Irvine, United States, January 8th, 2024, Chainwire

Maincard.io, a cutting-edge Web3 sports fantasy manager focusing on sports event prediction and earning rewards by playing, has officially entered the esports arena. This significant move was marked by the formalization of a contract with Community Gaming, a platform for hosting eSports tournaments, and the signing of an ambassador agreement with B8, a prominent Ukrainian eSports organization founded by Danil “Dendi” Ishutin.

Maincard’s Full-Fledged Presence in Esports

In 2024, Maincard.io aims to allocate up to $500,000 to engage with the world of esports, with the clear objective of establishing a notable and influential presence in the industry. A contract was recently formalized with Community Gaming, a platform that specializes in hosting esports tournaments. Maincard.io intends to host three Dota 2 tournaments for Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams, along with a significant tournament in Los Angeles towards the end of 2024.

Nikki Elise, the Global Event Ops Manager of Community Gaming, said: “Community Gaming is excited to partner with Maincard, marking a new era in the world of Dota2 events. Together, we are set to deliver a series of tournaments that promise high-caliber competitive action, new technologies, and an engaging experience for both players and fans.”

Ambassador Agreement with B8: A Strategic Move

The agreement with B8, founded by the famous Danil “Dendi” Ishutin, is a strategic move for Maincard.io. Dendi is a Dota 2 champion, an influential esports figure, and an accomplished streamer; Dendi’s contributions have left an indelible mark on the esports community. B8, known for its focus on Dota 2 and Counter-Strike, ended 2023 on a high note with its performance in the Dota 2 EPL Season 14 tournament. This strategic alliance positions Maincard.io to leverage Dendi’s influential presence and the collective achievements and prowess of his entire team, creating a dynamic partnership that extends beyond ordinary sponsorship.

Valerii Makovetskii, CEO of Maincard.io, Reflects on the Partnership: “We are happy to support promising teams with great leaders. B8 is an excellent partner to spread the word about Maincard’s mission, which is Blockchain mass adoption among the most crowded and growing industry — Gaming.”

Dendi, Founder of B8, Shares His Thoughts: “B8 is thrilled to partner with Maincard.io. This partnership opens exciting avenues for engagement and offers a cutting-edge platform to bring gaming and blockchain technology closer. We’re eager to embark on this journey with Maincard.io, pushing the boundaries of gaming and tech together.”

Looking Ahead: Celebrity Partnerships and Special Game Cards

In addition, Maincard.io has ambitious plans to collaborate with renowned celebrities from the esports world, thereby expanding the roster of ambassadors. Furthermore, the company intends to create a special collection of game cards featuring all esteemed ambassadors.

Users should stay tuned, as Maincard.io promises more excitement, innovation, and advancements at the crossroads of esports and Web3 technologies. The goal of Maincard.io is to increase engagement within the esports community in Web3. These strategic agreements are designed to establish Maincard.io as the center of attraction in the esports community, providing a unique and technologically advanced experience for fans.

About Maincard.io

Maincard.io is a Web3 sports fantasy manager that allows users to potentially earn by playing. Using a free-to-play model, Maincard.io is dedicated to introducing Web3 concepts to audiences through engaging and enjoyable experiences. The platform extends its development into various sports areas for predictions, including esports, NBA, Football (English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, etc.), NFL, NHL, MMA, MLB, Cricket, etc.

For more information users are invited to follow Maincard.io on: Website | Twitter | Discord | Telegram | Medium

Contact

CEO
Valerii Makovetskii
Maincard.io
hello@maincard.io

Zug, Switzerland, January 2nd, 2024, Chainwire

In collaboration with Telekom MMS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, stc Bahrain, Heartcore Capital, Arca Finance, Cardinal Cryptography, and others, the hybrid event offers different tracks with up to $575K USD in bounties and funding opportunities.

 The Aleph Zero Foundation, committed to the advancement and adoption of the Aleph Zero blockchain, today announced the launch of CTRL+Hack+ZK, a comprehensive hackathon event. Spanning from January 10th to January 31st, 2024, this event will be held virtually. CTRL+Hack+ZK represents Aleph Zero’s most immersive hacking event to date, designed to spur innovation and collaboration in the blockchain space.

CTRL+Hack+ZK invites developers, whether seasoned or new to Web3, to immerse themselves in a three-week virtual hacking experience. Participants will engage in Rust and ink! workshops, educational programming, as well as hands-on mentorship with Aleph Zero’s core development team and ecosystem partners.

Previous Aleph Zero hackathons have been the birthplace of success stories like AZERO.ID and Syncra, which have become integral to the Aleph Zero ecosystem. CTRL+Hack+ZK offers a launchpad for developers to turn their innovative ideas into reality, with the opportunity for projects to be integrated into the growing Aleph Zero ecosystem.

“We’re honored to partner with some of the world’s most esteemed organizations in different sectors for the CTRL+Hack+ZK hackathon. Their endorsement energizes our mission to expand the Aleph Zero ecosystem,” said Antoni Zolciak, Co-Founder of Aleph Zero. “Our focus remains steadfast on delivering exceptional user experience that prioritizes privacy, compliance, and speed. This hackathon is put together to help spread the overall adoption of Web3 with a primary focus on building the application layer using the Rust and ink! programming environments.”

Top-Line Partnerships and Opportunities

The hackathon partners include MMS Telekom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, Saudi Telecom Bahrain, idOS, Cardinal Cryptography, Generative Ventures, Heartcore Capital, WW Ventures, Blockchain Founders Capital, and Buidlers Tribe. Additionally, collaborators from Franklin Templeton Investments, Block54, RR2 Capital, and more, will serve as hackathon judges, providing significant exposure opportunities for participants.

Teams from existing Aleph Zero ecosystem partners will share their experiences, offering practical insights and learnings that can guide new hackathon entrants in the development of their own projects within the ecosystem.

Fostering Innovation Across Diverse Tracks

With prizes ranging from $2K to $20K USD from the $75K USD pool, as well as an opportunity to get fast-tracked for up to $500K in follow-on funding, the hackathon tracks include:

• Telco: This track invites developers to transform the telecom sector leveraging Aleph Zero’s advanced tools, focusing on optimizing existing infrastructure and conceptualizing new services, setting the stage for future telecommunication advancements.
• DeFi: Developers are encouraged to harness Aleph Zero’s privacy-centric framework to craft unique DeFi solutions and services.
• DiD: This track will explore identity-related solutions leveraging Aleph Zero’s native privacy stack and network of interoperable tooling libraries to enable secure and decentralized identity management.
• Gaming: Participants are encouraged to creatively employ Aleph Zero for developing NFT-based in-game items, enhancing game development through Aleph Zero’s specialized libraries, crafting smart contracts for in-game transactions and collectibles, and building indexers for gaming data.
• Tooling and Infrastructure: This track will focus on developing applications, node providers, libraries, and tools that enhance the developer experience and ecosystem around Aleph Zero.

Schedule and Participation Details

The hackathon will kick off with the Aleph Zero ecosystem Town Hall on January 10th, followed by a series of workshops, intensive hacking sessions, and a demo day. Winners will be announced on February 5th, with prizes, mentorship opportunities, and potential inclusion in the Aleph Zero Ecosystem Funding Program, which, to date, has distributed nearly $4M in grants across various teams and products.

For more information and to register for CTRL+Hack+ZK, visit https://hack.alephzero.org/.

About Aleph Zero

Aleph Zero is layer 1 blockchain engineered for speed and opt-in privacy, achieving efficiencies akin to conventional web2 systems. It upholds rigorous standards for data privacy and transaction security, while aiming for genuine decentralization over time. Aleph Zero’s versatility is highlighted by over 40 use cases being actively developed, showcasing its adaptability across various sectors and applications.

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Contacts

Ana
ana@serotonin.co
Martyna
martyna@serotonin.co

Zug, Switzerland, December 22nd, 2023, Chainwire

Secured Finance aims to surpass the conventional constraints of traditional DeFi lending models, introducing a fresh perspective to the bond market. Through the adoption of an order book-based system, the team has focused its attention on improving overall market transparency and efficiency.

The platform aims to enable the seamless integration of institutional and retail users into the DeFi ecosystem, ensuring secure and simple crypto lending, borrowing, and derivatives. Secured Finance wants to set itself apart in the fast-paced world of DeFi through features such as streamlined lending, transparent pricing, and counterparty risk reduction.

What does Secured Finance offer?

The platform goes beyond mere trading, as Secured Finance concentrates on conducting all processes, from bond issuance to settlement, on the blockchain which helps them establish a comprehensive ecosystem. According to Secured Finance Founder and CEO, Masa Kikuchi, “By using blockchain technology, the system improves overall transparency and security and helps the platform achieve immediate and low-cost settlements while also providing investors with stable returns.”

Perhaps most importantly, however, Secured Finance is making history by being the first to open a cryptocurrency-denominated bond market. This is a first in both DeFi and TradFi, as presently nobody can trade BTC and ETH bonds elsewhere as public-chain-based bond settlement systems don’t exist yet.

The platform also introduces standardized OTC products with on-chain order book-based price discovery, ensuring fair interest rates with minimal gas costs. Establishing a reliable yield curve through user-driven order book systems for efficient collateral management and hedging is also feasible, as is bridging DeFi technologies with interbank standards to create a transparent and open financial infrastructure.

Furthermore, Secured Finance aims to provide a genuine and transparent yield curve for informed decision-making and risk management. The platform also enhances composability and scalability by enabling the interpolation of interest rates and leveraging derivatives through a unified yield curve. Finally, Secured Finance’s standard supports zero-coupon bond issuance and trading, facilitating fixed-rate loans and efficient hedging opportunities.

What about future goals?

Looking ahead, Secured Finance aspires to transcend being merely a platform, as the aim is to set a new benchmark in the financial realm. This benchmark embodies principles of transparency, efficiency, and accessibility, which means that Secured Finance’s objective is to foster greater inclusivity in financial services and dismantle barriers entrenched in traditional markets.

The order book system transforms decision-making, enabling informed investments. Secured Finance’s roadmap focuses on growth, expansion, and innovative product development post-mainnet launch, solidifying its leadership in financial innovation. The mainnet launch, scheduled on December 15th, 2023, marks a significant milestone for Secured Finance, and it will be supported by successful fundraising efforts, enhancing the platform’s trust and market position.

Ultimately, this innovative journey is synonymous with innovation, transformation, and leadership in finance. Secured Finance does not want to simply participate in the financial market narrative, as instead, the focus is on writing the next chapter of it while being at the forefront.

About Secured Finance

Secured Finance is revolutionizing financial markets, bridging traditional and crypto markets with transparent, efficient solutions. Its innovative order book system addresses Ethereum challenges, enhancing on-chain management. Essentially, Secured Finance envisions a mature cryptocurrency market, with a fully on-chain advantage providing a competitive edge. The order book system extends benefits to P2P transactions, offering stability and expanded market potential.

In the bond market, Secured Finance’s yield curve aids in anticipating trends, contributing to diversified investment strategies and improved risk management. The platform enables fixed interest rates by tackling ETH gas costs, enhancing liquidity, and offering flexibility in OTC derivatives. The Ethereum choice balances liquidity and innovation. 

With Secured Finance, transparency is key, with on-chain systems ensuring fair interest rate determination. A lengthy and thorough Q&A session highlighted several operational aspects of the platform, all of which emphasized transparency, innovation, and risk management. As previously mentioned, the platform is also the first project to enable crypto bond trading in the history of finance.

Put simply, this journey is about spearheading market evolution. Similar to how Bitcoin (BTC) redefined the concept of money, Secured Finance aims to reshape the perception of the bond market as well as the broader financial landscape via stability, efficiency, and transparency, ushering in a new era of financial possibilities.

For more information, visit Secured Finance’s official website along with the GitHub, X, YouTube, Discord, Guild, and Galxe channels. For email-related inquiries, feel free to use contact@secured-finance.com.

Contact

Secured Finance Contact
contact@secured-finance.com

Victoria, Seychelles, December 22nd, 2023, Chainwire

World-leading Web3 trading wallet, Bitget Wallet (formerly BitKeep Wallet) has announced a comprehensive support and development plan for the Bitcoin ecosystem this month. The initiative signifies an active expansion in supporting the Bitcoin ecosystem, with increased investments in the areas of product research and development, with the goal of bringing more trading options for users and enhancing their overall asset management experience.

Bitget Wallet offers a range of services centered around the Bitcoin ecosystem, including providing support for BTC asset management, cross-chain swaps, and on-ramping for EOA and MPC wallets. Bitget Wallet also offers Taproot compatibility together with asset transfers for BRC-20 tokens and NFTs. Additionally, users can gain insights on overall market trends of the Bitcoin ecosystem on Bitget Swap, as well as interact with popular projects on Bitget Wallet’s DApp browser.

An increasing number of Bitcoin ecosystem projects are integrating Bitget Wallet on their official websites, such as Unisat, ALEX Lab, LifeRestart, and Bitmap Explorer, which are all featured on Bitget Wallet’s integrated DApp browser for ease of user access. Users can expect to access a whole range of services within the Bitcoin ecosystem, including DeFi, cross-chain bridges, minting inscriptions, and performing BRC-20 token transactions.

Together with the explosive growth of inscription-based projects on the Bitcoin ecosystem, Bitget Wallet’s DApp browser has also experienced a notable increase in user interactions with inscription-related DApps as well over the past month.

In the future, Bitget Wallet will place its focus on medium to long-term market prospects of the Bitcoin ecosystem, and work to enhance both its technological infrastructure and product features. This also includes increased investments in key areas such as Lightning Network, Nostr and Taproot Assets, BRC-20, and ARC-20 inscriptions. Amongst these, Lightning Network will be a prominent area of focus, with plans to support multiple address formats, and improving asset transfer efficiency.

Additionally, Bitget Wallet is also planning on introducing asset swaps between the Bitcoin mainnet and the Lightning Network to support cross-chain transactions between BTC and EVM assets on Bitget Swap, enhancing opportunities for portfolio diversification and enriching trading options. Taproot asset issuance will also be another area of exploration for Bitget Wallet, underscoring the platform’s proactive adaptability and passion for embracing emerging technologies.

Alvin Kan, Chief Operating Officer of Bitget Wallet, emphasizes the significance of Bitcoin, stating, “As the fundamental cornerstone of the Crypto industry, Bitcoin is not only seen as an undisputed benchmark of crypto value, but also represents the innovative spirit of the industry. Catalyzed by the introduction of the BRC-20 and Ordinals protocols, together with the imminent halving next year, the Bitcoin ecosystem is set to be a prominent player in shaping the overall trajectory of the Web3 world. “

As a world-leading Web3 trading wallet, Bitget Wallet has been committed to providing users with a wide range of assets, powerful trading features, and seamless trading experiences throughout its five-year legacy. “As the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to grow, we aim to emerge as a key player, introducing stronger and more seamless ways for users to manage and grow their assets on the Bitcoin ecosystem. ” Alvin Kan stated.

About Bitget Wallet (Web3 Trading Wallet)

Formerly known as BitKeep, Bitget Wallet stands as Asia’s largest and global frontrunner among all-in-one Web3 trading wallets. We offer a comprehensive range of on-chain products and DeFi services to our users, including wallet functionality, Swap feature, NFT trading, DApp browsing, MPC Wallet and more.

With a 5-year legacy, Bitget Wallet has garnered acclaim from over 12 million users worldwide and has secured partnerships with prominent industry leaders including Bitcoin, Ethereum, TRON, BNB Chain, Solana, Base, and others. This success stems from our commitment to consistently delivering secure and convenient products and services.

In March 2023, Bitget, a leading crypto derivatives trading platform made a substantial $30 million investment in BitKeep, acquiring a controlling stake. Following this strategic move, BitKeep underwent a transformative and strategic brand evolution in August, officially rebranding itself as Bitget Wallet.

For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

Contact

Rachel Cheung
media@bitget.com