Celo crypto guide: mobile payments, staking rewards, low-fee Layer-2 DeFi network
Overview
Celo is a smartphone-native blockchain that lets users send stablecoins to any phone contact. CELO secures the chain and unlocks staking, governance and fee discounts. As Celo moves to Optimism’s Layer-2 stack, transactions stay fast while borrowing Ethereum security. Developers deploy Solidity contracts unchanged, so DeFi, NFTs and ReFi tools arrive quickly.
Utility & Use Cases CELO
Staking & Governance
Lock CELO to earn yield and vote for validator groups that run Celo.
Instant Mobile Payments
Send cUSD or CELO to a phone number in under five seconds for a tiny fee.
Liquidity Mining
Provide CELO-cUSD liquidity on Ubeswap and farm extra rewards.
Eco-Friendly Transfers
Every Celo fee auto-buys carbon credits, making each payment climate-positive.
Play-to-Earn Games
Games like GoodGhosting reward players with yield paid in Celo tokens.
Celo Technologies Overview
Optimism OP Stack
Celo adopts OP Stack to operate as an Ethereum Layer-2 with near-instant blocks.
Plumo Light Client
Zero-knowledge proofs keep mobile wallets synced using only kilobytes of data.
Cross-Chain Bridges
Assets move between Celo, Ethereum and Solana with minimal delay.
Stable Gas in cUSD
Users may pay network fees with stablecoins, no CELO balance required.
Phone-Number Identity
Optional attestations link a number to a wallet, simplifying onboarding.
Funding
Since 2018 Celo has raised over $100 million from a16z, Polychain, Deutsche Telekom and 700+ community buyers on CoinList, giving the project deep liquidity and a multiyear development runway.
Roadmap
Layer-2 Mainnet Launch Q1 2025
Switch CELO ledger to Optimism OP Stack while keeping the mobile user experience unchanged.
Superchain Integration H2 2025
Link Celo liquidity with other OP Stack chains for wider market reach and shared security.
Account Abstraction 2026
Introduce social-recovery smart wallets to remove seed-phrase friction.
Celo Security & Audit Reports
Core code audited by Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin and Least Authority. No protocol-level exploits since 2020. Validators face slashing for faults and hot-fixes enable rapid patches.
Valora, MiniPay, MetaMask, Trust Wallet and Ledger all store CELO and cUSD.
Top Crypto Exchanges to Trade Celo (CELO)
#
Exchange
Pair
Price
24h Volume
1
Binance
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$7,569,503
2
WhiteBIT
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$7,571,651
3
OKX
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$3,088,132
4
LBank
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$2,026,732
5
Bybit
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$5,320,644
6
BYDFi
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$1,494,370
7
HTX
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$2,595,509
8
KuCoin
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$1,451,747
9
MEXC
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$1,251,375
10
Gate.io
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$2,408,887
11
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X48065FBB.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.73
$9,061,980
12
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X471ECE37.../0X765DE816...
~$0.58
$8,486,514
13
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0XD8763CBA.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.79
$6,018,327
14
DigiFinex
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$361,574
15
Hotcoin
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$3,104,522
16
XT.COM
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$909,165
17
Binance
CELO/TRY
~$20.69
$130,091
18
BitDelta
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$210,135
19
Ubeswap V3
0X48065FBB.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.73
$891,154
20
Coinbase Exchange
CGLD/USD
~$0.58
$206,475
21
Ubeswap V3
0X471ECE37.../0X765DE816...
~$0.58
$737,910
22
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0XE8537A3D.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.29
$730,612
23
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X66803FB8.../0X471ECE37...
~$5,646.81
$687,012
24
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X456A3D04.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.013
$740,362
25
OKX
CELO/USDC
~$0.58
$124,082
26
Ubeswap V3
0XCEBA9300.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.73
$365,702
27
BitMart
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$185,512
28
Phemex
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$146,272
29
LATOKEN
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$30,161
30
BigONE
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$63,003
31
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X4F604735.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.73
$44,372
32
Ubeswap V2
0X471ECE37.../0X91814635...
~$0.58
$41,814
33
Ubeswap V3
0X71E26D0E.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.0099
$34,678
34
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X71E26D0E.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.0099
$30,501
35
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X471ECE37.../0X765DE816...
~$0.58
$21,161
36
CoinEx
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$93,401
37
Ubeswap V2
0X765DE816.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.74
$9,700.39
38
XeggeX
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$10,714.05
39
Ubeswap V2
0XE273AD7E.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.8
$7,477.84
40
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X2DEF4285.../0X471ECE37...
~$3,776.61
$1,507.72
41
CoinEx
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$8,427.13
42
Ubeswap V2
0X9802D866.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.28
$189.07
43
Ourbit
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$1,192,148
44
BTCC
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$2,974,625
45
Pionex
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$94,763
46
BingX
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$156,167
47
TokoCrypto
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$476.12
48
BVOX
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$166,248
49
Bitget
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$140,444
50
CoinCatch
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$198,952
51
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X66803FB8.../0X471ECE37...
~$5,658.2
$370,193
52
WOO X
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$442.01
53
Globe
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$86,432
54
WEEX
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$9,990.09
55
Bitrue
CELO/USDC
~$0.58
$647,497
56
Bitrue
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$654,163
57
CEX.IO
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$25.15
58
Bitvavo
CELO/EUR
~$0.56
$55,609
59
Byte Exchange
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$168,669
60
Binance
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$55,810
61
Bitfinex
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$3,309.02
62
CEX.IO
CELO/USD
~$0.58
$25.12
63
Coinbase Exchange
CGLD/GBP
~$0.47
$13,882.92
64
Bittime
CELO/IDR
~$9,459
$12,149.78
65
Coinbase Exchange
CGLD/BTC
~$0.0000056
$5,864.39
66
Bitkub
CELO/THB
~$19.74
$6,834.23
67
Coinbase Exchange
CGLD/EUR
~$0.56
$33,268
68
XeggeX
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000057
$9,161
69
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0X1D18D038.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.81
$2,812.31
70
TokoCrypto
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$32.35
71
Sushiswap Celo
0XE919F657.../0X471ECE37...
~$3,751.96
$1,361.25
72
KuCoin
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$3,202.84
73
Binance US
CELO/USDT
~$0.57
$2,234.81
74
Ubeswap V2
0X17700282.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.0061
$558.52
75
Ubeswap V2
0X00BE915B.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.0002
$48.06
76
Energiswap
0X35EF8875.../0XA55F2631...
~$11.061
$70.28
77
Ubeswap V2
0X71E26D0E.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.0099
$48.67
78
Ubeswap V2
0X66803FB8.../0X471ECE37...
~$5,622.95
$32.29
79
Upbit
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$119.91
80
Nami.Exchange
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$6,306.6
81
Tokenize
CELO/SGD
~$0.78
$162,035
82
Tokenize
CELO/USD
~$0.57
$162,096
83
Nami.Exchange
CELO/VNST
~$14,836
$6,345.48
84
Tothemoon
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$3,176.91
85
Indodax
CELO/IDR
~$9,374
$259.78
86
Coinlist
CELO/USDT
~$0.58
$6,110.56
87
Ubeswap V2
0X27CD0065.../0X471ECE37...
~$0.0032
$877.79
88
Ubeswap V2
0XD8763CBA.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.8
$533.42
89
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0X48065FBB.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$1.75
$124,348
90
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0XCEBA9300.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$1.75
$49,056
91
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0X105D4A93.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$0.03
$22,466
92
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0X456A3D04.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$0.013
$22,434
93
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0XE8537A3D.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$0.29
$20,781
94
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0X4F604735.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$1.75
$8,820.79
95
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0XC16B81AF.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$1.81
$8,497.36
96
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0X8A567E2A.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$0.0004
$3,785.23
97
Carbon DeFi (Celo)
0X765DE816.../0XEEEEEEEE...
~$1.75
$3,640.93
98
Upbit Indonesia
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$1,930.11
99
ChangeNOW
CELO/BTC
~$0.0000056
$402.74
100
Uniswap V3 (Celo)
0XCEBA9300.../0X471ECE37...
~$1.73
$10,045,414
Celo
CELO
Price
#71
$0.29
5.58%
Market Cap
Market capitalization of Celo (CELO) represents the total value of all circulating tokens. It is calculated by multiplying the current price of one token by the total number of tokens in circulation
$169,377,357
Fully Diluted Variation
Fully diluted valuation of Celo (CELO) represents the theoretical market cap if all tokens that will ever exist were in circulation. It provides insight into the long-term value projection assuming the maximum supply is reached
$294,042,849
24 Hour Trading Vol
24-hour trading volume shows the total amount of Celo (CELO) traded across all exchanges over the past day. Higher volumes generally indicate more market liquidity and interest in the token
$73,747,037
Total Value Locked (TVL)
Total Value Locked (TVL) represents the aggregate value of Celo (CELO) and other assets deposited in DeFi protocols. It indicates the overall usage and adoption of Celo (CELO) in decentralized finance applications
$90,950,055
Circulating Supply
Circulating supply shows the number of Celo (CELO) tokens currently available and circulating in the market. This excludes locked, reserved, or unissued tokens that cannot be sold or traded
576,029,507
Total Supply
Total supply represents all Celo (CELO) tokens that currently exist, including both circulating tokens and those locked in various protocols or treasuries. It excludes tokens that will be created in the future
1,000,000,000
Max Supply
Maximum supply indicates the absolute maximum number of Celo (CELO) tokens that will ever exist. This is a hard cap programmed into the token's protocol that cannot be exceeded, ensuring scarcity over time
