Governance Period 15 is complete. Time to say hello to your first-ever xGov Council 🏦

Elected by the community, these 11 members will serve from August 2025 to July 2026:

Simon Belingar
Patrick Bennett
Paweł Pierścionek
Dr. Uroš Hudomalj
Mohamed Ghiasi
Michael T Chuang
Kieran Nelson
Robbie Baxter
Paul Hinrichsen
Naoki Yamamoto
John Mizzoni

Head over to the forum and sign up to join the conversation as we move forward 🔗

We’re expanding our partnership with licensed digital asset financial institution Hex_Trust, which already safeguards our digital assets.

Now they’re offering secure institutional access to Algorand staking rewards, strengthening the infrastructure of our growing ecosystem.

https://algorand.co/blog/staking-custody-and-trust-algorand-advances-institutional-staking-with-hex-trust

Got a big idea?

The Algorand Web3 Masterclasses are here to help you build it.

Get hands-on support, expert mentorship, and a clear path from concept to launch.

Apply now and start turning vision into reality!

The Algorand Roadmap will be released on July 31 at 12PM EST.

A livestream reveal is coming. Full tech roadmap. No filters.

Are you ready?

🚨Big news. Zebec Network is integrating $ALGO into its card and payroll products.

That means ALGO holders can now spend their tokens anywhere Mastercard is accepted and access seamless crypto payroll through Zebec.

Catch our recent space with them on X, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts here!

Join us in London on August 7th for the ‘Algorand Crypto Meet-Up: Proof of Pizza’.

We’ll be hosting this event at Encodeclub.

Join us to learn more about Algorand and our plans for the UK 🇬🇧

👉Sign up here👈

ICYMI: The Algorand roadmap drops July 31.

While you wait, open or download Pera Wallet and spin the wheel for a chance to win some USDC.

https://perawallet.app

Algorand 2025 Transparency Report - Second Quarter.

✅ Transactions up 7.5%
✅ Community stake +51%
✅ Foundation stake -17%
✅ RWA TVL +12.7%
✅ Strong QoQ social growth (esp. with retail audiences!)

Decentralization in action. Read the full report here

Algorand Roadmap Reveal Stream now live - Join here now!

https://tttttt.me/AlgorandFoundation

Over 1 million chess players now have Algorand wallets.

The World Chess just launched ‘The Tower’: This is Chess’s Duolingo Moment ♟
The Tower is a vertical player progression system in which every game earns Progress Points (PP), which can be exchanged for digital and physical rewards.

Players move up through named Floors.

Your Floor is public, attached to your name, games, and trajectory.

All player progression data will be recorded on Algorand.

Intermezzo’s first use case.

Read more <> Register today

🚨 The future of Algorand governance starts now! 🚨

xGov Beta is live on mainnet!

Do you run a node or manage a Reti pool? Enroll today and help shape the ecosystem.

Proposals open 1 September.

xgov.algorand.co

Join us tomorrow to discuss the newest Algorand roadmap.

Featuring CMSO Marc Vanlerberghe & Acting CTO Bruno Martins🎙️

Set your reminders here!