CoW Swap Announces Winner of TWAP-tember Grand Prize
CoW Swap Announces Winner of TWAP-tember Grand Prize
CoW Swap has announced the winner of the grand prize for TWAP-tember, which is free trading for a month. The competition required participants to make TWAP trades on Mainnet or Gnosis chain, and the winner will receive free trades for the entire month of October.
Reminder: TWAPtember is in full swing! Make any TWAP trade on Mainnet or Gnosis chain for a chance to win: ➡️ Free trades all of October ➡️ 5 CoW-branded watches ➡️ 10 CoW-branded Gnosis Pay cards You have until October 1st to get your TWAP on: swap.cow.fi/#/1/advanced/W…
🚨 Attention all TWAP-ers 🚨 TWAP-tember is over and we are ready to announce the WINNER of the grand prize: free trading for a month on CoW Swap! 🥁 🥁
Extra, extra 📣 📢 CoW Protocol’s Summer Update is here 🐮📈 A teaser: - July vol was $865M & August vol was $1B - Launched CoW Hooks & TWAP orders, had the biggest DAO trade and much more Read the recaps👇 - July: blog.cow.fi/cow-protocol-j… - August - blog.cow.fi/cow-protocol-a…
Anon, are you ready for the final week of TWAPtember? Make any TWAP trade on Mainnet or @gnosischain for a chance to win: ➡️ Free trades all of October ➡️ CoW-branded watches ➡️ CoW-branded Gnosis Pay cards You have until Oct 1st to get your TWAP on: swap.cow.fi/#/1/advanced/W…
ICYMI 🎟️ Make a TWAP in September for a chance at free swaps in October 🦉 @gnosischain TWAPs have low part minimums – so you can enter with very small trades What's stopping you, anon?
👋 Attention cows 👋 September is now TWAP-tember! That's right, to get y'all to try CoW TWAP, we're hosting a raffle for wallets that make TWAPs in September. TWAP before Sep. 30th for a chance to win the grand prize: FREE 🤑 trading for the month of October (aka, Up-tober)
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