Category: Crypto

FireStarter Implements Blockpass KYC for Incubated Metaverse Projects

Blockpass is proud to announce its latest partnership with FireStarter, the launchpad for Initial Metaverse Offerings. To ensure projects that it incubates and launches are secure and compliant, FireStarter will be using Blockpass’ proprietary KYC solution, including the enhanced ‘Managed Service’ option to ensure its clients enjoy the benefits of extra reviews and a dedicated team focused on their processes.

San Francisco-based FireStarter is the first Initial Metaverse Offering (IMO) launchpad on the Polygon network, incubating GameFi, Social Token, NFT and DeFi projects. FireStarter provides resources to the top metaverse projects and communities, leading to an IMO where projects open their presale funding rounds to early supporters and $FLAME Token Holders. It aims to incubate top tier projects and bridge the gap between the mainstream and crypto.

Blockpass is a digital identity verification provider which provides a one-click compliance gateway to financial services and other regulated industries. Through Blockpass, users can create, store, and manage a data-secure digital identity that can be used for an entire ecosystem of services, token purchases and access to regulated industries. For businesses and merchants, Blockpass is a comprehensive KYC & AML SaaS that requires no integration and no setup cost. You can set up a service in minutes, test the service for free and start verifying and on-boarding users. Currently with more than 160,000 verified user identity profiles, Blockpass facilitates instant onboarding, and to date almost 5000 services have taken advantage of this opportunity to get access to users with reusable digital identity profiles.

“We’re delighted to be working with FireStarter as they support new projects and start-ups,” said Adam Vaziri, Blockpass CEO. “The fact that FireStarter has made the decision to incorporate our KYC so intrinsically to their platform shows their commitment to compliance and user security.”

“Partnering with Blockpass has given our community and platform the necessary framework for success,” says Brian Ball, Head of Operations at FireStarter. “In working with the top metaverse projects, a certain standard is needed for a safe and compliant KYC solution. Blockpass has gone above and beyond in setting that standard and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Blockpass has grown significantly in size and use since its inception, both in the number and range of users and organizations it has partnered with and the scope of its work. Blockpass continues to develop its digital identity protocol with updates and additions to improve the compliance experience. The existential need for DeFi projects to be regulatory compliant and the recent integrations have led to a surge in interest for Blockpass’ On-chain KYC(TM) solution which promises to change the way blockchains enable compliance. Through its recent work with Animoca Brands, Blockpass is developing the ability to provide KYC where the delivery of the verification result is provably sent and shown on a blockchain without sharing the underlying data. This represents a significant step towards the future Blockpass hopes to bring about where identity verification can be proved without revealing any personal information at all.

About Blockpass
Blockpass, the pioneer of On-chain KYC(TM), is a fast, fully comprehensive KYC & AML screening software-as-a-service for blockchains, Crypto, Defi and other regulated industries. With Blockpass, you get an unmatched set of benefits for any compliance service that includes pay-as-you-go, no setup cost, no integration necessary, free testing, immediate launch and at the lowest cost. Blockpass’ KYC Connect(TM) platform enables businesses to select requirements for customer onboarding that can include ID authentication, face-matching, address checking, AML ongoing monitoring and/or screening of sanctions lists, politically exposed persons (PEP), and adverse media. Through Blockpass, end-users easily create a verified portable identity that they can control and re-use to onboard with any service instantly. By integrating with Chainlink Network – a decentralized oracle solution – in early January, Blockpass introduced the first On-chain KYC(TM) solution that will service many blockchains in the years to come. The Blockpass App is available from the App Store and Google Play.

For more information and updates, please visit and sign up to the following:
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About FireStarter
FireStarter (https://www.firestarter.fi/) is the first Initial Metaverse Offering (or IMO) launchpad on the Polygon network that incubates and launches GameFi, Social Token, NFT and DeFi projects by way of the Metaverse. FireStarter incubates top tier projects, typically composed of celebrity and engineering centric teams. We leverage our real world experience in media (Forbes, Nike, Supreme, Rolling Stones Magazine, philanthropy etc) as well as in crypto that allows us to bridge the gap between the mainstream and DeFi ecosystem. Early access to FireStarter’s incubation projects are granted to $FLAME token holders.

Bitcoin Latinum Takes Over Miami with NFT Events During Art Basel

Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM), the next generation, insured, asset-backed cryptocurrency, will be the title sponsor of the DCentral Miami Conference, the largest in-person combined NFT and DeFi conference in history, taking place on November 30 to December 1, 2021 at the Miami Airport Convention Centre (MACC). DCentral Miami leads off Art Basel, one of the biggest art events in the United States.

DCentral Miami will host over 300 international speakers, celebrities, professional athletes, artists, and the world’s biggest crypto investors for talks across five stages such as the DeFi Summit stage by Bitcoin Latinum, NFTCON stage by Gala Games, and the 360-degree projection Metaverse Dome by Epik Prime and The Sandbox. The interactive conference and expo will boast over 100 booths with experiences in the Digital Fashion Corner, four NFT Art Galleries, a PFP Alley, Live VR Art, NFT workshops, and over 15 blockchain gaming companies in the Play-to-Earn Games Showcase.

Notable speakers such as Ethereum and Consensys Co-Founder Joseph Lubin, Sophia the Robot, Former NBA All-Star Baron Davis, 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist “Fastest Woman Alive” Elaine Thompson-Herah, and YouTuber BitBoy will be joining the conference.

DCentral tickets are on sale now here.

Bitcoin Latinum will open Art Basel 2021 with an NFT Minting and Landmark Sports Event, GENESIS, on Wednesday, December 1st at Art Basel Miami. Genesis marks a new partnership between Bitcoin Latinum and TapStats, Inc., that redefines fan engagement and the economics of sports.

The GENESIS NFT platform harnesses the power of creators, athletes, and contributors who combine to make sporting events entertaining and compelling content. Influencers, super fans, celebrities, icons, coaches, and more can now join the best fighter athletes today in a gamified hybrid-reality metaverse where NFT values are actively developed, and the fan base is continuously enriched with live digital and crypto-based content.

The Genesis event is hosted by founders Dr. Don Basile (Bitcoin Latinum) and Sensei Paul Misir (TapStats), and joined by MMA superstar Paige VanZant and over 40 leading Instagram model influencers at Mr. Jones (320 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139) hotspot in Miami.

Genesis information can be located at https://www.tapstats.live/

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation, an innovative blockchain company based in Palo Alto, California, was selected by Bitcoin Latinum as its founding partner. Monsoon Blockchain recently began operations in Miami, the crypto capital of the world.

Monsoon is focused on innovative cloud solutions in the blockchain ecosystem, leveraging the latest blockchain technology to develop powerful business solutions that allow the successful digitization of and listing of assets across a variety of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and media and entertainment.

In its mission to expand global adoption, Monsoon Blockchain Corporation (Bitcoin Latinum’s lead developer), recently partnered with The h.wood Group, a Los Angeles-based luxury hospitality and lifestyle company. The partnership involves cross-promotional marketing initiatives, event sponsorships, NFT’s, endorsements, and the acceptance of Bitcoin Latinum for services, products, and amenities across The h.wood Group’s diversified portfolio of upscale nightlife and restaurant venues. Bitcoin Latinum recently partnered with Vast Bank, which allows its customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies alongside their traditional checking accounts, through integrations with Coinbase and SAP.

Bitcoin Latinum currently trades publicly on HitBTC, DigiFinex, Hotbit, AAX, LBank, and FMFW (formerly bitcoin.com) exchanges, under the ticker LTNM. Monsoon Blockchain, Bitcoin Latinum’s lead developer, has announced plans for Bitcoin Latinum to officially list on 10 major public exchanges. In addition to DigiFinex, HitBTC, Hotbit, AAX, LBanks, and FMFW, the exchanges are Changelly ($2.71 billion in daily volume), Changelly Pro, Bitmart ($1.6 billion in daily volume), and XT.com by the end of 2021. Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM) can now be researched on CoinBase, Coin Market Cap, and Coin Gecko.

For more information about Bitcoin Latinum, please visit https://bitcoinlatinum.com

Media contact
Bitcoin Latinum
Kai Okada, Director of Communications
E-mail: Kai.Okada@bitcoinlatinum.com
Website: https://bitcoinlatinum.com/

SOURCE: Bitcoin Latinum Foundation

Singapore P2P Lender BRDGE: Flexible financing key to SME survival during pandemic-driven business uncertainty; launches F&B loans package and SME digitalisation platform

  • BRDGE funded more than S$ 11m in loans to 46 Singapore SMEs since April 2020; across more industries as compared to a similar period pre-pandemic
  • Average loan size today is S$352,000 compared to S$836,000 pre-pandemic, a decrease of 58% alluding to focus on cashflow for rising costs around rent and labour instead of growth
  • In response to uncertainty around dining-in, BRDGE launches new F&B loans packaged with interest rates from less than as 1% per month for between three to six months, with a lowered credit assessment criteria matched to changing dining in rules in the past three to six months
  • Part of BRDGE’s focus on Singapore SME Survival during COVID-19, together with efforts around digitalisation through its e-commerce mobile app B Mart

BRDGE Technology (BRDGE), an MAS licensed Peer-to-Peer lending platform launched in 2014, today announced the launch of a food and beverage (F&B) financing package specially catered to support Singapore’s Food and Beverage (F&B) Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the current pandemic-driven uncertainty around dining-in. The loans package, with affordable interest rates from less than 1% per month and a short tenure of three-to-six-months, is specially designed to help establishments survive and potentially thrive during this period when cashflow is of importance for salaries and rentals.

One unique aspect of the F&B BRDGE loan is the credit assessment process, which takes the challenging business landscape into account with a lowered and targeted criteria on credit assessment: BRDGE will assess only the latest three-to-six months of the SME’s recent cashflow, bank statements and bank balance, matched against the changing dining-in rules, to identify F&B businesses which are able to survive and thrive.

BRDGE offers funding support for SMEs that are non-bankable or unable to secure a loan from traditional financial institutions. Most of the time it is due to a less than two-year track record or small annual revenues, or have maxed their credit facilities or who require a Bridging Loan. BRDGE then carries out an assessment and matches SMEs with potential investors.

Mr Kevin Wong, CEO, BRDGE Technology, said, “The government has been extremely supportive with the various grants and packages for businesses and their employees in Singapore since the start of the pandemic, and the community has also continued their support to Singapore SMEs. However, with the recently announced extension of the stabilisation phase, Singapore businesses, specifically F&B establishments which depend very much on dining-in for their revenues, continue to be pressured by thinner margins, tight cashflow, and the rising cost of rent and labour. With group sizes for dining-in having been adjusted more than 10 times since April 2020, F&B businesses are faced with continued uncertainty and many are on the brink of survival. This loan package is designed to help them survive and potentially thrive in the short term, with a more relevant assessment process grounded in the very different business reality today.”

Cashflow a priority for SMEs during COVID-19
Since the start of the pandemic in April 2020 till today, BRDGE has funded more than 46 SMEs with more than S$ 11m in loans. As compared to a similar period pre-pandemic (April 2019 to April 2020), there has been a distinct reduction of 58% to the average loan size per borrower from S$352,000 vs S$836,000, alluding to a shift in borrowing for growth pre-pandemic, to survival during the pandemic with cash used to maintain operational costs.

More SMEs has also requested for funding since April 2020, at 46 against 17 pre-pandemic, with companies from industries such as Arts, Entertainment and Recreation, Health and Medical, Marine and Shipping, and Beauty and Wellness, requesting for loans.

Kevin added, “As the pandemic continues, more and more businesses are facing problems maintaining cashflow. We’re also seeing a fundamental shift in the reasons for getting loans. Where previously companies were discussing funding to help them grow or expand, today we are speaking to business owners who are concerned about surviving to the next month. The government and consumers are surely doing their part to help businesses survive, but every little bit helps and this relook at how we assess loans is one part of our commitment to the Singapore business community.”

As part of its efforts to tide SMEs through this challenging period, BRDGE also recently started developing B Mart, a new e-commerce mobile app that is designed to help SMEs in Singapore digitalise and find new customers online. On the platform now are more than 7 businesses with over 500 SKUs representing B2B industries such as Creative and Marketing and B2C businesses such as Food & Beverages, Beauty & Health, Fashion, etc. BRDGE plans to increase this to 2,000 SKUs by the end of the year, with all 237 BRDGE’s SME borrowers since 2014 being able to tap on this platform. All applicants of today’s F&B BRDGE loans can have access to the platform and will be able to tap on the BRDGE online delivery app at a fixed and competitive 5% commission rate to help lower operational costs.

F&B businesses can apply for the BRDGE F&B loan via the BRDGE website: https://register.brdge.tech/fandb-smes, while investors who are seeking to support local businesses can find out more here https://register.brdge.tech/fandb-investor or register themselves on the BRDGE website.

SME owners who are interested in listing their products on the B Mart app to grow their customer base and business can get in touch with BRDGE directly at admin@bmart.sg.

About BRDGE Technology
BRDGE Technology is an MAS licensed P2P lending platform with a Capital Market Service license (CMS 100642). Founded in 2014, it is among the pioneer batch of homegrown P2P lending platforms and is the highest-rated crowdfunding platform on Seedly. Till date, BRDGE has crowdfunded a total of S$72,022,115 and has a community size of over 17,000 investors and SMEs. https://www.brdge.tech/

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Diversifi in Partnership with Cloverly Launched Green Crypto for Institutions

Diversifi, the first tech-driven crypto risk management platform for institutions, and Cloverly, a sustainability-as-a-service platform, cooperate on helping the crypto industry offset its environmental footprint. Diversifi automatically offsets the carbon footprint of crypto holders by calculating the carbon footprint and utilizing Cloverly?s carbon offset API. The offset addresses the impact of Bitcoin mining, Ether mining, and smart contracts execution, including minting NFTs.

“We remove the complexities from the process. We want crypto investment to be a safe, positive and responsible thing: we provide ways to hedge against risk and protect against losses without affecting the environment. No other company offers that,” says Eitan Katz, the CEO at Diversifi.

The service is available through the Diversifi platform dashboard. Users need to specify the amounts (BTC or ETH) they want to offset. The Diversifi platform calculates the costs and executes via the Cloverly API.

“The Cloverly team is very excited to be working with Diversifi. Combining crypto and sustainability is a much needed offering due to the energy-intensive nature of this industry. Diversifi are clearly thought-leaders in their space by bringing this offering to market.”

We welcome the shift of miners to more usage of renewable energy, as well as the move to less polluting consensus mechanisms (i.e. PoS). In the meantime, we invite every HODLer, trader, asset manager and miner to invest responsibly in more sustainable cryptocurrency. Funds, corporates, asset managers, family offices could already use the new service. To celebrate the launch, and for a limited period of time, Diversifi will not incur any additional fees other than the fees charged by its partners. The service is available today in every jurisdiction. Contact us to get access to it: diversi.fi.

About Diversifi

Diversifi offers financial institutions a risk management platform that includes sophisticated and
compliant financial products to address crypto volatility, risk and environmental impact. Its
mission is to enable and increase the adoption of crypto investments while reducing risk and the potential impact on the environment.

About Cloverly

Cloverly is a sustainability-as-a-service technology provider that makes it incredibly easy to bring innovative solutions to the market. Leveraging Cloverly’s carbon-offsetting API, businesses can integrate this offering with a wide variety of digital transactions to develop new solutions that bring sustainability front & center within the customer experience.

For inquiries:
hello@cloverly.com
info@diversi.fi

Press:
Dan Bonnet – dan@cloverly.com
Aigerim Omarbekova – aigerim@diversi.fi

NFT Marketplace nOFTEN Partners with FashionTV to Inspire Audiences with Premium Fashion Content

Digital artists in the growing metaverse of NFTs are finding it easy to share their raw vibe and artistry in a world without limitations. Seizing on this trend, nOFTEN, the world’s leading Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace for artists & celebrities, and FashionTV (FTV), the international fashion and lifestyle television channel, have announced a strategic alliance embracing the most comprehensive NFTs from the fashion world.

Michel Adam Lisowski, President of FTV, said, “NFTs are a gold rush for artists & celebrities, churning out mind-boggling pay-outs for early adopters if used right. Keeping this in mind, we are excited about our association with nOFTEN, where we can empower established and budding talent to better grow. With the advent of NFT, we aim to provide artists with an alternate digital platform with blockchain and cryptocurrency.

“Our huge diversity of premium content from the fashion industry includes successful fashion shows featuring top designers, models, fashion photographers, fashion destinations and more, offering digital natives a kickstart to the journey on nOFTEN,” he added.

The association aims to unleash the untapped world of NFTs for artists and give them an adaptive and innovative platform to buy, sell, trade, and bid for NFTs. The dynamic marketplace based on blockchain technology holds the key to transforming the fashion industry, giving them an alternative route to monetize and safeguard their artworks.

About the Alliance, Constantin Clemens Aurin, nOFTEN said, “We are relentlessly working to engage and inspire global audience get empowered with the NFTs marketplace. nOFTEN offers real-time trading on digital assets, and with FTV backing our talent and content pool, we are sure to have a headstart on realizing our goals sooner.”

Built on the break-through EtherLite blockchain network, NFTs from nOFTEN offer complete traceability of ownership to unique digital assets. The tokens can be accessed through www.noften.com, to gain exclusive viewership of art. These NFTs are non-replicable portions of content embedded into smart contracts.

With the growing popularity of NFTs in the artists’ space and among cryptocurrency enthusiasts and backers, artists, musicians, and other creators are witnessing the massive potential in the latest method to buy and sell digital art. nOFTEN plans to leverage the increasing demand and sign up many more sports celebrities and leading fashion names and artists worldwide.

Watch FashionTV at www.fashiontv.com, and see Michel Adam, FashionTV Founder and President, speaking at www.facebook.com/FTV/videos/404981147832114.

Learn more about nOFTEN at www.noften.com, and see www.noften.com/assets/noften-video.mp4.

About nOFTEN
nOFTEN is the world’s leading NFT Marketplace, leveraging a Celeb-Fancentric theme, celebrating the free spirit of the artist, and turning it into a valuable digital asset. Artists of every genre, offering discrete collections and personal interaction opportunities, are a part of nOFTEN. www.noften.com

For more information, please contact:
Constantin Clemens Aurin, nOFTEN
E: connect@noften.com, U: www.noften.com

Rachana Chowdhary
T: (650) 781-5913
E: rachana@mediatechresource.com

“nOFTEN NFT” is a trademark of Fintech Investment Ltd. (FIL), Berlin, Germany. The platform allows you to participate by creating, displaying, buying and selling non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) and is made available by FIL.

PlayPad Integrates Blockpass for Augmented KYC

Blockpass is excited to reveal its most recent integration with IDO platform PlayPad. This effort will see Blockpass providing its enhanced solution for KYC, with a dedicated KYC remediation team, multiple reviews per identity, manual checks on selected profiles and spot reviews.

PlayPad is a fully decentralized launchpad protocol in the metaverse which specifically targets Games and NFT centered projects with a ‘Tiers’ system that aims to create a fairer IDO process. Supporting VR, Gaming & Play2Earn projects in the metaverse, PlayPad offers multi-chain support, working with the Binance Smart Chain and Avalanche ecosystem, in addition to the Ethereum, Polygon, and Phantom networks.

Blockpass is a digital identity verification provider which provides a one-click compliance gateway to financial services and other regulated industries. Through Blockpass, users can create, store, and manage a data-secure digital identity that can be used for an entire ecosystem of services, token purchases and access to regulated industries. For businesses and merchants, Blockpass is a comprehensive KYC & AML SaaS that requires no integration and no setup cost. You can set up a service in minutes, test the service for free and start verifying and on-boarding users. Currently with more than 200,000 verified user identity profiles, Blockpass facilitates instant onboarding, and to date thousands of businesses have taken advantage of this opportunity to get access to users with reusable digital identity profiles.

“PlayPad has shown how seriously they take regulation and compliance by electing to use Blockpass and the turnkey managed service opportunity.” said Adam Vaziri, Blockpass CEO. “It’s reassuring to know that the next generation of VR, Gaming and Play2Earn – which represents a significant source of income or entertainment for many – is being developed by those who hold safety, security and identity in high regard.”

“It has been very important for us to find the right solution partner since the beginning of our project. Blockpass has taken the security of both us and our members to a high level with the KYC solution it offers in every aspect. All our members who have completed KYC can easily participate in all IGOs on PlayPad. We appreciate Blockpass Team effort.” said PlayPad CEO.

Blockpass has grown significantly in size and use since its inception, both in the number and range of users and organizations it has partnered with and the scope of its work. Blockpass continues to develop its digital identity protocol with updates and additions to improve the compliance experience. The existential need for DeFi projects to be regulatory compliant and the recent integrations have led to a surge in interest for Blockpass’ On-chain KYC(TM) solution which promises to change the way blockchains enable compliance. Through its recent work with Animoca Brands, Blockpass is developing the ability to provide KYC where the delivery of the verification result is provably sent and shown on a blockchain without sharing the underlying data. This represents a significant step towards the future Blockpass hopes to bring about where identity verification can be proved without revealing any personal information at all.

About Blockpass
Blockpass, the pioneer of On-chain KYC(TM), is a fast, fully comprehensive KYC & AML screening software-as-a-service for blockchains, Crypto, Defi and other regulated industries. With Blockpass, you get an unmatched set of benefits for any compliance service that includes pay-as-you-go, no setup cost, no integration necessary, free testing, immediate launch and at the lowest cost. Blockpass’ KYC Connect(TM) platform enables businesses to select requirements for customer onboarding that can include ID authentication, face-matching, address checking, AML ongoing monitoring and/or screening of sanctions lists, politically exposed persons (PEP), and adverse media. Through Blockpass, end-users easily create a verified portable identity that they can control and re-use to onboard with any service instantly. By integrating with Chainlink Network – a decentralized oracle solution – in early January, Blockpass introduced the first On-chain KYCTM solution that will service many blockchains in the years to come. The Blockpass App is available from the App Store and Google Play.

For more information and updates, please visit and sign up to the following:
Promotional video: https://youtu.be/SvO2cw3e-SI
Website: http://www.blockpass.org
Email: sales@blockpass.org

About PlayPad
PlayPad is a multi-chain launchpad for specific projects, regardless of the blockchain used on the metaverse. While current platforms focus on specific chains, PlayPad can host all projects through Ethereum EVM support, regardless of their chain. The blockchain chosen by each project must be reliable, but since this is not always the case, PlayPad will conduct a due diligence process for each of the selected projects. It will engage potential participants in full transparency. To gain access to PlayPad launchpad, participants will need to stake a predetermined amount of PlayPad tokens (PPAD). This said, PlayPad will not be limited to a launchpad and will continue to evolve towards the goal of creating a full ecosystem with KYC standards, DEX, and game development on different platforms and bridges.

For more information and updates, please follow us:
Website: https://playpad.app
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Hatten Land Forms Renewable Energy JV with Nestcon Berhad; Solar Panels at Melaka’s Largest Mall will provide Solar Power for Digital and Blockchain Activities

  • Joint venture will expand the Group’s business presence in renewable energy market to jointly secure, supply, construct, develop and manage solar panel facilities in Malaysia
  • In first project more than 6,000 solar panels, capable of generating 3.19MWp, will be installed on the roof of Melaka’s largest mall, Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall, which is managed by Hatten Group conglomerate
  • JVC will enter into power purchase agreement with majority owner of the mall and manage rooftop project for 21 years
  • Hatten Land expects green energy generated from project will reduce approximately 72,248 tons of carbon dioxide over project lifespan, equivalent to planting more than 137,000 trees

Hatten Land Limited announced today it will form a joint-venture company (JV”) with Bursa-listed Nestcon Berhad (Nestcon) to pursue renewable energy activities including installing over 6,000 solar panels on the roof of Melaka’s largest mall.

SGX Catalist-listed Hatten Land (the Company, and together with its subsidiaries, the Group)’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Hatten Renewable Energy Sdn. Bhd. (Hatten Renewable Energy) has signed a joint-venture agreement (JVA) with Nestcon Sustainable Solutions Sdn. Bhd. (NSS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nestcon.

The JVA follows the Group’s announcement in September 2021 that it had formed a strategic partnership with Nestcon for solar energy activities. The JVA is part of a strategic pivot undertaken by Hatten Land to re-purpose its malls in Malaysia for digital and blockchain activities including cryptocurrency mining enabled by renewable energy.

The JVC’s first project is to develop a 3.19MWp solar photovoltaic plant and facility (“SPPF”) involving more than 6,000 solar panels to be installed on the rooftop of Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall and to manage it for 21 years. The mall – the largest mall in the historical city – is managed by the Hatten Group conglomerate, which has a mall footprint with a combined floor area of more than six million square feet.

Upon completion of the project in 2022, the project will generate approximately 3,900 MWh per year, the equivalent of powering more than 1,100 three-room flats for an entire year. The green energy generated over the lifetime of the project will reduce approximately 72,248 tonnes of carbon dioxide, equivalent to planting more than 137,000 trees.

The Company and Nestcon will also collaborate with other potential partners to jointly secure, supply, construct and manage large-scale solar photovoltaic (“LSSPV”) facilities, targeting 100 MWp, in Malaysia.

Enhancing Synergies for Hatten Land’s “Green” Technology and Digital Initiatives

Aligning its business model with the growth trends of the digital economy, Hatten Land is re-purposing its malls in Melaka and has announced various plans that include the following:
– Installation and operation of 3,000 crypto mining rigs with two partners;
– Creating a ‘metaverse’ digital twin of historical Malaysian city and to develop a dedicated token system, create digital assets, including nonfungible tokens (“NFTs”); and
– Setting up a joint venture with Hydra X to develop and operate cryptocurrency exchanges focused on “green” and “clean” cryptocurrencies and tokens, which are believed to be the first such exchanges worldwide.

Adopting a sustainability approach for its technology and digital initiatives, the JVC will allow the Group to reduce Hatten Land’s net carbon footprint, enhance ‘green’ cryptocurrency mining capacity, lower energy costs and improve business synergies among its operations.

Significant Opportunities in Renewable Energy Market under the Reforms of Malaysia Electricity Supply Industry 2.0
Malaysia has an encouraging future in renewable energy adoption, complemented by a broadly attractive investment environment. Renewables currently contribute 23% to Malaysia’s energy mix, dominated by hydropower technologies.

Solar energy, supported by mechanisms to promote affordability, has by far the highest technical potential in Malaysia which allows installation of panels for self-consumption. Its Net Energy Metering Programme provides a pathway to self-generation with excess energy sold to the grid. The nation’s large-scale solar projects offer a successful pathway to utility-scale solar adoption.

Dato’ Colin Tan, Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Hatten Land, said: “The joint-venture marks a significant milestone in our strategic pivot. Apart from re-purposing our malls for digital economic activities, our sustainability efforts are being implemented amid increasing environmental concerns worldwide. This joint venture with Nestcon will create new business opportunities and synergies towards the emerging ESG trends.”

Datuk Ir. Dr. Lim Jee Gin, Group Managing Director of Nestcon, said: “The joint venture with Hatten Land marks a promising enhancement of the expansion of our building and infrastructure construction business into the renewable energy segment. This joint initiative will generate sustainable revenue to our group while reducing carbon emissions by generating electricity through a greener method.”

Note: This media release is to be read in conjunction with the SGX announcement released on the same date.

About Hatten Land Limited
Hatten Land Limited is one of the leading property developers in Malaysia specialising in integrated residential, hotel and commercial developments. Headquartered in Melaka, it is the property development arm of the conglomerate Hatten Group, which is a leading brand in Malaysia with core businesses in property development, property investment, hospitality, retail and education.

Hatten Land Limited began trading on the Catalist board of SGX-ST on 28 February 2017 after the completion of the reverse takeover of VGO Corporation Limited. For more information, visit: www.hattenland.com.sg.

For Hatten Land share information, please refer to SGX: PH0; RIC: HATT.
For Nestcon Berhad share Information, please refer to KLSE: 0235; RIC: NESTCON.

Issued on behalf of Hatten Land Limited by WeR1 Consultants Pte Ltd.
Media & Investor Contacts:
Mr Isaac Tang
Mobile: +65 9178 0269
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The VetCoin Foundation Announces the Sale of VetCoin for November 11, 2021

The VetCoin Foundation announced today the public sale of VetCoin, a new cryptocurrency designed by veterans to harness the power of cryptocurrency to connect, enable, and transform veteran communities. According to Aaron Bazin, president of the VetCoin Foundation, “The idea of VetCoin is a simple, we want to harness the power of the blockchain to give back to our service members and their families. The community is already there all we have to do is bring it onto the blockchain and enable them to use VetCoin in their everyday lives.” The foundation for the use case of VetCoin, is its smartphone app that is designed to bring the Veteran community and their families onto the blockchain in a simple, easy-to-understand way. Once on the app, veterans will be able to connect veterans to each other, veteran services, and retailers that offer military discounts. In addition to creating new access to blockchain for over 20 million U.S. Veterans, VetCoin seeks to transform the lives of veterans worldwide.

Why VetCoin?

Throughout history, as people went off to war, they returned changed, often not for the better. All things considered, it is a tragedy that today, when a service member takes off the uniform, they face life challenges that range from difficulty transition to civilian life to homelessness and mental health issues. Every year on Veteran’s Day, VetCoin will recognize the most innovative Veteran’s Charity in America with the “Burell Award for Outstanding Support to the Veteran Community.” As users buy, sell, and trade VetCoin, a small percentage also goes into a fully transparent donation wallet. The community of VetCoin holders vote on how these funds are distributed to make sure VetCoin reinforces success in the network of charities and organizations that help veterans and their families.

How VetCoin Works

VetCoin is an ERC-1155 token on the secure Polygon blockchain which uses a proof-of-stake mechanism to ensure security and transparency as a layer 2 solution to help scale the Ethereum
network. VetCoin offers deflationary tokenomics, static rewards, and automatic liquidity. It also funds the community donation wallet. With this design, VetCoin users will pay only low gas fees, allowing them to use VetCoin in their everyday lives and access special discounts with major retailers and veteran-owned businesses.

A Grass-Roots Community Driven Project

VetCoin is not just for veterans it is for anyone that wants to support veteran communities. For more information about the VetCoin Foundation and the VetCoin sale, please visit https://vetcoinhq.com

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Blockpass Completes Integration with Polygon, Enhancing Cross-Chain KYC Offering

Blockpass is proud to announce its recent integration with Polygon, the interoperability and scalability solution. Blockpass will provide essential KYC services for the Polygon protocol and framework as it is used to build and connect Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. As part of this integration, the Blockpass Mobile App has already been updated to support Polygon crypto addresses.

Polygon has progressed rapidly in its mission to solve major blockchain issues and pain points like high gas fees and slow speeds, without sacrificing on security. Polygon combines Ethereum and sovereign blockchains into a full-fledged multi-chain system which allows developers to rapidly scale decentralized apps, with more than 3000 DApps having already benefited from its solution. Polygon prides itself on its security, power and openness, all in addition to being fully compatible with Ethereum’s network effects.

Blockpass is a digital identity verification provider which provides a one-click compliance gateway to financial services and other regulated industries. Through Blockpass, users can create, store, and manage a data-secure digital identity that can be used for an entire ecosystem of services, token purchases and access to regulated industries. For businesses and merchants, Blockpass is a comprehensive KYC & AML SaaS that requires no integration and no setup cost. You can set up a service in minutes, test the service for free and start verifying and on-boarding users. Currently with more than 160,000 verified user identity profiles, Blockpass facilitates instant onboarding, and to date almost 5000 services have taken advantage of this opportunity to get access to users with reusable digital identity profiles.

“We’re excited to see how Polygon has developed into something so amazing, particularly over the past year.” said Adam Vaziri, Blockpass CEO. “Removing the pain points in blockchain technology is essential for its continued growth, and working with the great team at Polygon to do it in a secure and compliant manner – without putting any undue burden on users and developers – is an honor.”

Blockpass has grown significantly in size and use since its inception, both in the number and range of users and organizations it has partnered with and the scope of its work. Blockpass continues to develop its digital identity protocol with updates and additions to improve the compliance experience. The existential need for DeFi projects to be regulatory compliant and the recent integrations have led to a surge in interest for Blockpass’ On-chain KYC(TM) solution which promises to change the way blockchains enable compliance. Through its recent work with Animoca Brands, Blockpass is developing the ability to provide KYC where the delivery of the verification result is provably sent and shown on a blockchain without sharing the underlying data. This represents a significant step towards the future Blockpass hopes to bring about where identity verification can be proved without revealing any personal information at all.

About Blockpass
Blockpass, the pioneer of On-chain KYC(TM), is a fast, fully comprehensive KYC & AML screening software-as-a-service for blockchains, Crypto, Defi and other regulated industries. With Blockpass, you get an unmatched set of benefits for any compliance service that includes pay-as-you-go, no setup cost, no integration necessary, free testing, immediate launch and at the lowest cost. Blockpass’ KYC Connect(TM) platform enables businesses to select requirements for customer onboarding that can include ID authentication, face-matching, address checking, AML ongoing monitoring and/or screening of sanctions lists, politically exposed persons (PEP), and adverse media. Through Blockpass, end-users easily create a verified portable identity that they can control and re-use to onboard with any service instantly. By integrating with Chainlink Network – a decentralized oracle solution – in early January, Blockpass introduced the first On-chain KYC(TM) solution that will service many blockchains in the years to come. The Blockpass App is available from the App Store and Google Play.

For more information and updates, please visit and sign up to the following:
Promotional video: https://youtu.be/SvO2cw3e-SI
Website: http://www.blockpass.org
Email: sales@blockpass.org

About Polygon
Polygon is the leading platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to all major scaling and infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise chains, data availability solutions, and more. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 3000+ applications hosted, ~600M total transactions processed, ~60M unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured.

If you’re an Ethereum Developer, you’re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon’s fast and secure txns for your Dapp, get started here.

Website: https://polygon.technology/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xPolygon
Telegram: https://t.me/polygonofficial

DigiMax Announces Partnership between BearClaw Esports and CryptoHawk AI

DIGIMAX GLOBAL INC. (the “Company” or “DigiMax”) (CSE:DIGI) is excited to announced it is combining forces with BearClaw Esports to allow its community of streaming gamers and Esports followers to access CryptoHawk AI products and information. Esports gamers are well known for their affiliation with cryptocurrencies, with many gamers also using their computer hardware to mine and trade a wide variety of cryptocurrencies.

At $180 billion and growing by 20% in 2020(1), the video game category is now bigger than sports and movie revenue combined. Further, the platforms that people use for gaming is resulting in more connectedness and scale of participants than ever before. Gamers and crypto traders have a great deal in common and most do both already and often on the same machines as more and more gamers are converting their gaming machines into miners in their spare time.

BearClaw attracts more than 200,000 gamers and viewers per month through a variety of events that includes but is not limited to:

BearClaw Streamers – 15,000 Daily – https://www.twitch.tv/team/bearclawgaming
Challenger Circuit Pro – 100,000 Semi-Monthly – https://www.twitch.tv/playapex
Brazil Open – 10,000 Saturdays – https://www.youtube.com/c/PUBGMOBILEBrasil
GLL Cup – 1000,000 Semi-Weekly – https://www.twitch.tv/gllapex

Other events include Call of Duty and VCT Game Changer tournaments each attracting more than 100,000 users.

The integration of the gaming community with CryptoHawk AI is expected to bring several benefits, including:
– Allowing the BearClaw community subscription access to CryptoHawk AI for their personal use in trading various cryptocurrencies.
– Allowing those same users to benefit through the CryptoHawk AI affiliate program where they can earn credits against subscription fees by referring other new subscribers;
– Adding the gaming community to the CryptoHawk AI predictions solution, which adds a considerable diverse expansion to the user-base; and
– Aligning the BearClaw community with the growing DigiMax partnership community

The addition of BearClaw adds an exciting element to the growing depth of assets and partnerships surrounding the DigiMax Investment and Trading tools supported by DigiMax Artificial Intelligence.

“The technological savviness and leadership of the gaming industry, and its community, have always been in the forefront of innovation and AI. This is why this partnership and outreach with BearClaw Esports brings a frictionless and non-disruptive adoption to a growing generation that desires and monetizes from technological advancement,” said Thierry Hubert, CTO of DigiMax.

“The gaming and Esports community is no stranger to finding new ways to leverage its passion,” said Harley Parks, CEO of BearClaw. “Many of us have been using our gaming computers to mine bitcoins and build and trade virtual assets, understand the value of NFTs in our metaverse and run worldwide and local competitions offering significant and sustainable rewards. We turn our gaming time into streaming events where followers and sponsors finance our time and lifestyle. Our partnership with DigiMax is a perfect fit and a timely addition to our community.”

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About BearClaw

BearClaw Esports is a professional Esports organization that organizes and facilitates gaming and entertainment around the world through streaming events and Esports events with a complimentary local feel so that everyone is included. Its mission is to promote the gaming and Esports industry development for gamers, encourage Gen Z players to pursue their interests, inspire creativity, and promote diversity. Based originally in Korea, BearClaw has members all around the world.

About DigiMax

DigiMax is an Artificial Intelligence technology company committed to unlocking the potential of disruptive technologies by providing advanced financial, predictive, and cryptocurrency solutions across various verticals. DigiMax is an official IBM Watson partner, and the Company’s engineering team has extensive experience in Machine Learning, Neural Language Processing, AI, Big Data and Cryptocurrency technology.

To learn more, visit our website: https://digimaxglobal.com/

Contact:

David Bhumgara
Chief Financial Officer
416-574-4603
dbhumgara@digimaxglobal.com

Chris Carl
President & CEO
416-312-9698
ccarl@digimax-global.com

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