Project Details

Trende is a cryptocurrency platform that promotes community engagement, education, and lifestyle! People will be able to use Trende Coin (TCX) to buy products and/or services from local businesses, school programs, and youth programs partnered with the Trende. Not only will TCX holders get the option to exchange for local goods and services in a more cost effective way, but the possession of TCX will also unlock benefits/promotions throughout the Trende Ecosystem. 

Trende mainly solves two big issues today. Lack of community awareness and the understanding of what cryptocurrency is; and how it works. How many people would you say are aware of what goes on in the community they live in? Things like where to find the number of jobs added/created, or the average income, or something like the amount of small businesses within. When you think back to your teenage years, imagine the advantage it would’ve provided to have this information and way of thinking at the forefront.

Furthermore, how many times have you heard “I wish I got in Bitcoin early?” or “I’ll invest when I know more.” Public knowledge isn’t always common knowledge. So the question is, how do you make beneficial knowledge accessible to the public, common? You start in schools, with the youth. We want to make it common for you to know about the economic opportunity and advantages within your communities. We want to make it common to consider having cryptocurrency in your portfolio and the benefits of such, and we want to serve and have as much fun as possible while doing it! 

Right now the Trende marketplace website is up and running (trende.io) with TCX available for purchase on the Alcor Exchange. The company’s whitepaper (https://www.canva.com/design/DAFmFox93s0/w9Lued_vBzcBWIO5rP46-g/view?utm_content=DAFmFox93s0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink) is on the website as well. Reading that will give visitors an in depth overview of the company’s plans and objectives. Along with that, there are also short videos on our YouTube channel (https://m.youtube.com/@wearetrende) that explain the goals and values for Trende. 

Trende has secured partnerships in the local Denver Metro area already! A city that is very crypto progressive! As a matter of fact, Colorado has even started accepting cryptocurrencies as a means for tax payment. Not to mention this city is continuously growing with at least a 1.7% population growth rate each year since 2016. Trende has been in touch with and has a continued outreach process for securing potential partners. Trende has networked with school systems, small business owners, and pillars in the communities of California, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia as of now. Establishing and growing relationships is a key component of our model. As mentioned before, the partnerships are focused toward, School programs (i.e sport teams, extracurricular school clubs etc) Youth programs, (i.e child development programs and centers, club sports teams etc.) and Local business (i.e local entrepreneurs who have a product line, local barbers, etc.)    

Trende also will be launching a clothing line. The line will be showcasing different designed and styled Shirts, Hoodies, Jackets, Socks, Shorts, Hats, etc.

Ecosystem Fit

1. We believe that Trende fits perfectly with the XPR Network. We have always had a high value for easy transactions. Using the Webauth Wallet allows us to stay true to that value. Aside from company values aligning perfectly, the business model does as well! Think about it, teenagers already use domain names/virtual currencies to transact, whether it is via apps like Cash App and Venmo, or on gaming platforms like Fortnite and NBA 2K. Introducing the webauth wallet as Trende’s currency holder will be simple to explain and second nature to understand and interact with.

2. Our target audience will be School programs (i.e sports team, extracurricular school clubs etc), Youth programs (i.e child development programs and centers, club sports teams etc.), and Local business (i.e local entrepreneurs who have a product line, local barbers, etc.)  and also your local community members.

3. The main “need” that we meet is making a simple understanding of community and cryptocurrency common amongst active members of the community. We set ourselves apart from any other project with our values and tactics. Specifically with our youth outreach! Again our tactic of making beneficial knowledge public is starting with the youth. We have not seen a crypto company do what we are doing in this manner. 

Roadmap 

Milestone 1 Focus

• Integrate TCX Utility Payment System and Trende Loyalty Program into Trende.io Marketplace

• Content Development (Photoshoots, Video Shoots, clothing)

• Social media presence 

• Partnership recruiting

• Assemblies/Seminars for community members

Milestone: 1

Estimated Duration: 6-9 months

FTE: 4

Cost: $45,000

• TCX Utility Payment System/Trende Loyalty Program integration via Trende.io marketplace website 

• Front End website upgrade

• Photoshoot/Videoshoot Content 

• Clothing Development  

• Assemblies/Seminar materials

  Our focus for Milestone 1 will be to integrate the TCX Utility Payment System (UPS) and Loyalty Program into the Trende.io marketplace. At the same time of integration, we want to establish a strong social media presence. To build the ecosystem of Trende we will build our social media accounts and website where we will be dropping content consistently. The goal of this content will be to give an insight to what Trende is, and what we are about! This content will include hosting a plethora of photo and video shoots to promote our partners and events. Other Assets to Trende are the ownership of embroidery and DTG machines. This allows Trende to be able to create in house stylish products for our partners in attempts to help build their brands.

With the integration of the loyalty program and UPS into Trende.io and the partnerships we create, we will be able to bring school districts a product that will be beneficial to their communities and their students.

Once we have partnered with school systems, we will host seminars and assemblies for the parents and students so they can get a true understanding of what Trende and Cryptocurrency/blockchain technology has to offer.

Future Plans

In the future we want Trende to be a strong company with a strong collection of valuable practices and profitable systems. What backs TCX is the community that operates in its ecosystem. We plan to find ways to give back while continuing to build on the solid foundation Trende sets with its partners. We plan to host events that will engage with community members. Additionally, we will host and put on more focused assemblies and seminars to bring more knowledge about blockchain technology and how it can be beneficial to students and community members.

Once we have build a solid foundation regarding the utility of our cryptocurrency TCX, we will begin development on an App which we believe will add more value to our communities and our ecosystem.

Another vision we have is building our own manufacturing warehouse full of DTGs, Embroidery, and other clothing/product manufacturing machines in which we will offer dropshipping services for our partners. Along with our warehouses, we vision ourselves with “cryptocurrency only” storefronts that will sell our partners products all across the United States and eventually across the world! 

We plan to add more utility to TCX. Exactly which tactic we will use will be dependent on what makes the most sense for the ecosystem's progression. We have examples listed that we have taken into consideration.  such as 

• Tiered Programs and benefits for TCX held

• DAO voting system for Students/Teachers and community members

• Staking 

Our long term vision is for Trende to be able to handle its own blockchain for its partners. This will allow businesses, school programs, and youth programs to build their own cryptocurrency and have more control of their created value.

Additional Information 

In the last few years we have already done fundraisers with schools in the Denver Metro Area and we received positive feedback on the value we were bringing to the schools. Adding Cryptocurrency/Blockchain technology to our business model will only bring more value!

We have downloaded and tried out the webauth wallet gateway plug-in that was created for woocommerce but we found that the plug-in is not suitable for our business model at the moment.

Trende has allocated 50% of our total supply of TCX to help build our partners. This supply will be called our “Trende Fund” in which we will grant our partners TCX in which we hope can help add value to their establishment/business.

Our goal is to support the entire Proton Ecosystem. In the future we would love to build partnerships with other DApps within the XPR Network Ecosystem.

No previous grants have been applied for nor has there been any outside funding for this project. Everything so far has been self funded.

We will have an AMA via Xspace on Thursday October, 5th @ 5:00pm EST to go over our vision and milestone outlook.

Team 

Owner/Founder 

LaDerian King

IG - laderianking

Twitter - justcallmeld 

Co - Founder

Phillip Mars

Co - Founder 

Jaisean Jackson 

Co - Founder 

De’Jon Stallings 

Co - Founder 

Ashauni King 

Co - Founder 

Candace Disher