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Avoid exaggerating people…
By: An Abstractor
Tags: Relations, Human Behavior, People

Hello everyone,

Sometimes we all exaggerate an issue which is essential for us. However, some of us have this more common than usual. It is like how they live their life. In this story, I will strongly suggest that you should avoid them with facts, reasons and examples.

First, I need to explain what I mean; it would help you to understand all the facts I will mention later. I will give three types of behaviour that exaggerating people do.

1- Over-reactions on anything. A slightly different car passes, he/she says whoooo, wtf! Look at this! You add something to his/her plate, he/she shouts, become mad so sudden, talks about it so long. They experience something and response too different. Too happy, too angry, too sad for anything that ordinary people do not care.

2- Exaggerating something is not only being so surprised or over-emotional to react something but also would be speaking, telling about something so unnecessary, no one need to hear it, it is so rubbish, but this people talk about it. What it causes is nothing but low-level life conversation. One of my friends may talk so long about how she feels about a friend who speaks with another friend about something no one cares. They sometimes haunt for small details of events to make gossip or trouble; they can generate additional meanings on certain things to muddy the water.

3- Hidden exaggerating, keeping unnecessary ideas, feelings inside for a long time and never let them go. It affects their behaviour, you see, but it will not be meaning-full in your logic.

Why am I grouping this behaviour? Cause I have been dealing with them in my life intensely. It is still hard for me to get rid of, and it hurt me so much lately.I want to describe how I think about them to show someone like me to avoid them.

I am a direct person who intends to think positive and wish to be blind about unnecessary details that may make me sad. I force myself to be a good thinker about human to survive in this world. I speak fast, little, try to make jokes and understand. On the contrary, exaggerating people makes you sad, and does not care. They may behave you the unfair way, and you would be the one who is guilty cause you to initiate the over-reaction on them. All criticising, bad reactions sour your soul, and you may not realise. You feel stuck in their hell, but no one would understand.

Most importantly, you may loose realism, what is right or wrong? What is common opinion or behaviour about this small issue?

Best way to have good friend or partner, consider them in the beginning, decide what you want from a relation. And do not forget, the quality of your life highly depends on your social circle. Keep it normal; keep it good to be not one of them.
Black Holes Are Broken People
By: Oreoluwa Fakorede
Tags: Depression, Mental Health, People, Life, Poetry

Black Holes Are Broken People

Somewhere in the middle of a million lights of varying brightness, there is a darkness the glow does not touch.

It is guilt, it is anger, it is a hundred messages unacknowledged.

Are you there? Do you still want me?

It is broken promises and dreams shot to pieces, it is a parent’s unspoken apology for years of abandonment.

It’s not that I don’t love you, I just love myself more.

Someone is starting over, someone is ending things, someone’s life is ending - another light flickers and goes out.

The darkness widens and it is not even nightfall.

I wonder where you go when you leave.

A dozen entertainments but manufactured happiness cannot fill the places joy vacated.

Strangers are not always friends waiting to be made, sometimes you are really just alone.

May I talk to you? Anyone.

It is the wish for company that is not behind a screen or trapped in a bottle, the prayer for a mute button to silence the voices in your head.

I took the drug. I feel nothing.

You know people, but it is not the same. Have you ever felt the emptiness of a crowded room?

You are overwhelmed again, laid flat by the weight of existing, and the pressure clocks in like clockwork.

Breathing is a waste of time.

It is being misunderstood and the labels that always follow. It is never feeling like yourself, never feeling like anything.

Who, what am I?

You fall asleep, the darkness within becomes one with the darkness around.

Goodnight.

Maybe for the last time.
THE 8 RULES OF GROWTH FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
By: Sharing Ideas, Thoughts With Karlos
Tags: Growth Strategy, Technology, Company, People, Business

Photo by Zhang Kenny on Unsplash

For years, I have tried to answer this one question: What do small businesses that achieve sustained growth do differently from those that do not grow?



As a senior consultant for Inc. magazine, I speak to thousands of business owners each year. I’ve learned that there are no silver bullets or 17-point checklists that will lead to guaranteed growth. There are, however, eight specific areas in which growth companies concentrate their efforts.



1. Strong sense of purpose. Most leaders of companies that have achieved growth discover that it takes more than the promise of increasing financial reward to fuel their aspirations and ambitions. They find a higher calling than simply the pursuit of “more money.”



2. Outstanding market intelligence. This is an organization’s ability to first recognize, then adapt, to fundamental changes in the marketplace. Many times, small-business owners become too myopic, seeing only a limited view of the markets in which they compete. Growth leaders see the bigger picture.



3. Effective growth planning. This is the best predictor of whether or not a business will grow. To be effective, a plan for growth does not need to be overly formal or complicated. However, it does need to be written, well-communicated, and regularly updated.



4. Customer-driven processes. These days, every company I talk to believes it is customer-driven, when actually very few really are. Take a look at all of the business processes from a customer’s perspective. Are they in place to make it easier for the company, or to help deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper, and better for the customer?



5. The power of technology. Successful leaders don’t let the boom and bust of technology cycles give them the excuse to ignore that we live in an information age. If a company is in business, it is in the technology business.



6. The best and brightest people. Growth leaders recognize that they are only as good as the people with whom they work. The ability to hire, train, and retain the best and the brightest people is often the difference between success and failure.



7. Seeing the future. Few organizations take the time to regularly consider the future. Growth leaders learn how to diligently monitor and interpret the macro forces of change affecting the world in which they live.

8. Getting a small business mentor. She/he helps define critical tasks and guide your business goals and more importantly, help the company hold itself accountable for meeting them.
Stop labeling people
By: Natasha Sniehirova
Tags: Change, Labels, People, World, Society

Putting labels on others based on quick glimpses is something that we all do, more or less, especially on social media. Because it allows us to quickly make sense of others.

However, when you put a label on people, it limits how you view them. It also limits your curiosity and interest, because you think you already know who they are.

Thankfully, applying labels is something that can be avoided — admit that you do it, be open to change your mind, take your time to read someone’s words and remember that humans are more than what meets the eye.

For example, my person is full of ‘extremes’ that don’t really fit together and especially don’t fit in the size of one label, well, that’s according to a world of labels and society. According to me they fit perfectly since they are all part of my person.

And if my person can make others think twice before they put a label on someone based on looks or quick glimpses, then I’m being part of a change that I wish to see in this world.

Stop. Putting. Labels.
Yo Society, What’s Good?
By: Rahul Rohra
Tags: Social Work, People, Society, Positivity, Community

Society: the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Source — Mumbai Live (https://www.mumbailive.com/en/lifestyle/mumbai-is-second-crowdest-city-in-the-world-12089)

“More or less ordered” is at the crux of this definition since everyone has different circumstances and their own method of dealing with it. People from all walks of life come together to form this one chaotic beautiful mass called society.

Challenges and struggles throw themselves at the individuals and collectively, society as well. The ignorance of more affluent people towards the struggles of the weaker sections deepens the wound. Such problems amass until society altogether faces a black swan event i.e. pandemic and the lockdown.

Such events expose the adversities and shortcomings of society. It would be a sin not to learn from this. Apart from a surge in cyclists on the road, social work is also increasing around Mumbai thanks to some silent heroes.

To document the people and projects spreading smiles and uplifting society especially after the adversities of the lockdown, I am starting a docu-series called Yo Society, What’s Good? It is also an ode to social workers doing their bit to help society function as a more ordered community.

First episode is out now — A fridge for everyone!

Youtube — https://youtu.be/wibNUiuyNGE

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmFZnHJgQl/
MASTERMIND
By: Black Imperial Status
Tags: People, Facebook, Community, Life

MASTERMIND

If you understand, and agree with this phrase. “Life is chess, not checkers get your head into the game”

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How to Engage your audience with better video communication
Tags: Communication, People, Engagement, Vidéo, Influencers

1. Portray a scene or a character.

You not just need to think of an extraordinary reason, drawing in characters, high stakes, and struggle that pushes the hero toward his objective, yet you should likewise figure out how compose a scene that urges pursuers — and fill your book with them.

In this way, the reason for the scene is critical.

Throughout everyday life, things occur, we respond, measure what occurred, and choose new activity. So it’s activity response measure choose new activity.

Since the majority of your scenes should mirror generally novel structure, with a start, center, peak, and finishing. Obviously, a scene could adequately “hang” toward the end, to add pressure and drive the peruse into the following scene.

Each scene — even smart, “preparing” ones — ought to pass on strain, internal clash, and high stakes. You needn’t bother with dangerous activity to have strife.

2. Recount a story.

A recount is an encounter or an occasion that occurred previously. The reason for a describe can be to illuminate, engage or to reflect and assess.

A recount can describe zero in on a particular segment of an occasion or retell the whole story. A recount should consistently be told in the request that things occurred

3 .Offer an individual encounter.

what individuals think they see,

(regardless of whether it’s a real individual/thing, a photograph of that individual/thing, or composed words depicting him/her/it)

what they think they hear,

(regardless of whether it’s the real individual/thing or another person who is depicting that individual/thing)

what they think they feel,

(utilizing “feel” in the physical, material sense, not its passionate implication)

what they think they smell,

what they think they taste.

This page was inspired by ~ VOICEOFSHARK
Focus on the Vibes And Not the Words
By: Bhavna Narula
Tags: Life Lessons, People, Personality, Personality Types, Human Behavior

My experience

I started noticing vibes more sharply after one particular incident that happened to me. I was introduced to a senior dancer who according to the world was outgoing, smart, talented, and very helpful.

I met that person with all good notions in mind, but just fifteen minutes into chatting and I felt he was nothing more than a cunning, manipulative, self-boasting narcissist.

After he left, I was in tears. Not that he slapped me but he did injure me badly with his words. I had replaced him for the project he had worked on before and he was not taking it well.

He laughed at my way of doing things, showing-off his previous work, and the accolades he had earned, all his success stories backed by pictures from his mobile which I had neither asked for nor was I interested in.

I tried to change the topic but you know such people would never let you stray off-track. So he kept narrating his success stories and kept igniting my fear or pressing my weak nerve so to say.

He knew I was a fresher and what would my nightmares be. That’s it. He pushed all the right buttons pushing me into an imaginative ditch while acting super sweet in front of my seniors.

I was shocked to death.
Small talk doesn’t have to be terrifying.
By: Alyssa Chua
Tags: Books, Networking, Book Review, People, Introvert

Small talk doesn’t have to be terrifying. As an introvert, I’ve always steered clear of small talk in parties and gatherings because it would always be dreadfully awkward.

In Vanessa Van Edwards’ book Captivating: The Science of Succeeding with People, she discusses taking small talk skills to the next level through 5 actionable tips:

1. Stop starting with conversational traps

How are you? What do you do? Where are you from?

2. Ask better questions

Working on anything exciting recently? Been on any vacations? What personal passion project are you working on?

3. Call the other person’s name

If you have difficulty remembering a person’s name (like me), use keywords or rhymes to help you

4. Look for indicators

Lean in. Touch. Raise eyebrows. Express interest through body language.

5. Be a raver

Introduce two people by giving each of them a raving introduction. You’ll be remembered forever.
Why i like Rapidsnetwork
By: Stijn Van Den Bulck
Tags: Streaming, Altcoins, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Why i like Rapidsnetwork

Today i feel like explaining why i like RapidsNetwork so much and i think its extremely undervalued.

First off RPD (rapidscoin) is a coin so it has its own working blockchain, and they are in V3.1 allready in their CORE wallet ,wich means they have overcome manny hurdlles allready .

Rapids is a Proof Of Stake coin so this means you can stake this with an ROI of 30% a year (brings way more then most crypto and banks) running masternodes are also an option if you have 10 million RPD.

Ok, i know what you think “so whats different about this one ?”, let me explain: Rapidsnetwork is not just a currency , they are building an entire ecosystem going from their core wallet , mobile wallet (with an awesome feature called Linkshare (lets you send crypto everywhere you want from mail to sms)) also multiwallet with more other cryptos are offered, their own hosting platform run by themselfs and now they are even creating their GAME STREAMING platform Rapture.tv .

Now i’ve seen their new roadmap and believe me its going to be a big one for 2021. I will invite you to check it out on rapidsnetwork.io or join https://t.me/RapidsOfficial to have a talk with the verry friendly and open devs.

Thank you for reading this

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Tierion Will Pay $250,000 Fine To SEC For Conducting An Illegal ICO
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Altcoins, Crypto, Cryptocurrency Investment

The U.S. securities and exchange Commission (SEC) fined Tierion $250,000 for conducting an unregistered ICO in 2017, during which $25 million was raised.

According to the SEC’s charges, the initial token offering organized by Tierion violated U.S. securities laws. Tierion is engaged in blockchain-based developments, and during the ICO, it sold TNT token as a means of settlements between users and Tierion. According to the SEC, Tierion sold 350 million TNT to 4,800 investors. SEC ruled that investors and holders of TNT tokens who traded them at a loss can claim damages from Tierion, along with interest, within 60 days.

SEC also ordered to stop trading of TNT, TNT are ERC-20 tokens based on the Ethereum blockchain. The Commission reported that TNT did not comply with Regulations. Tierion’s management agreed to pay the regulator a fine of $250,000. Tierion CEO and founder Wayne Vaughn said that he will continue to work on the company’s current products even without TNT tokens.

According to him, the SEC’s decision “lifted the heavy burden of regulation from him.” Vaughn added that this situation will not affect the availability of open source software, which the company’s developers worked on. In 2017, Tierion began working with Microsoft to develop a decentralized identity system that will allow users to create and validate data using distributed Ledger technology (DLT).

This week, the SEC fined cryptocurrency startup ShipChain $2,050,000 for the same reason. Since the beginning of the year, the Commission has collected more than $4.68 billion in fines, which is a record amount of fines collected in the history of the SEC.
1inch Exchange Token Goes Live With 30% of 1.5 Billion of 1INCH Tokens Reserved For Community Incentives
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Altcoins, Crypto, 1inch

1inch Exchange Token Goes Live-With 30% of 1.5 Billion of 1INCH tokens Reserved To Community Incentives.

1/ Delighted to announce that 1INCH Token is LIVE! 🌟 Learn more about the governance/utility token and the token architecture: https://t.co/6POyBLHmKO ⬇️ - 1inch.exchange (@1inchExchange) December 25, 2020

The 1inch decentralized exchange launched a utility and governance token 1inch on the Ethereum network. Part of the 1inch tokens will be distributed to users of the exchange.

This 1inch step is similar to the September distribution of UNI tokens by the Uniswap platform. Part of the 1INCH tokens will be received by wallets registered on the aggregator and having made a certain trading volume.

The management of the platform plans to distribute 6% of the total amount of 1.5 billion tokens among 50,000 addresses. Recall that 1inch launched the automated market maker Mooniswap, now renamed 1inch Liquidity Protocol, in August of this year. The platform has launched a profitable farming program, in which users receive tokens for staking their funds in the Protocol.

“With the right incentives for the community, we see a chance to surpass Uniswap in terms of liquidity,” said 1icnh CEO Sergey Kunts.

It is also planned to launch a special pool “Spread Surplus,” which will accumulate balances during user transactions — if the exchange rate of the asset changed during the transaction, then these surpluses will be transferred to a new pool. The funds will then be distributed to 1INCH holders.

To get 1inch airdrop user should have performed transactions on 1inch exchange before Sep 15 or users should have completed atleast four transactions worth 20 dollars before Dec 24.
MoneyGram Distances Itself From Ripple And XRP: “We Don’t Use RippleNet”
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Ripple, Altcoins, Xrp

Just last year Ripple announced that it had partnered with international payment processor MoneyGram. But after last week’s developments, MoneyGram makes a striking statement, in a press release, the payment processor declares that it never used Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity and RippleNet.

MoneyGram not dependent on Ripple

“As a reminder, MoneyGram does not use the ODL platform or RippleNet for direct transfers of consumer funds — digital or non-digital. Moreover, MoneyGram is not involved in the SEC’s ruling.”

MoneyGram use other services, and is not dependent on Ripple’s services, according to the press release. And that’s remarkable, because last year Ripple announced partnership with MoneyGram. At the time, MoneyGram was believed to be using Ripple services to help MoneyGram with international transactions.

Part of the partnership was Ripple invested up to $50 million in shares of MoneyGram. According to Cointelegraph, 15 million of these shares have now been sold by Ripple. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Ripple as a security and for allegedly paying money to exchanges to allow XRP trading and conducting ICO against SEC rules.

Some crypto companies are now removing XRP for fear of being sued by the SEC. Yesterday it was announced that the crypto exchanges OSL, Beaxy and CrossTower have removed XRP from their platform or stopped XRP trading. In addition, crypto company Bitwise and Bitstamp has removed XRP from their index.

The lawsuit against Ripple is heavily reflected on XRP price. XRP has fallen by more than 60 percent. However there is decent bounce in XRP price in last 24 hours, let see Ripple can hold that bounce or it can turn out to be dead cat bounce before further price drop.
TERRA (LUNA) — Whale Army AMA session
By: Whale Army
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Terra, Luna, Altcoins, Bitcoin

Q

In respect to competition, who are they?

In respect to the landscape, who do you view as your competition. Utilities and their prospective protocols are currently fragmented, 2021, I forecast we will see a consolidation… call it vertically integrated

Jeff Kuan

There are many components of our business — stablecoins, payments, synthetics, savings. I think Aayush Gupta can cover stablecoins

Aayush Gupta

Sure! Here I go:

So if you look at stablecoins today, you can probably divide them into different classes.

Stablecoins like USDT and USDC which are backed by real physical assets: The issue with these stablecoins is transparency around presence of real physical assets (for instance, in the case of USDT) as well as near-zero interest rate yield on US dollar based assets in the world of quantitative easing and money printing. This makes custody of real assets expensive.

Rebase tokens like AMPL and ESD: These tokens increase the supply when the token price is above 1 USD to bring the theoretical peg to 1 USD and decreases the supply when the price is below 1 USD to bring the theoretical peg back to 1 USD. Issue with these stablecoins is their price volatility which has restricted their use in the markets until now.

Algorithmic stablecoins like DAI: DAI which is apparently the most used stablecoin token in the crypto ecosystem suffers from scalability issues where demand for stability far outstrips supply of DAI (generated from demand for asset leverage)

Terra stablecoins improves on the design: Terra stablecoin is an algorithmic stablecoin where the cost of minting is equal to the face value of the stablecoins minted — in order to mint 1 TerraUSD, only $1 worth of the reserve asset ($LUNA) must be burned.

TerraUSD monetary policy is infinitely scalable — helping DeFi apps and protocols achieve their full potential without restrictions. Further, all Terra stablecoins share liquidity — TerraUSD can be swapped to TerraKRW (and vice versa) on-chain with negligible fx fees, which will build on KRT’s proven track record and liquidity to bring DeFi to millions of users.

Jeff Kuan

On the payments front, we’re #3 in Korea right now by transaction volume after KakaoPay and AliPay, but we’re growing the most rapidly. We also have aspirations to expand outside of Korea. MemePay in Mongolia is a good example of this, where ~2% of the total population uses our product.

Aayush Gupta

Right and our payments model is quite unique. We believe that our model based on seigniorage has the potential to disrupt Ant Financial and Paypal. There is a great article written by Terra’s CEO Do Kwon on this: https://medium.com/terra-money/scaling-seigniorage-a72356a118ae
Finding the Next Moonshot: Could this cryptocoin be 2021’s biggest gainer?
By: Mark Taker
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Altcoins, Ethereum, Business, Bitcoin

NEO (175x return from June 2017 to January 2018)

Nano (400x return from October 2017 to January 2018)

Ripple (65x return from May 2017 to January 2018)

If you bought any of these coins before April 2017 — and sold on time — you made considerable gains in the 2017 Bull Run.

The 2017 Bull Run brought a flurry of activity and made a lot of people insanely rich. While the peaks were short lived, people that got in early made a lot of money,,,even in the insane bear market that ran these past few years.

With Bitcoin breaking its all time high multiple times these past few weeks, we are nearing the next big bull run. If it follows like the past (big if with crypto I know), we should see jumps in Bitcoin followed by jumps in altcoins. This passing of the baton back and forth forms a symbiotic relationship where each feeds off each other.

With each step of the ladder, investors (or gamblers) benefit as the price — in fiat terms — continues to jump.

What are the marks of a coin’s ascension up the ranks?

Low Price Low Supply “Dividends”

Everyone hears about the people that bought Bitcoin under a penny or under a dollar. Those early adopters inspire the general public to invest. Because of this, low prices tend to attract more attention from the public. This factor was one of the reasons that Ripple jumped from under a cent to over $3 within a few months back in 2017. It’s also why low price is a critical factor in finding the next unicorn.

Low supply is another driver for insane price jumps. For example, Bitcoin has less than 20 million coins whereas Stellar has over 20 billion coins. Like all great things in life, scarcity plays a role in increasing perceived value.

A final factor involves the “dividends” associated with a cryptocurrency. Neo’s Gas caused Neo’s flight to the moon back in 2017. Lay people understand dividends as “free money” in addition to HODLing.

Looking at these factors, I have found a hidden gem for the next year. It doesn’t offer dividends, but it does offer a low price and a low supply.

With about 25% of Bitcoin’s number of coins, and a price well below a $1, this coin has a lot to offer in terms of the two major factors which influence a moonshot.

This coin has less than five million coins and currently trades at about 2 cents. It also has a great developer which is revolutionizing the privacy coin space.

To put all of these numbers in context, if this coin were to have a 200x increase, it would still be a mere $4 and a market cap of under $20,000,000. At these rates, a 500x increase is still within reason.

In other words, a tiny $100 investment could easily be worth $20,000 — $50,000 in a short amount of time.

Check it out, it’s named Blur. There will be more on this one in the coming weeks. This is just a first alert before word gets out.
Injective Protocol — Whale Army AMA session
By: Whale Army
Tags: Trading, Cryptocurrency, Investing, Altcoins, Bitcoin

Q

When the mainnet starts in Q2 2021 that will very likely increase the marketcap and INJ price, with a supply of aproximately 30 million by that time according to the roadmap. After that there will be a big gradual increase in supply up to 100 million tokens by 2023. Do you expect a substantial decrease in the INJ price after mainnet because of that increase in supply? If you don´t, how will you prevent that decrease in price? How much could the supply decrease with the buyback and burn?

Eric Chen

I can’t comment on the token price but I can comment on the token economics.

1. Most INJ will be staked as the inflation rate for INJ is the highest during the first year. I believe that most people will want to capture this in a deflationary economic structure.

2. So far Injective has the highest buy-back-and-burn ratio compared to other exchange models (60% of exchange fees). 40% isn’t wasted but is instead contributed to the growth of the exchange via node rewards (almost like referral bonus). So I believe that this will create a lot of incentive to further grow the Injective ecosystem 🙂
Insured Finance Successfully Completes Seed Round
By: Insured Finance
Tags: Insurance, Altcoins, Ethereum, Blockchain, Bitcoin

7 Million Tokens Allocated to Prominent VC Firms and High-Profile Influencers

The end of 2020 is approaching and the value held in digital assets has reached new echelons. With Bitcoin’s climb above $20k, the value of BTC held on exchanges surpassed $56 billion. Incumbent insurance solutions in the digital asset industry fail to provide coverage for such value.

Current coverage possibilities are confined to specific DeFi protocols on the Ethereum blockchain. Coverage against exchange hacks and stablecoin failure is beyond the boundaries of the present decentralized insurance platforms despite monstrous value being held in both.

Insured Finance is building the future of digital asset insurance which will make coverage for the above assets and more possible. Insured Finance will launch a marketplace that will allow users to make tailored insurance requests. Other users can fulfill these requests to earn a premium and secure lucrative returns on their capital.

The need for such a solution has been recognized by both cryptocurrency venture capital firms and some of the highest-profile influencers in the industry. Insured Finance recently completed its angel round where 3 million tokens were sold to renowned digital asset venture capital firms.

Following a successful angel round, Insured Finance has fully completed a seed round with participation from both venture capital firms and prominent influencers. A total of 7 million tokens were sold during the seed round.

Details on some of the influencers that participated in the round will be revealed shortly. Venture capital firms that participated include Chronos VC, CSP DAO and Delta Hub Capital.

Each of these VC firms has an impressive track record of backing successful emerging cryptocurrency projects. Insured Finance is thrilled to be the latest project backed by these renowned investors.
Synthetix Network Token (SNX) Price Is Up 72% In December, But why?
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Defi, Altcoins, Crypto

Things are going fast for Synthetix Network token. The token started the month with a value of 4.750 USD and reached a peak of 8.258 USD. That’s an increase of more than 72 percent. But why is it going so fast?

Coinbase adds SNX

According to various media, the main reason for SNX’s price increase is listing on crypto exchange Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world. SNX was also launched simultaneously on Aave and Bancor.

But there are more reasons why SNX is shooting to the moon. The primary reason is that Synthetix token network is being used more actively.

Number of users is increasing

Synthetix is ​​a protocol that allows you to create synthetic tokens with ETH as collateral. For example, there are synthetic Bitcoin, Litecoins, and Binance coins. You can then bet these coins on a DeFi platform. DeFi includes all kinds of financial services via smart contracts on the blockchain. You can lend your coins to earn interest on Defi.

On Synthetix platform you can then use your coins to achieve a high annual return, based on the cash flow mechanism of the protocol. The yield on staking is determined on the basis of the fees paid on the Synthetix protocol. These fees are distributed to SNX stakers.

DefiPulse keeps track of how much value is stored in DeFi protocols. The Synthetix platform is in fifth place, just behind the popular Uniswap. More than $ 1.2 billion in assets are stored in Synthetix protocol. That includes synthetic tokens, as well as staking. Such high amount of total value locked in Synthetix shows community trust on the project.

In short, there are two important factors for SNX’s price growth. SNX listing by Coinbase that often generates positive sentiment, but the increase is also supported by the growth of the Synthetix platform as more than one billion dollars are locked in Synthetix.

If the overall crypto market remains stable we can surely see very nice growth in the price of SNX coin.
Tron Introduced TRC-721 Standard For NFT
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Altcoins, Crypto, Tron

Tron Cryptocurrency project introduced the new TRC-721 standard for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). This will allow to expand the capabilities of developers.

Nfts are collectible tokens with unique characteristics. Each NFT contains the owner’s identification number, extended metadata, file links, and other identifying information recorded in the smart contract. It is this data that ensures the uniqueness and immutability of each NFT. NFT standards are widely used in various areas where blockchain is used. However, most of the NFT is based on Ethereum (the ERC-721 standard).

The number of decentralized Finance (DeFi) projects interested in integrating NFT to improve their ecosystems is constantly growing. Therefore, Tron developers believe that the TRC-721 standard will open up many opportunities for developers creating new applications based on the blockchain.

Each TRC-721-based token has a unique identifier, which allows you to move items in digital form without compromising their value. Tokens created on the basis of the TRC-721 standard will represent any digital type of tangible assets in the real world. People will be able to own and manage data related to a specific material object or document. This will protect industries where fraud, plagiarism, or counterfeit products are common.

Tron founder Justin Sun said that developers will be able to apply TRC-721 more effectively to their products and applications thanks to the efficient Tron infrastructure. Sun expressed hope that in the future, the TRC-721 standard will find different applications, which will make the crypto economy stronger and increase the uniqueness of the blockchain technology.

However, despite the rapid development of NFT, some members of the cryptocurrency community believe that this industry should not have high hopes. So, the CEO of the Terra Virtua platform, Gary Bracey, said that for the sustainable development of the NFT industry, the mass introduction of collectible tokens is necessary.
Defi Exchange Injective Protocol Bringing Trading Of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Netflix Shares
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Defi, Altcoins, Crypto

The decentralized exchange Injective Protocol has integrated trading for the big-Tech companies Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. The Update is the result of a partnership with Terra and Band Protocol.

Injective Protocol introduces stock trading

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google will be the first shares to be listed on the decentralized exchange. DeFi takes the first step into the traditional financial market. Injective exchange, the high-Speed Layer 2 derivatives exchange, on Thursday integrated traditional stocks in the form of synthesized Assets. The platform is based on the Cosmos SDK.

First, they will enable trading for Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. Further shares are to be added later. This collection of shares is a bright aspect for crypto traders, and these shares have brought investors some of the biggest returns in recent times.

The team is working with Terra and Band Protocol for this step, with Terra offering stock tokenization and Band providing feeding in price data through their Oracle technology.

Injective Protocol’s CEO, Eric Chen announced the news

Investing in equities remains inaccessible to billions of people worldwide, while existing platforms act as gatekeepers and suffer from technical challenges. Injective helps to seamlessly fix these salient issues to allow everyone to trade shares without fees.

The Update is the first product offering of its kind on a decentralized exchange.

DeFi with leap into the traditional financial market While FTX, the leading crypto exchange, has focused on driving the industry forward, listing Airbnb on Nasdaq this month, shares have never been available within DeFi. Injective is listing the shares on its Injective Solstice V2 network, and they will be available to buy with USDT. Injective currently offers shares with Zero Gas fees. As a rule, brokers or other middlemen charge relatively high fees when trading shares.

This development indicates that DeFi is far from finished and continues to make progress by taking on more functions from traditional financial markets.
Brad Garlinghouse Said The SEC’s Lawsuit Against Ripple Is An Attack On All Crypto Industry
By: The Crypto Basic
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency News, Ripple, Altcoins, Xrp

Ripple CEO brad Garlinghouse called the SEC’s lawsuit against his company an attack on the entire cryptocurrency industry.

The US securities and exchange Commission (SEC) accused Ripple of conducting an unregistered ICO for $1.3 billion. However, Garlinghouse does not agree with the charges, and assured shareholders that he will prove his case in court.

Ripple has spent 8 years working tirelessly to build an incredible company transforming global payments. Our mission doesn’t stop! Here’s what I sent to employees yesterday + our lawyers’ reaction to today’s SEC filing. https://t.co/wGHW4hCW2T - Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) December 23, 2020

The head of Ripple said that the lawsuit initiated by the SEC can be regarded not only an attack on XRP, but also on the entire cryptocurrency industry. Garlinghouse is sure that this trial will have a snowball effect. In the near future, the same lawsuits will await for other issuers of well-known altcoins, including large exchanges.

The SEC document mentioned me, Chris Larsen and Ripple. In this case, XRP is representative of other cryptocurrencies, so I have bad news for all market makers. The SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple sets a tragic precedent for any firms working with digital assets, Garlinghouse said.

He added that by SEC actions, the Commission is organizing an all-out attack on the entire industry, despite its claims of readiness to develop innovations. The CEO of Ripple once again reiterated that XRP is not an investment scheme, since the holders of XRP are not connected by business relations with Ripple. In addition, the market value of XRP does not depend on Ripple’s activities, unlike securities. Garlinghouse believes that the SEC is further pushing Ripple to move to another jurisdiction, but the company still hopes to find a compromise with the regulator.

In the fall, Garlinghouse said that due to pressure from US regulators, Ripple may move from the US to the UK, since UK uses a clear classification of digital assets.
SPLIT NFTs coming SOON
Tags: Uniswap, Defi, Altcoins, Ethereum, Bitcoin

Hey guys we’ve got some exciting news here today

The designer who will be creating our SPLIT NFTs has done previous work with Gorillaz (yes the music group) AND Metallica. He’s currently doing some work for $CFI (cyberfi) and is well established in the #DeFi space! We’re super thrilled to be offering a pair of SPLIT NFTs he’s making for us.

As mentioned in the previous medium post, we will be hosting an auction for these NFTs next week. The winners of this NFT will not only have a badass collectible, but it will count as a ticket to get into a private TG group Baba and I run. This group has some of the top end crypto influencers in it, this is the same group that was in the private sale allocation. This means if you win the NFT auction, you will get guaranteed access to future Baba x Penn projects we run in the future.

We’re super excited to unveil these in the coming days and pumped to be working with such a talented designer!
Report the current situation at Dec. 23
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Cbd, Altcoins, Promotion, Blockchain

Thank you for always supporting the Crypto Harbor Project.

Since there is no “confirmed information” this week, we will report the situation at fukuchan’s(discord admin) discretion.

1. Justin information

2. About the sale of CHERY

3. JDB Bank

4. About the operation system of Crypto Harbor

5. About lockup & mining method

1. Justin information

Sorry for the late announcement.

We plan to sign a written contract with Justin this week for information disclosure.

The contract will be sent to Fuku-chan in the near future, so I think we will be able to release the information next week.

2. About the sale of CHERY

I would like to start selling after receiving information about Justin, which provides CBD.

please wait for a moment.

3. JDB Bank

We are holding a final meeting today regarding system settings. We are planning to start accepting applications for opening an account as soon as it is confirmed.

4. About the operation system of Crypto Harbor

We would like to strengthen the operation of Crypto Harbor in the future.

For the time being, we will not be able to fulfill your request, which may cause inconvenience to everyone.

We would appreciate it if you could wait a little longer.

5. About lockup & mining method

5–1. Lockup mining method.

a. LOCKUP

Select LOCKUP from the LOCKUP & MINING menu on the dashboard

The lock-up course will be displayed. Select the course and click “Lock it”.

A screen will appear asking how much you want to lock up the CHE, so select as many CHEs as you have.

b. Auto Mining

Select MINIG from the LOCK UP & MINING menu on the dashboard to display the automatic BOT selection screen.

Currency pairs are lined up so choose as many as you can

However, the bot will not work unless you deposit BTC, ETH, XRP to your wallet.

The larger the deposit amount, the more mining you can do.

Finally, check “Start Autobot”. If you check it, please return to the dashboard.

If “Start Autobot” is checked, the bot will automatically work and start mining.

5–2. How to win with lockup & mining?

・Lock up as many CHEs as possible

・Deposit as much BTC / ETH / XRP as possible to make the bot work

・Self-buying and selling by manual trading

・Buy CHEX (ranking is determined by the difference between CHEX at the beginning and the end)

We received permission to publish the article from a person who volunteered to explain it.

For more information

https://alis.to/cryptoprin/articles/KBXzE7eZr5qY

There is an explanation in. please refer.
Luxtrade.online Exchange, Specializing in Tokens Waves, Assets and Altcoins
By: Luxtrade Exchange
Tags: Tokens Waves Exchange, Assets, Altcoins, Token, Exchange To Waves

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SPLIT day 1 + future developments
Tags: Altcoins, Defi, Uniswap, Ethereum

SPLIT Day 1

Hey guys, Penn here.

Today we launched the $SPLIT Protocol and if you were in the presale Baba and I would like to apologize. We’re not quite sure how it happened, but the token contract + presale smart contract leaked early. Someone was squating on it, and it was naturally someone with a bot.

https://etherscan.io/address/0x6301940de3627bd97ed135d2186ba67a2c5c04f3

The bot bought up the entire presale which is why it filled instantly. This presented a few issues and why going forward Baba and I will be doing strictly Whitelisting (more on this later) from now on. It cheated people out of being able to get into the presale and put the team in a bind. Additionally, the bot ended up selling at a loss when there was an issue with buying.

The second issue we encountered during launch was the LP rewards caused an error that prevented buying. It juiced the tax % and made it impossible to buy. So even after the bot issue, the very next play we couldn’t even get buys in.

Luckily, when the buys cleared the project was able to get off the ground, and even typing this e everything is still healthy above presale price. Overall it was a buggy launch and didn’t quite live up to the hype as a result, for that Baba and I are both truly sorry.

Now, for the future of the project we’ve got a few things planned:

Wendy0 will be doing some video stuff for us tomorrow or Thursday, we look forward to that. I am in talks with getting a SPLIT pair included in a recent farming protocol that launched. More txs = more rewards for everyone.

The thing I’m really excited about is a batch of NFTs we’ll have out next week. These NFTs are gonna be badass, but even further they will come with a use.

WIth 1500+ members, we had SO many people wanting in. The presale was oversubscribed like crazy. We will be doing bidding on the NFT’s, and not only will they be sick collectibles but if you win the the bid you will be invited to join Baba and my inner group where you will be GUARANTEED to get into every private sale we do in the future along with being able to interact with many of the influencers who took place in the sale today. We’ll have more information on this to come out in the next few days.

So to summarize for the coming week:

Additional marketing through AMAs

Wendy0 video

NFT ticket auction

SPLIT farming pair

Coingecko listing (officially submitted today)

Look forward to what the future holds guys! Let’s keep burning this down :)
Heard of Bullram Token?
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Wallet, Blockchain Technology, Ethereum Blockchain, Altcoins

Bullram Token (BUR): BUR is a self-governed and decentralized ecosystem for e-commerce, driven by smart contracts, enhanced by open source development, and empowered by the first Global Alliance of Merchants on the Blockchain.

While existing solutions offer to solve just one problem, BUR which is founded in 2020 and projected to be the market leader for e-commerce solutions at a time, our team is up to build a secure, useful, & easy-to-use product based on a private blockchain. It will include easy cryptocurrency payments integrations for businesses like Amazon, eBay, Aliexpress, Walmart, etc., and even a digital arbitration system.

In the end, Our aim to integrate all companies, employees, and business assets into a unified blockchain ecosystem, which will make business truly efficient, transparent, and reliable.

Be among the early holders now!

We have built a platform to Enable you tap into the E-commerce industry through the Ethereum Blockchain Network

Bullram is an utility token that is under the Ethereum blockchain network that can be used to shop across all the E-commerce platform globally and can easily be converted to your local currency