After tremendous success with its prominent presence at last year’s Gitex Dubai, crypto incubator and advisor TDeFi is returning to the Middle East’s premier technology gathering, which promises to be even bigger and better than last year.
Gitex Global (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) is one of the world’s most influential gatherings in the tech industry. Attended by more than 250,000 people from over 140 countries, the event brings together many of the sector’s brightest minds and greatest innovators to discuss the state of the space, showcase new products and identify emerging opportunities.
More than 4,000 exhibitors will be taking part in Gitex Dubai 2022, including hundreds of the most active VCs from over 30 countries. More than 1,000 prominent speakers will deliver over 280 hours of exclusive content live on stage from the Dubai World Trade Center between Oct. 10 and 14, 2022. The packed Gitex agenda will span every corner of the industry, from cybersecurity, energy and education to healthcare, Web3 and digital cities. It’s the ultimate technology networking event, attended by some of the sector’s most revered luminaries.
Leaders from more than 1,200 private companies, government entities and startups — including many of the tech industry’s most successful organizations — descend on Dubai each year for the Gitex conference, representing more than 170 countries. GITEX dates back to 1981 and has since grown into one of the industry’s must-attend events, where exhibitors and presenters from all corners of the globe come together to share knowledge and show off their latest innovations.
This year, TDeFi will again participate at Gitex with an exhibition of its portfolio showcasing its latest projects. TDeFi is an incubator and advisory firm for blockchain startups, affording them seamless access to many resources, such as high-quality mentorship, financial support, marketing, community building, exchange listings, liquidity provisioning and growth hacking partnerships.
One of the most memorable events from last year’s Gitex was BizThon 1.0, a unique blockchain hackathon where over 10,000 participants put their collective brainpower together to turn their blockchain-based business ideas to life with the help of TDeFi and its partners. After months of offline developing, 25 finalists were selected to pitch their ideas live on stage in front of an esteemed panel of judges. This year, TDeFi will host BizThon 2.0 with the help of partners including MythX, Metamazonia, Faith Tribe, Edverse, Vulcan Forged, Sinverse, Bridge Network, EQ8 and more than 30 of its portfolio companies.
TDeFi is excited to once again be taking part in one of the region’s and planet’s most important gatherings of the technology industry.
About Gitex Dubai
Gitex Dubai is one of the world’s biggest and most influential technology conferences, attended by over 250,000 participants representing more than 140 countries. This year’s event will have more than 4,000 exhibitors, 800 startups and over 1,000 speakers, with the roster including some of the space’s most prominent names. It will be held in Dubai, UAE from Oct. 10 to 14, 2022.
About TDeFi
TDeFi incubation provides access to world-class mentors, industry connections, transactional token economics, network of experts in technology, marketing and community, exchanges, liquidity and growth hacking partnerships. It seeks projects not just looking to survive, but those looking to thrive for years to come and disrupt the status quo in their respective fields.
London, the United Kingdom, Sept. 2 — Reef, a layer-1 Substrate-based blockchain for decentralized finance (DeFi), nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and gaming, announced today its highly anticipated Reef Card is now available for people in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Reef has been working with Baanx, an experienced partner for revolutionary Web3 financial solutions, to create and produce Reef Card. Reef Card, powered by Baanx, is part of the Mastercard crypto debit line. Due to COVID-19 and material production delays, the card was put on hold until this year. Now it’s officially available to everyone in the U.K. and European Economic Area.
Denko Mancheski, CEO of Reef said, “We feel good about the future of Reef, and over the past year, we’ve been working hard with Baanx to get Reef Card out. We’re excited to have it available now and allow hodlers the opportunity to spend their cryptocurrencies in the physical world.”
Crypto debit cards have become a hot ticket in the physical world as they add another layer of utility to tokens and the cryptocurrency landscape. Reef Card owners will be able to spend their crypto and have their card convert it to fiat only at the time of purchase, and they will be able to use their card at over 90 million merchants worldwide and even withdraw fiat at certain ATMs. To start, Reef Card will be available as a physical card and Google Play right away. Apple Pay will come next.
Garth Howat, CEO of Baanx said, “It’s very exciting to see that more companies and communities are adopting our solutions to bridge the gap between DeFi and traditional finance. We’ve been working hard with the Reef team on this project, allowing the community to enjoy Reef’s ecosystem to the fullest.”
Reef continues to evolve and expand its blockchain, quickly gaining momentum on the lead to becoming one of the top five Web3 blockchains. Recently, Reef launched an NFT division, attended Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, launched ReefScan V2, and a new REEF Community Staking Bond. Reef Card is another innovative addition to the rise of the chain and its native token, REEF.
About Reef
Reef’s Substrate-based layer-1 blockchain with smart contract functionality offers an intuitive user experience, high scalability and low fees, helping the ecosystem to be a go-to platform for NFT projects. Reef is the most advanced Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchain with smart contract functionality. Based on a nominated proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, the network offers low fees and scalability, as well as myriad features, including native token bridges, on-chain governance, recurring payments and much more. Eventually, the platform will also support an additional virtual machine that will allow developers to write code in several different programming languages.
About Baanx
Baanx offers fintech services to the digital asset sector, including Cryptodraft and payment authorization integration into Visa, Mastercard and other transaction payment systems. Baanx headquarters are in London, U.K. with subsidiaries in Delaware, United States, Portugal and Lithuania. Baanx manages digital assets with maximum privacy and security. The company is launching services for more than 25 top-tier clients, including Ledger and Reef. Baanx is managed by a seasoned team with over a hundred years of combined experience in banking, financial technology, cryptography, finance and digital marketing.
Known as Asia’s biggest play-to-earn expo, Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia finally took place from Aug. 10 to 13 at the W Bangkok and in the Metaverse. The four-day event was the first of its kind to focus specifically on the play-to-earn industry.
The event’s guest list comprised over 260 physical and 300 virtual C-suite attendees. This included Jason Brink from Gala Games, Rich Robinson from Animoca, Andy Koh from the Gems esports 3.0 platform, Tatsuya Kohrogi from Digital Entertainment Asset (PlayMining), Irene Umar from YGG SEA and Cholo Maputol from Play It Forward DAO.
Day one: Welcome drinks and snacks at The House on Sathorn
Welcoming Play-2-Earn’s biggest names from all over the world, the first day of Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia kicked off with welcome drinks and snacks in the House on Sathorn, a multi-entertainment venue adjacent to W Bangkok.
The driveway leading up to the entrance had rows of banners with P2E’s valued sponsors, including Gala Games, ByBit, Ethlas and Playgroundzero.io. By the DJ booth, there were also light-up cubes with P2E sponsor logos.
All guests had access to a wide spread of food and an open bar, which quickly livened up the evening. A short program featured the official launch of the event and a special performance from traditional Thailand dancers.
The night was also a chance for guests to start building their bridges within the industry. Many networked and made friends, some of whom were meeting for the first time.
Day two and three: Keynotes, panels, networking, game pitches and afterparties
The next two days for Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia had a packed schedule, beginning with special keynotes from Jason Brink of Gala Games (“The Web3 future of play-and-earn gaming”) and Andy Koh of Gems (“Riding on the wave of blockchain and Web3”) for days two and three, respectively.
The event also featured back-to-back panel discussions that featured names such as Corey Wilton of Pegaxy, Paul Kim of Com2Us, Adrian Ho of Binance, Anastasia Drinevskaya of Cointelegraph and Charles Huh of WeMade.
On the hybrid side, business matching portals were set up for all attendees. Through the official P2E app, guests could schedule meetings with each other, meeting up physically through P2E’s meeting rooms or online. Virtual booths were also live during the expo, ensuring that attendees around the world can not only watch, but also participate in Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia.
Game pitch competition
Another highlight of the expo was its game pitch competition, where eight nominees shortlisted from hundreds of applicants were given a chance to pitch to an impressive lineup of judges from DFG/Jsquare, Faculty Group, Openspace ventures, SeaX Ventures and YGG SEA.
Each game project was given 15 minutes to present its pitch, including Q&As. This was easily one of the most sought-out parts of the expo, showcasing the up-and-coming talent of the P2E industry.
Osbiome took home the trophy for its Omeverse pitch, which is the first health-to-earn metaverse for personalized health. Omeverse users will have their own Web3 digital pet that will guide them on their future health journeys.
Play hard, party harder
Back-to-back afterparties were scheduled for days two and three, with the GameFi community gathering at Woo Bar and the Wet Deck respectively. DJs Nicole Chen, Celeste Chen and Amy Kao led the night to a state of pure hype and energy, invigorating the P2E Expo spirit in Bangkok.
Both parties had an open bar, served a mix of international and local cuisines, and were conducive to networking. The third day’s afterparty at the Wet Deck was top notch, with special drumming and dancing performances as well as appearances from mermaids.
Day four: Gems mobile gaming tournament
Thirty-two teams and a total of 120 PubG players competed for a $1,370 (50,000 THB) prize pool on the last day of Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia. Known as the Gems Thailand PubG Mobile Tournament, the event’s platinum sponsor and strategic partner Gems took over operations for the fourth day, which were held in the main expo hall.
Team ChaPoKit was hailed as the champion of the nine-hour tournament. Bacon Times and E29 Esports Gaming placed second and third place, respectively.
What’s next for Asia’s largest play-to-earn expo?
Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia, the first business-to-business play-to-earn event in Asia, is looking to host a subsequent expo in Bali, Indonesia during the first quarter of 2023. Like Bangkok, Bali is known worldwide as a hotspot of talent for the Web3 and blockchain industry.
Nolcha Shows, now in its 14th year, will be producing the two-day NYFW Web3 edition on the 69th floor of the iconic 3 World Trade Center on Sept. 13 and 14, 2022.
Nolcha Shows is where fashion and Web3 communities gather in real life to share knowledge, experiences and insights. Creators, investors, founders and industry leaders connect through education, entertainment and networking opportunities that spark collaboration toward building the future.
Building on their successful Web3 event series during NFT.NYC, Art Basel, Bitcoin Conference, Consensus and Permissionless, Nolcha Shows is going back to its roots and elevating the concept of NYFW.
The independent fashion pioneering brand will continue to serve as a platform for driving Web3 culture forward. The multi-day event will combine an NFT gallery, Web3 panel discussions and runway shows.
Web3 and its technology will enable unprecedented consumer experiences.
Schedule for Sept. 13
- Runway shows
- Sustainable fashion brands: Embracing fashion designers focused on sustainability and demand for ethical fashion featuring clothing brands Host and Var, Kaiane Designs, The Tailory NYC, Mauricio Alpizar, Maya Seyferth & accessory brands CoFi, Zashadu, Aumora Gems, and Anna Zuckerman.
- “Ones to Watch”: Web3, ready-to-wear and bridal wear brands ChainGuardians, Oh Polly and Nazranaa.
The highlight of the first day focuses on the emergence of AR in fashion.
ChainGuardians will showcase a Phygital Meta Street Wear collection that is inspired by the ChainGuardians Super Heroes, featuring virtual immersion technology that allows users to wear the clothing in the real world and on avatars in the Metaverse.
OhZone will bring Metaverse fashion to life through the patented 3DReal technology that automates turning physical garments into virtually stunning NFT wearables ready for the Metaverse.
Schedule for Sept. 14
The second day will consist of a series of web panel discussions that will highlight various aspects of Web3 and its impact on the fashion industry. Panel topics include:
- Female-led investments and innovation presented by Bad Bitch Empire: Women’s innovation and investment opportunities in Web3 and beyond, presented by Bad Bitch Empire and hosted by its CEO Lisa Carmen Wang, along with special guests.
- The Fashion Metaverse Economy, presented by Landvault and moderated by Ornella Hernadez, Web3 and NFT reporter at Blockworks. Panelists include LandVault CEO Sam Huber, Reed Smith partner Nick Breen, LandVault director John Kraski and Space Runners director of strategy Josh Ramjit.
- Luxury in the Metaverse, presented by Galaxy. Panelists include Andrew Isaacs, managing director in investment banking at Galaxy, and special guests.
- The Next Web, presented by Vatom. Panelists include Web3 brand activation strategist Paula Marie Kilgarriff, Vatom’s chief marketing officer Brian Wallace m and Cult & Rain founder George Yang.
- Community is the New Fashion Culture, presented by The Fashion DAO. Panelists include Echo Mah Creative Director at Tiffany & Co., Web3 digital luxury Matthew Pandolfe Web3 Digital Luxury Expert and Nico Fara CEO at Chief Metaverse Officer.
Onsite Web3 activations
ChainGuardians will offer attendees two consumer experiences. The first will be a virtual reality area where attendees can immerse themselves in a 3D digital fashion world to experience select items in the ChainGuardians Meta Street Wear line. An additional space will feature an augmented reality area that will allow attendees to interact with digital models wearing the ChainGuardians clothing.
Perfect Corp, the leading provider of AI and AR beauty and fashion tech, will offer fans an interactive runway beauty experience within the YouCam Makeup app, allowing fashion fans to immerse themselves in the glamor of New York Fashion Week by virtually trying on the beauty and fashion looks featured on the Nolcha runway through their smartphones.
NFT artist Talia Zoref, a Forbes 30 Under 30 fashion illustrator, will be sketching her illustration onsite while featuring digital wearables from her NFT collection Eyes of Fashion, whose mission is to bring more inclusion into the world of fashion, elevate strong women artists, and empower women through education.
In partnership with HeyLayer, attendees will be able to claim a Proof of Attendance Multipass NFT with unlockable content to be revealed at a later date.
Partners and sponsors include Saratoga, Vatom, LandVault, ChainGuardians, Hanjan, Chief Metaverse Officer, WHIM, AOFM Pro, Unite, Perfect Corp, PowerStation Studios, InstaSleep, Wear The Future L8, Holistic Spirits and TradeZing.
About Nolcha Shows NYFW Web3 edition
Nolcha Shows is a collection of leading award-winning experiential events. Over the past 14 years, the Nolcha Shows have become a discovery platform, promoting cutting-edge, innovative brands, connecting and building communities across the dynamic industries of lifestyle fashion and tech-driven Web3.
The curated event series is held during New York Fashion Week, NFT.NYC, Consensus, Art Basel and Bitcoin Miami.
Recently, the world-renowned cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC launched a new M-Day event. This is a welfare event for MX Token holders and mainstream token traders. Participants can exchange new project tokens at a discounted price or free of charge.
The project launched by MEXC this time is the latest NFT Index token ENSDOMAIN. The index token is supported by more than 20 four-digit pure digital ENS domain names purchased by MEXC. These domain names have then been split into 26 million ENSDOMAIN index tokens.
According to MEXC’s announcement, the winning users who trade mainstream token spots, leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and futures during the event can use MX Token to exchange the index token ENSDOMAIN at a discounted price.
It is particularly worth mentioning that MEXC will burn all the MX Tokens received in this event.
Since December 2021, MEXC has continued to burn more MX Tokens. In MX Token 2.0, 100 million of the 450 million MX Tokens held by the team will be directly and permanently burned. Meanwhile, starting from Q1 this year, 40% of the platform’s profits will be used to repurchase and burn MX Token to ensure its deflation in the secondary market.
According to the data of the Ethereum explorer Etherscan, the total supply of MX Token has dropped from 450 million in December 2021 to about 443 million at present. Since the burning of MX Token in Q2 has not begun yet, the data only includes the number of MX Tokens burned in Q1 2022.
Up until now, the circulation of MX Token in the secondary market is about 93.8 million. Judging from this MEXC initiative, the platform will not only continue to use the platform’s profits to buy back MX Token to achieve its goal of substantial burning but will also continue to use the platform’s activities and events to strengthen the use cases of MX Token and the burning of MX Token in order to reduce its circulation in the secondary market.
Whether it is a centralized exchange or a decentralized exchange, these platform tokens have always been the sector and projects that have been paid attention to. However, the platform token of the decentralized exchange is currently used for governance only and lacks a certain value, while the platform token of the centralized exchange has already had a large number of use cases within the platform.
For example, MEXC has launched a series of activities, such as M-Day, Launchpad, MX DeFi and Kickstarter, that highlight MX Token. MX Token holders can participate in these activities to get rich rewards.
These moves have boosted the value of MX Token. Comparing platform tokens, BNB, MX Token, FTX Token (FTT) and KuCoin Token (KCS) have all increased by more than 800% in the past two years. In the past year, MX Token has had the most outstanding performance, achieving growth of up to 185.42%, while the growth of BNB, FTX and KCS in the past year is only -9.83%, 2% and 3.05%, respectively.
At present, the market capitalization of MX Token is $122 million, and the market cap of BNB, which ranks fifth, is $47.8 billion. The market cap of the former is only 1/391 of the latter.
The analysis agency ICO Analytics used SimilarWeb to analyze and conclude that MEXC’s network traffic increased by 27% in July, making it the trading platform with the largest traffic growth among the 20 mainstream cryptocurrency trading platforms in the world.
In 2021, MEXC won the title of “Best Crypto Exchange in Asia” at the Crypto Expo Dubai. Some analysts pointed out that the core reason why MEXC is well-known to global cryptocurrency traders in just a few years is that it is able to quickly discover high-quality crypto assets, provides professional products and user services, and puts more emphasis on localization when promoting its global operation strategies.
Judging from the achievements of MEXC’s global development in the past two years and the rapid growth of its global users, the market value of MX Token is at an early stage, and its valuation may also be seriously underestimated.
About MEXC
MEXC is the world’s leading cryptocurrency trading platform, providing one-stop cryptocurrency trading services for spot, ETF, futures, staking, NFT Index, etc., and serving more than 7 million users worldwide. The core team has a solid background in traditional finance and has professional financial product logic and technical security guarantees in terms of cryptocurrency products and services. Currently, it supports the trading of more than 1,400 cryptocurrencies and is the trading platform with the fastest launch speed for new projects and the most tradable categories. Visit the website and blog for more information and follow MEXC Global and MEXC Research.
TenUp Ludo NFT version 1.1 is here, and we couldn’t be more thrilled about what it means for the future of blockchain and gaming. By releasing version 1.1, we at TenUp hope to reach a wider audience and give people more influence.
TenUp Ludo NFT version 1.1, a digital recreation of the design and structure of the iconic arcade game, is currently playable at Ludo NFT. In order to play with other players, each player needs 10 TenUp smart coins in their MetaMask wallet. The loser must give the winner TenUp smart coins as a reward. This release features co-op plays for up to four opponents.
Each player’s “yard” starts with four pieces. The program randomly chooses the first participant. Players take turns rolling dice. Any piece from the player’s yard can be used if they roll a six. It can also move a piece by six squares. Any other throw moves the player’s piece to the appropriate number of spaces. If no pieces are on the track, the turn is lost, and the dice are passed clockwise. Players get another throw after rolling a six — and a third try after rolling a second six.
On a player’s third roll, the turn is over. Upon reaching an opponent’s square, a piece is caught and returned to its owner’s yard. To win, a player’s pieces must all be in the middle. Some may keep trying for the bottom rungs.
TenUp plans to release version 1.2 of its Ludo game by the end of 2022, following the successful completion of its first Ludo game. In addition, the company plans to implement nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as part of this endeavor.
In accordance with the terms of this new upgrade, the player will be eligible to receive a prize consisting of an NFT from the TenUp NFT marketplace once they have achieved victory in 20 games. After that, the gamer can utilize the NFT to stake on the company’s NFT marketplace, which will result in the player earning TenUp tokens. Players will have the opportunity to fight for massive bounties and bonus benefits by taking part in the Ludo tournaments hosted by the TenUp team thanks to this brand-new addition.
About TenUp
TenUp is a decentralized platform with the goal of developing Web3 decentralized applications. TenUp has already launched its staking platform and has created its own bridge in order to enhance its blockchain network.
TenUp also launched its analyzer, where users can make wise choices and analyze how markets will react and earn from it. In addition, trading opportunities for TenUp can be found on platforms such as OKX, Bitget, StakeCube, Uniswap, Stex, PancakeSwap and others.
Game: https://ludonft.tenup.io/
Elevate Labs presents a rare opportunity for holders to join the pack with the launch of an exciting new company — operating at the forefront of the global digital art revolution — which has created a unique collection of carbon-neutral nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
The Wolf of Kensington (TWOK), revealed today by Elevate Labs, is a collection of 3D generative digital art described as the most exclusive in the global community.
Each individual Wolf comes with a range of added benefits for its owner, including access to a prestigious concierge service and exclusive investment opportunities.
Elevate Labs is backed by Woodbourne Ventures, the venture capital initiative by Woodbourne Group. Chief executive Tani Dulay said they have invested close to 1 million pounds ($1.2 million) in developing the product. The team behind the new company includes thought leaders in the Web3 space — leading blockchain developers, artists, animators and marketers who have worked with blue-chip brands from eBay and EA Games to government entities.
Dulay said, “The launch of Elevate Labs and the The Wolf of Kensington NFT collection follows a long and intense period of creative development and significant investment led by a world-class team.
“We are incredibly proud of the product we have produced. TWOK is a highly coveted, carbon-neutral NFT collection of generative art with real-world utility. The digital assets give holders access to a global and leading concierge service and will also provide investment opportunities that they can benefit from that would otherwise be out of their reach.”
The Elevate Labs team has expertise across a range of specialist fields, including business, artistic and creative, technology and marketing.
Dulay said, “Each wolf provides access to a luxury lifestyle app and concierge service, ahead of the NFT fashion curve. The world class concierge service will provide access to 14,000 pounds ($16,879) per annum of benefits, and the new app will give holders all this luxury at their fingertips.
“Elevate Labs has the bandwidth to help shape the metaverse and create bold, new communities. TWOK is just the start.”
TWOK, which stands to be the most exclusive generative art in the global community, will be launched the third quarter of 2022. A modest, entry-level price will be set nearer to the time.
NFTs are cryptographic assets on a blockchain with unique identification codes and metadata that distinguish them from each other.
Woodbourne Group also recently launched an investment company that will champion the next generation of entrepreneurs and wealth creators and build exciting breakthrough businesses. Woodbourne Ventures is a new early-capital and pre-seed accelerator fund that will support other talented entrepreneurs.
Woodbourne Group is an investment and development group that exploits potential across all aspects of real estate through creative flair and entrepreneurial vision. Driven to reinforce Birmingham’s position as a leading sustainable city, its projects continue to regenerate the city and attract both cultural and business investment. Woodbourne Group is facing the sustainability challenge head on, creating people and planet-centered developments that unlock economic opportunities without costing the earth.
About Woodbourne Group
Based in Birmingham, West Midlands, Woodbourne Group’s team has a combined real estate experience of over 130 years and a track record surpassing 5 billion pounds ($6 billion. Its team’s skills and expertise have played a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of some of the Uited Kingdom’s most notable and complex mixed-use schemes. It is a business built on integrity and hard work, supported by a robust financial position, working alongside joint venture partners and delivering excellent results for landowners, occupiers, fund partners and charitable and public sector organizations. For more information, please visit: woodbournegroup.com.
The ninth version of the Aging Research and Drug Discovery (ARDD) meeting is taking place in Copenhagen from Aug., 29 to Sept. 2, bringing the best speakers to Copenhagen to discuss all aging-related subjects, from technology to the most recent advances in cellular and molecular biology, translated into cutting-edge clinical approaches. This is the best opportunity to hear the most recent breakthroughs from world-leading researchers, clinicians, companies, innovators and investors in the field.
The ARDD meeting has a long history of delivering the best in the field. For its ninth version, it is inviting everyone from all over the globe to join online from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2022. More than 90 speakers from top institutions will be gathered in Copenhagen with thousands watching online. The organization’s mission is to make science more accessible, and now the largest and most essential meeting on aging and drug discovery is just a couple of clicks away.
The nonprofit conference continues to grow every year, hosting more than 2,000 delegates over the past two years and expecting an even bigger attendance this year. To add to the growth, it has developed a new workshop on emerging technologies, which will precede the longevity medicine workshop, tailored to clinicians with an interest in improving their patients’ longevity and quality of life. This is followed by four days packed with amazing speakers as part of the main event. Importantly, the first day is free to join. Attendees will have the chance to ask questions to the speakers via Slack, which will be answered even after the talk is finished.
“Aging is emerging as a druggable condition with multiple pharmaceuticals able to alter the pace of aging in model organisms. The ARDD brings together all levels of the field to discuss the most pressing obstacles in our attempt to find efficacious interventions and molecules to target aging. The 2022 conference is the best yet, with top-level speakers from around the globe. I’m extremely excited to be able to livestream our event from the amazing ceremonial hall here in Copenhagen,” said Dr. Morten Scheibye-Knudsen from University of Copenhagen.
“Aging research is growing faster than ever on both the academia and industry fronts. The ARDD meeting unites experts from different fields and backgrounds, sharing with us their latest groundbreaking research and developments. Our last ARDD meeting took place both offline and online, and it was a great success. I am particularly excited that being a part of the ARDD 2022 meeting will provide an amazing opportunity for young scientists presenting their own work as well as meeting the experts in the field,” said Dr. Daniela Bakula from University of Copenhagen.
“Many credible biopharmaceutical companies have now prioritized aging research for early-stage discovery or therapeutic pipeline development. It is only logical to prioritize therapeutic targets that are important in both aging and age-associated diseases. The patient benefits either way. The best place to learn about these targets is ARDD, which we have been organizing for nine years in a row. This conference is now the largest in the field and is not to be missed,” said Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov, founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine and Deep Longevity.
About the Aging Research and Drug Discovery meeting
At ARDD, leaders in the aging, longevity and drug discovery field will describe the latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging as well as the search for interventions. Furthermore, the meeting will include opinion leaders in AI to discuss the latest advances of this technology in the biopharmaceutical sector and how this can be applied to interventions. Notably, it is expanding this year with a workshop specifically for physicians, where leading knowledge from clinical interventions for healthy longevity will be described. ARRD intends to bridge clinical, academic and commercial research, and foster collaborations that will result in practical solutions to one of humanity’s most challenging problems. ARRD’s quest is to extend the healthy lifespan of everyone on the planet.
About the Scheibye-Knudsen lab
The Scheibye-Knudsen lab uses in-silico, in-vitro and in-vivo models to understand the cellular and organismal consequences of DNA damage with the aim of developing interventions. It has discovered that DNA damage leads to changes in certain metabolites and that replenishment of these molecules may alter the rate of aging in model organisms. These findings suggest that normal aging and age-associated diseases may be malleable to similar interventions. The hope is to develop interventions that will allow everyone to live healthier, happier and more productive lives.
Dreams Quest, an open-world action mobile role-playing game (RPG), has released its first major lore, storyline and game update for Origins: The Fall of Azoria on Fandom, one of the most notable websites for gamers and fans. The “alpha leaks” give players a closer look at the history, backstory and peril that has unfolded in the world of Azoria and its other realms.
Released on Fandom, the world’s largest fan platform catering to over 315 million people, Dreams Quest becomes the first blockchain game ever to have a dedicated gaming Fandom site. Players will be able to add new pages and document the game much like other fan pages for games such as Horizon and Skyrim.
Unveiling the reason behind publishing the white paper-styled content on Fandom, Steve Good, co-founder and CEO of Dreams Quest, stated: “Fandom is one of the most popular sites for games, anime, cartoons and tv shows, so it makes sense to become a part of the larger fanbase community. We wanted to build a collaborative website that anyone from the community can build and expand upon. And we wanted to give something more to our players.
“Our initial pages are designed to share insights on gameplay, lore, races, characters, locations, game mechanics and a lot more. And we have more in store for everyone as we prepare to release more content over time.”
Origins: The Fall of Azoria is the first planned release in the overall Dreams Quest game series. The Fandom site offers a glimpse into this immersive game, storyline and gameplay, along with other information, backstories about the realms, hints at major quest lines and introductions to some of the most notable beings and nonplayable characters found in the game. The Fandom site pages are called “Wekapedia,” which refers to Weka, a formless and timeless life force and energy that both moves and is moved by matter and sound.
It creates and maintains a balance of all that is, was and will be. Understanding Weka is a thread within the game that will enable players to understand how to craft, cast spells, level up, and unlock hidden environments and locations through portals.
Paulii Good, co-founder, creative director and chief marketing officer of Dreams Quest, said: “Through Fandom, we intend to create immersive and beautiful content and imagery that will engage players, spark their imagination, and leave them wanting to discover more. More importantly, we celebrate and honor our fans by pushing our content and storylines to one of the more notable wiki sites to invite players to share this game together.”
Dreams Quest Origins marks its first entrance into the fantasy role-playing, open-world and metaverse genres by leveraging both Web2 mobile gaming and Web3 features using nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to enable players to fully enjoy the power of asset ownership, inventory swapping and personal game content creation.
Like traditional RPG games, players will be able to play within the game without any required blockchain features. However, through the Web3 features being developed, players who choose to fully own their assets will receive their inventory and assets within their MetaMask wallet. Changes to player inventory will be dynamically applied to their wallets in near real-time and handled in a highly secure method without any confirmations required.
Origins: The Fall of Azoria will be the first mobile game that enables players to have ownership of their game assets, be synchronized in near real-time between the game server and blockchain, and deliver a truly immersive and game-changing player experience. The synchronization between Web2 and Web3 is a major feature that is setting a new standard for both the blockchain and gaming industries.
About Dreams Quest
Dreams Quest is a gaming and entertainment company producing a variety of products to create an immersive gaming experience. Dreams Quest Origins is an open-world Web3 RPG providing users with a player-versus-environment, quest-based immersive experience. It is also the first-ever game designed with a metaverse-based economy, designed on the core principle of create-to-earn, where every in-game asset is a dynamic NFT that can be crafted, forged, upgraded and traded to let players unlock the value of their game assets.
Buying.com’s team has grown to 110 employees in seven countries, with thousands of drivers. The programming team, led by Utkarsh Khare, has completed all of the current roadmap points ahead of schedule, and the management team, led by Evelyn Rivera, has implemented a reliable structure and dependable processes that keeps Buying running smoothly despite the inevitable challenges associated with starting a business.
Buying’s previous accomplishments
The team has completed every step on the current roadmap, and the platform is now operational in beta production test-mode prior to starting major worldwide marketing efforts. Buying has also completed a cash buyback from TrustSwap of 36 million BUY tokens at spot price.
This was vital to ensure that the token community would be stabilized and that a single holder’s movement would not be able to affect the value and stability of the BUY token’s future growth. Buying has also finished the platform’s Google Chrome extension, which is now downloadable and functional for the token’s cash back program.
Social Group Buying and Cash Back Rewards
Social Group Buying is a novel feature that makes bulk pricing accessible to all customers, not just large corporations with the financial resources to meet minimum order quantities. Customers can now pool their funds to buy products at wholesale prices, thereby providing small businesses a competitive advantage in the e-commerce market.
Consumers can use the Cash Back Rewards program to buy products from thousands of stores that have partnered with Buying and receive not only cash back rewards but also BUY tokens that can be matched with many partners and affiliates. The team is constantly working to develop strategic relationships with additional online retailers.
What else to look forward to?
Buying will work with Otter to provide delivery through its Point of Sale platform. With this partnership, Buying will be able to improve delivery services for restaurants and businesses across the country. Buying’s national delivery infrastructure will be made available to Otter customers, while Otter’s solutions will be made accessible to Buying’s community.
Buying is also excited to announce a collaboration with Shopping.io, which will allow users to use BUY tokens to purchase items from major e-commerce hubs like Amazon and eBay. BUY will also be the platform’s first Algorand token, with its use unlocking discounts at hundreds of stores.
What about Buying’s staking program?
The team wants to emphasize that it values the community’s opinions and feedback and that its considers all of it, along with a slew of other factors, when making crucial decisions. Today, the total number of tokens staked has increased to 270 million. It’s also critical that no one can devalue the BUY token, even if it means delays.
As of Sept. 1, 2022, the APY for BUY will be reduced to 21.25%, which is still a healthy and manageable APY for Buying, allowing for consistent exponential growth and expansion.
Addressing concerns and future plans
Buying announced the $5.5 million acquisition of the domain names Physicians.com, Obgyn.com, and HairRestoration.com. The team believes domain names in the medical fields will boost Buying’s growth and market speed. A completely separate design team has already been hired and is in full design and buildout mode, ensuring that the logistics and cash back rewards are not effected.
An additional sales team is also being hired for partners and affiliates in the medical ecosystem to help with growth, and there are plans to launch the first medically driven Algorand blockchain structure for the medical industry within the next 12 months as well.
Why did Buying choose the medical field?
Physicians.com will change the medical game by making things more streamlined and accessible, and Buying’s sales teams are working hard to register medical practitioners and medical centers worldwide who are eager to join and participate in the services. This will enable Buying to create cost-effective individual niche networks that are significantly valuable resources for patients with specific needs.
Physicians will connect with thousands of doctors and will continue to add world-class professionals to its database. With tele-health rapidly expanding, the timing is ideal for positioning Buying’s token holders in areas other than consumer goods.
About Buying
Buying.com, located in Mount Arlington, New Jersey, is a forward-thinking technology company that is transforming logistics and e-commerce with decentralized blockchain solutions for consumers and businesses. The platform’s on-demand delivery solutions offer restaurants a convenient, easy-to-use, secure and cost-effective last-mile delivery network. The Prime blockchain protocol raises delivery standards to new heights by applying tried and true peer-to-peer models to supply and logistics like Uber or Airbnb.