Category: Technology

Yesports announces global teams ahead of Web 3.0 esports platform debut on Polygon

Team Empire, Renegades, Talon Esports, BOOM Esports and Fact Revolution have signed to be first teams launching NFTs on Yesports

Yesports has teamed up with Team Empire, Renegades, Talon Esports, BOOM Esports and Fact Revolution ahead of launching the world’s first Web 3.0 Esports Engagement Platform (W3EP). The teams will be the first to debut their very own NFTs on Yesports. Yesports offers a Web 3.0 white glove service for esports teams that includes NFT design and launch support, as well as an NFT marketplace for teams and fans to engage with each other. The platform’s long term vision is to deliver an unrivaled esports-centric Web 3.0 platform through which fans can eventually participate in the emerging metaverse.

Yesports announces global teams ahead of Web 3.0 esports platform debut on Polygon

Seeking to onboard millions of esports enthusiasts to Web 3.0, Yesports is designed to encourage fan participation through greater engagement with Esports teams and allow tangible ownership of valuable and rare utility-first esports assets.

Yesports partner teams stand to gain access to a dedicated team of creators and strategists as part of the white glove service to help them design and build high-fidelity NFTs for their fans, as well as to ease their transition into Web 3.0. The teams are currently in the creative process of developing NFT packs, which are akin to virtual versions of physical trading card packs. These card packs will soon be available to fans of the respective partner teams.

“With our partnerships, Yesports becomes the world’s largest esports-focused NFT marketplace with over 16.5 million fans from the get-go and represents the beginning of a new generation in esports fan engagement – one that takes place in Web 3.0. We are excited to deliver real-world utility into the NFTs themselves and give them a multitude of functionalities well beyond just a beautiful collector’s item,” said Sebastian Quinn, CEO of Yesports.

The marketplace, built with a grant from Polygon Studios, creates a new, highly curated and focused venue for teams to release unique generative NFT packs or one-of-a-kind NFT collectibles on dedicated virtual team storefronts. Users can also expect to enjoy first access rights to exclusive NFT drops, multi-asset staking rewards as well as governance and voting rights by holding the YESP token, which will power the marketplace. Fans will also be able to buy, sell and trade various esports-focused NFTs all in one place.

Some examples of the perks that Yesports is exploring to provide holders of exclusive NFTs include community incentives like VIP access to private Discord servers, signed merchandise, and exclusive video content. Player AMAs, team training live streams as well as opportunities to play along with the team are some other examples of what is currently being explored with partner teams.

The esports sector is growing rapidly, and its global market revenue is projected to hit a staggering $1.62 trillion by 2024. The market also boasts one of the highest levels of engagement, with the global live-streaming audience projected to grow at a rate of 7.7% annually to pass the half-billion mark in 2022 and reach 577.2 million in 2024.

To commemorate the five partnerships, Yesports will be releasing Partnership NFT Collectible giveaways this week for each team, which unlock special fan access and perks. These NFT Collectibles are just a taste/teaser of what’s to come for when the Yesports marketplace launches with the exclusive drops.

The team recently announced an oversubscribed seed round including top tier venture partners Zipmex, GTA Ventures, YBB Foundation, Kosmos Ventures, Kernel Ventures, Mozaik Capital, MEXC Global, Polygon Studios, NGC Ventures, Spartan, Alphabit, International Blockchain Monetary Reserve (IBMR) as well as George Samman and Proud Limpongpan as individual backers.

For more information on the giveaway and company updates, follow Yesports here. https://twitter.com/Yesports_gg

About Yesports
Yesports is the World’s First and only Web 3.0 Esports Engagement Platform (W3EP), offering a white glove service onboarding esports teams and their fans to Web 3.0, including NFT design and go-to-market strategy as well as an esports-centric NFT marketplace for teams and fans to engage. The platform’s long term vision is to deliver an unrivaled esports-centric Web 3.0 platform through which fans can eventually participate in the emerging metaverse.

About BOOM Esports
Established in November 2016, BOOM Esports is a multinational, multidivisional esports organization with top-tier rosters from Southeast Asian regions. We were born from our belief that champions are not born, they are made. They are made from those who thrive for nothing short of greatness: those who thrive to be a beast.

With the “Beast on our Mind” (BOOM), it has always been our mission to find and support the world’s most promising talents with professional management and reach the highest levels of competitive gaming.

About Fact Revolution
A leading Norwegian esports club, Fact Revolution has a strong legacy of success fielding top athletes and teams across multiple esports titles, including Counter-Strike: GO and Rocket League.

About Renegades
Founded in 2015, Renegades is a global premier multi-gaming esports organization featuring professional players and teams in the world’s largest competitive games. Breakout performances in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, Call of Duty, Apex, and Valorant have helped launch Renegades into becoming one of the most prominent and recognized sports franchises around the world.

About Talon Esports
Talon is a leading esports, culture and lifestyle platform in Asia, with headquarters in Hong Kong. Regional offices are located in Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and South Korea. Talon was established in 2017 and operates seven professional esports teams in five markets and has accolades of over 30 tournament wins. Talon operates its own creative studio to run the industry-best esports marketing, content creation, and activities for Talon and its partners. For more information visit talon.gg.

About Team Empire
Team Empire is a professional esports organisation with world-class Rainbow Six, Dota 2 and Apex Legends squads, and a total reach of 52+ million Empire players and viewers. Established in 2004. Team Empire has become one of the esports world leaders. Team Empire has a long list of leading esports games, with top tournaments achievements from all around the globe. Team Empire’s main goal is the popularization of esports in CIS countries. Their philosophy is formation, support and development of talented pro-gamers from Europe and CIS.

For Media Enquiry:
Timothy Han
Yesports
E: timothy@yesports.gg

CoinSmart Announces Increase in Key Performance Metrics

CoinSmart Financial Inc. (NEO: SMRT) (FSE: IIR) (“CoinSmart” or the “Company”) one of Canada’s leading crypto asset trading platforms, today announced that despite a sustained period of risk-off selling across the digital asset market over the past few months, the company has experienced large percentage increases in a number of key growth metrics in Q4 2021 compared to Q3 2021.

The platform saw an overall retail and OTC volume increase of 52.6% from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021 as well as an increase in registered users of 10.6% during the same timeframe. OTC revenues rose by 124.47% in Q4 2021 compared to Q3 2021, and CAD ETH trading volumes saw an increase of 55.56%. This is an indication that CoinSmart’s business model is well-suited to periods of market volatility in the overall crypto market.

“We started CoinSmart with the mission to open up digital asset investing to all Canadians, with a platform specifically designed to provide a transparent and secure investing environment,” said Justin Hartzman, co-founder and CEO of CoinSmart. “The numbers we are reporting today highlight CoinSmart’s robustness to the overall market even during periods of significant volatility. For a trading platform such as ours, providing our users with access to liquidity during periods of market volatility is the key to success, and CoinSmart is well positioned to continue to thrive during such volatility, whether from sell-side or buy-side price action.”

CoinSmart also recently announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) to be their official Crypto Trading Partner sponsor across the CHL’s three member leagues (OHL, WHL, QMJHL). Year 1 of the multi-year deal will see CoinSmart premium branding and signage displayed in and around rinks across multiple teams this season including in-ice logos across all CHL major events. The following seasons will see CoinSmart branding extended to 24 teams across all three leagues.

About CoinSmart Financial Inc.

CoinSmart is a leading Canadian-headquartered crypto asset trading platform dedicated to providing customers with an intuitive way for buying and selling digital assets, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. CoinSmart is one of the few crypto asset trading platforms in Canada to be registered as a securities dealer and marketplace with the Ontario Securities Commission. CoinSmart is also one of the first Canadian headquartered trading platforms to have an international presence, accepting customers across 40+ countries at a time when the digital asset industry continues to rapidly expand.

CoinSmart further builds on its mission to make cryptocurrency accessible by providing educational resources tailored to every level of cryptocurrency knowledge and unparalleled 24/7 omni-channel customer support. Offering instant verification, industry leading cold wallet storage, advanced charting with order book functionality and over-the-counter premium services, CoinSmart ensures every client’s needs are met with the highest level of quality and care. For more information, please visit https://www.coinsmart.com/.

For further information:
Justin Hartzman, Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: ir@coinsmart.com
Tel.: (647) 923-7678

Media Contact:
Michele McDermott-Fox or David Lewis, The Top Floor Public Relations
E-mail: michele@thetopflooragency.com or david@thetopflooragency.com

SOURCE: CoinSmart

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Verofax partners Twin Science and LikeToBe to Sponsor Antarctic Research on Sustainability

Verofax, a Smart serialization and traceability solution provider, has joined forces with children’s STEM app Twin Science and LikeToBe in sponsoring a scientific expedition to Antarctica to research the effects of microplastics on life, the environment and the melting of ice caps.

Verofax, Twin & LikeToBe sponsored an expedition to Antarctica in December. Led by Antony Jinman, the team spent 2 months gathering data on microplastics and the effect on environment and wildlife, while talking to children via the Twin Science app.
The aim of the expedition is encouraging children to act responsibly through education, with responsible consumption in line with the UNSDG #12, and through Gamification, turning children into advocates of sustainability for influencing older generations.

Verofax, Twin Science and LikeToBe share the common aim of providing “Tech for humanity”, and partnered in support of the scientific expedition to Antarctica. Polar Explorer Antony Jinman, the twelfth Briton to have skied to the geographic North Pole and skied solo to the geographic South Pole, led the expedition in December 2021, and spent 2 months in Antarctica gathering data on how microplastics are affecting the environment and wildlife.

The aim of this partnership’s collaboration is to inspire young children to act responsibly by re-educating them on responsible consumption in line with UNSDG goal #12, through gamification and turning children into advocates of sustainability for influencing older generations.

Antony documented the expedition and answered children’s questions in a series of interactive videos via the Twin Science app for children aged 7-12, hoping to encourage them to seek answers to questions such as “What are Microplastics, where do they come from and how does it affect life and the environment?”, “What would happen to the Antarctic habitat if all the ice caps melted?” and “What can we all do as responsible individuals?”

“This expedition to Antarctica is really promising and aims to provide insights on microplastics impact on life and the environment,” stated Antony. “We are happy to be partnering with Twin Science and Verofax to engage children on the expedition and the many challenges we faced to collect scientific evidence. Twin Science’ in-app education and Verofax’ sustainable lifestyle tracker are great vehicles to drive awareness on how to act responsibly and opt for greener choices.”

Wassim Merheby, CEO of Verofax, explained, “Our solution enables transparency and auditability on consumer goods’ sustainable credentials. Sustainable brands can now engage with consumers and retailers and upsell their certified “Green” range of products, while retailers and consumers are empowered to check and validate product lifecycle assessment before purchasing, interact with the product and advocate sustainable brands among peers. We believe this process begins naturally with sustainable education for youth, and as gamification which is a very powerful medium.”

Asude Altintas, CEO and co-founder of Twin Science, says “This is a new approach to education. First, it excites us immensely to bring young ‘Twinners’ through our Twin Science app, along for this incredible journey to Antarctica and have them overcome challenges with Antony in real-time. Secondly, with Verofax, we want to not just tell, but show children how real climate change is, and that they themselves can take action to combat this.

“In the Twin app, all our content aims to show children how to use STEM for good, and we believe this is a great opportunity to do so. To date, we have had over 500,000 children use our STEM kits and STEM apps or attend our STEM workshops, and we have seen them use their know-how to invent earthquake detectors, reforestation robots, or ocean cleaning ships. We hope that what they experience on this journey will inspire them to revert the effects of climate change one day.”

Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE, the Project and Education Advisor to this partnership, explained, “As someone who is a firm believer in introducing children to the wonderful role models who provide inspiration and aspiration, I am confident in this partnership’s ability to have true social, environmental, and sustainable impact.”

Expedition to Antarctica at https://twitter.com/twin_science/status/1475195508738170884.

About Verofax
Founded in 2018, Verofax blockchain-powered ‘Traceability as a Service’ solution enables brands to validate their sustainability claims with a repository of credentials, while bringing their products to life with unique digital IDs offering immersive customer experiences. Verofax helps brands to upsell their sustainable product range based on sustainable rating metrics, which includes 6 data points in line with UNSDG Goal No.12.

Verofax Limited has received investment from global investors such as Benson Oak Ventures, Wami Capital and 500 Startups, totalling $3.0M. Verofax is a Microsoft Gold partner, co-selling on enterprise solution platforms such as Microsoft AppSource, Amazon AWS and Alibaba’s AntChain. For more information, visit https://www.verofax.com/industries/sustainability/ or Email info@verofax.com.

About Twin
Twin Science & Robotics is a new-generation edtech startup that empowers children with 21st century skills and provides STEM education with a humanitarian perspective through its physical and digital products. The company started within the scope of YGA’s World Science Movement, a social responsibility project that organized science workshops throughout Anatolia. Twin was incorporated in October 2017 and has raised $2.5M seed-round to date. Staying loyal to its NGO roots, Twin donates part of its revenue to social responsibility projects. For more information, visit https://www.twinscience.com/en/what-is-climate-change-for-kids/.

Tiger Brokers Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with Gold and More

A series of Chinese New Year activities lined up with up to S$40,000 worth of gold to be won

The Year of the Tiger is a special year for Tiger Brokers and in the spirit of celebrating the Lunar New Year, the retail trading platform is launching a Chinese New Year campaign, Gold Xi Fa Cai, with a series of exciting activities and attractive rewards such as gold giveaways for new and existing users.

Tiger Brokers Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with Gold and More

Gold Xi Fa Cai
From now till 6 February 2022, Tiger Brokers will be giving away Chinese New Year gifts ranging from collectible Tiger Brokers figurines, limited edition Red Packets, Tiger merchandise such as notebooks, laptop sleeves and more at its Chinatown pop-up store located on Smith Street. To participate in the giveaway, customers can make their way down to the pop-up store to register an account and download the Tiger Trade APP, after which they can spin the Lucky Wheel and stand a chance to win the exclusive merchandise. Existing Tiger Trade users can also participate in this giveaway and just need to show their APP to spin the wheel, it is as easy as that! There will also be a photo taking session with Tiger Brokers’ mascot as well as free balloons for kids at the pop-up store!

With a total prize of S$40,000 worth of gold, the Gold Xi Fa Cai online giveaway will take place from 14 February to 28 February 2022. New and existing users stand a chance to walk away with up to S$12,888 worth of gold by making their first trade with Tiger Brokers or referring a friend to open an account with a minimum deposit, subject to terms and conditions.

Eng Thiam Choon, Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Brokers (Singapore), shares: “At Tiger Brokers, we are constantly striving to provide the best trading experience possible to our users, while keeping up with the latest trends to tailor our products and services to meet investor demand and evolving customer behaviours. With social media being so rampant and more young investors emerging, this gives us the blueprint to focus on enhancing our platform and features as we embark on their trading and investment journey together. So far, we have seen a 660% increase in accounts opened and a 780% increase in accounts funded on Tiger Trade in 2021.”

Please visit the website for more information on how to participate in the Gold Xi Fa Cai lucky draw. Usher into the year of the tiger and kick start new ways of investing with Tiger Brokers.

About Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd (“Tiger Brokers (Singapore)”) is a brokerage firm operating with a Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Its trading platform, Tiger Trade – available on both online and mobile app (Apple App Store and Google Play Store) offers complimentary real-time stock quotes, dedicated multilingual customer service during trading hours and 24/7 finance news updates. Its online and mobile app trading platform, Tiger Trade, offers complimentary real-time stock quotes, dedicated multilingual customer service during trading hours and 24/7 finance news updates.

Through Tiger Trade, Tiger Brokers (Singapore) offers retail investors in Singapore access to six global exchanges in the US (NYSE, NASDAQ), China (Shanghai/Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect), Hong Kong (HKEX), Singapore (SGX) and Australia (ASX), with access to investment offerings such as Equities, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures, Stock Options, Warrants, Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (CBBCs), Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs), and US-listed over the counter (OTC) equities, and Fund Mall.

Tiger Brokers (Singapore) is the Singapore entity of UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ: TIGR), known as “Tiger Brokers” in Asia, a leading online brokerage firm focusing on global investors. Founded in 2014, Tiger Brokers became #1 in the U.S. equity trading by volume among trading platforms catered to Global Chinese investors in less than two years. Tiger Brokers was awarded “2017 Fintech 250” by CB Insights and shortlisted for “China Leading Fintech 50” for two years in a row by KPMG China. The company was listed on NASDAQ under “TIGR” in 2019 and has offices in China, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Tiger Brokers has over 1.7 million customers worldwide currently, with a total trading volume exceeding USD92.6 billion in Q3 2021. The company is backed by well-known investors such as Xiaomi, as well as investment guru Jim Rogers. For more information, please visit https://www.tigerbrokers.com.sg

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PlatoData, Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Form Alliance to Support the Growing GBA Community

PlatoData and the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) has formed an alliance to support the growing GBA community. The partnership extends the working relationship between both organizations across Plato’s growing data ecosystem. Plato’s curated approach to both data intelligence, press syndication and engagement strategy was setup to support communities throughout the blockchain ecosystem.

“It’s a great honor to be part of such a wonderful and entrenched organization such as the GBA,” stated Bryan Feinberg CEO of Plato. “The Impact GBA is playing across the Government Enterprise market is substantial and represents what we consider a best of class opportunity to support the GBA community with integrated access to Plato’s Data Platform. Our goal as a company is to help those communities in need of both awareness and understanding of the regulatory compliance our industry faces on a daily basis. Our plan is to extend Plato’s extensive data repository to all GBA members and to support members with a full suite of news, analytics and electronic content syndication.”

Gerard Dache, GBA’s executive Director said, “We have had the pleasure of working with Plato over the past year and are extremely excited about what this opportunity represents to the GBA community. Plato represents everything we expect out of partner relationship as it relates to innovation, trust and a commitment to driving commercial adoption of Distributed Technologies and Regulatory Compliance. We are happy to extend out continued support the global community we represent.”

About Plato

Plato is an open intelligence repository and data platform that unlocks the power of Vertical Search in a highly scalable way. The platform is designed to provide an ultra-safe and secure environment to consume sector-specific real-time data intelligence. More information can be found at: https://platoblockchain.com

About GBA

The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is an international nonprofit professional association. GBA focuses on its members as individuals and organizations that are interested in promoting blockchain technology solutions across to the government sector. GBA cultivates professional workflows between technologists, public policy makers, application specialists, and those who want to learn about the new and emerging digital currencies. More Information: https://gbaglobal.org/

Source: Plato Data Intelligence: Zephyr@platodata.io

NexBloc to Build NFT Avatar Platform BlocHeads Tied to Blockchain DNS

NexBloc has partnered with Alexa Varano, known for her work in sustainable and wearable art, to create the first avatar NFT tied to a blockchain DNS (bDNS). NexBloc will dedicate the blockchain top-level domain (bTLD), .blochead, for naming each BlocHead image as a registered NFT. NexBloc will provide a limited custom series of 100 one-of-a-kind BlocHeads to partners and prominent participants of NexBloc’s current $NEXB token raise. In addition, 900 BlocHeads will represent variations of classic characters. These are part of NexBloc’s gated content for levels of staking rewards of $NEXB.

Alexa Varano has long been painting and creating with an eye toward sustainability. Her work includes a wearable series of hand-painted designs on shirts, hats, and other wearables made from sustainable materials. Each is unique, and she is bringing that inspired design to her direction for the custom NFT connected art for BlocHeads. She stated, “As an artist, I am always looking to reach people with visual messages tied to my belief in inner peace and global harmony. With the BlocHead collection, I can reach many more people by creating something that has value to the collector through visibility to the communities they use their avatars with.”

Dana Farbo, Founder of NexBloc, said, “Alexa represents the decentralized world in a way that shows a respect for nature and an emphasis on uniqueness for each of us. We are proud to have her creating the BlocHead line of avatars for our community.”

In addition to fun ways for showing the owner’s individuality, BlocHeads can also have a value for personal authenticity to systems and applications. Because they connect to bDomains such as yourname.blochead, they can act as authentication via Web3 wallets and the decentralized applications built to optimize Web 3.0. This connection is the first in the market for bDomains tied to a digital art piece as an avatar using NFT technology.

NexBloc is building out numerous use cases for bDNS and the optimization of Web 3.0 and has partners that range from metaverse interoperability to managing bankable assets.

About NexBloC

NexBloc is building the next generation of the internet with blockchain DNS at the core. Blockchain digital entities tied to the decentralized web are the future of personal data protection and use.

Founded as a BVI company in 2021, NexBloc uses the Butterfly Protocol and other technology stacks to create custom deployments of bDNS systems. They currently have over ten private blockchain top-level domains (bTLD) in various forms of deployment.

Website: www.nexbloc.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80164369
Medium: https://medium.com/nexbloc
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nexbloc
Telegram: https://t.me/nexbloc

Hong Kong’s First Virtual Investment Forum: From SPAC To Metaverse held Jan 20

Co-organized by LBS Communications, New Vision Asset Management and Mileage Singapore

Hong Kong’s 2022 Virtual Investment Forum Invest For A Better World With Innovation: From SPAC To Metaverse was held on January 20, the first regional event aligning investors in the Metaverse with startups seeking funding. The Forum was co-organized by LBS Communications with New Vision Asset Management and Mileage Communications (Singapore), with the support of media platform partners Futu and Hong Kong Economic Digest.

Distinguished speakers were invited to tap the hottest topics in the capital markets: SPACs and Metaverse. The morning session featured SPAC best practice. Mr Claudius Tsang, CEO at A SPAC (Holdings) considered SPAC listings; Mr Robson Lee, Partner at Gibson Dunn and Mr Gordon Tsang, Partner at Stevenson Wong & Co, hit SPAC listings, de-SPAC transactions and risk factors from US, Hong Kong and Singapore perspectives. Mr. Yiu Ting Tsoi, President and CFO, Sieger Acquisition, spoke on IR strategy in the positioning of SPACs.

The afternoon session focused on Metaverse investment. Mr James Lei, a Director at Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), spoke on effective real strategies to ride the Metaverse wave; Mr Gilbert Ng, Co-Founder of P.Mari, described compliance trends and regulatory directions in the virtual asset industry; Mr Robert Luo, Co-founder of NVC Media, introduced GameFi, the most advanced virtual development trend; and Mr Evan Auyang, Group President at Animoca Brands, introduced Animoca’s unique investment strategies, limited not only to the hottest metaverse, Sandbox.

Panel discussions covered SPAC and de-SPAC, strategies for maximizing returns by investors, strategies for start-ups, and strategies for investing in the Metaverse. Panelists shared personal experiences and unique insights from the forum’s warm, comfortable atmosphere. More than 300 institutional investors, listed company executives and start-up representatives attended the 2022 Virtual Investment Forum, with many gathering in the virtual lounge area afterwards for further discussions around the Metaverse.

Ms Joanne Chan, Managing Director at LBS Communications, said, “Metaverse has become an inevitable topic in the investment community – it’s a new field which Big Tech and gaming companies are competing to develop. Even the most renowned companies have acquired virtual brands to tap this market. At the same time, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has formally implemented a SPAC listing mechanism. This means that many innovative, emerging companies will become M&A targets, providing an additional financing channel for those that are interested in entering the Metaverse.

“LBS proposed the virtual SPAC To Metaverse Forum in Hong Kong, inviting experts and investors to share knowledge and insights from a forward-looking perspective, creating an effective communications platform for the capital markets, disseminating investment information in sync with the times, and winning community recognition for the first event of its kind. In the era of diversified development in capital markets, we are happy that start-ups in emerging industries can gain sustainable momentum and happy to see greater opportunity for investors and for enterprises, achieving a win-win situation,” said Ms Chan.

“After 11 years, LBS continues in its service mission to ‘Leverage Big Strategy’: improving traditional communications and IR services by expanding its investor networks around the world, staying on top of latest developments and apprising of market trends, continuing to expand our business and service coverage so that we are able to follow our clients’ strategies and maximize them to effect. ESG, for example, helps companies explore advantages in fields of sustainable development, and creates new opportunities for our clients to communicate with investors. LBS hopes the Forum series will continue to uncover opportunities, and develop diverse information exchange channels,” Ms Chan said.

Distinguished speakers, SPAC morning session

  • Mr Claudius Tsang, CEO, A SPAC (Holdings) Group Corp
  • Mr Robson Lee, Partner, Gibson Dunn (Leading law firm in Singapore)
  • Mr Gordon Tsang, Partner, Stevenson, Wong & Co. (Leading law firm in Hong Kong)
  • Mr Yiu Ting Tsoi, CEO of HB Ventures
  • Mr Gary Chan, CEO, Greater China, The CFO Centre

Distinguished speakers, Metaverse afternoon session

  • Mr Evan Auyang, Group President, Animoca Brands
  • Mr Ben Caselin, Head of Research & Strategy, Atom Asset Exchange (AAX)
  • Mr Wuszt Wu, Head of Huobi Key Accounts, Asia Pacific, Huobi Global
  • Mr Fred Wong, Founder and CIO, eFusion Capital
  • Dr James Lei, Chief Technical Adviser of Joint Labs in Asia, Ether Data
  • Mr Kenneth Wang, CPO and Investment Manager, New Vision
  • Mr Gilbert Ng, Founder, Mura Capital and crypto legal consultant
  • Mr Robert Luo, Co-Founder, NVC Media

Featured HK Startups, Unicorns

  • Avalon Biomedical Management – Public health and infection control
  • RV Auto Tech – Automation robotics technologies and global SaaS platform
  • Prenetics – A major genetic testing company with a team of 700+ employees and operations across 9 regions; to list on Nasdaq following merger with Artisan Acquisition, a SPAC founded by Adrian Cheng
  • iRecycle – AI and big data analysis to maximize coverage and efficiency in recycling business
  • ESG Growth – First of its kind in HK, SaaS platform for in-house ESG data management
  • Neufast – Multi-lingual AI video and cloud solution provider with 50 years in data science & I/O Psychology
  • Digit Sense – Digitial transformation and total solutions provider with global presence

Featured Digital Assets Investments

  • New Vision – One-stop brokerage, fund management, and fintech trading solutions; a VC opportunity
  • NVC – GameFi Investment
  • Animoca Brands – Known as Sandbox’ parent company, broad portfolio of blockchain games; prolific investor, 150+ investments in NFT-related blockchain companies
  • Huobi Global – World-leading cryptocurrency exchanges, digital asset management services; millions of users, 170 countries and regions
  • Huobi Tech – Leading provider of virtual asset services for professional and institutional investors around the world
  • AAX – Borderless exchange catering to global audience, powered by LSEG technology; offers high-yield savings packages, liquid futures markets, discounts on major tokens, range of on-ramps.
  • Ether Data – A decentralized computing ecosystem based on Ethereum Smart Contract technology, DSB (Disk Storage Banking)

‘2022 Virtual Investment Forum – From SPAC To Metaverse’ is online at: www.lbs-forum.com or http://forum.lbs-comm.com/home/index/en or Email: event@lbs-comm.com.

About LBS Communications Consulting Ltd / ‘Leverage Big Strategies’
LBS Communications, governed by a mission to ‘Leverage Big Strategies’, is a strategic IR consultancy based in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. Our talent is driving change for our clients. With two decades of experiences in investor and financial communications, we endeavor to service ‘Sustainability Investor Relations’, to join hands with our clients in making a better world. Our strategies and services are built to foster and bridge relationships between our clients and their multiple stakeholders. Our clientele spans power and utilities, medical, telecommunications and IT, retail and consumer, metals and resources, education and training, medical, hospitality and travel. We care for the value and manage the brands of our clients. Please read more at https://lbs-comm.com/. LBS is an exclusive PRGN agency (prgn.com) for Hong Kong and Greater China.

2022’s First SPAC and Metaverse Investment Opportunities Virtual Investment Conference in Hong Kong

LBS (Leverage Big Strategies) Communications Consulting Limited (“LBS”), a professional strategy-based investor relations consulting firm based the Greater China region with global presence, today successfully organized the first Virtual Investment Conference, “Invest For a Better World With Innovation – from SPAC to the Metaverse” in 2022, along with New Vision Asset Management and Mileage Communications from Singapore and under the support from our media platform partner, Futu and Hong Kong Economic Digest.

Over 20 industry leaders and professional institutional investors analysed the listing overview and options of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) in the United States, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and explored the winning strategy of digital asset investment in Metaverse via a virtual forum and exhibition booths. The forum was supported by Futu as the platform partner and Economic Digest as media partner.

LBS invited a number of speakers to tap into the two hottest topics in the capital market – SPAC and the market development of Metaverse through multiple subdivided presentations. In the morning session, Mr. Claudius Tsang, CEO at A SPAC (Holdings) Group Corp., Mr. Robson Lee, Partner at Gibson Dunn, Mr. Gordon Tsang, Partner at Stevenson Wong & Co. analysed the listing mechanism and risk factors of SPAC in the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore, and Mr. Yiu Ting Tsoi, the CEO of HB Ventures to explain the successful IR strategy in SPAC and De-SPAC process as well as the successful positioning and investment strategy of SPAC.

In the afternoon session which focuses on Metaverse investment, Mr. James Lei, Chief Technical Adviser of Joint Labs in Asia at Ether Data explained the effective strategies for the real economy to master the wave of virtual reality; Mr. Gilbert Ng, Founder at Mura Capital described the compliance trend and regulatory direction of the virtual market; Mr. Robert Luo, Co-founder at NVC Media introduced GameFi, the most advanced virtual development trend and Mr. Evan Auyang, the Group President of Animoca Brands unveiled the unique investment strategies of Animoca Brands which is not only limited to the hottest metaverse – Sandbox.

In addition, the forum included two panel discussions, during which panelists explained to participants the composition of SPAC and De-SPAC, the key strategies to maximizing the return on investment of investors and start-ups, and the winning strategy of investing in Metaverse. The panelists actively shared their own experiences and unique insights in a welcoming and inquisitive meeting atmosphere. More than 300 professional investors, institutional investors, executives of listed companies and representatives of start-ups attended the virtual forum, and many of the participants gathered in the virtual lounge area afterwards to further exchange their thoughts and experiences in these important subject areas.

Ms. Joanne Chan, Managing Director at LBS Communications Consulting Limited stated: “The Metaverse has inevitably become a hot topic in the investment community, as it’s a new field that Big Tech and gaming companies are competing to develop. Even international renowned sports brands have taken the opportunity to acquire virtual shoe brand companies to tap into the market. At the same time, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has formally implemented the SPAC listing mechanism. In other words, many emerging and innovative companies may become targets of mergers and acquisitions, providing an additional financing channel for start-ups that are interested to enter the Metaverse.”

Taking advantage of this market trend, LBS held the first online forum on Metaverse in Hong Kong and invited many senior experts and investors to share their own experience and first-hand industry insights from a forward-looking perspective. This created an effective communication platform for the capital market and disseminated investment information that keeps pace with the times, gaining high recognition from the industry. In the era of diversified development of capital markets, we are happy to see more opportunities relating to the development of the market and enterprises. We are also glad to see that potential start-ups or enterprises in emerging industries can gain more sustainable development momentum and achieve a win-win situation.

“As the organizer of this Metaverse investment forum, LBS will continue to leverage on its objective and original aspiration of “Leverage Big Strategy” after 11 years of development. LBS will bolster its traditional financial communications and investor relations services by aligning with clients’ strategies and maximizing results, so that investors around the world can keep abreast of the latest developments of their clients and be apprised of market trends to continuously expand business coverage and services. For example, ESG helps companies to explore and take advantage of exploring new opportunities beyond traditional investment areas in the field of sustainable development and to create more opportunities for customers to communicate with investors. With the rapid recovery of the global economy in the post-pandemic era, LBS also hopes that, apart from Greater China, this forum will also look ahead to other international markets and develop diversified information dissemination channels,” she said.

List of honorable speakers in the SPAC session
— Mr. Claudius Tsang, CEO, A SPAC (Holdings) Group Corp.
— Mr. Robson Lee, Partner, Gibson Dunn (Leading law firm in Singapore)
— Mr. Gordon Tsang, Partner, Stevenson, Wong & Co. (Leading law firm in Hong Kong)
— Mr. Yiu Ting Tsoi, CEO of HB Ventures
— Mr. Gary Chan, CEO – Greater China, The CFO Centre

List of honorable speakers in the Metaverse Digital Asset Allocation Strategy
— Mr. Evan Auyang, Group President, Animoca Brands
— Mr. Ben Caselin, Head of Research & Strategy, Atom Asset Exchange (AAX)
— Mr. Wuszt Wu, Head of Huobi Key Account, Asia Pacific, Huobi Global
— Mr. Fred Wong, Founder and CIO, eFusion Capital
— Dr. James Lei, Chief Technical Adviser of Joint Labs in Asia, Ether Data
— Mr. Kenneth Wang, CPO and Investment Manager, New Vision
— Mr. Gilbert Ng, Founder, Mura Capital (Experienced legal consultant on crypto)
— Mr. Robert Luo, Co-Founder, NVC Media

Featured HK Unicorn and Startups
— Avalon Biomedical Management – Public health and infection control
— RV Auto Tech – Automation robotics technologies and SaaS platform for global
— Prenetics – A major global diagnostics and genetic testing company with a team of over 700 employees and operations across 9 locations and will list on Nasdaq following merger with Artisan Acquisition, a SPAC founded by Adrian Cheng.
— iRecycle – AI and big data analysis to maximize coverage and efficiency in recycling business.
— ESG Growth – First of its kind in HK for in-house ESG data management SaaS platform
— Neufast – multi-lingual AI Video Interview cloud solution provider with 50 years in data science, recruitment & I/O Psychol
— Digit Sense – digitial transformation total solutions provider with global presense

Featured Digital Assets Investment
— New Vision – One-stop digital asset platform encompassing brokerage, fund management, fintech trading solutions and VC investment opportunities
— NVC – GameFi Investment
— Animoca Brands – Well-known globally as Sandbox’s parent company, it owns a broad portfolio of blockchain games and is a prolific investor with over 150 investments in NFT-related blockchain companies
— Huobi Global – World-leading cryptocurrency exchanges & digital asset management services for tens of millions of users in over 170 countries and regions
— Huobi Tech – Leading provider of compliant, safe and reliable virtual asset services for professional individuals and institutional investors around the world.
— AAX – A borderless exchange that caters to a global audienceand the first exchnage to be powered by LSEG technology, and offer high-yield savings packages, 100 spot pairs, deeply liquid futures markets, regular discounts on major tokens and a range of on-ramps.
— Ether Data – A decentralized all-purpose computing system based on the technology of the Ethereum Smart Contract and Disk Storage Banking (DSB) distributive storage.

For more information about the conference, please visit www.lbs-forum.com

About LBS Communications Consulting Limited
LBS Leverage Big Strategies – Sustainability Investor Relations is a strategy-based consulting company based in Hong Kong with offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai. We are also the exclusive partner of PRGN (www.prgn.com) in Hong Kong and the Greater China. Our talent is to drive change for our clients. With over two decades of experiences in investor and financial communications, we endeavour to stretch our expertise to sustainability investor relations that join hand with our clients in making a better world. Our strategies and services are tailor-made to bridge and foster the relationships between our clients and their multiple stakeholders. Our clientele spans across different industries such as power and utilities, medicare, telecommunications and IT, retail and consumer, metal and resources, education and training, hospitality and travel. We care and manage the value and brands of our clients.

MoU Between Verofax Asia and Distichain to Enable Empowered Digital Global Trade

Under the patronage of YB Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Annuar Bin Musa, Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia, and with the participation of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on January 12th, 2022, between Capt. Koh Chen Tien, Chairman of Verofax Asia, and Mr. Haisam Jamal, CEO of Distichain. The event took place at the Address Dubai Marina, where attendees from around the world were present for the opening of Malaysia Digital Week, taking place at Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE.

The aim of the MoU is to create the first digital ASEAN B2B cross-border trade platform to facilitate a potential of RM 50 Billion Malaysian trade internationally with seamless digital transactions over the next 5 to 10 years. The collaboration between Distichain and Verofax Asia will offer a platform that delivers Digital B2B marketplaces as a service (MAAS) to enterprises by offering full marketplaces or through API integration.

Using blockchain and AI as core technologies, the platform digitizes global trade with end-to-end transactions through its ecosystem of supply-chain, verification, and trade finance providers. The solution enables suppliers to readily plug their catalogs, update product data, manage routes and orders, verify documentation and access aggregate financing and logistics all in one place. This unique platform that simplifies, secures, and empowers every participant in a trade.

“The signing of this MoU is an important step for Distichain’s ambition to continue the further development and expansion of its solution. We are especially pleased to be taking this step alongside our partner Verofax Asia, and impact the ASEAN trading industry with rapid digital transformation through our one-day marketplace activation approach,” said Mr Haisam Jamal.

Captain Koh added, “This platform will instantly digitalize the entire export and import process in governmental, non-governmental enterprises as well as SMEs. It will generate low-cost opportunity to digitize processes, introduce trade finance and automate supply-chain across all industries, accelerating economic growth in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. Through this partnership agreement signed today, we will further develop our technologies to meet the ongoing digitalization of international trade. Verofax Asia will have a massive impact on the performances of exports and imports with rapid digitalization, all the while building a resilient digital infrastructure and foster innovation for the recently signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Participation (RCEP) Trade Agreement, which came into effect on 1st January 2022.”

About Verofax:
Verofax utilizes patented technology incorporating Blockchain, Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence to provide ‘Traceability as a Service’, enabling brands to turn their offline products interactive, and manage their entire supply chain to trace goods, fend off counterfeit activities, and improve manufacturers’ productivity. Brands can extend their reach directly to end-consumers, thereby increasing consumer intimacy with direct engagement, and leveraging the boom in NFTs and metaverse experiences. Visit: www.verofax.com, or Email: info@verofax.com.

About Distichain:
Distichain delivers B2B marketplaces as a service (MAAS) to customers using blockchain and AI, digitizing global trade with end-to-end transactions through its ecosystem of supply-chain, verification, and trade finance providers. SMEs and enterprises alike benefit from automated transactions governed by the system to deliver door-to-door border agnostic trading, with on-platform trade compliance present rules. Using smart contracts, Distichain ensures the highest levels of data privacy, and by connecting to innovative solutions within Fintech and Supply Chain, it facilitates transactions backed by instant trade finance with zero email trading. Distichain’s objectives are to simplify cross-border trading, secure end-to-end transactions, and empower decision-makers with real-time AI analytics. Visit: www.distichain.com, or Email: info@distichain.com.

NexBloc and Arcade Network Partner to Bring Blockchain Domains to Gaming in the Metaverse

NexBloc today announced that it has partnered with Arcade Network, the world’s first decentralized platform providing cross-metaverse asset interoperability, to build out a blockchain domain naming system for in-game assets and user authentication. NexBloc will accelerate its development on Polygon to provide value across Arcade Network’s ecosystem of development partners.

With the rise of multiple metaverse offerings, creating interoperable asset exchange has become one of the most promising advancements in technology for the decentralized space. Assets that are NFT (non-fungible token) can be named as domains under blockchain DNS (bDNS) for the purpose of creating a hierarchy and ownership structure. For instance, rather than having lots of NFT’s as hashes connected to the stored asset, we can now set up a domain structure such as .arc and then yourname.arc. Yourname.arc can act like a website which holds any number of connections to assets. As such, an asset like a shield might be called shield1.yourname.arc.

Using bDNS allows for an evolving system that has similarities with the current DNS structures, making it much easier for everyone to understand how to classify and access their assets. WordPress and blog software allowed anyone to put images into a website and position those assets for use. Likewise, NexBloc and Arcade Network are creating the ability for any metaverse asset to be accessible to various applications and systems.

Dana Farbo, Founder of NexBloc stated, “domain naming with human-readable names has proven to be the preferred method of using a web-based environment. As people, we understand this type of a system rather than a hash based or other naming convention. NexBloc will use our omnichain platform to extend the Polygon development for Arcade Network and build a specific environment for cross-metaverse assets.”

Arcade Network Founder Chinka Gupta added, “Using NexBloc’s bDNS, we will be able to add significant value to our ecosystem partners and further our mission of creating metaverses on the fly using ArcVerse. We will bring out new tools specific to the gaming world using domains, NFTs and applications that allow for an interconnected world in Web 3.0.”

The rollout of the bDNS for Arcade Network will start with the creation of a bTLD and include a reservation system for gamers to register for blockchain domains beginning February 1st. Other tools will continually be added to increase value to users of the partner network.

About ArcadeNetwork

ArcadeNetwork is a well-defined, intuitive, and resourceful decentralizing platform that provides an advanced experience in gaming metaverses. Powered by Polygon, it provides interoperability in the gaming ecosystem. They also aim to standardize the gaming industry with their $ARC tokens, providing easy transactions at any point in time.
Website: https://arcadenet.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/ArcadeNetworkOfficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArcadeNetwork_
Medium: https://arcadenetwork.medium.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArcadeNetwork-104703925202276
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcadenetwork/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arcadenetwork_/

About NexBloC

NexBloc is building the next generation of the internet with blockchain DNS at the core. Blockchain digital entities tied to the decentralized web is the future of personal data protection and use.

Founded as a BVI company in 2021, NexBLOC uses the Butterfly Protocol and other technology stacks to create custom deployments of bDNS systems. They currently have over ten private blockchain top-level domains (bTLD) in various forms of deployment.
Website: https://www.nexbloc.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80164369
Medium: https://medium.com/nexbloc
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nexbloc
Telegram: https://t.me/nexbloc