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Welcome to Week 8 of Algoland with Folks Finance!

This week: Bridge your $FOLKS tokens to Algorand for seamless cross-chain transfer.

Complete this quest for a chance to win a collector’s edition chess set and a 1-1 lesson from a grandmaster.

Begin questing below 👇

Since launching the 2025+ roadmap in July 👇

• New governance system live
• Intermezzo launched with World Chess
• x402 integration built
• Agentic payments framework built
• Quantum-Secure accounts live

Coming:

• Economic sustainability paper
• P2P
• AlgoKit 4.0
• Rocca Wallet

…and much more

CSMO @marcvl.algo.xyz and Head of Impact @Matt Keller discussed Algorand's sustainable blockchain design with SustainabltyMag.

They highlighted its low energy consumption, scalability, and suitability for traceability, carbon markets, and tokenized renewable energy.

Full Q&A below 👇

Algorand Q&A: Renewable Energy for Sustainable Blockchains Algorand & its foundation pledge to scale sustainable blockchain, powering traceability, carbon markets & tokenised renewables while raising awareness

sustainabilitymag.com/news/algoran...

Algorand Q&A: Renewable Energy for Sustainable Blockchains:
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In Syria, HesabPay, mercycorps & partners used Algorand to deliver digital aid faster, cheaper & more transparently.

• 60% lower costs
• 96% faster delivery
• 100% traceability

Real-world impact, powered by Algorand.

The leading DeFi protocol on Algorand, FolksFinance, is about to drop their long-awaited $FOLKS token.

And along with this, comes the release of the wormhole NTT bridge 🪱

Interoperability on Algorand.

Algorand Foundation CEO @staci.algo.xyz attended the first federal reserve Innovative Payments Conference, joining Governor Christopher Waller and industry leaders who are shaping the future of payments.

As we move our HQ to the US, Algorand is proud to have a seat at the table.

*Updated Liverpool St station roof, if you were wondering. (in the banner photo) just in time for the autumn rains.

Payments Innovation Conference economic Conference - The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

#Algorand have their seat at the table. Federal reserve payment Innovation conference.

Shaping payments for good and for all.

www.federalreserve.gov/conferences/...

Two-Year Partnership with Algorand Foundation Ltd. | Company Announcement | Investegate Comprehensive details of regulatory and non regulatory announcements from FTSE 100, 250, AIM and techMARK quoted companies

www.investegate.co.uk/announcement...

#Algorand announces 2 years World Chess Partnership.

Elite | Never DM You First in Algorand Foundation Official 🎙 At the Digital Asset Summit 2025, Google Cloud’s MD of Web3 & Digital Assets, James Tromans, featured an Algorand demo showcasing agentic payments in action. ICYMI: Algorand has also recently part...

During his Blockworks DAS talk, MD of Web3 & Digital Assets at Google Cloud, James Tromans, spotlighted a demo from the Algorand team, showcasing agentic payments in action.

ICYMI: Algorand recently partnered with Google on the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

Algorand Foundation on X: "During his @blockworksDAS talk, MD of Web3 & Digital Assets at @googlecloud, James Tromans, spotlighted a demo from the Algorand team, showcasing agentic payments in action. ICYMI: Algorand recently partnered with @Google on the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). https://t.co/kURAcexw5F" / X During his @blockworksDAS talk, MD of Web3 & Digital Assets at @googlecloud, James Tromans, spotlighted a demo from the Algorand team, showcasing agentic payments in action. ICYMI: Algorand recently partnered with @Google on the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). https://t.co/kURAcexw5F

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During his @blockworksDAS talk, MD of Web3 & Digital Assets at @googlecloud, James Tromans, spotlighted a demo from the Algorand team, showcasing agentic payments in action.

Algorand has just been added as a partner for Google Cloud Tech Agent Payments Protocol.

But what does that really mean?

Whether you are a retail holder or someone who follows tech closely, this is truly important news and here is why. 🧵

Algorand Foundation Impact Lead Matt Keller just penned his latest article for @forbes.com

He explored how blockchain technology can enhance trust and transparency in humanitarian aid.

Read the full piece below 👇

How Blockchain Rebuilds Trust In Humanitarian Aid Blockchain helps restore trust in humanitarian aid by making every transaction transparent, traceable and accountable. The Aid Trust Portal flips the corruption narrative

www.forbes.com/sites/matthe...

How Blockchain can rebuild trust in humanitarian aid #algorand

Announcing Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) | Google Cloud Blog Learn more about the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol that builds on A2A, Agent to Agent Protocol. AP2 was developed by Google with leading payments and technology companies to securely...

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More reading.

Along side #ethereum #algorand has been added to the #google GoogleCloudTech's Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

Along side #ethereum #algorand has been added to the #google
GoogleCloudTech's Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

Algorand has been added as a partner for GoogleCloudTech's Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

Google developed AP2 to initiate & transact agent-led payments across platforms securely.

Algorand's instant finality, low-cost, and secure transactions make AP2-ready agent payments seamless across platforms

Algorand Foundation And Pera Wallet Make Crypto Spending Easy With Pera Card Algorand Foundation and Pera Wallet set to launch Pera Card for seamless, secure global crypto spending and user-controlled payments worldwide.

blockchainreporter.net/algorand-fou...

Pera Wallet ❤️ #Algorand
IRL RWA Spending made easy

Staking on Algorand is easier than ever.

With over 1.9B ALGO staked and 3,700+ mainnet nodes securing the network, Algorand is more decentralized than ever before.

Begin cooking the perfect stake today 🥩

UK Investors Finally Get Tax-Free Crypto Access Via ISAs And Pensions After years of forcing UK investors toward risky offshore exchanges and leveraged treasury companies, the FCA's crypto ETN approval delivers tax-free crypto exposure.

www.forbes.com/sites/boazso...

Crypto Exchg Traded Notes can be used in UK retail ISA share schemes (up to 20k tax free!)

@foundation.algo.xyz wen Algorand ETN 🤩

Algorand Foundation CEO @staci.algo.xyz and CSMO @marcvl.algo.xyz will both be speaking at the BlockworksDAS 2025 in London, hosted by Blockworks

Andrew Bailey’s stablecoin U-turn hailed as ‘positive step’ Andrew Bailey has now said the UK should “reap the benefits” of stablecoin after previously adopting a more cautious tone.

www.cityam.com/andrew-baile...

BoE bullish on stable coin adoption. #algorand

Explaining, for the 1000th time, that decentralization, security, and scalability can exist in one chain.

One battle after another.

Algorand fights them all 🫡

Week 2 of Algoland is here!

This week, it's time to keep your third eye on the prize, with Algorand's premier prediction market, Alpha Arcade

The prize? A psychic medium reading 🔮

Keep stacking points to win the grand prizes.

Participate through the link below.

Visa bets on stablecoins to speed up cross-border payments Visa said on Tuesday it will start testing a new way for businesses to fund international payments by allowing them to use stablecoins instead of pre-depositing cash in local accounts.

www.reuters.com/technology/v...

Visa are working with some unnamed partners to speed up cross board payments. My guess is #Algorand will be in the mix. Perhaps Stella and XRP too.

Algorand is integrating with Allbridge.io to launch a dedicated stablecoin bridge in Q4 2025.

This will give users and developers seamless access to stablecoin liquidity across multiple blockchains, strengthening Algorand as a hub for on-chain finance.

Algorand Foundation Appoints Nikolaos Bougalis as Chief Technology Officer Former Ripple engineering leader to accelerate innovation, decentralization, and real-world scale

www.dlnews.com/external/alg...

HERE WE GO
#algorand appoints Nikolaos Bougalis as CTO.

Algorand News Today: TVL Increased By 33% Due To DeFi Protocols: Remittix Becomes The Best Crypto To Buy Now Algorand is making headlines with a 33 surge in Total Value Locked TVL as DeFi activity surges At the same time Remittix RTX https remittix io has emerged as the best crypto to buy now combining real ...

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#Algorand

Algorand is making headlines with a 33% surge in Total Value Locked (TVL), as DeFi activity surges.