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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, 7th July, 2021,

True to our cross-chain and interoperability vision, today we’re announcing a deep integration and partnership with Terra, a large and growing ecosystem focused on programmable money and other financial primitives.

Stephen Tse, Founder of Harmony said the following: “We are excited to work with Terra to continue our journey of building in a multi-chain future. Terra and Harmony are bridging to build a vibrant cross-chain finance ecosystem with UST stablecoin, ONEAnchor fixed rate lending, and our upcoming $1M Hackathon. We look forward to the promising potential of this partnership.”

Terra’s Co-founder and CEO Do Kwon added: “Terra is excited to expand our growing portfolio of DeFi products to multiple chains and working with Harmony to bring UST and Anchor to another growing ecosystem. We look forward to seeing new developer innovations for multi-chain DeFi.”

The Partnership Details

1. Wrapped UST on Harmony (1UST) by integrating Harmony on the Terra Shuttle Bridge
2. ONEAnchor, savings account (i.e., fixed yield) product available on Harmony, benefiting the Harmony community
3. Terraform Labs will support vetted projects building UST on Harmony in security audits and grants through Terraform Capital (possibly matched by Harmony)
4. Terra and Harmony collaborate on the Harmony “Bridging Wall Street to Web3” Hackathon

UST Stablecoin on Harmony

Harmony will be integrated to the Terra Shuttle Bridge. This paves the way for UST to migrate to Harmony and to be used on applications in the Harmony Ecosystem. As a stablecoin with wide adoption (currently #5 by market cap), the opportunities for use are limitless and the benefit to the Harmony community can’t be underestimated. One use of a stablecoin is that it opens up opportunities for safer yield, which brings us to ONEAnchor. Many Harmony applications such as davinci.gallery (NFT marketplace), Harmony Crypto Punks, and other dApps will add support for payments using UST.

Another feature is that the Shuttle bridge will unlock cross-chain liquidity for Harmony users via UST. Using Terra Bridge, Harmony users can seamlessly port UST between Harmony, Terra, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and the Cosmos ecosystem of application-specific blockchains, introducing them to a thriving inter-chain DeFi environment.

ONEAnchor, Stable Yield Product on Harmony

Anchor is a savings product that aims to have broad appeal outside the world of crypto natives. ONEAnchor is aligned to Harmony’s vision of bringing millions of people to decentralized finance and we are very excited to be collaborating on this innovative Defi product.

More details will be provided on when ONEAnchor will be available for users, interest rates, and a clear tutorial for how Harmony community members can take advantage of this revolutionary product on Harmony.

More details will be provided on when ONEAnchor will be available for users, interest rates, and a clear tutorial for how Harmony community members can take advantage of this revolutionary product on Harmony.

Terraform Labs Support

For developers building applications on Harmony that utilize UST, Terraform Labs will provide support via security audits and grants. More details will follow and a process for developers who wish to take advantage of this benefit.

Bridging Wall Street to Web3 Hackathon

Harmony will soon be announcing a hackathon with up to $1M in prizes and seed funding, focused on web2 developers in the financial services industry. In partnership with Terra, we will be specifying a series of challenges for developers to build applications utilizing UST on Harmony.

About Terra

Terra is an application-specific blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint consensus. The Terra protocol deploys a suite of algorithmic, fiat-pegged stablecoins underpinning a thriving DeFi ecosystem like Anchor and Mirror Protocol. LUNA, the native staking and governance asset of Terra, absorbs the short-term volatility of Terra’s stablecoins, with Terra’s stablecoin (e.g., UST) demand a function of demand for Terra’s DeFi ecosystem.

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About Harmony

Build on Harmony, run on all chains.

Harmony is your open platform for assets, collectibles, identity, governance. Be the ONE to bridge to all blockchains.

Harmony is an open and fast blockchain. Our mainnet runs Ethereum applications with 2-second transaction finality and 100 times lower fees. Harmony’s secure bridges offer cross-chain asset transfers with Ethereum, Binance and other chains. https://www.harmony.one/

Got an idea? Build it on Harmony and Apply for a Grant.

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• Dan Edelstein
• PR@marketacross.com

British Virgin Islands, BVI, 7th July, 2021,

Unmarshal is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Ethernity Chain – A blockchain-based platform that exhibits Authenticated non-fungible tokens (ANFTs). The artifacts and the artworks produced on Ethernity Chain are tokenized and traded on the blockchain. Unmarshal would be helping them chain to source and fetch real-time reliable data of these NFTs.

Ethernity Chain

Founded by crypto veteran Nick Rose, Ethernity Chain is committed to innovation in digital art and NFTs. Also, it is designed to help accurately determine the value of digital assets created by your favorite artists and endorsed by notable figures. Furthermore, Ethernity Chain aims to use NFTs for charity and social causes.

🤝 Unmarshal X Ethernity Chain

Unmarshal will be the essential bridge for Ethernity Chain to bring real world off-chain digital art into the blockchain ecosystem, bringing in main-stream adoption.

Unmarshal NFT APIs procure digital arts along with the placeholder of the actual art. In addition to it, it also procures the owner and the transaction history since the origin. Ethernity chain will integrate NFT APIs to build their reputable platform. 

The current Unmarshal tech stack for NFTs is for Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. We will also support them with interoperable data in the future that can support transactions inside out.

“I sincerely admire the value that Ethernity Chain is bringing to the world of NFTs and the social responsibility they have endeavoured. We’re happy to join hands and help them in accessing blockchain data”

-Manohar Kolagondanahalli, Founder & CEO of Unmarshal

“We are thrilled to work with Unmarshal to Structure and Optimize our Data Network as we continue our growth in the blockchain space through Ethernity Chain Authenticated NFTs.”

• Steven D’Agostino, CMO Ethernity 

About Ethernity Chain

Ethernity Chain is a community-oriented platform that produces limited edition authenticated NFTs (aNFTs) and trading cards created by your favorite artists and endorsed by notable figures. You can get these exclusive aNFTs by auction or direct sales. Ethernity aims to build the most exclusive aNFT library and reward its creators and the community.

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About Unmarshal

Unmarshal is a Multi-chain DeFi Data Network that facilitates seamless access to data on blockchains for any kind of decentralized applications.

To date, we have added support for Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, PolkaDot, and Substrate-based projects such as StaFi and with Polygon we are now diving into the Layer-2 networks and empowering dApp developers to have easy access to on-chain data.

For any queries, reach out to us at info@unmarshal.io

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Contacts

• Yogesh
• yt@unmarshal.io

HONG KONG & LAS VEGAS—July 7, 2021—UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and Crypto.com, the world’s fastest growing crypto platform, today announced a historic long-term partnership that represents an evolutionary step in the branding of both companies and Crypto.com’s latest strategic move to connect with mainstream consumers.

Crypto.com will become UFC’s first-ever global Official Fight Kit Partner, entitling Crypto.com to place their branding on UFC fight kits as worn by UFC athletes in competition, as well as other fight kit apparel, including walk out jerseys and hoodies, and on those worn by the athletes’ corner men/women. From the locker room to the world-famous Octagon, Crypto.com will have meaningful visibility in front of UFC’s global fan base of more than 625 million people and over 150 million social media followers, including the 900 million TV households in 175 countries with access to UFC’s broadcasts.

Crypto.com will also receive the designation of UFC’s first-ever Official Cryptocurrency Platform Partner, creating a new sponsorship category for UFC.

Crypto.com has built a leading reputation within the cryptocurrency industry with over 10 million users worldwide and is a top-ten finance app in both the App Store and Google Play. In addition to building the world’s fastest growing crypto platform, the Crypto.com Visa Card is the world’s most popular crypto card available in 30+ countries. Crypto.com has led the industry in sports sponsorships, last week announcing that the company became the first Official Cryptocurrency Sponsor and NFT Partner of F1. Earlier this year, Crypto.com became the first crypto platform to partner with an F1 team (Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One), the first to partner with an NHL team (Montreal Canadiens), and the first to partner with a professional sports league (Lega Serie A).

“This is a partnership between two companies that are the best at what they do,” said UFC President Dana White. “No company has done more to grow the popularity of combat sports than UFC, and now we’re one of the biggest sports brands on the planet. We can help Crypto.com reach more people around the world through the strength of our brand.”

“It’s a historic moment as the fastest growing cryptocurrency platform joins forces with the fastest growing sport to help accelerate the world’s transition to cryptocurrency.” said Kris Marszalek, co-Founder and CEO of Crypto.com. ”This is just the beginning of a long relationship with UFC, and we’re looking forward to what we will build together.”

BRANDED INTEGRATIONS AND ENTITLEMENTS

In addition to the massive exposure of the Crypto.com logo placement on UFC fight kits, the partnership offers Crypto.com a wide-range of integrations into UFC assets. Crypto.com will have a branded presence inside the Octagon during all Pay-Per-events and during Dana White’s Contender Series. Crypto.com will also be integrated into UFC content on both linear and digital platforms, including live broadcasts, pay-per-views, and UFC-owned social media channels. Crypto.com-branded assets will debut this Saturday, July 10, in Las Vegas during UFC 264: POIRIER VS. MCGREGOR 3.

About UFC

UFC is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 625 million fans and 155 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world, while broadcasting to approximately 900M TV households across more than 175 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 70 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is owned by global entertainment, sports and content company Endeavor, and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok: @UFC.

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 1,500 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

Dublin, Ireland, 6th July, 2021,

Astra protocol, a revolutionary legal layer that brings unparalleled assurance to public blockchains, is excited to announce that the former European Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan, has joined its Advisory Board as an Executive Advisor.

Phil has had an exceptionally successful political career. He brings a wealth of experience in international trade and relations. While serving as the European Commissioner for Trade, he was tasked by the President of European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, with the sensitive job of resolving the trade war with the United States.

He was also responsible for negotiating investment deals with China, and securing the landmark trade deals with Japan and the South American Mercosur countries. 

Phil Hogan will provide strategic guidance to Astra as it rolls out its legal assurance layer to governments and corporate institutions around the world.

On joining the Astra advisory board, Phil Hogan said: “Decentralised finance is becoming increasingly prominent across the world, but the lack of robust, legal protection has hindered progress within major institutions. Astra offers the first sustainable and scalable bridge to support the mass adoption of decentralised finance products in the real world. Applications like the Astra protocol are the future, and I’m very pleased to be a part of it.”

Astra protocol provides a decentralized assurance layer on public blockchains to fuel the growth of DeFi. It plugs into an existing DeFi platform to ensure that the funds arrive at their correct destination. 

The protocol prevents insecure or invalid smart contracts from executing. If a transaction turns out to be a scam or the funds end up in a wrong wallet address, Astra can resolve the dispute and restore the funds immediately. 

Astra protocol’s Chief Innovation Officer Sakhib Waseem said: “We are extremely pleased to announce Phil Hogan joining our advisory board, his well recognised experience in international relations, most notably as EU Commissioner of Trade, adds immeasurable value to our position, as we continue to bring further partnerships across the globe, supporting our mission to drive trust, assurance and growth to the DeFi industry as a whole.”

About Astra

Astra is a revolutionary legal assurance layer for public blockchains. It is designed to eliminate frauds, remove doubts, and resolve disputes efficiently to make public blockchains safe for all users. Astra enables governments, institutions, and individuals to transact with trust and confidence on smart contract networks such as Ethereum, Polkadot, Cardano, and others.

For media enquiries, please contact: astra@theproofoftrust.com

For further information, visit: https://astraprotocol.com/

Contacts

• Adam Ali
• Info@theproofoftrust.com

London, England, 6th July, 2021,

 Nexo, the leading regulated institution for digital assets, has completed a strategic investment in decentralized digital asset infrastructure and technology provider Qredo. 

Nexo contributed the funding as part of Qredo’s $16M Private Token Sale, thus becoming one of the company’s leading strategic backers and joining Coinbase, Figment, and Ledger Prime as an investor in the lead-up to Qredo’s upcoming public sale on July 8. The investment stems from Nexo’s constant search for new, innovative projects that will transform the digital assets landscape and contribute to the modernization of financial services.

“The technical insecurity and inefficiency of existing methods of private key management have created very real business limitations” said Anthony Foy, Co-founder and CEO at Qredo. “We’re excited to put Nexo’s investment to work in the development of our groundbreaking innovation changing the way private keys are managed. Nexo’s backing, along with our other supporters, will speed the rollout of our innovative infrastructure and usher in a new era of security and capital efficiency for digital asset businesses.”

“Since pioneering crypto-collateralized credit lines in 2018, Nexo has become a household name in terms of unlocking the liquidity of digital assets. As such and in addition to supporting Qredo financially, with our investment we are looking to underpin one of Qredo’s main goals – creating a reliable, secure, and compliant environment for institutional investors in the DeFi space,” commented Tatiana Metodieva, CFA, Head of Corporate Finance at Nexo. 

By offering a novel approach to utility and governance tokens, Qredo is quickly establishing itself as a progressive player in the DeFi space. Nexo intends to leverage Qredo’s self-custodial wallets for a number of upcoming applications, thus seamlessly bridging DeFi and CeFi, just weeks after itself tapping into the vast potential of blockchain governance with its first NEXO Governance Vote.

About Nexo

Nexo is the world’s leading regulated digital assets institution. The company’s mission is to maximize the value and utility of cryptocurrencies by offering tax-efficient Instant Crypto Credit Lines™, a high-yield Earn on Crypto & Fiat suite, an instant Exchange service, and sophisticated trading and OTC capabilities, while providing the top-tier custodial insurance and military-grade security of the Nexo Wallet. Nexo has processed $30+ billion for 1,500,000+ users across more than 200 jurisdictions.

Official website: https://nexo.io

Contact: 

Nexo PR Team

pr@nexo.io

About Qredo

Qredo is a decentralized digital asset management infrastructure and product suite designed to unlock new opportunities for institutional investors in cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance. Qredo includes a novel Layer 2 blockchain protocol that enables users to seamlessly transfer and settle Bitcoin, Ethereum and other leading cryptoassets. Qredo’s advanced Gen 2.0 Multi-Party Computation (MPC) provides tier-1 bank security and eliminates the anxiety of private key management. Qredo’s network is designed to enable institutional investors to secure, settle, and access digital liquidity pools and participate in new innovations across DeFi.

Official website: https://www.qredo.com

Contact: qredo@wachsman.com

Contacts

• Nexo PR
• PR@nexo.io

London, England, 6th July, 2021,

Nafty, a DeFi ecosystem for the $97 billion adult industry, is excited to announce that it has concluded the pre-sale of its NAFTY token. 

More than 400 public investors lapped up all the NAFTY tokens available for pre-sale in less than 54 minutes on July 5th, 2021. Nafty had allocated 3 billion NAFTY tokens worth 1000 BNB for the pre-sale, which represented 3% of the total token supply. In USD, the investors contributed over $300,000 towards the success of the project.

NAFTY is based on the Binance blockchain and will be available on Pancakeswap for trading starting tomorrow, 7th of July, 2021, at 12 PM EDT. 

Investors can use the NAFTY token on platforms across the Nafty ecosystem to pay for content and services. Nafty has already launched four adult content platforms – NaftyFans.com, NaftyPay.com, Nafty.tv and NaftyArt.com. 

Nafty has partnered with well-known adult stars to make their exclusive 18+ content available on its platforms. By removing the middlemen and dramatically reducing the payment processing fees, Nafty enables adult content creators to earn more, and content consumers to pay less. 

Token holders will earn a passive income from transaction fees charged across the Nafty ecosystem. They can also use it for tipping the adult creators, buying NFTs, and paying for subscriptions to Nafty.tv. 

Since NAFTY is a governance token, the token holders can also participate in the governance matters to influence the roadmap of the Nafty ecosystem.

“We are proud and excited to have developed an ecosystem of platforms, which, along with the NAFTY token, put the power and earning potential into the hands of the creators,” said Nafty CEO Rob Kemenyfi.

Nafty levies a 4% fee on all transactions. It distributes the transaction fee as rewards to the current token holders in proportion to their holdings. 

Another 4% fee is locked in the liquidity pool to reduce supply. Nafty spends the profits generated on its platforms to buy back and burn the LP tokens to increase the token value. An additional 2% will be eliminated from circulation in order to increase the value of the token for all holders.

About Nafty

Nafty is a decentralized NSFW ecosystem that empowers content creators using blockchain. It removes intermediaries, offers low-cost payment solutions and marketing tools to help creators build a fanbase. NAFTY is the governance token across the ecosystem. 

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Contacts

• Will Palmer
• willpalmer@janeowenpr.com

Singapore, Singapore, 6th July, 2021,

Singapore, July 6th 2021 – What a rollercoaster ride it’s been — and we still have six more months to go before turning a new page in time. As observers to recent events can testify, one should always expect the unexpected with the crypto market. The months of May and June saw markets whipsaw amid heightened volatility. Midyear mayhem aside, it’s important for us to also remember the finer happenings in 2021 — including a massive first-quarter bull run, the support of new institutional players in the market, and new all-time-highs for the reigning leader of the digital assets pack, Bitcoin. Even Ether and other well-known tokens touched new records.

It is Bybit’s utmost privilege to have grown our strong community more than twofold within the same time period. We now have 2.5 million global trading clients from all over the world, who come from more than 200 countries and territories. 

On top of that, here are some of our recent significant milestones:

• More than $1 trillion in total overall trading volume in Q1
• A historic record of $76 billion within 24 hours in daily trading volume
• More than $4.9 million in global BTC open interest
• Exceeding $20 billion in ETH global volume

We certainly could not have achieved any of the above without the ardent support of the community and partners. As we continue to listen and improve, Bybit has filled its pipeline with several exciting products and services to be launched. 

Find out below exactly what’s going on in our biannual product launch with Bybit CEO, Ben Zhou.

New Times, New Look

Bybit is getting an upgrade in style. A new logo, new homepage design, new UI, and a brand-new mobile interface so everything is intuitively right at your fingertips. We are excited to unveil our revamped platform on both desktop and mobile in 2021 — but before that, we’d like to present an improved “us” to you.

The Bybit logo is a symbol of who we are and what we stand for. We’ve put a bolder, fresher spin on our brand with this new design, lifting the “I” in Bybit to represent a candlestick graph — the embodiment of constant movement in the ever-changing crypto market. At our core, we remain the same: dedicated to listening to and caring about the needs of our community, while innovating to ensure we’re at the top of the crypto game at any given time.

ByFi Center

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is truly a game-changer for the crypto space. There’s no reason for us not to bring the best of DeFi right to your doorstep, so here we are with our latest ByFi Center. We’ve opened the gateways to cloud mining, where you get enhanced hash power for your virtual ETH mining needs on your own schedule. Offering greater profitability with fewer risks, our cloud mining service provides 100% availability and no downtime, allowing you to mine with greater confidence and convenience.

This product was only launched May 24, 2021, and contracts are sold out almost instantly with every supply renewal. We intend to expand the term offerings and take on other assets in addition to ETH soon. There’s no better time to harvest ETH directly “from the cloud.”

WSOT 2021 Trading Competition

Our unique global trading competition is like no other — after an unforgettable trading season in 2020, which saw 12,000 participants from different parts of the world, we’re back bigger and better than before. Greater challenges, greater rewards, so keep your eyes peeled as we reveal the epic battle, due to take place in August 2021. A prize pool of 7.5 million USDT, NFT collectibles and many more await!

Spot & Options

This is one of our most phenomenal updates of the year — Bybit is venturing into both spot and options trading! 

We heard you. Crypto spot is not only a foundational starting point for new market entrants, but a complementary vector for derivatives traders engaging in hedging strategies. Scheduled for Q3 2021, we’re also excited at the prospect of listing new crypto trading pairs and assets more quickly than we’re launching them right now.

Completing the derivatives set is options, slated for the last quarter of the year. Users can anticipate a full options product that offers both American and European options, allowing them to obtain the best liquidities from both markets. 

Wallet 2.0 — Worry-Free Withdrawal

And here is one last major update that everyone has been waiting for. As Bybit users well know, withdrawals are only available at fixed timing, three times a day, through our cold wallet. With exciting features and functions being added to the Bybit ecosystem, our wallet and, specifically, the withdrawal time window, will be going through an upgrade, too.

No more waiting periods, no more “thrice a day.” You’ll be able to make withdrawal requests and have them processed instantly with Wallet 2.0. Stay tuned, as this is scheduled to be launched with spot trading!

Surprises are endless with Bybit — our full suite of products and services will be ready by the end of the year, so you’ll never have to go anywhere else. That’s more from us to you — so you and crypto lovers worldwide have all their crypto needs fulfilled, right here at Bybit. And we do mean all of them! 

Look out for all the latest Bybit news and offerings on our social media and Telegram communities.

Contacts

• Dan Edelstein
• PR@marketacross.com