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  • Why did Binance’s BNB Remain Mostly Unaffected by China’s Crypto Crackdowns, While Huobi’s HT Lost Heaps

    Why did Binance’s BNB Remain Mostly Unaffected by China’s Crypto Crackdowns, While Huobi’s HT Lost Heaps

    Key takeaways:

    • Native tokens of centralized exchanges have been particularly hard hit by the Chinese blanket ban on crypto
    • Huobi’s HT token is the biggest loser of the past seven days, down 36% at press time
    • The price of BNB remained mostly unaffected by the latest crypto crackdown

    After a series of regulatory clampdowns that date back all the way back to 2013, China has decided to issue a blanket ban on all cryptocurrency activity in the country on September 24. As expected, native tokens of crypto exchanges that were offering their services to Chinese users, such as OKB and Huobi token, have been particularly hard hit. However, Binance Coin remained relatively unaffected by the news.

    Binance has reportedly stopped dealing with China in 2017

    According to a Chinese reporter of Blockchain Daily, Xu Cihau, Binance spokesperson said the exchange stopped offering its products and services to China-based users in 2017. The statement was picked up by Colin Wu, a prominent journalist that covers crypto-related topics and a winner of the 2013 China News Award.

    The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume has reportedly withdrawn from the Chinese market due to the concerns and uncertainties surrounding the local laws and regulations. Given the latest developments, Binance’s early exit from the largest Asain market seems like a very savvy business decision.

    In the aftermath of Chinese news, the native token of one of Binance’s largest competitors, Huobi Global, has experienced a sharp decline. HT has fallen from roughly $12.1 to $7.2 in the span of 48 hours. Additionally, Huobi announced it plans to retire all users accounts from China by the end of the year. OKEx’ OKB token shared a similar fate, dropping from $16.9 to $10.9 in the same time frame. Both HT and OKB went on a roughly 40% downswing once the news broke.

    BNB, on the other hand, slipped from $373 on Sept 24, to $346 in the following two days, thus showing only a 7% loss. Over the course of the year, Binance has taken several major steps in its pivot to proactive compliance. For instance, the exchange has lowered the daily withdrawal limit for Basic users from 2 BTC to 0.06 BTC in July, and made KYC verification mandatory for all users.

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    China has finally decided to pull the plug on crypto

    To those who follow crypto-related news, Beijing’s decision to make all cryptocurrency-related activities illegal is not at all surprising. The Asian superpower has been targeting the blockchain sector since 2013, when it forbade financial institutions from processing Bitcoin transactions.

    Earlier in the year, the crackdowns on the industry intensified, with a series of clampdowns aimed at cryptocurrency miners based within the country’s borders. Some analysts are convinced that the government’s ban on crypto is paving the way for the upcoming digital yuan.

    Following the news, the prices of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, in particular, Uniswap and dYdX surged. Investors are anticipating a large number of Chinese crypto traders will flock to decentralized exchanges (DEX), which function without an intermediary and provide much-needed user anonymity.

  • Top 3 Coins to Watch – Week 39

    Top 3 Coins to Watch – Week 39

    Week 38 was the last full week of Q3 2021, so it is time to take a quick look back on how the cryptocurrency market has performed this quarter. The total market capitalization at the beginning of the quarter was $1.4 trillion and it climbed up to above $1.9 trillion at the end of Week 38, which represents an almost 37% increase. While ETH and BTC led the rally in August, this changed in September, when altcoins, such as Polkadot, Avalanche, Solana, Fantom and Algorand, stepped into the limelight of the community’s attention. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing digital art, collectibles, and in-game items were still very popular, and, for now, it does not look like the interest in these tokens is dying out. In fact, two of the three projects featured in this week’s Top Coins to Watch article are from the NFT sector. Although pushed a little bit more in the background of media attention, DeFi protocols are still evolving and expanding. The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi increased from below $70 billion to over $85 billion throughout Q3.

    3. Metahero (HERO)

    Metahero is a 3D-avatar blockchain based meta universe (metaverse) that aims to capture several markets that are moving to the virtual/online worlds, such as gaming, social events, fashion, and artworks. Even though the project only launched in July 2021, it has already established a partnership with Wolf Studio, a global leader in 3D scanning and modelling technology. Thereby, users can create ultra-realistic digital 3D avatars of themselves or even scan the physical artwork to mint NFTs. The project notes that the use cases of their platform coupled with the 3D scanning technology by Wolf Studio are only limited by one’s imagination. The CEO of Metahero, Robert Gryn, previously led Codewise, one of the fastest growing start-up companies in Europe. The immense interest in NFTs and online metaverses combined with a wide range of possible use cases could mean that Gryn is currently overseeing another highly innovative company with huge potential for fast growth. 

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    Metahero to conduct a historical $10,000,000 Airdrop on September 30 and pursue listings of HERO on centralized exchanges

    The Metahero team has recently announced a historical airdrop, in which the team will distribute $10,000,000 worth of HERO. One of the biggest airdrops in the history of airdrops will require two snapshots of HERO balances – one has already been taken and the second one will take place on September 30. Users need to hold at least 5000 HERO and not sell any HERO before September 30 to be eligible for the airdrop. In addition, Metahero completely removed all fees on September 25 as the project moved into a new growth phase and HERO became a regular utility token. Users can now enjoy fee-free trading and free transfers. The team has also opened the doors to all Tier 1 exchanges. The team is now in advanced talks with some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world as it plans to get their token listed on multiple centralized exchanges in Q4 2021. For now, HERO is only being traded on BitMart exchange. The requirements to be eligible for the $10,000,000 airdrop will eliminate some of the HERO sell pressure, and drive the price up from $0.10, where it is currently trading. However, the long-term drive for HERO appreciation can only come from platform adoption and new implementations of the 3D avatar technology that Metahero offers.

    2. Illuvium (ILV)

    Illuvium is a collectible non-fungible token (NFT) based RPG game. Players will be able to mine, harvest, capture, and fight Illuvials – deity-like creatures that inhabit this open alien world.  Each Illuvial will possess unique stats, classes, and affinities and the synergy between the individual Illuvials in your alien army will play the decisive role in determining the winner of in-game battles. Open Beta of the game is scheduled to be released in Q1 2022.

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    Binance lists Illuvium, a promising 3D NFT-based RPG game that is currently still in development

    Some of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance and Kucoin, recently listed Illuvium (ILV). Binance opened trading for ILV/BTC, ILV/BNB, ILV/BUSD, and ILV/USDT trading pairs while ILV/USDT can be traded on Kucoin. The Illuvium project utilizes ILV token for liquidity and decentralized governance. The ILV listing marks a major milestone for the project and indicated that there is a high interest for NFT-based gaming within the cryptocurrency community. While ILV is tradable and transferrable, once the game launches, there will also be Synthetic ILV token or sILV, which will be used as an in-game currency. Its value will be pegged to the value of ILV, but as opposed to ILV, sILV will be non-transferrable between players. In addition, players will be able to earn in-game rewards in ILV through competitions and tournaments and capture Illuvials and collect resources to trade on an in-game marketplace called Illuvidex. All these mechanisms follow a “play to earn” gaming model, giving players the option to earn cryptocurrency while having fun by playing the game at the same time. ILV is currently trading at $515 and is up more than 1000% in last 3 months even though the working product has yet to be released. The project achieved that by offering lucrative ILV staking opportunities and regularly releasing product teasers that excite the community. Given the extremely high popularity of NFTs and blockchain-based gaming that we are seeing this year, we believe that both Illuvium as well as ILV token have plenty of room to grow.

    1. OMG Foundation (OMG)

    OMG Foundation, formerly known as OMG Network and before June 2020 as OmiseGO, is an Ethereum-based payment gateway that allows users to move any form of money between countries, businesses, and people as easily as sending email. It also facilitates fast and cheap transfer of ETH and ERC20 tokens. The project was supported by Vitalik Buterin, Toyota and Tether. Recently, OMG Foundation’s core developer Enya, has launched a new Ethereum Layer 2 Optimistic Rollups based network called the Boba Network.

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    Enya and OMG Foundation launch Boba Network, a cutting edge Ethereum Layer 2 Scaling Solution

    On September 22, the public mainnet of Boba Network, the all-new Ethereum Layer 2 Optimistic Rollup scaling solution went live. The latest addition to the available Ethereum scaling solutions aims to deliver a faster, cheaper, more seamless experience for users of Ethereum. By reducing gas fees, improving transaction throughput, and boosting the capabilities of smart contracts, Boba aims to become the go-to network for DeFi and NFT application developers. Along with the mainnet, OMG Foundation and Enya released BOBA, a new governance token for the newly launched platform. The press release notes, that BOBA tokens will be airdropped to existing OMG token holders who have bridged their OMG tokens to Boba Network by a snapshot date sometime in October. Major exchanges will likely support the airdrop, with FTX exchange already announcing the airdrop support. BOBA tokens will serve as governance tokens for the network. Holders will form Boba DAO, a decentralized governance community that will vote on proposals and decide on the future of the platform. In addition, Boba’s developers noted that they have big plans for the network and that mainnet launch is only the beginning. The press release, reads:

    “Boba has a vision of expanding and democratizing the Ethereum ecosystem, and its L2 is the first step towards bringing that vision to life. Boba and its large, diverse community will focus on creating a great experience for developers and users by offering a native fast exit bridge, NFT bridging between L2 and L1, and leveraging Ethereum for security.”

  • Idexo Launches its Community Development Kit to Help Brands Mint NFTs on Twitter and Telegram

    Idexo Launches its Community Development Kit to Help Brands Mint NFTs on Twitter and Telegram

    Gibraltar, Gibraltar, 27th September, 2021,

    Idexo is proud to announce the launch of its Community Development Kit (CDK). The tool makes use of idexo’s API to facilitate community growth across social platforms. For example, users can mint NFTs by tweeting or sending a Telegram message, fueling rapid community growth. 

    Idexo facilitates the building of cross-chain NFT and gaming API solutions. The team raised $2.5m in funding earlier in September to help integrate non-fungible tokens and NFTs into any application or game. A cross-chain NFT API allows anyone to build NFT-oriented marketplaces or non-fungible tokens for a wide variety of purposes. 

    Making NFTs more appealing to the mainstream requires the use of innovative solutions. An API is a more accessible solution that carries less responsibilities than managing a blockchain wallet. Any transaction can occur through an API key to make these options more accessible and easier to implement. Idexo is compatible with Avalanche, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Arweave, and Polygon. 

    The launch of the Community Development Kit (CDK) marks another essential milestone for Idexo. The suite of tools introduces solutions for planning community NFTs, letting users create them, and connecting non-fungible tokens with community members for rewards and other innovative purposes. In addition, with the help of the native API, teams can explore different options to achieve fast community growth across Telegram and Twitter. Idexo was the first in the world to enable minting of NFTs on Twitter and Telegram – now clients of its CDK can offer its communities the same revolutionary technology. 

    Users can mint an NFT by simply sending a tweet or a Telegram message. Clients can base entire campaigns around this concept to engage community members and expand their reach across both platforms.

    bloXmove is the first customer to make use of the idexo Community Development Kit. The bloXmove project aims to connect the global mobile community seamlessly. A dedicated NFT will be launched for community members, which can be minted on Telegram and Twitter. Every NFT will provide  a key to an idexo hosted app where NFT holders can complete a KYC step to gain access to a special private sale round. 

    Through idexo’s native solution and CDK, any developer can integrate NFTs for innovative purposes. Any app or game can benefit from these solutions as they introduce a different way for community engagement and community growth. 

    About Idexo

    Idexo values simplicity and fun. We want to empower creative individuals to build great industry-disrupting applications by simplifying complexity in 2 key areas: (1) shipping product, where we reduce the technical and economic complexity through our SDK/API and Compute Credit, and (2) growing community, through our Community Development Kit (CDK).

    Contacts
    • Greg Marlin
    • press@idexo.io
  • Kawaii Islands Taps Polkastarter For Its KWT IDO On October 12

    Kawaii Islands Taps Polkastarter For Its KWT IDO On October 12

    Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 27th September, 2021,

    Kawaii Islands, the Anime Metaverse gamifying DeFi mechanism, is pleased to announce its Initial Decentralised Offering (IDO) on Polkastarter. The token sale goes live on October 12, and users can start registering for the whitelisting process shortly. 

    Blockchain gaming with a play-to-earn model keeps gaining global momentum. Kawaii Islands is the first Anime Metaverse on a large scale to create a simulation world for players to immerse themselves into. Players can explore customization options, including crafting, decorating homes, styling their characters, and engaging in social networking. There are many possibilities for customization, with more to come in the future. 

    Kawaii Islands is not your average NFT-oriented blockchain game either. The Alpha version of this game uses a temporary AIRI token – courtesy of Marketplace partner aiRight – to help balance the overall economy. Following the beta release in October 2021, the native KWT token will become the main currency. However, all assets from the Alpha version will be preserved in the beta, ensuring players do not lose progress. 

    The KWT Token is a crucial asset for Kawaii Islands. It can be used for governance but also serves numerous other purposes. Players earn rewards in KWT which they can use to pay in-game fees. Moreover, completing Delivery Orders through the Leaderboard, or selling and staking items, will earn more KWT. Those KWT tokens are also used to craft and buy items, skip waiting times, or participate in events.  

    The Kawaii Islands team will sell the KWT token through its Initial Decentralized Offering (IDO) on Polkastarter come October 12, 2021. Tokens will be listed at $0.03, and the total supply is 1 billion KWT. Further tokenomcis details can be found here. 

    Polkastarter enables projects to raise capital in a decentralised, permissionless and interoperable environment and is also a backer of the Kawaii Islands project. In addition, the team will unveil more information on the IDO whitelisting process through Kawaii Island’s official social channels. 

    Earlier, the Kawaii Islands team successfully sold out two presale events for 2,100 Starter Packs of game item NFTs. Additionally, the team secured $2.4 million in private funding from numerous prominent crypto and blockchain investors, including MapleBlock, Signum, AU21, SkyVision Capital, Master Venture, Polkastarter, Polygon, and others. The financial support and industry expertise allow Kawaii Islands to connect other anime games into a full-fledged anime metaverse. 

    As a joint venture between Imba Games Studio and Oraichain, Kawaii Islands aims to balance gaming and blockchain development. The NFT-oriented play-to-earn business model ensures everyone can access the game and enjoy their time without having to make steep upfront investments. 

    About Kawaii Islands

    Kawaii Islands is a collaboration between Imba Games Studio, a leading game development studio with over 14 million customers from more than 6 years of game development experience and a new strategic partner Oraichain, the world’s first AI-powered data oracle and ecosystem for blockchains. Kawaii Islands is a NFT play-to-earn game that creates a fantasy universe on the cloud for multi players to experience a whole set of simulation gaming including designing, building, crafting, farming and social networking. With exclusive NFTs Marketplace on aiRight, Kawaii Islands aims to create a space where players can earn profits while playing games.

    Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord | Medium | Facebook | Newsletter | Marketplace 

    About Polkastarter

    Polkastarter is the fully decentralized protocol for launching new ideas. Our curation process and industry access enable us to offer the best new projects in blockchain and digital assets. With Polkastarter, decentralized projects can raise awareness, build a loyal community, and receive long-term support. Users of the platform will be able to participate in a secure and compliant environment and use assets both in and beyond the current ERC20 standard.

    Website | Twitter | Telegram | Telegram Announcements. 

    Contacts
    • Kawaii Islands
    • contact@kawaii.global
  • Decentralized Exchange Tokens UNI and DYDX Are Surging, Ethereum Reclaims $3,000 Milestone

    Decentralized Exchange Tokens UNI and DYDX Are Surging, Ethereum Reclaims $3,000 Milestone

    Key takeaways:

    • Decentralize exchange tokens have been among the biggest gainers following Beijing’s crackdown on crypto businesses
    • UNI and DYDX are up the most, other DEX tokens are also showing strong market performance
    • Ethereum manages to rise above the $3,000 level, thanks to a 9-hour long 15% rally

    The cryptocurrency market has been thoroughly shaken up by Friday’s news of China banning crypto services like trading and new token issuance. In the 48 hours following the regulatory crackdown, the total market cap had dropped by $150 billion, pushing the value of Bitcoin to $41,000 and Ethereum to $2,750. Since then, bullish momentum has allowed most tokens to recover some of their lost value. Over the course of the last 24 hours, 81 out of the top 100 digital currencies have managed to post positive results.

    A 15% upswing lifts the second-largest crypto above $3,100

    Ethereum plunged to as low as $2,753 on September 26, before a 9-hour long rally pushed the price to $3,166.

    Ethereum was hit hard by the news of the Chinese central bank (PBoC) issuing a blanket ban on cryptocurrency businesses. The price of the second-largest crypto dropped from $3,120 to $2,770 in the span of three hours, representing an 11% drop. Over the course of the next 2 days, ETH momentarily plunged even lower, to $2,750. Since then, however, ETH rallied by 15% and reached the price point it held just before the China news went viral.

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    DEX tokens DYDX and UNI have rallied after the China ban

    Uniswap, the biggest DEX in the market, has enjoyed the increased interest from investors who are betting on the success of DEXs following the crypto ban.

    In anticipation of Chinese users flocking to decentralized exchanges now that China has made cryptocurrency trading via an intermediary illegal, the market values of DEXes have increased tremendously. During the trading action that has taken place over the weekend, and continued today, Uniswap, dYdX, and other decentralized exchanges have been among the biggest beneficiaries.

    UNI, for instance, experienced a massive 41% upswing, which has lifted the price from $18 to $25.5, before dropping to $24.5 at press time. The bullish surge has helped UNI overtake LUNA as the 12th biggest crypto by market cap.

    The price of DYDX nearly doubled in the last 48 hours of trading action.

    Another decentralized exchange token that has had enormous success over the weekend and going into today is DYDX. Although DYDX started trading just a little over two weeks ago, the token has already managed to break into the list of the top 100 largest coins by market cap.

    Since its launch and a massive $1 billion airdrop on September 8, DYDX has been experiencing a mostly sideways trading action – until China decided to ban crypto businesses, that is. While DYDX was trading at $11.3 in the early hours of September 24, the token has since then managed to gain over 100% and reached an all-time high of $22.7. As of now, DYDX is trading at $20.9, showing a relatively small retracement from its ATH, at the time of this writing.

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    Conversely, centralized exchange tokens have been hurting. Houbi Global, for instance, has announced the retirement of China-based accounts by the end of the year, while its native Huobi token lost more than 30% since the news of the crypto ban went live. Binance is reportedly also distancing itself from the Chinese market. Talking with CNBC, Binance’s spokesperson said that the new account registrations are now blocked when using Chinese mobile numbers.

  • Huobi Plans on Retiring all China-Based Accounts by the end of the Year

    Huobi Plans on Retiring all China-Based Accounts by the end of the Year

    Yesterday, Huobi Global revealed its plans for a gradual withdrawal from the Chinese market. One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges announced that new account registrations were suspended in order “to comply with local laws and regulations.” The policy change was put into effect almost immediately after the news of China banning crypto transactions became known.

    Key Takeaways:

    • Huobi Global has become the first major centralized exchange to respond to Beijing’s regulatory crackdown. The exchange will no longer offer its suite of products and services to users from Mainland China. As of September 24, new account registration is no longer available.
    • Huobi has also revealed that it plans on withdrawing from the market completely by the year’s end. At the moment, the exchange hasn’t yet shared detailed information.  “The specific arrangements and details,” the announcement reads, will be shared to users via “official announcements, e-mails, text messages, etc.”
    • Beijing’s ban on cryptocurrency transactions has thoroughly shaken up the blockchain sector. Bitcoin had been hit with a 5% loss, while Ethereum had recorded an almost 9% drop in the hours following the news, and had slipped below the $3,000 milestone. 
    • The price of the Houbi token saw a sharp decline after the new set of regulations became known, almost halving in value in the span of 48 hours.
    • Tokens of other centralized exchanges also took a big hit to their price. OKEx’ native OKB, had slipped from $16.9 to $10, but managed to recover much of its lost value by the time of this writing. 
    • Conversely, the value of decentralized exchange tokens has skyrocketed as many members of the blockchain community believe that Chinese crypto users will flock to decentralized exchanges. UNI, for instance, has rallied by more than 30%, while DYDX’s price nearly doubled in the last 48 hours, increasing from $12 to $21.5 at press time.
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  • NFT Assets see 2X-10X growth in less than 1 month on CricketCrazy.io – The worlds largest Cricket focused NFT marketplace

    NFT Assets see 2X-10X growth in less than 1 month on CricketCrazy.io – The worlds largest Cricket focused NFT marketplace

    CricketCrazy.io has seen the value of its assets grow drastically in CRIC value in the first month of launch. The gamification and rewards set up for each of the challenges announced has seen a great engagement and a return to fans and investors who participated on the platform. These Challenges and Leaderboards have just been launched on CricketCrazy.io and will be fully live by 15th October.

    CricketCrazy.io, the world’s first NFT marketplace for Cricket has gone live with over 50 unique moments worth over USD200,000 and over 50M CRIC in reward pools to be won by playing various challenges. 

    CricketCrazy.io was launched on September 15th, 2021 at a Virtual Press Conference by its Founding Members, including Parthiv Patel, former Indian Cricketer and the current Talent Scout for Mumbai Indians. 

    The marketplace will keep adding NFTs of iconic moments daily going forward from 20,000+ of cricket media assets in the library along with new additions which are being constantly contributed by its various partners. 

    CricketCrazy.io also gamifies the entire experience and is announcing over 50 million CRIC in reward pools for various challenges that are played on the platform. The first two challenges have already gone live.

    The marketplace has been developed by Cricket Foundation, the Singapore headquartered blockchain based platform, built by the cricketing community.

    The platform already has a star-studded list of founding partners like V.V.S. Laxman, Parthiv Patel, Wasim Akram, RP Singh, Piyush Chawla, Deep Dasgupta, Veda Krishnamurthy, Pragyan Ojha, Lance Klusener, Shaun Tait, Rikki Clarke, Boria Majumdar, among many others. The latest entrants who were welcomed at the launch were Bitbns, CoinGape, Digvijay Sinh Kathiawada, Michael Vaughan, Dermott Reeve, Wildfire Sports, Pradeep Mandhani and 2-3 partners are currently being added everyday.

    The platform is also happy to announce 3 new cricket ‘Play and Win Games’ which are being co-developed with partners and being launched on the network soon.

    Speaking at the launch, Pruthvi Rao, Co-Founder – Cricket Foundation said, “The Cricket Foundation is a Layer 1 technology, meaning it can host multiple applications that are built on top of it. NFTs are one such application which allows, for the first time in history, for fans and collectors to collect digital media. There are many other applications ranging from gaming, esports, ticketing, merchandising, etc, which are already being built on this, which will change the way traditional businesses are operated. Zebi along with Smart Cricket, which worked on this opportunity as early as 2018, is proud to be one of the key contributors to this project”.

    Atul Srivastava, Co-Founder – Cricket Foundation added “Cricket is a sport that is evolving at a remarkable pace, with its growing global appeal the democratization of cricket is inevitable. With the continuous addition of players, partners and members, now fans across the world will have access to the widest collection of cricket NFTs offering them a chance to own and represent the priceless moments. The marketplace will soon launch gamification experiences to fans and users  as well creating a unique platform for fan engagement”.

    Celebrity cricketer and Co-Founder of Cricket Foundation, Parthiv Patel, speaking on the occasion, added “It is a novel way for us to engage with our fans, CricketCrazy presents a unique digital offering to cricketers and franchises to enhance their reach as well as the relationship with fans by giving them a sense of belonging, involving them in community decisions, and keeping them engaged with the game. For the fans, NFTs are the only way to provably own digital sports assets and collectibles. “

    Matthew Thacker, Director of Wildfire Sports, United Kingdom, an eminent media and communications specialist one of the Co-Founders of Cricket Foundation, said “From the early days of asking Don Bradman for his autograph, through to bidding on shirts, caps, bats or balls from the legendary players representing their greatest moments, collecting has always been extremely popular in cricket and introducing the digital world to this is a natural step. We’re really looking forward to the journey”.

    Crypto expert and cricket Foundation co-founder Sunil Sharma when asked about the future of NFTs, said, “NFT sales surpassed $2.5 billion in just the first half of 2021. As Blockchain technology becomes better in terms of gas fees and transaction capacity, we will see exponential growth in NFT Markets.”

    About Cricket Foundation – The cricket ecosystem built for the token age

    Cricket Foundation digitally connects the cricketing world together. While CricketCrazy, the NFT marketplace is its maiden offering, the vision is to eventually build several applications and uses within the platform meant for the cricket ecosystem powered by CRIC Token – like Merchandising, Licensing Rights Management, Ticketing, Fan Tokens and Engagement, eSports, Gaming, Gamification and Auction Endorsements apart from Digital Collectibles.

    The ecosystem has already signed over 120+ partners from the cricket ecosystem, ranging from players, clubs, associations, business partners, game developers, etc. The number of users on the platform exceeded 50,000 even before launch, and is complemented with over 60,000 followers on social media. The Cricket Token (CRIC), successfully listed on Bitbns and Latoken exchanges and will soon be listed on other exchanges as well. CRIC Token is the medium of transactions for all applications built on the platform and is core to maintaining the security and integrity of the Cricket Blockchain platform, apart from being used for the platform’s governance.

    Website: https://cricket.foundation

    Marketplace: https://cricketcrazy.io

    MEDIA CONTACT: pr@zebi.co

    SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CricketFdn      

  • Crypto.com Expands Free Crypto Tax Reporting Service to the U.K.

    Crypto.com Expands Free Crypto Tax Reporting Service to the U.K.

    Singapore, Singapore, 27th September, 2021,

      It’s now even easier for U.K crypto investors to file crypto tax returns

    Following the successful launches of Crypto.com Tax in Canada and America, and Australia earlier in August, Crypto.com has announced that this service is now also available in the U.K., with more markets to come. 

    Crypto.com Tax makes it easy to file complicated crypto taxes in a matter of minutes and at no cost. This service is tailored to meet U.K. tax requirements and supports more than 20 of the largest wallets and exchanges, including the Crypto.com App and Exchange.

    “We have long been committed to offering the most compliant and easy-to-use crypto platform in the world,” said Kris Marszalek, Co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com. “After launching our tax reporting service in the US, Canada and Australia, we’re excited to now offer it to all crypto users in the U.K. Look out for more countries to be added soon.”

    Crypto.com Tax enables users to quickly generate accurate and organised tax reports, including transaction history and records of capital gains and losses, as well as other crypto-related taxable and non-taxable transactions. 

    Crypto.com has worked with professional tax advisers to make sure that the calculation logic is consistent with available guidance and laws for filing crypto taxes in U.K.. 

    About Crypto.com

    Founded in 2016, Crypto.com today serves over 10 million customers with the world’s fastest growing crypto app, along with the Crypto.com Visa Card — the world’s largest crypto card program — the Crypto.com Exchange and Crypto.com DeFi Wallet. Recently launched, Crypto.com NFT is the premier platform for collecting and trading NFTs, carefully curated from the worlds of art, design, entertainment and sports.

    Crypto.com is built on a solid foundation of security, privacy and compliance and is the first cryptocurrency company in the world to have ISO/IEC 27701:2019, CCSS Level 3, ISO27001:2013 and PCI:DSS 3.2.1, Level 1 compliance, and independently assessed at Tier 4, the highest level for both NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Frameworks. 

    With over 2,600 people in offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia, Crypto.com is accelerating the world’s transition to cryptocurrency. Find out more: https://crypto.com

    Contacts
    • Dan Edelstein
    • PR@marketacross.com
  • Paul Pierce, Phil Ivey, Mr. Beast and Joe Lubin Tonight In Virtue Poker’s Awaited Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament

    Paul Pierce, Phil Ivey, Mr. Beast and Joe Lubin Tonight In Virtue Poker’s Awaited Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament

    Xbiex, Malta, 26th September, 2021,

    Virtue Poker is excited to host The Celebrity Charity Poker tournament that commences tonight, September 26, at 11 pm UTC.

    The tournament will be live-streamed on Twitch . 

    Tonight will feature the first of two 6-player tables of the Celebrity Charity Poker tournament.

    Tonight’s table will include Hall of Famer and Virtue Poker Team Pro Phil Ivey, BA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, YouTube sensation Mr. Beast, Ethernity’s Nick Rose, Sam Trabucco – CEO of Alameda (FTX), and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin.

    All participants will compete for bragging rights and a $100,000 prize pool for charity. The 12 players are spread across seven time zones and various continents. Therefore, the Celebrity Charity Poker tournament will run over multiple days to give everyone a fair chance at winning.

    Tournament structure

    Every table has six players and will play down until one winner remains. The winners of both tables will face off to claim the Virtue Poker Championship Title and the $100,000 prize pool for charity.

    All players select the charity of their choice to receive $2,500. In addition, winners of each table can add $10,000 more for their charity, with the Overall Champion adding another $50,000 to the tally.

    Virtue Poker secured the help of Lon McEachern and Norman Chad to provide color commentary for this event’s featured table. 

    The Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament can be broken down as follows:

    Table 1: 9/26 11 pm UTC

    Table 2: 9/28 3 pm UTC

    Final Table: Date TBA

    Giving Block: For Viewers

    The Virtue Poker Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament viewers are encouraged to donate to charitable organizations via The Giving Block. The provider supports a variety of cryptocurrencies and supports several nonprofit organizations globally. Those who contribute to The Giving Block are entered in a 2 ETH drawing during this event. There are multiple 1 ETH prizes for users who complete:

    ● Joining the Virtue Poker Telegram channel

    ● Following Virtue Poker on Twitter

    ● Joining the Virtue Poker email list

    Virtue Poker, with the help of Binance NFTs, has created a collection of 11.801 non-fungible tokens. Every NFT represents a card in a 52-card deck. Players who assemble hands and hold the winning hand for each knockout split a $2,500 prize. Additionally, holders of the winning hand for the championship knockout round are entered into a drawing to win $25,000. These NFTs can be purchased from Binance NFTs.

    About Virtue Poker

    Virtue Poker is a decentralized poker platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain and peer-to-peer networking to provide an online poker site that’s safe, honest and fun. It was founded in 2016 within Consensys, the leading full stack Ethereum software engineering company and incubator founded by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin in 2014. Backed by Consensys and stakeholder Phil Ivey, Virtue Poker is on a mission to make blockchain-based betting mainstream. Learn more: https://virtue.poker/

    Contacts
    • Ryan Gittleson
    • ryan@virtue.poker