Singapore, Singapore, August 20th, 2024, Chainwire

PEXX, an innovative fintech startup specialising in stablecoin cross-border payments, is excited to announce the acquisition of Singapore-based blockchain media platform, Chain Debrief for an undisclosed amount, following its successful raise of $4.5 million led by TNB Aura and ANTLER. This strategic move aligns with PEXX’s commitment to expanding its footprint and fostering deeper engagement within the global blockchain community.

“The acquisition of Chain Debrief represents a significant milestone in PEXX’s journey to revolutionise the global financial landscape. By integrating Chain Debrief’s rich content and community insights, we are not only enhancing our platform but also empowering our users with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate the complex world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. This strategic move underscores our commitment to expanding our influence and fostering greater engagement within the Southeast Asian blockchain ecosystem, while staying true to our mission of making cross-border payments fast, affordable, and accessible to all.” — Marcus Lim, CEO of PEXX

Through this acquisition, PEXX plans to enrich its platform by integrating Chain Debrief’s extensive library of content including articles, tutorials, and expert analyses directly into the PEXX user experience. This will provide users with easy access to the latest information on blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and regulatory developments to aid them in making informed decisions.

Additionally, the acquisition of Chain Debrief serves as a vital channel for PEXX to enhance its community, particularly in Southeast Asia. By continuing Chain Debrief’s mission of crypto education, PEXX will provide users with the resources needed to navigate the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency. This move also supports PEXX’s broader vision of encouraging crypto investment and adoption across the region.

“We’ve always been passionate about educating and empowering our community with the latest in blockchain and crypto. Now, with PEXX’s innovative approach to cross-border payments and their commitment to expanding financial access, we have the opportunity to bring our content and insights to an even broader audience. ” — Jacky Yap , Founder of Chain Debrief

As PEXX continues to grow and expand its offerings, the acquisition of Chain Debrief represents a significant milestone in its journey. The company remains committed to its mission in providing fast and affordable cross-border payment transfers, while also contributing to the wider blockchain ecosystem through education and thought leadership.

About PEXX

PEXX is a pioneering stablecoin cross-border payment platform that simplifies global money transfers. By offering secure, fast, and cost-effective solutions, PEXX enables users and businesses to off-ramp stablecoins like USDT and USDC to fiat in 16 currencies directly into bank accounts. PEXX’s innovative platform bridges the gap between traditional finance and the world of cryptocurrencies, making global money transfers seamless and efficient.

Users can stay connected with PEXX: https://linktr.ee/pexxme

Contact

PEXX Marketing
PEXX Technology Pty Ltd
marketing@pexx.com

Delaware, United States, August 16th, 2024, Chainwire

Led by Finality Capital and Paper Ventures, with participation from Arrington Capital, Draper Dragon, Lightshift, and others.

Holonym Foundation, an organization building the next generation of digital identity security for the decentralized web, is announcing the completion of a successful $5.5 million seed funding round. The funding round was led by Finality Capital and Paper Ventures, with significant participation from Draper Dragon, Arrington Capital, Lightshift, Zero Knowledge Ventures, Zero DAO, and other prominent funds. 

Shady El Damaty, Co-Founder of Holonym, said: “We’re building core person-first principles into the technology we ship out to the world. Our goal is to build a global open-source layer that upgrades the abilities of each citizen with basic access to a digital identity using cryptography to prove their personhood.”

“We can’t have self-sovereign control of our monetary assets without self-sovereign identity. The Holonym foundation is building critical middleware and applications that will make Web3 users the envy of Web2 users by giving them the power to own, govern, and selectively share their data with strong privacy and security guarantees. Holonym will be part of the solution to usher in the next trillion dollars of assets into blockchain.’’, said Kamal Mokeddem, GP of Finality Capital.

Cryptographic keys, or private keys, run the web and secure every digital interaction on the internet. But what if private keys could be built differently and in a more sophisticated way? Human Keys completely change how private keys are derived. Instead of creating private keys from random phrases, Human Keys make humans into keys. This new framing shifts ownership of digital assets from the holder of a random seed, to the human that can uniquely prove their biometrics. Human Keys make the ownership layers of the internet built on top more consumer-friendly, decentralized, and secure. 

Human Keys encompass three protocols built by the Holonym Foundation, all having security and robust data privacy systems as core principles: 

• Mishti Network, a breakthrough threshold entropy network that computes an Oblivious Pseudorandom Function (OPRF) on biometric data. 
• This allows humans to derive random secure keys that are hard to steal, and it unlocks private homomorphic computation on encrypted data, allowing untrusted third-parties to authenticate users without ever seeing the underlying data. 
• This is an Actively Validated Service (AVS) on Eigenlayer with crypto economic mechanisms that leverage the economic security of the Ethereum network.
• Zeronym, a zero knowledge identity protocol, leverages Human Keys to allow anyone in the world to secretly prove facts about their identity. 
• Over 125,000 pseudonymous Zeronym users around the world have already unlocked these rights, proving their unique personhood, residency, and other attributes to curate a rich digital reputation that they alone own and control.
• Silk, a simple and elegant wallet user interface for interacting with crypto protocols. 
• Human Keys are made usable in the real world by the everyday internet user with Silk.
• Silk provides advanced security tools to protect users from hackers, scams, and malware on the decentralized web.

Nanak Nihal Singh Khalsa, Co-Founder of Holonym said: ’’Humanity is not just biometrics, e.g. your face. It is about what you have, what you know and what you are: your property, your memory, and your body. On the current centralized web, we are giving free ownership to our data. Web3 must be the space where we provide robust data ownership and secure sharing of personhood, so that nobody can own your data except you.’’ 

By granting every human in the world a secure key that only they can hold and control, the Holonym Foundation moves towards global digital inclusion, precisely at a time when advancements in artificial intelligence are poised to leave so many behind.

Shady El Damaty, co-founder of Holonym, says this is just the start for the Holonym Foundation. “Human Keys will redefine how citizens interact with the internet by limiting the overreach of power and hardening individual rights with resilient decentralized protocols built on Zeronym and Mishti Network.”

Holonym Foundation is focused on applied cryptography innovation that delivers solutions for real-world problems.

About Holonym Foundation

The Holonym Foundation’s mission is the proliferation of Human Keys to make security and privacy more usable in zero trust environments. Holonym Foundation has developed infrastructure to allow anyone, anywhere, to create Human Keys with Mishti Network, easily use them with Silk and privately prove facts about their identity with Zeronym. 

Holonym Foundation Products

Mishti Network. A threshold network for zero trust Human Key derivation. Create high entropy Human Keys from private biometrics, passwords, security questions, or other human-memorable data. Mishti also powers Zeronym’s programmable privacy for on-chain private banking, payments, and other real world regulated industries.

Silk. The human-friendly wallet for instant onboarding. Use Human Keys with zero trust protocols to save, send payments, access global internet finance protocols and manage your private data. Silk is a protected self-custody wallet that can be recovered without trusted guardians. 

Zeronym. Proof of personhood and private identity. Fast client-side privacy for identity verification, supporting digital credentials from 180 countries. Use Human Keys to prove any fact privately without revealing any information in zero knowledge. Business can utilize Zeronym for privacy-preserving KYC/AML with programmable privacy for on-going monitoring.

CONTACT & SOCIALS

For PR enquiries users can contact press@holonym.io

Users can stay connected with Holonym Foundation and it’s Products:

🌐 holonym.id, mishti.network, silk.sc

✖️ X Holonym | Zer0nym | Mishti Network | Silk

📲 Telegram Holonym Official | Mishti Network | Mishti Community | Holonym Dev Support

💼 Holonym Linkedin

✍️ Holonym Medium

📝 Holonym on Paragraph

🎥 Holonym YouTube

🎙️ Farcaster | ‌holonym | zeronym | silkysignon

📝 Holonym on Discord

Contact

Press
Holonym
pr@holonym.io

hongkong, china, August 15th, 2024, Chainwire

In a groundbreaking move to address the challenges of equitable asset distribution and decentralization in the cryptocurrency space, Cellula has unveiled its innovative programmable incentive layer built on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem. At the core of Cellula’s innovation is its virtual Proof-of-Work (vPOW) consensus mechanism, which combines principles from Conway’s Game of Life, Variable Rate GDAs Algorithm, and Game Theory to revolutionize the way digital assets are distributed and liquidity is allocated.

The crypto industry has long grappled with the issue of “whales” – a small group of individuals or entities that accumulate a disproportionate share of assets, leading to market manipulation, reduced decentralization, and limited participation opportunities for smaller investors. Additionally, traditional asset distribution methods, such as pre-mining, have further concentrated ownership, undermining the fairness and accessibility of these ecosystems.

“We have grown weary of the war between the witches and the hunters,” said the Cellula team. “Cellula seeks to address these dual challenges by reintroducing the BTC Proof-of-Work mechanism to EVM-compatible networks, pioneering asset distribution and liquidity allocation guidance through virtual Proof of Work (vPOW).”

Cellula’s vPOW mechanism empowers “BitLife” entities with unique hashrates, enabling them to engage in a gamified mining process that generates dynamic incentives. This revolutionary approach is powered by Cellula’s trifecta of innovative algorithms: Conway’s Game of Life for mining, Variable Rate GDAs (VRGDA) for pricing, and the Analysoor protocol for fair distribution and liquidity guidance.

Mining Algorithm – Conway’s Game of Life – Genetic Code Of On-Chain Digital Life: Conway’s Game of Life underpins Cellula’s on-chain entities, “BitLife,” which evolve dynamically, reflecting natural life cycles and enabling complex AI development within the blockchain. This gamified mining process encourages participants to develop more optimal strategies to potentially earn additional block rewards, fostering a competitive environment that ensures only committed resources are rewarded.

Pricing Algorithm – Variable Rate GDAs – A Dynamic Pricing for NFT Distributions: VRGDA adjusts asset prices based on demand, increasing when sales are high and decreasing when they lag, ensuring balanced distribution even in illiquid markets. This dynamic pricing model helps to prevent the concentration of assets in the hands of a few, promoting wider participation and a more equitable distribution.

Consensus Algorithm – Analysoor – Fair Asset Distribution And Liquidity Guidance: Analysoor is a Fair Launch protocol on Solana that uses block hashes for a random number generator to distribute NFTs and tokens fairly. Unlike traditional models, it avoids high GAS fees and bidding wars by offering fixed-cost “block lottery tickets” for participation. Each ticket’s block hash determines winners transparently, preventing bots and ensuring equal opportunities for all users, regardless of financial power. Transaction fees from the lottery are used to inject liquidity into new assets, promoting ecosystem growth. Integrating Analysoor with vPOW also provides fairer asset distribution and better liquidity allocation guidance.

“Cellula’s vPOW mechanism is truly a game-changer,” explained the Cellula team. “By seamlessly integrating these cutting-edge technologies, we have created a programmable incentive layer that is poised to reshape the future of decentralized finance and on-chain participation.”

One of the key features that sets Cellula apart is its permissionless nature. The vPOW mechanism allows any participant (miner) in the network to potentially earn rewards by minting and charging Bitlife, without the need for a central authority to allocate resources. This approach ensures a more open and transparent asset distribution process, fostering greater decentralization and accessibility.

Transparency is also a cornerstone of Cellula’s design. All algorithms and asset distribution processes are recorded on-chain, enabling anyone the ability to verify and review the process, thereby increasing the system’s transparency and credibility.

“Cellula is poised to usher in a new era of on-chain participation and value creation,” said the Cellula team. “By seamlessly integrating these innovative technologies, we are redefining the way assets are distributed and liquidity is allocated, paving the way for a more equitable and decentralized crypto ecosystem.”

With its comprehensive approach to addressing the challenges of asset distribution and decentralization, Cellula is set to revolutionize the way the crypto industry approaches these critical issues. As the project continues to evolve and expand its reach, it remains a beacon of hope for a future where fair and transparent asset distribution is the norm, not the exception.

About Cellula

Cellula is a pioneering programmable incentive layer that revolutionizes asset issuance on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Utilizing a novel virtual Proof-of-Work (vPOW) consensus mechanism, Cellula combines the principles of Conway’s Game of Life, Variable Rate GDAs Algorithm, and Game Theory to create evolutionary, intelligent, and programmable on-chain digital entities known as BitLifes.

For more information on Cellula and its groundbreaking programmable incentive layer, users can visit the project’s Gitbook at https://cellulalifegame.gitbook.io/cellula.

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Los Angeles, CA, August 14th, 2024, Chainwire

iAgent protocol introduced an innovative AI-agent as digital asset class at Malaysia Blockchain Week in Kuala Lumpur and Asia Blockchain Summit in Taiwan this month, allowing gamers around the world to create, train, trade, and monetize personalized game AI-agents that take the NPCs of the past to a whole new level. iAgent protocol has developed the world’s first AI-agent trained from pro-players’ gameplay footage in Counter-Strike. This new AI asset class has the potential to spur a renaissance of innovation and growth within the gaming industry.

At both MBW and ABS, attendees received a first look at the revolutionary new class of digital gaming assets. iAgent Protocol presented new technology on August 1st and 6th, which uses AI Modules to train gaming characters based on gameplay footage. Their presentation featured an iAgent trained from the video footage of Flaxciz, a professional CS player from Team Secret. 

iAgents are here to not only rehaul the outdated NPCs of the gaming world, but also to empower all gamers within the ecosystem. Any user can train an AI-agent with the gameplay footage and then trade, rent, and monetize their personal game agents. Whether it’s a casual gamer playing with friends, or an entire studio wanting to add world-class human-trained AI characters to their game, iAgent offers new solutions and possibilities. 

In collaboration with Alliance, a global esports powerhouse competing at the forefront of the world’s most popular games, and Team Secret, a professional esports organization, iAgent was able to train a character based on the gameplay footage of Flaxciz.

Jamie Batzorig, CEO of iAgent and keynote speaker, unveiled the human-trained iAgent for the first time. The development team worked with AethirCloud, the project building scalable decentralized cloud infrastructure for Gaming and AI. Powered by DePIN, iAgent protocol leverages underutilized GPU resources from around the world and transforms them into a distributed GPU network dedicated to training AI-agents. 

iAgent is supported by GEDA, a web3 esports ecosystem that is onboarding esports enthusiasts, and Emerge group, gaming marketing agency who have worked with well-known names like Valorant, Mobile Legends, and Riot Games. 

The team at iAgent aims to democratize gaming by creating AI-agents as digital assets and providing all gamers with the tools and infrastructure to train their own Agents. These human trained AI-Agents represent players’ gaming strategies, styles, and creativity turning them into a digital representation of their gaming persona. 

By creating the world’s first AI-agent trained on a pro esports player footage, iAgent is aiming to alter the landscape and future of gaming. The tools used to create this groundbreaking digital asset and gaming character will soon be available to everyone in the gaming ecosystem. A player only needs gameplay footage to develop their own AI-agent. With the first-of-its-kind AI_NFT standard (OFT), the creators will have full ownership over their AI-agents running on multiple chains using innovative technology developed by LayerZero Labs. 

About iAgent

The iAgent protocol allows the world gamers to train their own AI agents to mimic the players behavior from gameplay footage, powered by DePIN, decentralized computing, thereby creating a new digital asset class on the blockchain.

Users can follow iAgent on X, notifications on.

Press contact: Sarah@tokenpr.com

Source: iAgent Protocol

Los Angeles, CA

Disclaimer:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies (including product offerings, regulatory plans and business plans) and may change without notice. You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Contact

CEO
Jamie Balzorig
iAgent Protocol
jamie@iagentpro.com