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2022-03-26 15:17:04 ​​Venezuela's Sunacrip Launches Petro-Based Gift Card Market and Exchange

Sunacrip, the Venezuelan cryptocurrency watchdog, has announced a set of improvements to its Petroapp wallet, allowing Venezuelans to use the petro (PTR) for new functions. The app now has an embedded cryptocurrency exchange that allows users to exchange petros for other currencies, and a series of gift card and payment options to increase adoption.

Petro Relaunch Aims to Offer More Use Cases
Sunacrip, the cryptocurrency regulation institution in Venezuela, has announced a series of changes to its petro (PTR) wallet app called Petroapp, which are directed to improve the usability of the cryptocurrency. Joselit Ramirez, head of Sunacrip, explained these changes and enumerated the new functions on social media.

Ramirez stated:

Having achieved the recovery of the market and the balance of the PTR conversion rates, we have updated the PetroApp where you have new services that strengthen the usability of our sovereign crypto asset.

Ramirez highlighted that the redesign of the Petroapp will allow users to pay for their phone plans with all of the national carriers. Also, the three leading cable operators in the country will be available in the app to accept payments in petros.

Gift Cards, Exchanges, and Payments
The new update also aims to make it easier for people to purchase petros directly from the app, with the possibility of using the national fiat currency to acquire these crypto assets. At the same time, these assets can be used in the app to be exchanged for other supported cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, litecoin, and dash, with the possibility of withdrawing them from the platform, too.

Ramirez explained that Petroapp is also including a payments gateway, allowing users to create payment invoices within the app. The head of Sunacrip stated that this turns “each mobile device into a point of sale and the PTR into a means of payment,” something that the Venezuelan government has pushed for since the launch of the cryptocurrency.

The launch of a gift card market, the last feature announced, seems to go in that direction. The market, according to Ramirez’s statements, will include the possibility of buying gift cards to pay for services like Netflix, which is hugely popular in the country, or making payments on platforms such as Apple Store and Amazon. Open / Comment

2022-03-23 18:28:20 ​​Ron Paul Cautions Government Could Still Ban Bitcoin — Says He’s Influenced ‘a Whole Lot’ by History

Former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul says he still believes that the government could outlaw bitcoin mainly because he is “influenced a whole lot by history and the gold history.” Despite his warning, Paul stressed that crypto “should be obviously permitted.”

Former presidential candidate Ron Paul discussed the future of bitcoin and the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war in an interview with Kitco news’ Michelle Makori Thursday.

Paul is an American author, physician, and retired politician. The former representative from Texas launched The Ron Paul Liberty Report in 2015 to bring “provocative opinion and analysis to the breaking issues affecting our lives and finances,” its website details.

The former congressman has repeatedly warned that the government could crack down on bitcoin. “My concern is that governments over centuries have been notoriously very eager to have control of the money. Believe me, they will not give up control of money,” he described.

However, interest in bitcoin has soared recently with more institutional investors supporting the ecosystem. This week, the Ukrainian government created a legal framework for cryptocurrency following the invasion by Russia. It also set up an official crypto donation website. Moreover, BTC is currently legal tender in El Salvador.

Paul was asked if he still believes that bitcoin is at risk of being outright banned or outlawed. He replied:

Yeah, I do, mainly because I’m influenced a whole lot by history, and the gold history, and my interest in studying money and some of the principles that Austrian economics teaches about what the nature of money should be.

Nonetheless, Paul emphasized:

But that doesn’t sway me from arguing the case for those who know about crypto, who understand it better than I do, that it should be obviously permitted. But a lot of people don’t understand it so I would be cautious.

He further shared: “I’ve been trying to figure out, is bitcoin more like a stock or a bond or a hard asset commodity. Right now, I would say, looking at different statistics, it seems to trace stock prices.”

In June last year, the former congressman said he wants bitcoin to be totally legalized to compete with the U.S. dollar and let the people decide. “My goal is to legalize the competition and the people will sort it out. Freedom of choice will sort it out,” he opined. Open / Comment

2022-03-22 14:49:06 Open / Comment

2022-03-21 16:36:54 Are You Ready for Adroverse INO on My Platform!?

Hi beamers!

Today we have Adroverse’s sale on my INO platform! Second project chooses Scotty as their INO guide, I'm very proud.

Sale starts today, 14:00 UTC and finishes tomorrow, 20:00 UTC. You will have plenty of time to hop in, and that’s quite an easy thing to do, since NFTs from Adroverse come at a friendly price.

You can buy NFTs at a bargain price to either use them in the game, or to trade the packs for profit. There are three different packs, each containing 5 gladiator cards:

Jupiter Pack: 20 BUSD, max opening value: ~190 BUSD
Mars Pack: 30 BUSD, max opening value: ~190 BUSD
Venus Pack: 80 BUSD, max opening value: ~670 BUSD

First season cards will also have 3 classes (fighter, protector, caster) and 5 rarity levels (common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary). Adroverse sale on my platform will be BSC-only!

More info about your odds of packing a legendary card can be found in this document.

Scotty over and out! Open / Comment

2022-03-10 20:14:05 ​​Brand new INO platform is opening!

ScottyBeam INO platform is gonna provide lots of cross-chain NFT interoperability features for the top-notch P2E, GameFi and Metaverse projects!

Their first INO is gonna start tomorrow, March 11th. Scotty Beam will sell NFTs of Ancient Kingdom, the 1st ancient martial arts game on the blockchain platform.

Usually first projects on the launchpads are the most profitable, that's why I can recommend you to learn more about this opportunity!

4 more projects are upcoming for this month, so you can take part in the most up-to-date initial NFT offerings in one place. Visit Scotty’s website to find out more.

You will need only ~$450 worth of $SCOTTY tokens staked to take part in private round allocations and ~$1200 to get a priority with guaranteed buy opportunity! Here is the link to their simple Tier System, have a look to choose your tier.

The first INO day is available for 4th and 3rd tiers, the second (March, 12th) is for 1st and 2nd too. For the second day you need to register via the form.

You can buy Scotty’s tokens here and stake here. Hurry up, staking is available till today’s evening, 23:59 UTC.

Looking forward to take part in their first private round INO on March 11th! Open / Comment

2022-01-28 18:56:49 NFT Characters Giveaway worth 20,000 USDC!

Let Me Speak is the first ecosystem implementing Learn to Earn model to language learning. You will perform simple exercises within the app, get rewarded with in-game currency which can be converted into real money! Sounds amazing, right?

How do they work under the hood? Let’s take a closer look at each part of the Let Me Speak Economy by the Medium.com.

To mark the Public Beta release scheduled to 31 January, LMS will have a special NFT Giveaway.

LMS will choose 10 random users who buy an NFT of any rarity between 31 January to 7 February and give each of them a free Legendary NFT Character worth 2,000 USDC.

To participate follow these steps:
Prepare your Phantom wallet and account now
Add funds to your Phantom wallet
Buy an NFT of any rarity between 31 January to 7 February

10 lucky participants will receive their free Legendary NFT Character by 10 February!

For more details:
Learn how to buy
Join the Telegram Group
letmespeak.org Open / Comment

2022-01-28 08:38:29 ​​Can DeFi and CeFi coexist? Three takeaways from experts panel.

Education, transparency and access were the key themes discussed by experts from across the crypto industry during a debate on whether CeFi and DeFi can coexist.

As price action bewilders market makers and traders, experts in the crypto industry reached an agreement on several important points last week. Notably, centralized finance (CeFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), can coexist, and a “blend” of financial products and services will be available to users in the future.

On Jan. 19, Cointelegraph moderated the panel discussion, “Can CeFi and DeFi Coexist?” for the Global Blockchain Business Council. In the video, panelists hash out questions related to adoption, banking the unbanked, and whether innovation means disruption of traditional financial services.

Salient points included the need for greater education and transparency in the cryptocurrency space, while financial inclusion could be reached thanks to smooth onboarding techniques and clear-cut regulation. Popular blockchains like Solana and the Bitcoin Lightning Network cropped up as well as DeFi protocols including Uniswap.

In terms of education, Mary Beth Buchanan, president, Americas and chief legal officer at crypto risk and intellegence fMerkle Science, commented:

“A lot of people are not being served in traditional finance. The winner in the disruption race will be the project that has the ability to reach those in the community who are not currently accessing DeFi, and there has to be education.”

Ambre Soubiran, CEO of digital asset data provider Kaiko, agreed that the solution to broadening DeFi’s reach is through “education, onboarding, and knowing the risks. People want the easy ability to reset a password as opposed to remembering 24 words.”

Daniel Peled, founder and president of public blockchain Orbs, is passionate about bringing financial inclusion to “the two billion people around the world,” but “the industry is early.” He echoed Soubiran’s point that “many people don’t have access to DeFi applications; the products are complicated and tech-heavy. People still don’t know how to secure their funds securely.” Open / Comment

2022-01-23 08:51:19 ​​Hedera Governing Council to buy hashgraph IP, and open-source projects code.

Distributed ledger service Hedera Hashgraph is expected to deploy a panoply of upgrades in 2022 in line with their long-term pursuit of decentralization.

The Hedera Governing Council has officially voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from founding architect and inaugural member of the council, Swirlds Inc, for an undisclosed fee.

A Wednesday announcement also details plans to transition their code to an open-source model this year under Apache 2.0 license, in addition to transferring core team members such as CEO Mance Harmon and chief scientist Leemon Baird from Hedera to Swirlds Inc. as the CEO and chief technology officer, respectively, and deploying community staking and node opportunities, among other updates.

Hedera Hashgraph is an enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology designed to create decentralized applications in the Web3 sphere.

It's governing council is composed of 25 corporations, including Google, IBM, Tata Communications and Boeing, who each support the project's decentralized ambitions through the establishment and operation of blockchain nodes, and participating in governance voting, among other duties.

Hedera’s evolution to an open-source technology differs from their current model of open-review, in which the code appears as publicly visible, but is not accessible for editing or developmental purposes by the global community.

The decision to enact this change came about following conclusive technical assessments that the probability of a network split within the Hedera ecosystem is highly unlikely, and therefore the patent upholding legislative exclusivity to the technology can be safely distributed into the public domain, with assurances that it will not serve as an advantageous tool for market competitors but rather a mechanism to foster internal growth. Open / Comment

2022-01-21 07:45:40 ​Metaverse avenue is the world 's first NFT-based advertising platform

A new project called Metaverse Avenue, built on Solana, was created in order to use the capabilities of NFT to promote their products, personal and corporate brands in the digital world.

Metaverse avenue will allow users to purchase NFT and receive an advertising block on the digital billboards of the project. The owner of the block will be able to place a link or image to the block to provide information about himself, his product / brand or project.

According to the official website of the project, the Metaverse Avenue will issue a total of only 10,000 tokens. 1 NFT will be equal to 1 block on the billboard. The purchase of blocks will be available for pre-sale on January 26 at 20:00 UTC.

Investors and interested users can register to participate in the pre-sale via whitelist. Those people who register and receive one of the limited places on the whitelist will receive a discount during the pre-sale.

During the pre-sale, 1 NFT on Meraverse Avenue will cost 0.99 SOL. During the mint of the project, 1 NFT will cost 1.99 SOL.


The following reliable media write about the Metaverse avenue project: btcmanager.com , newsbtc.com , bitcoinist.com , coinpedia.org and others.

More detailed information about the project is provided below at the links:

https://metaverseavenue.net/

https://discord.gg/fJJDWXUVZ2

https://twitter.com/MetaverseAvenue Open / Comment

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