New York, New York, 21st March, 2023, Chainwire
Yesports announces the launch of its premier esports marketplace, opening with a Debut Trading Competition to kickstart the action with its global community. Joined by more than 40 web3 gaming partners and over a dozen esports organisations with a collective following of more than 30 million fans, Yesports sparks confidence and ignites change across the esports industry through the launch of its new marketplace.
The Yesports marketplace is a gateway for esports teams and web3 game partners to connect with their loyal community and global fans. Built on a non-custodial platform powered by web3, the new Yesports marketplace offers a point of difference and value for organisations and games to seamlessly launch, list, and promote their digital products. These range from in-game items and accessories to gaming collectibles, platform passes, and memberships.
Top tier web3 games have joined in partnership with Yesports for the debut launch including Pegaxy, Planet IX , ZedRun, Mystic Treasure, My Meta Farm, DexioProtocol, Planet Mojo, Fabwelt Studios, Shatterpoint, Decentral Games, Alaska Gold Rush, Skyweaver, Outlaws Brawl, Gunfire, Mighty Bear Games and MyMetaSoccer. From March 21st to May 21st, 2023, Yesports will be hosting a Trading Competition offering $8000 in prizes like NFT Packs from participating partners, USDC, and more.
Sebastian Quinn, CEO and Founder of Yesports, says: “Our launch of the first and largest cross industry collaborative marketplace on Polygon represents a major milestone for the gaming and web3 industry. It is also a significant step forward in providing fans with a seamless, secure and fun way to engage with their favorite esports teams.”
“Our team remains focused on driving industry change through cutting edge tech products that allow for easy and impactful product collaboration with leading partners across web2 gaming and esports and web3 gaming. As thought leaders, we spark conversations that drive change and explore opportunities that deliver impact and boost fun for all those who experience Yesports. We are gratified to see our platform changing the way fans engage with web3 games and beyond, and the marketplace serves as the first portal for esports and web3 gaming communities.”
Yesports harnesses the knowledge and expertise of thought leaders and founders from esports and web3 games through monthly Convergence 2023 events. Together with gaming partners in web3, Yesports paves the way forward, enabling the expansion of esports and evolving the fan experience into a brand new era.
About Yesports
Yesports is disrupting the traditional gaming world and democratising the industry in its mission to deliver complete, user-friendly experiences and bridge the gap between gaming, fans, and web3. Bringing entertainment and access closer to the user, Yesports is leading the way in creating a more inclusive gaming world leveraging new technology. Backed by leading VCs and built with world-leading technology, Yesports is focused on delivering the most valuable digital products for gamers everywhere.
For more information, view the links below
Yesports Media Contact | Email: media@yesports.gg | Website: www.yesports.gg
Contact
Head of BD
Matthew Peters
Yesports
matt@yesports.gg
Tallinn, Estonia, 21st March, 2023, Chainwire
Estonia-based crypto startup CryptoWallet.com has become one of the first crypto companies to receive a stamp of approval from Estonia’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). CryptoWallet.com renewed its crypto license despite strict regulatory measures introduced last year to maintain compliance and transparency within the crypto space.
The Estonian license to provide a virtual currency service, which was granted to 55% of all virtual asset providers in 2021, has since become far more competitive. An estimated 90% of companies* may face losing their license and/or being forced to move to another jurisdiction. Despite these headwinds, CryptoWallet.com has succeeded where many others look destined to face difficulties.
The new requirements are designed to root out companies that are poorly managed in an effort to prevent financial crime and mitigate risk.
Regulators now require companies offering services like those of CryptoWallet.com to hold a minimum of €250,000 in capital reserves compared to just €12,000 under the previous requirements.
Other requirements for the license:
- Stringent KYC/AML checks
- Personal requirements for management board and personnel
- Viable product and business plan
- Proper risk management
- Local presence in Estonia
CryptoWallet.com’s COO, Aleksander Smirnin, summed up the company’s achievement. “This sought-after license once again awarded by the FIU is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication by the CryptoWallet.com team. We are fully compliant, have the required shared capital, and are launching products that will enhance our users’ lives. No other crypto card provider offers as many supported cryptos as CryptoWallet.com and we look forward to growing our ecosystem.”
CryptoWallet.com will provide users with a secure and seamless platform to buy, sell and spend crypto assets using a crypto card and SEPA compatibility. The crypto card, due to launch later this year, will support over 800 cryptocurrencies, over ten times more than other competitors.
Now that CryptoWallet.com is licensed, the company is legally allowed to facilitate the storage, purchase and sale of digital assets.
For more information on CryptoWallet.com or to apply for a crypto card please visit: https://cryptowallet.com
About CryptoWallet.com
Estonia-based crypto startup CryptoWallet.com is fully licensed and compliant in handling cryptocurrency operations in all jurisdictions where crypto is legal. CryptoWallet.com provides users with a secure and seamless platform to buy and sell crypto with debit/credit card and SEPA transfers.
The CryptoWallet.com crypto card, due to launch later this year, is slated to support over 800 cryptocurrencies, over ten times more than any competitor. Users can earn native SPEND tokens as cashback with every purchase and through the staking, referral, and partnership programs that are helping to build its community. A custodial wallet with over 100 supported cryptos is already live. CryptoWallet.com also lists tokens on its platforms and facilitates the buying and selling of crypto for businesses.
Applications for a crypto card is open through the Whitelist located on CryptoWallet.com
Contact
Pauline Shangett
partners@cryptowallet.app
Singapore, Singapore, 20th March, 2023, Chainwire
DeFiChain, the world’s leading blockchain on the Bitcoin network dedicated to bringing decentralized financial applications and services to everyone, has announced the debut of the Euro-backed stablecoin Euro Coin (EUROC) on its native blockchain. DeFiChain is one of the first blockchains to fully integrate a Euro-backed stablecoin.
On DeFiChain, the EUROC will have the same support as the USDC and USDT. It means Cake DeFi will act as a custodian and issue dEUROC, a dAsset representing the EUROC stablecoin on the DeFiChain DEX. Users will also be able to transfer it from Ethereum to DeFiChain and vice-versa via the Quantum Bridge. In the near future, DFX Swiss, a gateway between fiat and crypto, will also add an easy Euro to EUROC on-ramp for DeFiChain users.
Full rewards became available on Block #2,772,200 at ~10AM UTC on Monday, March 20th. The dEUROC-dUSD pair will get 5% of the dAsset block rewards while the dEUROC-DFI will get 0.74% of the crypto block rewards. The actual APRs could vary based on the block reward allocation dedicated to the new pools.
Andreas Osberghaus aka mrgrauel, a community member and the Creator of the DFIP to bring EUROC to DeFiChain, said, “Having a Euro stablecoin on DeFiChain has been a long-standing desire within the community, aiming to simplify the entry process for new users from the Eurozone. That’s why I decided to set up a DFIP (DeFiChain Improvement Proposal). Now, no one is forced to convert to US dollars or take on currency risk any longer.”
The special DeFiChain Improvement Proposal (DFIP) to bring EUROC to DeFiChain received an overwhelming response from the community, with 96.51% of the 1,862 votes in its favor.
The Euro Coin (EUROC) maintains a 1:1 ratio with the Euro, meaning for every Euro-backed stablecoin issued, the issuer Circle holds an equivalent amount of Euro in reserve. There has been a growing demand for the Euro-backed stablecoins in the crypto ecosystem. The dEUROC can either be held as an investment, traded on the DeFiChain DEX, or used for Liquidity Mining to earn attractive rewards.
The availability of EUROC will help bring more liquidity on the DeFiChain DEX. It will allow users to invest with Euro instead of USD, improving the user experience for most European users and accelerating adoption. Users will be able to use EUROC to easily move Euro liquidity on-chain, accept and make euro payments globally, and access crypto capital markets for trading, borrowing, lending and more.
DeFiChain is a fully decentralized blockchain with on-chain governance. Since its mainnet launch in May 2020, the project has seen an enthusiastic involvement from the community in almost all aspects of the blockchain, from masternodes, projects, tools, governance, economic ideas, to code governance. Its codebase has been developed in an open source manner, and widely peer-reviewed and discussed by many.
About DeFiChain
DeFiChain is a decentralized Proof-of-Stake blockchain created as a hard fork of the Bitcoin network to enable advanced DeFi applications. It is dedicated to enabling fast, intelligent, and transparent decentralized financial services. DeFiChain offers liquidity mining, staking, decentralized assets, and decentralized loans. The DeFiChain Foundation’s mission is to bring DeFi to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Discord | GitHub
Contact
Benjamin Rauch
press@defichain-ac.com
Seoul, South Korea, 15th March, 2023, Chainwire
Wemade Co., Ltd (KOSDAQ:112040), one of the largest publicly-listed gaming companies in South Korea with a market capitalization of US$1.4 billion, has announced a strategic partnership with Space and Time (SxT), a leader in decentralized data warehousing. The partnership will allow Wemade to power its blockchain and gaming services with Space and Time’s decentralized suite of developer tools.
Today, Wemade services more than 20 different play-to-earn (P2E) games across all genres, including MIR M and the world’s no. 1 blockchain game MIR4, on its global open blockchain gaming platform WEMIX PLAY. This is part of the mega-ecosystem that its blockchain developer subsidiary, WEMIX is building which encompasses its own mainnet, WEMIX 3.0; an extensive range of services like NFTs and DeFi; and WEMIX coin – the bridge that connects all of the components of the mega-ecosystem. WEMIX has also announced plans to launch an Ethereum layer-2 utilizing zero knowledge proof (ZKP) protocols that will improve scalability while still ensuring users’ privacy and security. Space and Time and Wemade are planning to closely collaborate in the future with next-generation decentralized infrastructure for more robust and scalable GameFi development.
“We believe that blockchain is the future of gaming, offering gamers greater ownership and control over their digital assets,” said WEMIX CEO Shane Kim. “As the blockchain transformation of traditional games continues to grow, the partnership with Space and Time will help strengthen our blockchain infrastructure capabilities and contribute to our commitment to building an inter-game economy.”
Space and Time packages a full suite of developer tools in a single decentralized deployment. The platform provides developers with real-time, tamperproof indexed blockchain data, a hybrid transactional and analytic (HTAP) data warehouse, and a serverless API gateway for simplified building of fully decentralized applications and faster dApp time-to-market.
Queries run in the Space and Time data warehouse are verifiably tamperproof. Space and Time’s novel cryptography, Proof of SQL, allows smart contracts to run tamperproof queries directly, opening up a wealth of powerful use cases built on blockchain technology and a fully decentralized stack.
Game developers building on Space and Time can join real-time blockchain data with off-chain game-generated data in a single query and connect the results back to smart contracts on-chain. Space and Time will enable Wemade to facilitate more complex earning schemes for its P2E games, run tamperproof analytics against game activity, and reduce on-chain storage costs by connecting a scalable decentralized data warehouse to the blockchain-based platform.
“We’re thrilled to partner with one of the biggest and most respected gaming companies in the world,” said Nate Holiday, CEO and Co-Founder of Space and Time. “Space and Time is committed to advancing the blockchain gaming industry with essential next-generation infrastructure and developer tools. This partnership is a huge step forward for the Web3 gaming industry. Together, Wemade and Space and Time are building a new blockchain gaming ecosystem to onboard the next wave of game developers.”
Wemade is known for its blockbuster title The Legend of Mir 2, which is one of the most successful RPG titles in the history of Chinese gaming. Within years of its 2002 launch in China, The Legend of Mir 2 dominated the Chinese gaming market with a 64% market share.
In addition to its Web3 GameFi initiatives, the Wemade platform also supports DEXs, NFT marketplaces, and more on its L1 mainnet. Wemade remains committed to actively expanding its blockchain ecosystem beyond GameFi. By partnering with Space and Time, Wemade will provide more secure and decentralized services to developers building GameFi, DeFi, and other Web3 applications.
About Wemade
Wemade is a pioneering game developer from Korea, with a focus that shifts towards metaverse and blockchain (NFT, DeFi) technology, emphasizing personalized gaming experiences. Wemade strives to transform everyday games with blockchain technology and establish its WEMIX coin as a key currency in the gaming industry. Wemade aims to become a mega-ecosystem by launching its own mainnet, WEMIX 3.0, introducing its own currency, $WEMIX, and offering a wide range of services and platforms that embrace DeFi and NFT, etc.
For more information, visit: https://www.wemade.com/
For media inquiries, please contact: Kevin Foo, Head of PR, kevin.foo@wemix.com
About WEMIX
WEMIX Pte. Ltd aims to accelerate the mass adoption of blockchain technology by building an experience-based, platform-driven, and service-oriented mega-ecosystem to offer a wide spectrum of intuitive, convenient, and easy-to-use Web3 services. Headquartered in Singapore, WEMIX is a subsidiary of Wemade, the developer and owner of “The Legend of Mir” IP, a highly successful game series with over 500 million users.
About Space and Time
Space and Time is the first Web3-native decentralized data warehouse that joins tamperproof on-chain and off-chain data to deliver enterprise use cases to smart contracts. Space and Time has developed a novel cryptography called Proof of SQL™ that allows developers to connect analytics directly to smart contracts, opening up a wealth of powerful new use cases and business logic on blockchain technology. Space and Time is built from the ground up as a multichain data platform for Web3 developers in financial services, gaming, DeFi, or any project requiring next-gen analytics.
For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Discord | Telegram | LinkedIn | YouTube
For media inquiries, please contact: Spencer Reeves, marketing@spaceandtime.io
Contact
Kevin Foo
kevin.foo@wemix.com
Taipei, Taiwan, 13th March, 2023, Chainwire
Bloxmith, the player-first Web3 gaming studio, today announced that the open beta for Raiders Rumble, its unique 1v1 squad battler game for mobile powered by the Flow blockchain, is now available for download on Google Play and Apple App Store.
Raiders Rumble challenges players to apply fast-paced strategic decision making in countering the moves of their opponents. Built as a strategic esports game for the masses, it features a daily rotation of tournament modes where the top 50 percent of participants can win in-game items or RUMB tokens, Raiders Rumble’s project token.
Furthermore, players do not need a crypto wallet or digital collectibles (NFTs) to start playing and enjoying the game. To maintain competitive integrity, digital collectibles in Raiders Rumble do not provide any in-battle advantage, though they have several other unique features that make them highly valued by collectors.
“For our first game, we wanted to pioneer a new type of competitive mobile strategy game that would help bridge the gap between traditional and Web3 gamers,” said Bloxmith Co-founder and CEO Wayne Lee. “We are delighted to be working on the Flow blockchain – it solves the scalability problem for games and digital collectibles. With frictionless onboarding, social logins and familiar payment methods, Flow is built from the ground up to make it easier for mainstream users and brands to transition from Web2 to Web3.”
As part of the launch and esports nature of the game, Raiders Rumble will host three Flow-sponsored bonus tournaments. Strategy gamers will have the opportunity to win FLOW tokens, with a total prize pool worth $USD 120,000 in FLOW up for grabs for the best strategy gamers around. These Flow-sponsored tournaments are scheduled to take place between March 23-31, with more details on the Raiders Rumble website here.
“Raiders Rumble is a compelling example of a mobile game that can simultaneously appeal to a mainstream audience while introducing them to the power of Web3 gaming powered by Flow,” said Chirag Narang, Head of Product at Flow. “The Bloxmith team’s innovative take on game design and player onboarding aligns strongly with Flow’s vision and goals for our ecosystem around gaming and onboarding mainstream users to Web3.”
About Bloxmith
Founded in December 2021 by a group of passionate gaming veterans from Riot Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Pumpkin VR and Facebook Gaming, Bloxmith’s mission is to create player-first games that are still fun even after 1000+ plays. Bloxmith’s investors include Infinity Ventures Crypto, Dapper Labs, Vayala, Moon Holdings, Bitoro, SEA Pixel, and Results.io.
For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Discord
About Flow
Flow is a decentralized layer one blockchain designed for onboarding mainstream consumers. Frictionless, secure and eco-friendly, Flow empowers developers to innovate and push the limits that will bring the next billion to Web3. Today, Flow is home to a thriving ecosystem of creators from top brands, development studios, venture-backed startups, crypto leaders, and more. For more information, visit www.flow.com
Contact
Deon Moh
hello@bloxmith.com
Seattle, Washington, 13th March, 2023, Chainwire
Massive Gaming, NEOWIZ’s overseas affiliate, will launch the global social casino hold’em game House of Poker in March 2023, following the successful opening of the Play and Earn social casino game House of Slots.
House of Poker is an iTech Labs certified global social hold’em game providing users with a fair and realistic gaming experience through various hold’em tournament contents and live face chat. Through the Play and Earn system, users will be able to receive stored rewards in a decentralized way. This provides an opportunity for users of House of Poker to more fully own their value in the game. To this end, the IntellaX ecosystem developed by NEOWIZ in partnership with Polygon is already being serviced globally.
With the adoption of USDC as a stable coin global users can play various social casino hold’em games for free and earn blockchain Stable Token (USDC) with specific goods provided by the game. The adoption of this stablecoin helps future-proof the game in case there is a decline in the value of the game’s own token which has been the biggest issue in existing WEB3-based games released so far. As Play and Earn users contribute to the game and receive rewards we hope that users will enjoy the benefits of participating in future events.
In the meantime, the experimental combination of Play and Earn games based on blockchain technology, mainly for small and medium-sized game developers, has been active, but it has become an economic structure that does not provide stable and fair benefits to users as it benefits only developers due to token minting profits. However, House of Poker is the world’s first social casino hold’em game service based on blockchain technology that applies the Play and Earn structure that can fairly benefit users according to the contribution of stable USDC.
For more information, visit:
Discord | Telegram | Twitter | Medium
About Massive Gaming
Massive Gaming is an affiliate of NEOWIZ, focused on the production and publication of Crypto-enabled games and services. Learn more at our Medium – https://medium.com/massivegaming
Homepage: https://massivegaming.io/
Contacts
PR Manager
William Murphy
Massive Gaming
bill@massivegaming.io
Jake Kim
Massive Gaming
jake@massivegaming.io
Singapore-registered cryptocurrency company MinePlex is refuting recent allegations of illegal activities in Vietnam. The company denies all claims made in a report by Vietnamese TV channel VTV, which accused MinePlex of illegal activities.
MinePlex clarifies that it is registered in Singapore as MINEPLEX PTE. LTD. Thus it operates as a legal entity in accordance with the Singapore law. Operating since 2020, MinePlex has brought to market working Blockchain-based products such as Explorer, Wallet, Payments, Finance, Marketplace and more. “Already 2.5 years ago, the MinePlex technology was recognized as unique in the world media.
The MinePlex blockchain is based on the work of two tokens. One mines the other. This is written in a mathematical algorithm and the company cannot interrupt this process in any way.”
The company also partners with a major Brazil-based bank when offering finance-related services, such as payment cards and accounts, and its services can’t be qualified as illegal.
MinePlex notes that VTV journalists took out of context the phrase of MinePlex CFO, Fyodor Bogorodsky, who was discussing the potential growth of the PLEX token to $1,500 in the future. Bogorodsky’s words were not a guarantee or promise and were taken out of the context.
In addition, MinePlex’s products and employees were verified by the well-known international cybersecurity firm CertiK. The MinePlex team underwent a KYC check from CertiK in July 2022. All team members were verified, interviewed by independent experts of the company, and passed a financial audit.
MinePlex was recognized as a top blockchain project in 2021 by International Business Times, named Top Digital Finance Company 2021 by Seeking Alpha, and ranked first among top crypto projects of 2023 by Nasdaq.
MinePlex is disappointed that VTV did not verify and clarify the content before publishing subsequent articles that caused confusion, affecting the company’s reputation. The company is seeking a rebuttal from VTV to clear its name and restore its reputation.
MinePlex is committed to providing reliable and trustworthy services to its customers. The company is making every effort to contact the TV company to clarify the situation. However, the TV team does not respond to letters from the company and the company’s lawyer in Vietnam. MinePlex is confident in its legal bases and operating conditions and will continue to defend its reputation and honor.
MinePlex is a new generation digital ecosystem that creates advanced and modern payment solutions based on traditional financial, blockchain, and digital application technologies. The company has always been transparent about its operations and is committed to delivering high-quality services to its customers.
Tbilisi, Georgia, 8th March, 2023, Chainwire
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Binance Charity, the philanthropic arm of Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, has announced a $100,000 donation to Georgia’s Innovation & Technology Agency (GITA) to support web3 education and training. As a result of the partnership, more than 100 women will be able to study professional courses in Web3 and get support to move into the job market.
“We’re proud of our new partnership with GITA, which aims to diversify the Web3 industry by removing financial barriers to study and developing new courses. In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re allocating 100 out of the 180 scholarships available for women. Georgia is very advanced in terms of adopting new technologies, and there’s already a strong pool of talented women who are interested in innovation, including Web3. We hope these scholarships will enable these women to pursue their passions and further strengthen Georgia as a hub for women in tech.” comments Helen Hai, Head of Binance Charity.
This donation is the latest of Binance Charity’s efforts towards empowering women around the world through education and humanitarian projects. To date, Binance Charity has supported more than 51,000 women across 10 countries, donating over $3 million to women-only initiatives including 36,215 scholarships. In the five years since the non-profit organization was founded, it helped more than 2 million people, with a particular focus on addressing social issues that still disproportionately affect women such as inequality, access to education, and poverty.
Binance Charity donations have been directed to Web3 education programs to support women and other underrepresented and underserved groups to study vocationally as part of workshops as well as through higher education opportunities with top universities. Among these programs are:
- The DLT Talent Programme with Frankfurt Blockchain Center, which is already underway, to support 400 female leaders in the Blockchain space;
- Collaboration with Women in Tech in Brazil, South Africa and Burundi providing funding to train 2,800 women in rural communities in Web3 basics, develop entrepreneurship skills, and support them into employment;
- Partnership with Utiva to strengthen Africa as a hub for tech talent through supporting 1,000 individuals, at least 50% women, to take professional blockchain and digital skills courses.
These projects are part of the Binance Charity Scholar Program, enabling the next generation of Web3 leaders to develop their skills, knowledge and experience without financial barriers. Applications to study as part of this initiative have surpassed 80,000 worldwide since June last year.
Binance Charity remains committed to supporting innovative solutions in using Web3 for social good with a focus on women, as well as investing in research to identify the most impactful ways to use this technology.
About Binance Charity
Binance Charity is a non-profit organization dedicated to unlocking Web3 as a powerful tool for social change. Its mission is to enable Web3 as a driver of social transformation by making its education and research accessible to all, and advancing global solutions for local humanitarian impact. Binance Charity uses its 100% transparent donation platform to build a future where technology is used as a force for good. To date, Binance Charity has supported over 2 million end beneficiaries through various projects. For more information, visit https://www.binance.charity/.
About Binance
Binance is the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a financial product suite that includes the largest digital asset exchange by volume. Trusted by millions worldwide, the Binance platform is dedicated to increasing the freedom of money for users, and features an unmatched portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more.
Contact
Dan Edelstein
pr@marketacross.com
San Francisco, California, 8th March, 2023, Chainwire
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Unstoppable Women of Web3 (Unstoppable WoW3), a diversity and education group on a mission to equalize the playing field in Web3, today announced a commitment to providing Web3 and metaverse education for six million women in Africa over the next five years. The initiative is launching in partnership with 19+ companies including the African Leadership Group, Africa Women CEOs Network, Chipper Cash, NFT Domains, Polygon Labs, Sankore 2.0, Unstoppable Domains, Uoma Beauty, and the Virtual Brand Group, along with 17 other companies.
As a first step towards their goal of onboarding six million women in Africa to Web3 and the metaverse, Unstoppable Women of Web3 and Unstoppable Domains will expand access to user-owned digital identity through free Unstoppable domains, which people can claim for the next 30 days. Web3 domains, like dranino.nft, give people ownership of their identity data – allowing them to create a portable, user-owned reputation across Web3 and the metaverse.
“Africa has one of the most rapidly growing Web3 sectors today, but it’s not exempt from the gender equality issues we see across the globe, and we need to make sure everyone has a seat at the table,” said Sandy Carter, Founder of Unstoppable Women of Web3 and COO and Head of Business Development at Unstoppable Domains. “Empowerment starts with education, which is why we’re thrilled to lead this initiative to educate six million more African women on the metaverse and Web3.”
In order to meet this commitment, the partner organizations will offer Web3 and metaverse education via a wide assortment of educational streams, programs, learning materials, in-person events, and online courses:
- The African Leadership Group will offer master classes and content on Web3 and the metaverse to their ongoing training and lifelong learning programs across Africa.
- Africa Women CEOs Network will present a CEO Education in Masterclass Program designed specifically for women in Africa.
- Educational programs will be available online on the Unstoppable Women of Web3 official website, and will be translated into Portuguese, French, and Arabic.
- Chipper Cash will surface Unstoppable Women of Web’s Web3 and metaverse education within its app.
- Sankore 2.0, an Africa-focused blockchain community builder, will develop and organize online and physical courses on metaverse knowledge and blockchain code development to empower African women in Web3 technology.
- Unstoppable Women of Web3 and Unstoppable Domains will provide free Web3 domain addresses to expand access to user-owned digital identity. They’ll also launch a set of blogs on digital identity on the Unstoppable Women of Web3 website, available in French and English, and issue special NFT-based Education Badges for women who complete the education programs.
- Unstoppable Domains and Unstoppable Women of Web3 will launch a blockchain education stream in partnership with Alchemy.
Today, Africa is one of the fastest-growing adopters of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Web3 technology globally. The continent already features the world’s second-largest Bitcoin market and a government-backed central bank digital currency. Africa also witnessed a 1,200% increase in crypto payments from 2020 to 2021, showing a massive and rapidly growing demand for the nascent technology.
“Having started my entrepreneurial career in Nigeria at 17, I know the power and opportunity of Africa. I see technology and innovation as the way to unlock this next generation of women,” said Sharon Chuter, CEO & Founder of Uoma Beauty.
However, like many male-dominated tech and engineering sectors, Web3 suffers from uneven representation. In 2021, for example, out of the 121 leading crypto companies, it was discovered that less than 5% were founded by women, and women only represent 10% of partners at crypto funds.
Fred Swaniker, founder and CEO of African Leadership Group, said: “By 2035, Africa will have the largest and youngest workforce in the world and will be the primary driver of the 4th industrial revolution. Considering the burgeoning nature of the Web3 industry and the fact that women currently make up 50% of the African continent, it is incredibly important to educate and empower our women with the tools they need to succeed in this field. This partnership will champion not only diversity in Web3 but also enable Africa to continue establishing itself as a global Web3 hub.”
Jennifer Kattula, SVP of Marketing at Polygon Labs said: “We believe in diversity and its impact on the web3 industry. We support women on this International Women’s Day and 365 days of the year. We are proud to support Unstoppable Women of Web3 and the Metaverse as they expand into Africa and beyond.”
Dr. Anino Emuwa, Managing Director of Avandis Consulting and Founder of Africa Women CEOs Network, said: “This initiative will give women in Africa a chance to participate in one of the fastest growing industries in the modern world. The tech and Web3 industries have historically faced issues with diversity and a lack of representation, but with this new initiative, women in Africa can learn about a burgeoning industry and be part of building its future.”
Justin W. Hochberg, CEO and Co-Founder of the Virtual Brand Group, said: “If you can defy gravity in the metaverse, why can’t we defy convention as to who has a voice and the technical skills? This is a once in a generation opportunity to empower diverse talent which will benefit everyone as we collectively build this brave new interconnected world from games to fashion, loyalty to art, sports, music, entertainment and beyond. I challenge everyone to be the change you wish to see in the metaverse and web3 starting here and now with the women of Africa where humankind originated and which over the next decades will be a leading global technology hub.”
Laura Kennedy, VP of Corporate Development at Chipper Cash, said: “We are delighted to pledge our support to the Unstoppable Women of Web3 initiative. Chipper Cash is a company deeply committed to unlocking global opportunities to connect and uplift Africa. When Chipper launched a crypto product more than two years ago, it was in response to a need expressed by our customers. With this initiative, Chipper and Unstoppable Women share a vision that inclusive access and education are critical to building an equitable online ecosystem where everyone can thrive.”
Other partners supporting this initiative are: African Women in Fintech & Payments (AWFP), Afrilabs, Bookings Africa, Ejara, Eloy Awards Foundation, Emerging Africa Group, Futuresoft, Google Cloud, Kenya Blockchain Ladies DAO, Mission Impact Academy, Miss O Cool Girls, NairaEx, SpaceYaTech, The Product House, Thousand Faces NFT, UTU, Women in Management Africa (WIMA), and Women in Tech.
This is not the first time Unstoppable Women of Web3 has launched an educational initiative to onboard women from underrepresented communities to Web3. Last October, the organization also announced its mission to educate and onboard over five million Latinas into Web3 by 2030.
About Unstoppable Women of Web3
Launched in 2022, Unstoppable Women of Web3 is a diversity and education group focusing on training the next generation of talent, with a mission to equalize the playing field early in the Web3 era. All 206 collaborators have pledged to feature work created by historically marginalized groups in at least half of all materials used for Web3 education.
About Unstoppable Domains
Launched in 2018, Unstoppable Domains is a Web3 domain name provider and digital identity platform working to onboard the world onto Web3. Unstoppable Domains offers Web3 domains minted on the blockchain that give people full ownership and control of their digital identity, with no renewal fees. With Unstoppable Domains, people can replace lengthy alphanumeric crypto wallet addresses with a human-readable name and log into and transact with more than 720 apps, wallets, exchanges and marketplaces. The company was named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Startup Employers in 2022.
About African Leadership Group
The African Leadership Group (ALG) is an ecosystem of independent entities with a shared vision for transforming Africa by developing three million ethical and entrepreneurial leaders by 2035. Anchored in its unique and effective learning model, ALG has been at the forefront of developing diverse talent for the past two decades, equipping and harnessing the potential of African youth to meaningfully engage with — and contribute to — the global digital economy as leaders and innovators. As a leading technology training provider, its mission is to solidify Africa’s place as the final frontier for technology, while providing a lasting solution to the global technology talent shortage. ALG was named by Fast Company as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world in 2019.
About Africa Women CEOs Network
Africa Women CEOs Network, is a community of women leading businesses. Our peer network helps women combat the lonely-at-the -top syndrome supporting their professional growth through the provision of bespoke leadership development and access to business opportunities.
As UN Women Generation Equality Action Coalition commitment makers, we collectively contribute to accelerating progress towards gender balanced leadership across the continent through our advocacy and DEI initiatives.
About Chipper Cash
Chipper Cash is a financial technology company serving more than five million customers across the African continent. In 2018, Chipper Cash revolutionized moving money in Africa with the introduction of fee-free transfers for personal payments—providing a frictionless way to send and receive money cross-border and enabling financial inclusivity across the continent. Since then, Chipper has increased its product suite by offering personal investments and digital business transactions, and expanded its reach into the US. Led by co-founders Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled, Chipper Cash is focused on its mission to provide the most trusted and accessible financial services for people living in Africa and beyond. For additional information, please visit www.chippercash.com.
About Polygon Labs
Polygon Labs develops Ethereum scaling solutions for Polygon protocols. Polygon Labs engages with other ecosystem developers to help make available scalable, affordable, secure and sustainable blockchain infrastructure for Web3. Polygon Labs has initially developed a growing suite of protocols for developers to gain easy access to major scaling solutions, including layer 2s (zero-knowledge rollups and optimistic rollups), sidechains, hybrid chains, app-specific chains, enterprise chains, and data availability protocols. Scaling solutions that Polygon Labs initially developed have seen widespread adoption with tens of thousands of decentralized apps, unique addresses exceeding 220.8 million, over 1.18 million smart contracts created and 2.48 billion total transactions processed since inception. The existing Polygon network is home for some of the biggest Web3 projects, such as Aave, Uniswap, and OpenSea, and well-known enterprises, including Robinhood, Stripe and Adobe. Polygon Labs is carbon neutral with the goal of leading Web3 in becoming carbon negative.
About Virtual Brand Group
The Virtual Brand Group (VBG) is an award-winning metaverse pioneer transforming businesses by strategizing, building, and operating brands in virtual worlds. VBG works in partnership with global intellectual property across entertainment, fashion, retail, lifestyle, and beauty to deliver immersive experiences, social games, digital marketing campaigns, virtual fashion, and next-level token reward programs.
The company won Licensing International’s “Best Digital Licensed Product” for its work building Forever21’s Shop City into the #1 retailer on Roblox (the first-ever metaverse winner). VBG was recently credited with making Forever 21 one of the “top 10 metaverse companies for 2023.” Additionally, the company has been featured in over 500 top-tier media outlets for its work with other brands, including Barbie, for which it designed the iconic character’s first-ever virtual fashion line and putting “The Voice” singing competition with NBC – airing in 145 territories – into the metaverse for the first time securing record-breaking numbers. VBG is credited with developing “Infinite Loop Marketing,™” the first-ever avatar-to-ecommerce program where items can be sold simultaneously in the metaverse and real life.
#GetMetaversed on Twitter and LinkedIn. For more, visit virtualbrandgroup.com.
Contact
Nora Chan
press@unstoppabledomains.com
London, United Kingdom, 8th March, 2023, Chainwire
Mizar, a social trading platform that boasts over 10,000 users and sees daily trades in the millions of dollars, is pleased to announce the launch of its $MZR token on March 9th, along with the disclosure of its ambition to introduce automatic and copy trading on both centralized and decentralized exchanges. Mizar aims to transform the crypto trading industry by enhancing its accessibility and profitability for all, with the ultimate objective of becoming the most popular social trading platform for crypto. 
The $MZR token will serve as the native token of the Mizar ecosystem, allowing users to participate in various activities such as staking, accessing features, and receiving rewards. Additionally, the $MZR token will be used to reduce fees on the Mizar platform by up to 95%, providing a more cost-effective solution for traders.
Following the successful completion of its initial roadmap phase, which centered on developing trading tools for CeFi platforms, Mizar is delighted to reveal its next roadmap phase which seeks to expand its existing tools to DeFi. These features will empower users to automate their trading strategies using advanced, but intuitive trading tools, on decentralized exchanges. By combining these tools with its copy-trading engine, novice traders will find trading more accessible while experienced traders can potentially enjoy an additional income stream while retaining control of their assets through self-custody.
Mizar aims to establish itself as the leading crypto trading platform, offering users the ability to track and manage their orders across both centralized exchanges such as Binance and decentralized exchanges like Uniswap. The Mizar team believes that by incorporating automation and artificial intelligence, traders can gain an advantage in the market and increase their chances of success.
“Our launch on Arbitrum is a testament to our enthusiasm for expanding into DeFi”, says Francesco Ciuci, CEO of Mizar. ”We are currently engaged in discussions with several projects in the Arbitrum ecosystem, and we are all eagerly anticipating the chance to collaborate on groundbreaking products that will revolutionize the DeFi trading landscape”.
With support from prominent investors including Nexo, KuCoin Labs, Huobi Ventures, Kronos Research, and others, Mizar marks a significant advancement in the realm of crypto trading.
Starting from March 9th, Mizar’s $MZR token can be acquired on Uniswap. To learn more about Mizar’s social trading platform and its future roadmap, please visit https://mizar.com/.
About Mizar
With over 10,000 active users and millions of volumes traded daily, Mizar is the go-to choice for those who demand the best when trading crypto. Say goodbye to FOMO and missed opportunities, and embrace hands-free trading on your favorite CEX and DEX with advanced bots and smart tools. Additionally, Mizar traders can share bots with others on the soon to-be-largest social trading platform in the crypto space and earn a passive income. Thanks to the MZR token, users can get access to all these features without paying any subscription fee.
Contact
CEO
Francesco Ciuci
Mizar
marketing@mizar.ai