Celo Mexico - H1 2025 Progress Report

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Celo Mexico - H1 2025 Progress Report

Executive Summary

In only three months (From March to June 2025), Celo Mexico made significant strides in advancing Celo blockchain and regenerative finance (ReFi) adoption across Mexico. Our efforts centered on four pillars: community engagement, developer education, strategic marketing, and public-private partnerships. Key achievements include hosting impactful events in six regions, onboarding 10+ active developers, deploying 7 Community microgrants, and establishing 5+ strategic partnerships with entities like CMIC (biggest chamber of construction in Mexico) and SEDECO (Secretary of Economy in Mexico City). With over 380 event registrants, 500+ on-chain transactions, we also shipped code to Celo’s official repo (ElizaOs Plugin) and 1000%+ community growth, along with the first CeloMexico Academy activations. We exceeded roadmap targets, laying a robust foundation for scaling Celo’s ecosystem in Mexico in H2.

Written by: Gerry Alvarez

Focus Area 1: Community Engagement and Dev Growth

We activated amazing communities across Mexico, expanded regionally, and empowered developers, surpassing engagement goals.

Key Activities

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Metrics

  • 380+ event registrants, 150+ confirmed attendees.
  • 500+ event-related on-chain transactions, audited via tokens and Celo Explorer.
  • 2 tokenized projects live (Axolotl Conservation, Cashless Party and Academy (Community token utility), mental health services), 3 more in development.
  • CRM Database: Tracked 100+ wallet activations, with 70% linked to event participation.

KPIs

  • 1000%+ community growth (from 50 to 550+ active members on multiple social media).
  • 150+ attendees across 7 major events.
  • 7 microgrants deployed, 100% on-chain integration.

Focus Area 2: Marketing, Education, and Content Creation

We amplified Celo’s visibility through targeted education, storytelling, and social media campaigns, driving technical and public adoption and reaching locations as the first Blockchain to ever reach those places (Tehuacán, Pachuca, Estado de México and Tecamachalco).

Key Activities

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KPIs

  • 800%+ increase in overall social media engagement.
  • 3 demonstrated blockchain use cases (NFTs, tokenized events, developer tools).
  • 5+ active students in Dev Academy, with 3 nearing certification.

Focus Area 3: Strategic Partnerships

We prioritized operational excellence and trust-building through highly relevant sector collaborations.

Key Activities

  • Partnerships:
    • Public Sector: CMIC, SEDECO, SEDEMA for hackathons and policy advocacy.
    • Blockchain Solutions: Had conversations with Pistachio.fi, Bitso, Chipipay, Blockpay and Isla Urbana and Tulum Circula for ecosystem integration, all of them interested on the $cMXN (Except Bitso).
    • Merchant Adoption: Onboarded Ruta66 restaurant for cUSD payments, with a testimonial video driving.
    • Web3 Communities: Collaborated with W3btr3s, esBlockchain, Merch3.0, EthGDL, Blockchain Pachuca, EthCun, Frutero Club, and others for events and co-promotion.

KPIs

  • 8+ strategic partnerships established.
  • 10+ ecosystem events with Celo branding, elevating recognition.

Looking Ahead: H2 2025

  • cMXN Stablecoin Launch: Roll out with merchant integrations and DeFi strategies
  • HackCMIC 2025: Host national hackathon, targeting 150+ developers and 10+ industry sponsors.
  • Celo Dev Academy Expansion to Builders Hub: Achieve 10+ certifications, with new courses on cMXN and ReFi with real use-cases ready for Mexican Market.
  • YouTube Content Release: Publish 10+ videos, aiming for 20K+ views.
  • Merchant Pilot: Onboard 5+ merchants for cUSD/cMXN, with QR code payment systems.

Conclusion

Celo Mexico’s H1 2025 efforts delivered exceptional results, surpassing community, developer, and partnership goals. By leveraging events, education, and strategic alliances, we’ve positioned Celo as a leader in Mexico’s ReFi blockchain ecosystem. With a clear H2 roadmap, we are poised to scale adoption, drive cMXN utility, and contribute to Celo’s global mission of regenerative prosperity.

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Cool, must be very interest :grinning_face:

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Impressive :clap:
Cello is creating more opportunities to make their clients have reason to stay give them accolate

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@celomexico this report missing the list of projects and builders coming from Mexico.

Also what rewards to the buildes from Mexico are receiving.

Neither it mentions the report on micro-grants to builders and projects who registered on the programs.

Also why do you @GerryAlvrz want to add a new person with zero previous engagement within celo ecosystem and assign her a large budget just at the last month of H1 without wihout authorization and concent? instead supporting the people who engaged with the ecosytem before and during H1?

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Hi @OzKar I appreciate the questions and will respond point by point — but I also feel it’s necessary to clarify the context behind your concerns for the benefit of the community — especially given your public tone across other channels which creates confusion.

On Project Transparency

The report clearly references several projects and builders supported during H1, including:

  • Celo MΔIND
  • Digipaga (MiniPay Hackathon winner)
  • SwipePad (MiniPay Hackathon winner)
  • Impact Market Maker (IMM)
  • Mental Health staking prototype
  • DARVS_CELO and others via Proof of Ship

Microgrants and builder support were delivered through a mix of mentorship, open call prizes, and event-based stipends — all verifiable and outlined in this report. We recognize that inclusion in the report does not imply future entitlement to funding. A supplemental appendix with newly onboarded projects, GitHub links, and grant distributions is currently in progress and will be shared during our H2 transparency update.

On Contributor Changes

Let’s be clear for the community: no one holds a permanent role in a DAO, including advisors.

Your narrative behind seems to imply that:

  • The DAO must retain or compensate certain individuals regardless of output
  • Leadership must request permission to evolve or improve team structure

None of these assumptions align with how decentralized, performance-driven teams operate.

:balance_scale: Governance & DAO Autonomy

Regional nodes (including Celo Mexico) operate with local autonomy: teams may change contributors between funding periods based on delivery, professionalism, and community fit. For transperency, some current governance contacts (Guardians / Council leads) were informed that we are transitioning to an H2 operations team based on:

  • Delivery and professional conduct
  • Alignment with the mission
  • Local impact and ground presence
  • Team cohesion and execution capacity

This was made public today at the regional call. All collaborators from H1 — including yourself — were compensated. H2 funding will be allocated to contributors who are building, shipping, and representing the network on the ground.

Continued roles require renewed scope and results, which we couldn’t internally align, and this change was clearly stated on internal conversations.

On the New Contributor

The person being questioned was evaluated in late H1 for an H2 role. She brings the strategy, coordination, and ecosystem experience we need to grow TVL, transactions, and partnerships. All payments are milestone-based and tied to real deliverables.

We are choosing people based on what they contribute now — not who has been around the longest.

On Infrastructure Access

On a related note: I would appreciate your support in responsibly transferring access to Celo Mexico’s:

  • Forum workspace
  • Website + domain
  • Admin-level Telegram permissions (if held)

Retaining these channels post-offboarding is not aligned with decentralized values and only creates confusion for the community. Let’s resolve that with integrity.

In Closing

This is not about favoritism or exclusion. It’s about delivery, collaboration, transparency, and trust — principles that allow us to grow stronger as a community.

— Gerry (@GerryAlvrz)
Lead, Celo Mexico

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Please update with my contributions:

  • Creation of Github with 23 Repositories for Development on Celo L2
  • 21 types of Smart Contracts for the Community to have
  • Weekly know-how on to to run a KPI-driven Regional Hub
  • Proof of Shipping #4, #6 with DigiPaga
  • Proof of Shipping #4, #6 with SwipePad by ReFi Starter
  • Proof of Shipping # 6 with RegenEliza together with Luiz from ReFi Barcelona.
  • Participation in Stablecoin Hackathon

  • Four projects in KarmaGap:
    / SwipePad (DApp)
    /DigiPaga (DApp)
    /Regen Eliza (Public Good)
    /Oscar “The Regen”. (Publig Good)

  • Active GitCommits in 4 diiferent repositories. Excluding Celo Mexico Github.
  • Building 2 DApps that aim to bring support to the Regional Hub, following Joan emphasis.
  • SwipPad: All builders in Mexico and Projects on Mexico and everywhere can have its profile on the DApp and get micro donations.
  • DigiPaga: Cross-Payments and Invoicing Management Product. That if scale can support side-events and activations in the Celo Mexico, Celo Colombia and Celo EU (Spain & Portugal).
  • Participated at Sefethon implementing Celo
  • Participated on Agentic Ethereum winning a small bounty
  • Registered to ETH Taipei
  • Onboarded a Tier 1 Developer to Build on Celo 2 products.
  • Introduced Tulum Circula (UNESCO partner) to work with a Tokenization and bring Developers and Community awarness. And potential income to the Hub (following Joan emphasis on self-suficient Hubs).
  • Proposed an AI Agent to engage with Celo Mexico Community
  • Proposed a presentation and Bootcamp at Crypto Tulum Club
  • Recommended to engage with ETH 5 de Mayo as DevRel suggested
  • Push to Electric Capital half-year report as main KPI guidance
  • Proposed a AI Agent Repo that automate TXs with the Community (code is already drafted)
  • Introduced Grecia no help with Social Media (did not work)
  • Introduced Miche, a member of Cripo Unam. Who joined the team and was helping with Twitter and Telegram.
  • Joined 90% of the Council Calls
  • Engaged in valuable
  • Introduced Tec de Monterrey to host Workshops or Bootcamps (not
  • Introduced IPN (The University with most amount of STEM students in Mexico) to host Workshops or Bootcamps
  • Hundreds of interactions, posts, retweets, on Twitter, Instagram and Telegram.
  • The creation, hosting and co-admin of all the accounts on this Hub.

Retrospective:

  • Deep Advisory from August 2024 to initiate the first proposal back in September 2024
  • Self-funded my trip to Bangkok to be with the Community
  • Introduced @GerryAlvrz you to Celo Ecosystem
  • Expresses my concern about @GerryAlvrz managing 3 of the 4 wallets on the Safe Multi-Sig does not follow DAO principals
  • Expressed by concern of Celo Academy Mexico has overlapping Celo Academy and CelatAm Education initiative.
  • Insisted to have Ethereum and Celo Community Values.
  • Called to avoid centralized or Individual decision making toward important managerial decisions.
  • Promote a behaviour toward “regeneration”, “reparation” of internal conflicts solving via GravityDAO.
  • Concern about the AI tools memberships and registrations to be only use by one member of the Regional DAO.
  • To include all members of the team or a 3rd person to avoid abusing 1on1-only chat that can exacerbate conflicts on communications.
  • Use Githbu and On-chain transaction to sign agreements and commitments.

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Adding @OzKar contributions to the H1 2025 Report.

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We are back entering in a dialogue, communicating finding a cooperative way to continue.

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Got it!
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Open proposal for everyone who wants to check it out for its region:

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