Welcome!

This proposal is for the third quarter of the Dash Growth business development and marketing initiative. Please see our last proposal, which includes our strategy as well as links to our growth marketing plan and more.

Last quarter recap

This past quarter we announced a partnership with DeFi Nation, a private spending tool offering prepaid payment cards, gift cards, and more. We received some media coverage for the partnership as well. If you wish to try out DeFi Nation, please use this link.

We also have been integrated into Crypto APIs, an infrastructure service provider. If you wish to sign up for CryptoAPIs's services, please use this link.

We have also been integrated into Quidli, a crypto community management and tipping tool, and did an AMA with them on X, and are investigating integrating them into our social platforms and communities. We have also been integrated into BlockPit, a crypto accounting and tax platform, and are exploring a more explicit partnership. ZenLedger is also integrated into the Dash mobile wallets for easy tax reporting, as well as a discount for Dash users.

Dash was also added to THORSWap, one of the top cross-chain DEX front-ends, as well as trading support re-added for KeepKey hardware wallet users. We're in the process of formalizing partnerships and co-promotion with both of them. Dash was also added to Revolut X, Revolut's new cryptocurrency exchange platform.

Dash was also added to Coin Wallet, a multi-coin and multi-platform cryptocurrency wallet, as well as Wizarbit, an exchange and prepaid debit card solution for European users. Please sign up with this link.

Dash was also added as a payment option for JuicySMS, a privacy-focused SMS verification service, however we are still finalizing partnership announcement details.

All previous listings and referral links have now been added to the website. If you see any inaccuracies or missing listings, please let us know.

We also attended several conferences this quarter.  e attended the ETHDam conference in Amsterdam with CrowdNode, the Dash Investment Foundation, and DIF investment recipient Edge Wallet, and spoke or were involved with 5 separate talks/panels. Here is the main talk where we highlighted several of our partners.

We also were included in the promotional "aftermovie"


We also attended Web3 Dubai, tabled, and made several important connections.


We attended the Consensus conference in Austin along with Dash Core Group and Rodrigo Ambrissi formerly of the DIF, and co-sponsored a booth with the Ampera Foundation, a nonprofit spun off from Flexa (which previously awarded Dash a grant to integrate its SDK into the mobile wallet). This allowed us to have a presence and brand awareness at the conference, distribute materials, and participate in a giveaway where an option to enter was downloading the Dash wallet. Strengthening this relationship with Ampera will be very important moving forward, particularly because of its connections to the US payments scene and particularly New York, where regulation issues have kept Dash out of many major integrations. We hope to finally have the necessary connections to meaningfully move this forward.

We also made connections with many partners, new and current, including Transak, Kado, BitMart, Exolix, Spritz, WhiteBit/ViaBTC, Ballet, CornerMarket, and many more.

We also secured appearances on the Crypto Lush and Sadek TV channels:

Finally, we participated in an AMA with NOWNodes on the subject of women in crypto.


What's ahead

Finalizing last few partnerships

We’re putting the finishing touches on a final few partnerships. In particular, a few key final partners are still in the process of integrating InstantSend support, which has been in the works in some cases since Q1. Companies are understandably very busy with various development priorities, however the time required to integrate has still been disappointing. We are now pursuing a more aggressive strategy by stating that our future advertising initiatives are reserved only for partners that support our special features. This has so far been effective in getting one partner to move much more quickly on this.


BitLicense

After Consensus, we finally should have the required connections to be able to make a definitive attempt at solving our blockages with NYDFS and become able to be supported officially in New York. We have a few more leads to chase up, but very soon we should know whether or not we are realistically able to pull this off. 


Web3

A major priority of ours is to be included in as many web3 and DeFi platforms, wallets, and other integrations as possible. As a result of our partnership with the Maya Protocol, Dash has been listed to numerous new exchange platforms so far, including (but not limited to):

THORWallet
El Dorado
CacaoSwap
Asgardex
Rango
ThorSwap
MaiaSwap
Defispot
LeoDex
Turbo Trade
Osaia
Kensho Finance

In addition, we are pursuing integration into the XDEFI extension wallet, and WalletConnect, a function allowing wallets to connect to web3 services (thanks to Pshenmic of the Incubator for his work on these integrations). It’s difficult to overstate the importance of these integrations. Not only is a significant portion of the space moving from CEX to DEX (and Dash being on Maya virtually guarantees listing on many new DEX interfaces), but programmatic wallets are increasingly becoming a minimum requirement for payments. Merchant tool providers use “connect wallet” features to arrange precise payment details, auto-convert to stablecoins back-end, and more, and Dash not having access to these would probably be a death blow for its usefulness for payments. We’re very happy to be making significant progress in this domain.

Finally, a new web3 wallet framework, Vultisig, is making waves in the space because of its unique no-seed-phrase backup model, which may become the standard for self-custody in the future. Dash is already supported by Vultisig thanks to its Maya integration.


Evolution PR push

With the release of Evolution upon us in the near future, we are evaluating what the right PR strategy will be to promote the initial launch. The strategy and timeline naturally depend on the release schedule, as well as what condition Evolution is in upon release, but we are preparing for all viable outcomes.


Conferences

We will be attending future conferences as time and budget permit. So far we have the Porcupine Freedom Festival, the Litecoin Summut, and Rare Evo on the schedule, but potentially more throughout this year.


Ad campaigns

In the last half of this year we will explore launching ad campaigns to promote Dash. We already have funds for a Maya Protocol campaign promotion, for which we’re waiting on either XDEFI or WalletConnect before launching. We will certainly explore future campaigns as funds permit and as new Dash products are released and integrations acquired.


Marketing

Finally, we are considering the possibility of working with a professional marketing firm to market Dash at a professional level in the future. We had an initial conversation with crypto marketing firm Genzio. We will evaluate our options towards the end of this year and the beginning of next if it makes sense to engage with a professional marketing firm or to hire in-house.


Ask

We are maintaining our 350 Dash monthly ask. This is enough to sustain our two full-time salaries, and more if the price remains above $35. We understand that at present prices we are still running a deficit, however we are hopeful prices will improve in time. If not, we may float a supplemental proposal.