEF directly to Reef wallets
✅ Explore dApps, staking, and DeFi on-chain
✅ Onboard with ease — faster, cheaper, and natively

This is a major step in unifying $REEF infrastructure and expanding access worldwide.

Read more 👉 https://blog.reef.io/native-reef-now-live-on-kucoin-and-poloniex

Create a wallet 👉 https://app.reef.io/

Let’s dive deeper 🌐💜

#ReefChain #Crypto #Web3 #DeFi #KuCoin #Poloniex

Reef Announcement Channel

21 July 2025 18:40

🚀 Reef June Recap is Live! 💜

June was another strong month, marked by growth, upgrades, and fresh momentum across the ecosystem.

Quick highlights:

🔥 2B+ $REEF burned
📲 6K+ new wallets
📈 Reef Wallet coming to iOS
⚽️ Principal sponsorship with Crawley Town FC
🛠 Major chain upgrade (Project Deep Current) launched
💵 $USDC integration underway
✅ Subscan indexing restored

From new partnerships to deeper infrastructure, we’re building nonstop for You!

🔗 Read the full recap here: https://blog.reef.io/monthly-recap-june-2025

Reef Announcement Channel

17 July 2025 00:57

🪸 THE LAST TWO WEEKS AT REEF 🪸

Friday, July 11, 2025

- Tasked graphic designer with some creative work
- Restarted old conversations with an RPC provider
- Left groups of dead projects; continual clean-up of old business development processes
- Submitted Reef’s Ledger app to Ledger for approval
- Submitted Reef Chain Wallet to Apple for approval
- Appeared on the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance podcast, Simply Redz
- Had a call with Antier to see the upgrade work they have completed thus far
- Met with a consulting firm to discuss various options
- Discussions about opportunity to sponsor an event in West Africa
- Met the founder of a blockchain game about expanding to Reef Chain
- More testing of VIA Labs ProtoUSD product; $USDC coming to Reef Chain soon
- Poloniex switched over to supporting $REEF on Reef Chain; deposits and withdrawals now available
- Updated Community Developer Fund records of funding and expenses
- New discussions happening with a variety of projects
- Backend for on-chain incentive program now complete
- New versions of Reef Chain Wallet for iOS up for testing, and live on Android
- Received a beautiful re-branding concept for Reef 👀🧑‍🎨

Reef Announcement Channel

15 July 2025 14:36

⚡️60,058 new ATH for #ReefChain Wallets! 🪸

Last week, we reached a new ATH milestone for the Reef ecosystem: an ATH of Reef wallets created. We're now passing 60,000.

LFG, HIGHER 🚀