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Colnago Becomes First Cycling Manufacturer To Adopt Digital Product Passport Powered By Blockchain

 

Beginning with the bike that will be raced by 2020 and 2021 Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogačar this coming Sunday at the 2021 UCI Road Racing World Championship in Belgium, Colnago will integrate blockchain technology into its new bicycles. As the first manufacturer to link its physical products to a virtual, distributed ledger, Colnago leads the way to ensure the validity and proof of ownership of new Colnago frames. Colnago will begin to leverage blockchain technology across its frames starting in 2022.

“Whether it was disc brakes, the use of carbon fiber, or aerodynamic designs, Colnago has always been a company that brings innovations to market before other cycling brands,” said Nicola Rosin, Colnago CEO.

Manolo Bertocchi, Colnago Head of Marketing, added: “We have been looking at the security provided by blockchain technology to give our customers the confidence to know that the frame they are buying is authentic and to demonstrate the chain of ownership forever. We will also announce other functions based on blockchain with the new year.”

Colnago’s partner for this innovative program is Italian tech company MyLime who has developed a strong base of partners in the luxury market. MyLime will connect Colnago frames to the Automotive Blockchain® where records of any frame’s manufacture, transport and sale will be recorded. Because the data stored on the blockchain is distributed, it can not be faked or changed once registered, providing ultimate proof of ownership.

The Colnago V3Rs that will be raced by Pogačar at the UCI Road World Championship on September 26th will feature a special ‘Ice & Fire’ livery that the 23-year-old Slovenian designed, and will be auctioned off at the moment of the launch of the new Colnago website and app in 2022.

Tadej Pogačar said: “It’s the first time I have designed a bike and working with Colnago engineers and designers has been very exciting. The idea is that my head is cold like ice while racing, but my legs are always on fire and Colnago has delivered Frozen colors to represent this dichotomy.”

Colnago will move to add blockchain transactions to team and production bikes in 2022 and information around manufacture, sales and ownership will be stored on MyLime’s blockchain-based platform where it can be accessed by anyone. Additionally, Colnago will make a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) version of each bike available to the owner.

Colnago’s technical partner MyLime has developed and created an RFID tag that is inextricably linked to the bike frame and grants access to the information in the bike’s digital passport through a smartphone app that is linked to the blockchain. When the frame is sold to a new owner, the transfer of ownership can be managed with MyLime’s certified process. The transparency offered by MyLime’s blockchain solution will lend absolute traceability and will ensure the bicycle’s value over time. Furthermore, Colnago and MyLime have evaluated the various blockchain technologies that respect sustainability paradigms and have chosen one, among those that are available and reliable, that best limits the use of intensive computing resources for block validation.

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Amanda Cerny Gets Influential With Blockchain on UTU.ONE

 

UTU.ONE, the blockchain-powered social app built to redefine social, is excited to announce that one of social media’s most recognized influencers, Amanda Cerny, has joined UTU.ONE. With over 50 million-plus followers across several social platforms, the actress and social media trailblazer continues to captivate the world by announcing that she will be joining UTU.ONE as part of the official app launch.

Earning the esteemed status as the number one ranked IGTV account holder globally makes Amanda a significant addition to the UTU social network. Cerny will continue to share her daily dose of humor and happiness, helping people feel their best through her own DAC (Decentralized Autonomous Community) made available exclusively through the UTU.ONE social app.

I love how there is no way for fake accounts, bots, and therefore targeted bullying on UTU.ONE”, shares Cerny. “I’m excited to join this positive and protected platform and community.”

The platform is for real people only, and there is no collection of personal data, no passcode, or birth date required to join. Signing up is made easy through facial recognition, and because everyone’s face is unique, every user on the UTU (User to User) platform is verified as a real person.

I’m thrilled for my fans to join so we can begin enjoying UTU.ONE together… it gives me comfort knowing their personal data is protected through the first-ever social media platform built on blockchain”.

UTU.ONE is the only platform that combines a tokenized economy with the power of social media. It is the next-generation social platform built on blockchain for real people. It offers unique features such as facial recognition sign-up and NFT rewards designed to benefit UTU members for interacting with the platform and other members.

Fans and Users can download the UTU.ONE app from both Apple and Google stores and join Amanda’s DAC community for free by using her CERNY token: https://download.utu.one/amanda

The company has made a total commitment to privacy, security, and transparency by making a significant investment in the EOS blockchain to develop a scalable, reliable, eco-friendly, and secure platform. The UTU commitment that our User to User community (UTU) can expect from UTU.ONE. Together we will create unique user experiences designed to redefine social values for the benefit of everyone. UTU looks forward to welcoming users to the platform.

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Online Blockchain plc: MATIC and ETH Added to Umbria Network’s Narni Cross-chain Bridge

 

Umbria’s ultra-low-cost liquidity bridge now supports ETH and MATIC in addition to USDT and UMBR.

Using Narni – https://bridge.umbria.network – the native tokens for the Ethereum and Polygon networks can be transferred exceptionally quickly and cheaply cross-chain. ETH, which was launched first, can be bridged from the Ethereum to Polygon Network for as little as $2.56 in gas, which is significantly less than other bridges. This has caused the Narni Bridge to be adopted rapidly by many DeFi participants and has especially caught the attention of the Zed Run community, who had previously been hampered by prohibitively expensive gas fees.

Another considerable advantage of the Narni Bridge is the APY it pays liquidity providers. Its “Pool and Earn” function (https://bridge.umbria.network/pool/) enables users to lend their MATIC and ETH (and other assets) to the bridge and earn APY when other participants bridge that specific token between networks. Anyone currently providing ETH to the Polygon pool has received up to an astounding 70% APY with no impermanent loss.

Further information can be found here: bridge.umbria.network/docs.

“We’re seeing great momentum now with the Narni bridge and a very pleasing increase in Total Value Locked (TVL). Lots of people are bridging, which in turn attracts more liquidity providers who are enticed by the interest they can earn on the asset they supply,” said Oscar Chambers, Co-lead developer of Umbria. “More chains and assets are coming online imminently; we’d love to hear from the DeFi community about what they’d like to see next on the Narni Bridge.”

Go to the Discord and Twitter channels for the very latest product development news.

See the latest data on UMBR on CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/umbria-network/news/
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/umbria-network

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HOGE Announces Collaboration With The DeFi Angels

 

The Original DeFi Meme Token – HOGE has joined forces with the DeFi Angels to give their project a voice on Capitol Hill as the regulation conversation heats up. It’s no secret that American-based blockchain crypto companies are fighting the infrastructure bill in D.C. This bill could create a big change in the world of DeFi over the next several years.

HOGE is an ERC20 token on the Ethereum blockchain that has a 2% tax on every transfer. Part of that tax is reflected to current holders, and part is burned forever making HOGE a deflationary cryptocurrency asset. HOGE was a fair launch project; everybody can buy in on day one. Even the developers. This project is entirely comprised of a decentralized community and one of the few token projects out there that has no developer wallet meaning they are a project that is responsible for creating their own self-sustaining ecosystems that provide revenue channels to continue to fund and grow their project. Hoge has achieved early success by focusing on brand building, refining their Decentralized Finance (DeFi) technology, running charitable events and most importantly fostering an authentic and inviting community environment.

HOGE has found a strategic ally to fight the DeFi regulation battle with and ensure their blockchain infused voice is heard in the House. The DeFi Angels are an investment community in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector whose member-based proprietary platform focuses on education, fair launches, and community vetted deal-flow. The Crypto Company is known for transparency and ethics; leveraging these core values, their community acts as a sophisticated filter for investors looking to get into early-stage DeFi projects. Valuing women empowerment, the DeFi Angel’s created a safe environment for female investors to flourish within a male-dominated field. They also provide a platform for new and experienced entrepreneurs to present their projects in an organic environment, where teams can answer various technical and business model questions.

Together, these two communities are headed to congress to attend appointments and speak with legislators, as well as people in regulatory affairs to create fair and balanced DeFi regulation. Coming along with them is J.P. Deese & Associates, LLC to act as the official HOGE Lobbyist and the political voice for a project that has over sixty-five thousand (65,000) current investors. In a recent comment, J.P. Deese said,” This serves as an excellent opportunity for the crypto and DeFi spaces to come together, flesh out their own language, and aggressively advocate at the federal level for these proposed changes. The moment is now; the moment is ours.”

To add fuel to the regulation fire, one of the most popular American-based crypto exchanges has come under fire from the SEC over their new crypto lending product that’s scheduled to come to market in Q4 this year. Coinbase’s official Twitter page released a statement online last week stating,” After months of trying to engage with the SEC on our planned Lend product, we recently received notice that it intends to pursue legal action against us. We believe dialogue is at the heart of good regulation, even if the SEC may not.”

It will be interesting to see how the next few weeks play out leading to the DeFi Bill passing through the House, but one thing is for sure, HOGE and The DeFi Angels will have representatives front and center to do everything they can to give their projects and the DeFi ecosystem a chance to be heard.

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Decentraland makes strategic investment in Decentral Games

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Companies will deliver Play-to-earn Metaverse Poker, giving huge boost and driving interest and confidence in the disruptive gaming industry

Decentraland, the pioneering blockchain-based virtual world, has made a strategic investment in Decentral Games, a metaverse-native GameFi DAO, in a move that further shows increasing interest and confidence in the disruptive gaming platform.

The investment from Decentraland (MANA) in Decentral Games’ (DG) native governance token $DG, an asset that allocates governance votes within the Decentral Games DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) and its nearly $12 million in treasury holdings today, is aimed at helping the platform deliver free Play-to-Earn Metaverse Poker.

“The Decentraland Foundation is thrilled to support Decentral Games in its new play-to-earn gaming in the metaverse,” said Agustin Ferreira, Foundation Lead at Decentraland Foundation. “The free play-to-earn architecture has undergone phenomenal growth of late, and we believe it will enable the Decentraland platform and the community to continue on the journey of decentralized expansion.”

Mr. Ferreira added that “as a gaming pioneer in the metaverse, we believe Decentral Games is the ideal party to spearhead the next generation of play-to-earn.”

The investment deal also represents a massive endorsement of Decentral Games’ groundbreaking play-to-earn gaming architecture model that distributes tokenized financial rewards for everyday gamers’ participation on the platform.

“This significant deal will enable Decentral Games to debut play-to-earn dynamics applied to a favorite household game, poker,” said Decentral Games Founder Miles Anthony.

“Decentral Games is proud to have a trusted investment partner in Decentraland as we roll out metaverse play-to-earn ICE Poker.

Mr. Anthony added that “Decentraland has been a pioneer in building the first iteration of an open, decentralized metaverse, so it’s a no-brainer to launch our Play-to-Earn ICE Poker there.”

Decentral Games’ innovative and on-point spirit in pushing play-to-earn gaming forward has generated recent investment from full-stack Ethereum scaling solution, Polygon, among other respected institutional entities.

In June, DG closed a $5-million funding round co-led by Collab+Currency and BACKED VC. Since then, Decentral Games has continued to execute, bringing play-to-earn to fruition, and announced the new GameFi product, ICE Poker, the play-to-earn and NFT game in September.

Decentral Games has also previously worked with Decentraland. The gaming metaverse blockchain project developed several signature games for Decentraland on a white label basis before eventually establishing itself as an enterprise DAO.

After years of proving the use case for metaverse games within Decentraland’s immersive virtual reality environments, Decentral Games is presently thrilled to take its tenured relationship with Decentraland to the next level.

$DG is the versatile, standalone token powering Decentral Games, providing players with a medium of exchange for gaming and governance and liquidity incentives unique to the platform. The model organically incentivizes long-term user growth and customer loyalty through the distribution of daily rewards, empowering Decentral Games customers with the ability to earn a new stream of income on the platform.

As Venture Beat has illustrated, play-to-earn gaming in the Philippines has yielded the potential for residents to earn three times the regional minimum wage. And market indications have clearly shown that play-to-earn is ready for meteoric adoption given its income potential.

Currently, Decentral Games runs multiple metaverse-based play-to-earn and NFT games, including co-branding and business-to-business (B2B) deals with the world’s most iconic brands, including gaming giant Atari, Amnesia Ibiza (the temple of electronic music), and Bored Apes Yacht Club (the iconic NFT series).

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African Social Media Influencer, Wian To Launch Premium NFT Collection On Binance NFT Marketplace

 

Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider has today announced that Wian, Africa’s largest TikTok influencer, will be exhibiting his collectibles on the Binance NFT Marketplace.

The Premium Event NFT collection of Wian, launching on September 21, will feature 6 animated cards – Ace, King, Joker, Gold card (premium), Dogecoin card and Smile card. The artworks highlight his passion for magic as a means of entertainment and inspiration.

In June 2021, Wian launched his debut NFT collection on the Binance NFT Marketplace, as part of the ‘100 Creators’ campaign and successfully sold out all his pieces. Through his collections, he aims to pay homage to well-known magic-centric characters and their links to the boundless crypto space whilst simultaneously allocating a portion of the proceeds from his sales to charitable causes. “With everything going on in the world, using my influence to instil magic in those less fortunate will give me a smile wider than the Joker!”, Wian said.

Emmanuel Babalola, Director at Binance Africa, said: “We are especially excited to host African creators as we see the profound opportunity NFTs and the blockchain bring to the entire continent. As NFTs transform the digital art world, it is important that African creators are provided an even larger platform with optimal solutions to reach a more global audience.”

In just a little over a month after its debut, Binance NFT has earned over 25 million BUSD in sales, onboarded 400 creators worldwide and sold over 300,000 mystery boxes.

The Binance NFT Marketplace shares the same account system as Binance.com. Existing Binance users are able to access the NFT marketplace and trade with their current Binance accounts. New users simply have to register on Binance.com to create or trade on the Binance NFT platform.

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Vietnam Blockchain Corporation raises funds to take its blockchain solutions global

 

Vietnam Blockchain Corporation (VBC), the country’s leading provider of Blockchain-based software solutions, is currently raising funds to make its innovative products available to the international audience.

Utilizing Blockchain technology to improve people’s livelihoods and business operations, VBC produces a variety of Blockchain-related services and software solutions. The brand has been recognized with 28 local and international awards, including the 1st Prize of “AIOT & Smart Cities 2019″ by QTSC, the Bronze Award from ”Asia Smart App Awards 2020” by WTIA Hong Kong, and ”Top 10 ICT companies in Vietnam 2021” by VINASA.

“Blockchain technology has the potential to benefit many industries in SEA countries, and we’ve just scratched the surface of what can be done. VBC wants Vietnam to be the hub of Blockchain experts not only in the country but also in the entire region, to achieve this we will be looking to work with investors and partners across the region,” Mr. Do Van Long – CEO of Vietnam Blockchain Corporation.

Secure Blockchain innovation for COVID-19 Test Certificate

CovidPass.vn is one of VBC’s most innovative applications. It is a simple-to-use system that lets users store their COVID-19 test data such as personal information, SARS-CoV-2 virus test results, and certificates in a mobile app with anti-counterfeit. The app provides a specific Blockchain QR code for each user, which they can use to register for tests and present to authorities to verify their test results with trustable information and transparency at various public places as required from other countries.

The underlying Blockchain technology makes data in the app more secure than existing data storage methods. It also promotes the accuracy, as Blockchain technology provides verification of all records in the system and linking to national databases.

Medical institutions also have access to CovidPass.vn, linking test records to their data while maintaining information security and privacy.

“While Blockchain is usually associated with cryptocurrency, this new-age technology also allows new applications to have a higher level of security and accuracy that we haven’t seen before,” says Do. “With the ongoing pandemic, it’s of great importance that we have a secure and easy system to store and manage COVID-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 virus test records, and many others medical records”.

CovidPass.vn was developed with the help of lecturers from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and has already received support from the IT Department of Vietnam’s Ministry of Health and Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science & Technology.

A Blockchain platform for agriculture traceability and supply chain management

VBC has also been leveraging the potential of secure data tracking that Blockchain offers to produce various services.

This includes Agridential.vn, a Blockchain platform designed to record, trace, and authenticate information at every stage of the agricultural process, from farming and harvesting to production, supplying & transporting to retailers, then selling to customers and checking the quality of the food on the table.

Since 2018, Agridential.vn has provided production management and traceability solutions to many partners and provinces across the country. These include Vietnam’s major agricultural producing provinces and wholesale markets for agricultural products, along with 600 enterprises in the Central Highlands.

For the international market, we have been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through International Executive Service Corps (IESC) and KPMG Vietnam to provide a traceability solution for agricultural SMEs.

With Agridential.vn, Vietnam is gradually improving and solving the urgent needs of the country’s agriculture, and better preparing “Made-in-Vietnam” products to be exported internationally and adapting to FTAs requirements.

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MarsRise Aims to Colonize Mars by Becoming the Next MoonShot of 2021

 

Investing in crypto is the new norm as it helps people gain knowledge about money and helps them become financially free. This has led to a massive crypto trend which comes with an unforeseen risk attached to it. MarsRise was launched to help investors. MarsRise is a deflationary token found on the Binance Smart Chain, which comes with an automatic liquidity pool growth, and therefore the holder rewards through transaction taxation. The company has done all this to bring a community together on the mission to Mars.

This is a community-driven and equitably launched cryptocurrency. MarsRise also comes with a grand tokenomics. It has automated Liquidity & its Strategic Buyback is distributed to the locked liquidity on every transaction, making MarsRise one of the best in this game. 2% of all their passive income is distributed to all their holders on every transaction. While attracting users, project sustainability is a factor to consider; MarsRise has an impressive 3% enhancements in operations and marketing.

MarsRise was initially supplied with 1 quadrillion tokens, out of which almost fifty percent was burned on deployment, and the other 50% was launched on PancakeSwap. The token is up for grabs on Pancakeswap with a set slippage of 17%. Since the PancakeSwap runs on Binance Smart Chain, that is a blockchain with a much lower transaction cost when compared to bitcoin or Ethereum. Trading fees here are much lower than the other top decentralized exchanges, which dramatically benefits the users in ways comfortable to them. Having the highest trading volumes in the market, PancakeSwap is the leading decentralized exchange on the Binance Smart Chain.

MarsRise has revealed its future endeavors in its roadmap and named the “Roadmap 2021 our way to Mars.” The project has also cleared the overall audit, hence making their contract 100% safe. They have received various certifications and know-how certificates essential to developing trust among their userbase, primarily that deals with crypto investments. Hence, the developers were thorough and ensured the website was safe enough to trust them without having any second thoughts.

MarsRise not only embodies reliability, but it is also user-friendly. The project has many unique endeavors and is on its way to building platforms like its own MarsWallet, followed by an innovative MarsSwap swapping platform in the coming years.

The Crypto Company also has a list of spectacular things planned in its roadmap. In a few weeks, they have planned to list MarsRise on Coingecko, LiveCointWatch, CoinMarketCap. They are planning on a Bsc update on the logo and details. They have also launched their cryptocurrency prices, charts, and market capitalizations. They have top-tier facilities such as Zero Team Allocation, an anti-whale system in action, an Anti-Rug Pull LP Locked, and the project is also fully Audited. They also plan on a long-term project. They also have many more projects to be unlocked.

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RS Management Education and Training Services issues digital certificates to graduates via Certif-ID

 

RS Management Education and Training Services is a Filipino-owned company having operations in the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines. The company aims to empower the next generation of skilled overseas Filipino workers by providing them with world-class consultancy training and certification services.

“We have a long legacy of being at the forefront of taking professionals and their careers to the next level with our competency-based training curriculum,” said Roque Senga at RS Management Education and Training Services. “We were looking for a way to present our learners in a better light and wanted our candidates to stand out from the crowd, having a better chance at landing a job.”

To showcase students in a positive light, RS Management Education and Training Services chose Certif-ID. Through the Certif-ID platform, they are issuing verifiable digital certificates that convey the value of their training programs and graduates effectively.

“RS Management Education and Training Services wanted to support graduates in finding employment. And Certif-ID did exactly this by enabling them to issue digital certificates on blockchain,” said Michael Wild, Director, Certif-ID. “Their graduates can now confidently apply for jobs globally knowing that their digital certificates will act as proof of their skills.”

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UATP Partners With BitPay To Tap Into Cryptocurrency’s Growing Payment Popularity

 

UATP is proud to be partnering with the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, BitPay, to offer its Network the ability to accept payments quickly and easily in Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and six other popular cryptocurrencies for travel.  Travel and leisure are among the top five items purchased with cryptocurrency based on a recent Pymnts.com survey.

“Cryptocurrency continues to gain momentum as a safe and trusted payment option, especially for high-value purchases like travel. BitPay’s partnership with UATP provides their customers with the inherent benefits of blockchain payments without having to handle, hold, or buy crypto themselves” said Stephen Pair, Co-Founder and CEO, BitPay. “UATP’s broad network of airlines are also now capable of reaching millions of new global customers who choose to pay with crypto regardless of what wallet they hold since BitPay supports all crypto wallets.”

Bitcoin has surpassed the $1 trillion market capitalization and is recognized as the 5th largest currency in the world. BitPay, a crypto payments pioneer, has processed more than $5 billion in blockchain payments since launching in 2011.

“The UATP – BitPay partnership brings together the perfect combination of two experts in airline and cryptocurrency payments,” said Ralph Kaiser, president and CEO, UATP. “Crypto payment stands to be a market changer in the industry; this partnership creates the opportunity for the airlines to attract new customers and to be a first-mover in this very exciting space.”