Today we are happy and excited to announce that the Ethos Token (ETHOS) will be rebranding to the Voyager Token (VGX). This has been a long time coming and is a significant step towards integrating the Voyager and Ethos products and communities. We believe that this rebrand will give the community and joint companies an amazing opportunity to build a Regulated Crypto Broker that the crypto market deserves.

When the Ethos and Voyager teams first met, both sides realized that there was a deeply shared vision and mission. Ethos was founded on the idea of building a financial ecosystem that is open, safe and fair for everyone. Voyager is making crypto markets more accessible and secure for consumers, and their product was very much in line with the original vision of Ethos. Both sides had technology and expertise that complemented one another and we knew that by teaming up, we would have the resources and reach to challenge the incumbents in the space. 

Since the announcement of the merger, Ethos has been able to exponentially accelerate Voyager’s growth and expansion, both by bolstering customer acquisition and by opening up additional product features such as crypto deposits and withdrawals. This rapid product build out shows just a sliver of the potential of our collaboration. Ethos has come a long way and everything that has been built is positioned perfectly to be utilized and massively accelerate a bold, global product roadmap. With the closing of the deal and regulatory approval, we’re ready to take the next step in this journey.

Our community is important to us at Ethos and we wanted to reward Ethos token holders who have been supportive for a long time by bringing them additional utility outside of what exists within the Universal Wallet. As part of this, it made a lot of sense for ETHOS to become the native token for Voyager and to be aptly named the Voyager Token (VGX).  

All Ethos tokens you hold will be automatically switched to Voyager Tokens (VGX) on all platforms which support the rebrand. In order to best take advantage of the token name and ticker symbol change, we recommend that you hold your tokens either on the Ethos Universal Wallet or on the Voyager app, as both platforms will be natively supporting the change. Tokens will be automatically re-named 1-1 with no smart contract or supply changes necessary, as this is not an official token swap.  We’ll be working with all services which support the Ethos Token to support the rebrand, stay tuned for more!

In addition to the existing utility of the Ethos token that powers the Universal Wallet, new functionality will be added to enable Live Trading of self-custodied funds along with discounts and cashback rewards to traders who use the Voyager app and brokerage services. We will also be releasing an updated whitepaper (version 3.0.0) when the rebrand has been fully executed. Stay tuned for that as we lay out our exciting vision for the future!

We appreciate the support of the Ethos Fam as we move into the next chapter with Voyager!

Sincerely,

Shingo Lavine, Ethos Founder and CEO

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Why did the team decide to rebrand to Voyager?

We felt that the message was too confusing for a native broker token to be called anything other than the name of the platform it was meant for. We’ve seen other platforms and exchanges have great success with native tokens in the crypto space and we felt that Voyager was the right platform to focus on given the enthusiasm the community had around the trading platform. 

What will happen to my ETHOS tokens?

Nothing except you are now the proud owner of Voyager Tokens! These tokens will continue to maintain their existing functionality within the Ethos Universal Wallet and other applications. We recommend that you hold your tokens on either the Ethos Universal Wallet or Voyager Trading Application as both platforms will be supporting the rebrand effort.

What will happen to other places the token is listed?

Other platforms will not have to change anything except the branding and ticker of the token. We are actively working with the 100+ places that the token is currently listed to have each of them support the rebrand effort.

What is the new name and ticker?

Voyager Token (VGX). 

Where can I purchase the token?  Does it have other symbols?

The token trades under the symbol VGX.  There may be legacy markets where the token may appear as BQX and/or ETHOS. The most popular places to trade are the Voyager App or Binance.

What is the token’s functionality in Voyager?

The token will let you reduce network fees, collect cashback and earn interest. 

What fees are reduced?

We anticipate a wide variety of fees can be reduced when paid in tokens such as withdrawal fees, live trading fees and future product fees that Voyager may develop. 

How do I earn cashback?

When you hold a certain number of tokens you will get money back when you trade. To get a better idea of how it will work read here: (https://www.ethos.io/ethos-introduces-cashback-rewards-for-token-holders-trading-with-voyager)

How can I earn interest?

Voyager will soon release an interest bearing feature for customers. The roll-out will start with a baseline of variable interest that fluctuates with crypto market rates. Soon after, token holders will be given the opportunity to get enhanced interest rates based on the number of tokens held.

When will utility details be released?

As Voyager releases these features, more information will be announced over time.

What about trading from self-custody?

Voyager also plans to release trading direction from individuals wallets (Universal Vaults) called Live Trading. For more details on how this would work, read here: (https://www.ethos.io/ethos-voyager-livestream-recording-summary)

 

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This past week we announced that ETHOS has been listed on BitMart, we are now excited to share that we will be sponsoring an ETHOS trading competition on BiMart as well. To celebrate the listing of ETHOS and give back to our community, we will give away a total of 50,000 ETHOS to the top ten participants of the trading competition!

When?

The trading competition will begin August 12th at 10 AM (EDT) and will end on August 26th at 10 AM (EDT).

How will it work?

Users will be ranked in terms of the total trading volume of ETHOS on their BitMart account across all ETHOS trading pairs during the competition period. 

What are the rewards?

The 10 traders with the highest trade volume will be awarded the following prizes:

• 1st: 12,500 ETHOS
• 2nd: 11,250 ETHOS
• 3rd: 8,750 ETHOS
• 4th-10th: split 17,500 ETHOS evenly

Notes about participating in the competition:

1. By trading ETHOS, users are automatically enrolled in the “Trading Competition”.
2. Rewards will be sent within a 2-week period after the promotion concludes. You can log into your BitMart account to check your prizes.
3. All trades that we deem to be “wash trades” will not count towards your trading volume for this trading competition.
4. BitMart reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition or competition rules at our sole discretion.

ATTENTION: Cryptocurrency investment is subject to high market risk. Please make your investments cautiously. BitMart will make its best effort to list only high-quality coins, but will not be responsible for your investment losses.

Happy Trading on BitMart!

The Ethos Team

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Hello Ethos Community,

We are pleased to share that the ETHOS token is now listed on Bitmart!  You can deposit and begin trading today at 08/06/2019 at 8:00 AM (EDT).

Founded in 2017, Bitmart is a leading digital asset exchange, designed for both individuals and institutions. Similar to Ethos, they share in our mission to work towards a fairer financial system for all.  

While the company is still in its early stages of growth, they have been hard at work building their team which now has offices in New York, Greater China, Seoul, and Hong Kong. Additionally, Bitmart has supported over 850,000 customers to date and is available in over 180 countries, and usually  ranks in the Top 25 Exchanges by volume. BitMart also offers over 228 trading pairs!

“We are delighted to list ETHOS on our exchange,” said Sheldon Xia, Founder and CEO of BitMart. “Ethos is a people-powered blockchain platform that makes it easy and safe for users to interact with the new economy, this coincides with BitMart’s philosophy of popularizing blockchain to everyone.”

With every new exchange listing, we are excited for the opportunity to introduce Ethos & Voyager to a broader audience and continue to grow our community, while also introducing our community to Bitmart. ETHOS will be paired with BTC and ETH, providing crypto enthusiasts around the world the opportunity to purchase and trade the token. 

We hope this collaboration will also enhance the power of the Ethos Token, through increasing its liquidity and empowering more people to feel comfortable with maintaining self-custody of their assets.

Big Thanks to our Community!

We appreciate our loyal community support as we grow and expand our ecosystem, as it drives our direction and future. We look forward to continuing to build out the liquidity, utility and solutions that you most need and desire.  Join the Voyager and Ethos Telegram – Connect with the Team & Community

The future is bright!

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Ethos is Now Supported on Voyager!

We are beyond excited to share with the Ethos community and crypto enthusiasts alike, that you now have the opportunity to purchase Ethos directly and trade Ethos with USD through Voyager. 

This unique listing will be the first ever fiat pairing with the Ethos Token, which means the first opportunity the community will have to purchase Ethos directly with US Dollars. The ETHOS Token will have its own profile, interactive charts and data in the Voyager App. 

Voyager is currently available in 49-US States and US territories on iOS. Voyager will be expanding internationally in the coming months, and Android will be coming in Q4 2019. 

Sign up to stay tuned for Voyager Updates Here: Voyager. 

Ethos Token Crypto Deposits & Withdrawals Coming Soon

Recently, Voyager and Ethos utilized our blockchain abstraction API platform, Ethos Bedrock, to enable crypto deposits and withdrawals of Bitcoin and Ethereum on Voyager. Now, the team is back at it again, focused on building and enabling crypto deposits and withdrawals of the Ethos token. This feature is currently in development, and we’ll announce it when it’s ready and live. 

Our Powers Combined – Ethos Token Utility on Ethos & Voyager

The Ethos token will power features such as Cashback Rewards, discounted fees on live-trading of self-custody assets on Voyager & more.

This is a major milestone and brings us one step closer to implementing our token utility vision and plans within the Voyager app, as we build the foundation for our token utility to be fully manifested and accessible for all users.

The Journey Here

Founded in mid-2017, Ethos has spent the past two years building infrastructure to help bring users and businesses simple and safe access to the blockchain. In building the Ethos Universal Wallet, Ethos has helped enable the ability for crypto users to simply and securely store, track, send and receive their crypto assets for free. The Universal Wallet is built on Bedrock, a foundation platform that abstracts and makes blockchains more accessible, and secure for both individuals and financial institutions.

In 2018, Voyager and Ethos entered into a relationship that has evolved into the merging of the two companies. Together, our teams have brought to market a commission-free crypto trading app that supports trading between fiat and over 20 crypto assets, market & limit orders, and crypto deposits and withdrawals. 

The Voyager app offers investors unmatched access to the crypto market, with enhanced price discovery, access to liquidity, and speed through our smart order router technology –– all in one convenient place.

Big Thanks to our Community!

We appreciate your insights and input as a community, as it helps inform our direction and future. We look forward to building out the services that you most need and desire.  Join the Voyager and Ethos Telegram – Connect with the Team & Community

The future is bright!

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Bitcoin Cash BCH – the #1 Most Adopted Bitcoin Fork

Over the last few years, there have been a number of hard forks on Bitcoin but none have gained the same level of traction as Bitcoin Cash. Bitcoin Cash is seen by some as having the potential to address the scalability concerns associated with Bitcoin, with the intention to spur mass adoption through merchants and payments around the World. 

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is peer-to-peer electronic cash for the internet. Bitcoin Cash formed from a hard fork which took effect on August 1 of 2017, led by developers who wanted to increase the block size, which in theory allows it to process more transactions per second. 

Similar to Bitcoin and other blockchains, BCH is fully decentralized with no central bank and requires no trusted third parties to operate. At present, it’s accepted by around 1,000 retailers as a means of payment, and is a part of the thriving and growing crypto economy.

Bitcoin Cash on the Universal Wallet

So it’s with a lot of excitement, and a ton of hard work from our developers and engineers, that Ethos is welcoming the Bitcoin Cash community into ours, as we’ve now listed and support Bitcoin Cash BCH on our Ethos Universal Wallet. Users can now store, track, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on the Universal Wallet.

Bitcoin Cash Swaps with ShapeShift

Want to swap tokens for Bitcoin Cash directly in your wallet? Easy. Simply, use ShapeShift to swap a number of tokens for Bitcoin Cash or vice versa, while always maintaining self-custody of your assets in the Wallet.

As we move forward on the path of crypto asset adoption, we look forward to bringing communities together through the Universal Wallet, providing them with a safe and secure place to store, buy, swap, send, and receive their assets.

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Big Thanks to our Community!

With every major update, we advance forward toward the new economy. We appreciate your insights and input as a community, as it helps inform our direction and future.

Join the Ethos Telegram – Connect with the Team & Community

Looking to trade or buy Bitcoin Cash with USD commission-free? Download the Voyager Crypto Trading App!

The future is bright!

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Bitcoin Cash Now Supported on the Universal Wallet!

We are thrilled to welcome Bitcoin Cash and the community of BCH enthusiasts to Ethos.

Bitcoin Cash can be added to users’ SmartWallets – where you can transfer Bitcoin Cash directly to your wallet and store it there for safekeeping, secured with your pin and biometrics. If you need to send or receive Bitcoin Cash, you can do it in a snap by scanning a QR code address.

Bitcoin Cash has a full coin profile, complete with live interactive charts and data, easy tracking, as well as the ability for users to rate and leave comments on the profile. 

What is Bitcoin Cash?

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is peer-to-peer electronic cash for the internet. Bitcoin Cash formed from a hard fork of Bitcoin, led by developers who wanted to increase the block size, which allows it to process more transactions per second. It is fully decentralized with no central bank and requires no trusted third parties to operate. Accepted by around 1,000 retailers as a means of payment, Bitcoin Cash has become a well-adopted part of the thriving and growing crypto economy.

Now 2x Faster – 100% Increase in Wallet Performance

Just ahead of our 2.0 release we migrated our servers and upgraded our backend system. With this large-scale data migration, the majority of our users will experience a significant increase in app speed on various features and functions in the app. 

Faster ETH & ERC20 Token Transfers to Your Wallet

With this update, we’ve upgraded our Ethereum Nodes. So, you’ll find that ETH and ERC20 token transfers to the wallet will appear much faster, after just a couple confirmations on the blockchain. No long confirmation wait times or constantly checking your transaction history to see when the transaction has settled. Receive your crypto faster!

Bitcoin Transaction Fee Improvement 

We have worked to optimize our fee calculation process for Bitcoin BTC transactions. With this update, you will find that BTC transaction fees are reduced by upwards of 20%! 

New Token – Typerium TYPE

We’d like to welcome all TYPE holders into the Ethos community. Typerium is building a decentralized content creation platform, and we are excited to support this rising project with a great team, shared community and look forward to see how their platform empowers content creators around the World!

Upgrade to Ethos Bedrock for Crypto Deposits & Withdrawals on Voyager

Ethos Universal Wallet Update 2.0 brings with it an upgrade to our backend APIs and blockchain abstraction system, Ethos Bedrock, including the introduction of the Ethos x Voyager custody solution. 

In essence, the custody solution allows users of the Voyager Trading App, to deposit and withdrawal Bitcoin & Ethereum directly to and from their Voyager App.

Big Thanks to our Community!

With every major update, we advance forward toward the new economy. We appreciate your insights and input as a community, as it helps inform our direction and future.

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The future is bright!

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The Big Announcements 

The stream was jam packed full of exciting announcements, too many to summarize here, so make sure to watch the full-recording below. But to highlight a few!

The Ethos Token will be Listed on Voyager in July ’19

Crypto Deposits & Withdrawals coming to Voyager in July – Powered by Ethos Bedrock

Introducing Live Trading on Voyager Powered by Universal Vault & Ethos Bedrock

New Token Utility Model #1: Live Trading Fees

New Token Utility Model#2: Instant Transactions via Live Trading

New Token Utility Model #3: Reduced Crypto Withdrawal Fees and Future Fees

Voyager will Launch on Android in Q4 2019

And many more announcements & exciting updates…

Make sure to watch the livestream and read through the full presentation to get fully caught up on the new developments we’ve been making as an organization in combining our team, talent & tech!

Followup AMA in Ethos Telegram Next Tuesday

In preparing for this livestream, we received over 100-questions from our community, and couldn’t get to everything in one-stream. So to keep the conversation going, next week we will do an AMA in our telegram channel, to go even deeper on our announcements, as well as clarify some more of the community’s burning questions.

When: July 16th at 12pm PDT // 3pm EST 

Where: AMA in the Ethos Telegram Channel. 

Want to get your question personally answered by Shingo Lavine or Steve Capone? 

Join the Ethos Telegram and ask your question using #AMA: https://t.me/ethos_io

The Future is for Everyone

This stream marked a major milestone for our shared organization of Ethos & Voyager. It also is the beginning of a new chapter for our products, ecosystem, and token. 

Stay on the lookout for more exciting announcements on the horizon in the coming weeks and months!

And a Big Thanks to our Community!

The future is bright!

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Since launching in September of 2017, Cardano’s Token, ADA, has become one of the most popular crypto assets on the market, garnering wide-spread interest from the crypto community. Cardano is seen as a potential real-solution to building a scalable and decentralized blockchain platform.

The team behind Cardano’s development is known for having an academic background and taking a scientific approach to development. Their website states that Cardano is,“The first blockchain project to be developed from a scientific philosophy, and the only one to be designed and built by a global team of leading academics and engineers.”

Cardano is a fully open source crypto project that, through a research-first driven approach, is developing a smart contract platform which aims to deliver more advanced features than any existing blockchain protocol. Cardano wants to achieve a balance between the needs of users with those of regulators, and in doing so combine privacy with regulation.

Cardano has a major update on the near-horizon, as they prepare to release their Shelley testnet to a core group of developers, which will be the groundwork for releasing their protocol to public developers, initiating their blockchain revolution of sorts.

With the aim to deliver unique financial and blockchain-based services to people around the world, they plan to promote financial inclusion by providing access to fair financial services for people around the world.

Here are three organizations, separate in ownership and leadership, that are contributing to the development of Cardano ecosystem:

The Cardano Foundation – A non-profit and independent body based in Switzerland with core responsibilities to help oversee and supervise the development of Cardano and its ecosystem.

Input Output HK (IOHK) – IOHK, founded in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, IOHK is a technology company committed to using peer-to-peer innovations to provide financial services to the billions of people who currently don’t have them. They are an engineering company that builds cryptocurrencies and blockchains for academic institutions, government entities and corporations.

EMURGO – EMURGO drives the adoption of Cardano and adds value to ADA holders by building, investing in, and advising projects or organizations that adopt Cardano’s decentralized blockchain ecosystem.

Cardano ADA – the #1 Most Request Coin for Universal Wallet

In conducting a variety of community polls and surveys, Cardano emerged the #1 winner of most-requested token for us to list time and time again. Cardano being both a relatively new and yet established project, we saw there was a need for more quality wallet solutions for the token, especially on mobile.

So it’s with a lot of excitement, and a ton of hard work from our developers and engineers, that Ethos is welcoming the Cardano community into ours, as we’ve now listed and support Cardano ADA on our Ethos Universal Wallet.

As we all look ahead towards a more equal and fair society being built before our eyes, we share in the mission to bring fair and empowering financial services to users across the World. We are thrilled to support ADA on our wallet, support the mission, and help pave the road to mass adoption.

As we move forward on the path of crypto asset adoption, we look forward to bringing communities together through the Universal Wallet, providing them with a safe and secure place to store, send, and receive their assets.

Big Thanks to our Community!

With every major update, we advance forward toward the new economy. We appreciate your insights and input as a community, as it helps inform our direction and future.

Join the Ethos Telegram – Connect with the Team & Community

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Cardano Now Supported on the Universal Wallet!

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome the Cardano Token and community to Ethos. In the last several months, we polled and surveyed our community on what token they most wanted to see next in the Universal Wallet – and Cardano won with resounding support on multiple occasions.

You voted, and we listened, making Cardano a top priority for us.  

But it was a perfect fit because at Ethos we value Cardano’s commitment to a scientific approach to blockchain, and wanted to contribute to the movement by providing a user-friendly wallet solution for the Cardano community.

Cardano can be added to users SmartWallets – where they can track the coin, view the live chart, as well as rate the token and leave comments. You can also transfer Cardano directly to your wallet and store it there for safekeeping, secured with your pin and/or biometric. If you need to send or receive Cardano ADA, you can do it in a snap by scanning a QR code address.

Wondering, What is Cardano?

Cardano is a decentralized public blockchain and cryptocurrency project and is fully open source. Cardano is developing a smart contract platform which seeks to deliver more advanced features than any protocol previously developed. It is the first blockchain platform to evolve out of a scientific philosophy and a research-first driven approach. The development team consists of a large global collective of expert engineers and researchers

A big shoutout to our lead engineer, Derek Barrera, who has been hard at work integrating Cardano into both Ethos Bedrock and the Universal Wallet.

Other New Additions in Update 1.9

Lock Screen Enhancements

With Update v1.9, we have implemented feedback from our users around the lock screen. Now, users will find that when they open their “open-apps” navigation on their device, the Universal Wallet screen will blur to provide enhanced privacy to users.

Additionally, prior to update 1.9, when a user took this action and returned to the Wallet they were prompted to unlock the Universal Wallet. With this update the user is able to return from viewing their open apps directly to their Universal Wallet with it staying unlocked and accessible.

ERC20 Tokens Added to the Wallet

With our latest update, we welcome 3 new ERC20 tokens into the Universal Wallet. Supported in both the SmartWallet and Watchfolio, users will be able to receive, send, store and learn about these tokens and exciting projects.

New ERC20 Tokens

Pantos: PAN – Pantos aims to bring influential blockchain projects closer together, improve communication between developers, researchers and users, and set innovative standards for decentralised cross-chain token transfers.

Parachute: PAR – A platform to send cryptocurrency to anyone, instantly. Creator of ParJar, the coolest tip bot on Telegram, which we actively use in Ethos to tip our community for quality contributions.

Omnitude: ECOM – Omnitude is a pioneering hybrid blockchain business. We are focused on bringing the benefits of this new disruptive technology to future facing enterprises that recognise its transformative role in bringing real‑world commercial advantage.

All tokens listed are currently live and fully-transactable!

“Trade with Voyager” Added to Left Side Navigation for iOS Users

If you’re on iPhone and in the U.S. (Android & Global coming soon..) then we’ve added a button to directly link you to the Voyager App. Once you install the app and fund your account, users can trade 20+ crypto assets direct with USD, using our SmartOrder Router & Crypto broker solution, which gives you direct near-instant order access to the liquidity of the global crypto market.

Voyager & Ethos have united forces as one organization – delivering complete end-to-end crypto and financial services to the people! Learn more about Voyager: https://www.investvoyager.com/

Quick Link to Wallet Settings

We also made customizing your SmartWallet easier. We’ve added a settings icon to the upper left corner of the SmartWallet, giving you a simple and intuitive way of accessing wallet settings directly within the wallet you are viewing.

In the settings, you can now more easily rename a wallet, hide individual coins in a wallet or hide the wallet altogether. Users can also manage their security settings with more ease, as we give you the ability to unlock your wallet with your password or pin, or your pin and biometric for an added layer of security.

Big Thanks to our Community!

With every major update, we advance forward toward the new economy. We appreciate your insights and input as a community, as it helps inform our direction and future.

Join the Ethos Telegram – Connect with the Team & Community

The future is bright!

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