Market Round up: Black Friday edition.

This Black Friday, we’re sweetening our Refer-a-Friend program! When you get 5 friends to download Voyager and create an account by Monday, December 2, at 11:59 p.m., we’ll give you $50 BTC! Even better, you’ll also get an extra $25 BTC for every friend that funds and trades $100 or more.

That means you can earn a total of $175 for helping spread the crypto revolution this holiday season!

Here’s how it works:

  • Download Voyager & create an account.
  • Share your unique link/ reward code with 5 friends.
  • If all 5 of your friends open a Voyager account by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 2, you’ll get $50 in BTC.
  • Earn an additional $25 for each friend that funds their account and trades a minimum of $100.
  • Each friend that completes the above milestones will also get $25 in BTC.

Open the app and start earning today!

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