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Investing in Cardano: Everything You Need to Know
By: Investor Republic, Crypto Experts
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Staking, Cardano, Blockchain

What is Cardano

Cardano is a public blockchain platform that was released in 2017 with the aim of changing the way cryptocurrencies are designed, developed and operated. With decentralization as one of its primary goals, Cardano uses a groundbreaking proof-of-stake blockchain network that is also being developed into a (decentralized application) development platform.

Cardano, which is home to the Ada cryptocurrency is being developed and maintained by a decentralized community of developers, engineers and researchers. Since its inception, Cardano is pioneering a new approach with a lot of emphasis on science and research. Cardano’s long-term vision is to deliver a robust financial service to the masses and enable economic empowerment. But instead of attempting to overhaul the entire banking and financial system, they aim to make the current systems more efficient and cheaper. Cardano is a blockchain and a smart contracts platform, with the potential to change the world for good.

What Is Special About Cardano

Cardano, which had a revolutionary approach to its development claims to be the “first blockchain platform that evolved out of scientific philosophy and a research-first driven approach”. Cardano’s completely research-driven approach aims to build a resilient and sustainable blockchain to achieve security, scalability, and interoperability that is required for a real-world application platform. Cardano is being developed to be that platform of choice that hosts DApps which is expected to explode in significance in the future.

While most cryptocurrencies in the market struggle to find that balance between……

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Introducing NOW Token Staking — Start Making Profit NOW!
Tags: Staking

We’ve been looking forward to this day from the very 2018. Back in May that year, we issued NOW Token — the native cryptocurrency of NOW products and the first crypto issued by an instant crypto exchange. A lot has happened ever since — NOW has been the first token issued on Binance Chain with the support of CZ, and has taken an active part in NOW products’ life.

Today, a new major milestone is opening for NOW Token. We’re delighted to introduce NOW Staking — a way to profit for all NOW holders!

What is NOW Staking?

NOW Staking means freezing some (or all) of your NOW Tokens to maintain the proper functioning and the security of its network. For doing this, you get rewarded.

NOW Staking works with the tokens issued on Binance Chain — NOW-BEP2. If you have NOW-ERC20 that you would like to stake, you can easily swap them to NOW-BEP2 at 1:1 rate here.

Why is NOW Staking profitable?

Firstly, you get staking rewards with NOW Token for helping the network run. Secondly, we expect NOW Token to significantly increase in price soon due to the staking introduction and other activity.

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Your new oppotunity in DeFi
Tags: Btc, Defi, Ethereum, Staking, ICO

Torch effectively promotes Defi financial prosperity.

Torch is the most innovative Defi project, and we believe it will effectively promote Defi financial prosperity and development. As a result of COVID-19, the global economy has been hard this year.But thanks to the super-fast development of blockchain technology, let’s take note of the growing prosperity of the Defi ecosystem.

Torch differs from most Defi projects.

In particular, we added small loans and unsecured loans to Torch, which was bold idea which required a broad credit rating system.

However, we would try our best to cooperate with the Chanlink team, which will be a good solution for our technical challenges.

At the same time, using Chanlink’s Oracle technology, we were able to refine Torch’s lending model.

Torch then implemented overcollateralised loans (both small and unsecured).

Chanlink’s technology is excellent and we expect to cooperate with them for build DeFi ecosystem in community development, product development, technical support and marketing in the international market. we can work together to create a cutting-edge open financial platform through the sustainable DeFi network, thereby diversifying DeFi services and serving everyone.

Website：https://torchnet.online

Telegram: https://t.me/Torch_network

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Torch_network
Yearn Land Presale Information
By: Yearn Land
Tags: Presales, Yield Farming, Farming, Yland, Staking

We are pleased to announce the launch of our public pre-sale on 25 September, 2020.

We decided to organize the presale of yLand’s Token on Bounce Finance.

Details about our presale will be updated on all social media platforms . (Name of the Pool, Pool ID)

The Yearn Land public presale would run from September 25, 2020 at 2PM UTC to September 27, 2020 at 8PM UTC.

The price per token during the presale is 0.05 ETH per token, 20 tokens/ETH*. During this period a limited amount of 20,000 yLand tokens are available.

We allocated 10,000 yLand tokens at 0.045 ETH each for the Private Sale. Private Sale will start within 3 hours before the start of Public Sale. Unsold tokens from Private Sale will be pushed into the Public Sale.

Token allocation comes at a “first come, first serve” basis.

The following is official yLand ERC-20 contract address : 0xa9c6416eD46c2e94039b8724e8fD394fe5a310D6

As listed on​ https://yland.finance

ANY OTHER ADDRESSES SHOULD BE DISREGARDED

yLand Token

The yLand Token (symbol “yLand”) is the native token of Yearn Land ecosystem. yLand will serve as the means of communication between users and the different products of Yearn Land. To interact with any product line, a user must hold a given unit of yLand.

yLand holders control the ecosystem of Yearn Land and are entitled to receive a portion of the protocol income. Thus, yLand represents a right to rule the site and an earnings claim. Profits from each of the products of Yearn Land are collected.

yLand Metrics

Ticker : yLand

Platform : ERC-20

Total token supply : 40,000 yLand

Staking & Farming Rewards: 10,000 yLand

Circulating supply : 27,000 yLand + Staking & Farming Rewards

yLand Pre-sale price : 0.05 ETH

Uniswap Liquidity yLand: 7,000 yLand

Uniswap Liquidity ETH: 380 ETH

Uniswap Listing Price: 0.056 ETH

Soft cap : 400 ETH

Hard cap : 1000 ETH

Liquidity Locked: via Unicrypt

Reserved Team Tokens: Locked for 12 months

Token Distribution

Reserved Tokens

Unsold tokens will be burned.

KYC

KYC is not mandatory for the participants of the yLand public presale.

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About Us:
Welcome to the SUPP.network — hybrid crowdfunding platform adapting DeFi
Tags: Ethereum, Defi, Staking, Staking Rewards, Cryptocurrency Investment

Who are we?

We are a group of people with experience in designing, creating and implementing software in various industries (https://supp.network/team).

What is our idea about?

Our idea is a combination of several solutions. First of all, it is a crowdfunding platform — each user can create a fundraise for anything — from fundraising treatment or rebuilding a burnt house to financing research and development. There are as many ideas as people on the globe. Our platform will work in a slightly different, more complex way than Gofundme or Kickstarter — we are introducing advertising as an alternative way to raise funds. Thanks to this solution, even people who are not in good financial condition can support others — we are converting their time into money for fundraisings. The use of DeFi as a means of payment also gives us unique, previously unimplemented solutions in this scope, the lack of which is due to the characteristics of fiat currencies.

What are the main advantages?

Staking

By using staking pool in our dApp, you can get rewards from the staking pool. In addition to the use of staking by ordinary crypto user, the fundraiser can also accelerate the fundraising in this way — the only condition is to connect the wallet to the staking pool. Such a user, however, cannot participate directly in the DAO community — such a solution is a nod to stacking users as well as limiting the supply while maintaining demand of the token.

Utility

Usability in this case is the key to the real world. Unfortunately, most DeFi projects are confined to the cryptocurrency world. By creating the value of the means of payment, we go out to the outside world. By reaching out to people, we take a step towards promoting decentralized finance.

Deflation

In case of donations, we do not charge any commission — 100% of the money paid goes to the fundraiser wallet. On the other hand while companies advertise themselves, we charge 10% for the system maintenance, but also 10% of the advertising revenue is used to redeem and burn tokens. Thanks to this simple but effective mechanism, we stimulate the price.

User-based scaling

The last characteristic feature of our project is the fundraiser-based scaling of our platform reach. All thanks to the fundraisers who will share links to our platform themselves, often involving recognizable people as well as foundations with huge reach in social media. This feature means that we will not complain about the lack of traffic.

How can you participate?

If you would like to support our project, please visit our website https://supp.network where you can contact our team, join telegram (SUPP_network) or simply use contact@supp.network.
THX DeFi Staking completed！
By: Thore Network
Tags: Defi, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Staking, Investing

Our interoperability protocol THXCHAIN connects blockchains together, enabling the exchange of any digital asset for…

ThoreNext DeFi 2nd Staking Auction in 2020 officially ended. Thanks to the Holders for your attention and support! within 15 days after the launch, Maximum 75000 THX Staking was completed. So the staking pool is closed on 15–11–2020

Next Staking January 2021*

THX DeFi Potential is 100X from Base Price & Its Thorecoin 2.0 in terms of Performance

Thore Network Biggest asset is its 3 yrs History Thore Project Born in Jan 2018 & completed 35+ Months We are one of the Major beneficiary of Dreaded 2018 Crypto Bear Market completed our #Build Process between $3000-$4000 Bitcoin levels It’s important to note that the Crypto+ blockchain space is still changing so we are & THX Transition in DeFi is one such example

THX DeFi has a vision of unlocking USD 10 MN or more in “Total Value Locked (TVL)” for users by the end of 2nd Qtr 2021

With completion of the Staking the Holder Reward period shall officially be: 15 NOV 2020 to 15 DEC 2020 (30 days)

The unlocking date for Staking stake Holders Reward is expected to coincide with the initiation of THX DeFi Dedicated Portal + Transaction Yield farming 15 DEC 2020 Onwards
Making DAOBaker data available forever with Arweave
By: Blockswap Network
Tags: Defi, Tezos, Staking, News, Web3

Arweave had been running successfully since June 2018 and equipped with great tooling for devs to integrate and use it in a plug and play manner with no additional learning curve. Our Unified Data Availability scheme using Arweave ensures a decentralized source of curated data availability for all Dapps that can leverage DAO Baker and Swap Market functionalities. Any DeFi protocols that would be using Swap Market protocols for lending, borrowing, liquidation, etc have a highly reliable data retrieval system on an API call.

Ok, so why and how is Arweave useful for DAOBaker and Tezos in general?

DAO Baker ecosystem will significantly benefit from Arweave permaweb, enabling dapps to have censorship-resistant font ends that enable anyone to participate in tokenized staking and Swap Market yield sources. We anticipate a lot of aggregation and analytical dashboards will get built on permaweb using profit-sharing tokens, an excellent instrument for the ecosystem to flourish by providing valuable information on onchain financial primitives and get paid for that from anywhere.

Tezos have a predominant focus on governance aspects that needs data to be available for the long term. Arweave is a natural complement to achieving its mission by providing the permaweb for users to interact with all kinds of DApps and its data availability forever. Who knows how the story unfolds? We are excited to see more use cases getting built on Tezos using Arweave storage such as journalism, archival information of onchain registry, legal information of executed contracts, voting, governance decision data, etc. Anything that needs permanence is a winner here for censorship-resistant file storage!

And many more that we don’t even know about yet; let the builders BUIDL with incentives.

The blockchain is in its early adoption stage. Simultaneously, it remains inaccessible to the regular users; the need for more open, free, and equitable systems is more significant than ever in this highly connected world. We see more talent entering into the blockchain; let’s give them a hand to build a brighter future.

The Arweave permaweb

Arweave is a novel data storage blockchain protocol enabling a permanent web (the ‘permaweb’), allowing users and developers to truly store data forever for the very first time. These key offerings are made possible by a range of new technologies, including Arweave’s Proof of Access consensus mechanism and the storage endowment feature.

In addition, Arweave provides infrastructure for the creation of profit-sharing tokens and profit-sharing communities, paving the way for a fairer, decentralized web where founders, contributors, and users can obtain incentives and governance rights for their favorite dapps and communities.

Learn more about Arweave 👇
Launch of the Oasis Mainnet
Tags: Proof Of Stake, Oasis, Staking, Privacy, Blockchain

We’re excited to be part of the mainnet launch of the Oasis Network, a privacy-enabled blockchain platform for open finance and a responsible data economy. We have been running nodes for the Oasis team from early on, and it is great to see their hard work finally paying off.

We’ve seen the need for privacy firsthand from the rise of DeFi applications on Ethereum. Since all interactions with DeFi can be tracked, many of the strategies taken by crypto funds or whales have been frequently tracked, replicated, and front run. Tornado Cash has been used to secure some degree of privacy to mitigate this, but still has limitations.

Oasis Network has always put privacy first while building up its platform. With the rise of decentralized applications like DeFi, there is no doubt their teams and their users will seek out options to retain their privacy. The potential of a privacy-centric platform doesn’t end there, as Oasis has already demonstrated through their collaboration with Nebula Genomics.

The Oasis team has also been working hard to attract projects and developers to build on the Oasis Network. As can be seen in their recent post, there is a diverse ecosystem in place that is consistently growing. We’re excited to support this vibrant ecosystem and the projects that are being built on the Oasis Network.
Rocket Pool — Staking Protocol Part 1
By: David Rugendyke
Tags: Ethereum, Proof Of Stake, Staking, Eth2 Staking, Blockchain

Node Staking

From hobbyist node operators to full on SaaS professionals, Rocket Pool allows you to earn a greater ROI staking inside the protocol vs outside of it.

Overview of Rocket Pool node staking process

If you want to run a node in Rocket Pool, you are not charged any fees as you are providing a valuable service for the protocol. What service is that you ask?

With Rocket Pool, running a node only requires a minimum of 16 ETH per validator vs 32 ETH outside of the protocol.

Once you deposit 16 ETH, the protocol will assign you 16 ETH from users who are depositing ETH and receiving rETH. So as a node operator you are staking your own 16 ETH and 16 ETH on behalf of the protocol.

The protocol also allows you to stake 32 ETH so you can starting earning rewards straight away on your deposit, the protocol will then ‘buy out’ 16 ETH from your deposit when ETH is available from rETH users who are depositing. This is handy in times where the protocol might not be receiving a lot of ETH deposits for rETH, so no time is wasted earning your own staking rewards.

Rocket Pool has a commission rate that changes based on supply and demand mechanics. If there is a lot of ETH that needs to be staked and not many node operators available, this commission rate will go up. So when node operators create validators and are assigned ETH to stake for the protocol, that ETH also comes with a commission rate that might be high or low depending on node operator demand at the time. This commission rate allows the node operator to earn a percentage of the rewards earned on that 16 ETH assigned by the protocol, meaning node operators earn rewards on their own 16 ETH deposit plus a commission from the network for staking its ETH.

Rocket Pool is designed reward node operators for providing valuable insurance in the case they are heavily penalised or slashed.

When depositing ETH, node operators must also deposit a minimum amount of RPL to act as collateral in the case they incur any of these penalties. Should a penalty occur and the user finishes staking with < 16 ETH, the collateral is sold for ETH at auction and the proceeds from this sale are given back to the protocol to compensate for the missing ETH.

When a node operator provides an amount of RPL as collateral as an insurance promise, they are rewarded with RPL rewards respective to the amount of collateral they provide. The minimum collateral required is currently 10% of the ETH value and capped at a maximum of 150%.
28. Everything you need to know about staking $ILV.
By: Marcel Reyes
Tags: Illuvium, Cryptocurrency, Ilv, Staking, Crypto

$ILV token holders are able to stake their tokens and earn rewards from the network. Getting started is easy. Just have $ILV tokens in your Web 3 wallet, head to our staking website, follow the steps below, and you’ll be staking $ILV immediately to earn tokens or in-game currency.

What is the staking program for $ILV?

100% of in-game revenues are distributed back to stakers in the form of $ILV.

A total of 3 million $ILV tokens will be distributed over a three year period.

$ILV rewards are subject to a 12 month lockup period. sILV can be claimed and used immediately for gameplay.

What is an $ILV token?

$ILV is an ERC-20 token issued to liquidity providers on the $ILV decentralized exchange.

Need to buy $ILV? Go to the Invest tab at illuvium.io to acquire tokens.

What is $ILV Staking?

Staking ILV is relatively easy and requires a compatible Ethereum wallet containing $ILV and $ETH to pay for gas.

To get started, go to the Staking tab at staking.illuvium.io to approve and stake your $ILV tokens.

How to Stake ILV

Step 1

Start by going to staking.illuvium.io

In the top right-hand corner, click “Connect your wallet.“

Next, choose the type of wallet you wish to connect.

Step 2

Once Connected, click on the “Stake” tab and choose Core Pools.

Click approve and follow the prompts on your wallet to finish the transaction.

Step 3

Choose the pool that you wish to stake in and click “Stake.”

Step 4

Choose between flexible and locked. Flexible will get no multiplier rewards, while locked increases your pool weighting by up to 2x.

Then add the amount you wish to stake and click the “STAKE” button and move the process to your wallet for final confirmation.

Step 5

A metamask prompt will appear.

Review the transaction and associated gas fees (Paid in ETH) and click “Confirm” to send the transaction to the blockchain.

Wait patiently for the transaction to confirm on the blockchain.

A pop-up will appear once the transaction has been approved.

Step 6

Choose how you would like to claim your rewards, and click the corresponding button.

Rewards claimed in $ILV are subject to a 12 month lock, whereas sILV can be claimed and used in-game immediately.

Step 7

A metamask prompt will appear.

Review the transaction and associated gas fees (Paid in ETH) and click “Confirm” to send the transaction to the blockchain.

Wait patiently for the transaction to confirm on the blockchain.

Step 8

Click the Vesting tab, and view your deposits and rewards.

Once rewards have vested you can withdraw them from the protocol.

Step 9

Congratulations, you are now Staking ILV in the Illuvium Protocol!
How to Earn $LPOOL
Tags: Staking, Launchpool, Crytocurrency

Launchpool will distribute their token via staking pools.

Link to staking: staking.launchpool.xyz

Staking will open for the public on the 15th of February.

Distribution of our token will start on the 22nd of February.

The token contract address will be posted here when it has been created. Currently our token does not exist and any references to it are false.

Why hold the Launchpool token?

$LPOOL is staked on the platform to register interest in the projects launching on the platform. By doing this $LPOOL provides the holder 4 key benefits

1. Access to projects at the earliest rounds, enabling investors to access best prices without the associated minimum capital threshold reserved for investment funds.

2. Investment through a regulatory compliant means.

3. Peace of mind investments are made into bona fide projects that have been vetted on a number of levels.

4. Chance to become a meaningful part of new project’s communities.

How does staking work?

Staking is a process whereby the user ‘stakes’ their tokens into a smart contract. The process is simple, you authorise the contract to view the tokens in your wallet. Once done you can then stake. The tokens remain under your control and can be withdrawn at any time. Distribution will last 90 days starting on February 22nd.

How much Launchpool token is available?

We have chosen to give away 25% of our total tokens during the initial distribution to the public to bootstrap our community. These tokens will be earned as reward for staking other projects’ tokens.

What other projects?

We have chosen projects whose community we believe would like to become a part of Launchpool’s community. These projects and tokens are:

1inch: 1inch.exchange ($1INCH)

Bondly: bondly.finance ($BONDLY)

Rune: thorchain.org (ERC20 $RUNE)

Uniswap: uniswap.info ($UNI)

Polkastarter: polkastarter.com($POLS)

Sushi : sushiswap.fi ($SUSHI)

ShareRing: sharering.network ($SHR)

Standard Tokenization Protocol: stp.network ($STPT)

PAID Network: paidnetwork.com ($PAID)
Rocket Pool — Staking Protocol Part 3
By: David Rugendyke
Tags: Blockchain, Rocketpool, Staking, Ethereum

RPL v2

Since Rocket Pool started almost four years ago, the RPL token has been the backbone of the protocol. It has evolved alongside the protocol, Ethereum staking development and is now a multifaceted component of the protocol, providing direct incentives, insurance and governance.

It is deeply ingrained in the protocol and provides a level of overall utility not matched by many others in the space.

Inflation

With the introduction of Rocket Pool 3, which includes many months of work dedicated to refining the tokenomics driving the protocol, a change to the token itself was also required. This change was the introduction of inflation to provide built in incentives to motivate and drive the key players in the protocol.

While some may find inflation controversial in a space surrounded by fixed-supply tokens, this is absolutely necessarily for any protocol that needs to reward its participants for working in the protocol’s best interests. Without generating value, that value would need to be taken from somewhere else in the protocol, creating an imbalance where some participants are rewarded at the expense of others — not a viable, long-term strategy for any successful dApp or protocol.

The initial inflation will be 5% pa and will be split up amongst the key protocol players outlined below.

Migration

The new RPL token will be launched with Rocket Pool and will be able to be swapped 1:1 with the current RPL token in circulation. There is no time limit on when this swap can be done.

For node operators, who will use this token quite a bit, the swap process is very easy and automated in a lot of places. If you have current RPL in your node’s account, it can be swapped automatically for new RPL when making deposits or staking RPL in the smart node CLI — very easy.

For RPL holders, the swap process will be able to be done by a web interface we’ll add shortly after launching. You’ll just need MetaMask to access it and make the swap.
Pre-Elite Edge Node Launches with TFUEL Staking as a Preview to Mainnet 3.0
By: Jieyi Long
Tags: Tfuel, Edge Node, Staking

Pre-Elite Edge Node Launches with TFUEL Staking as a Preview to Mainnet 3.0 Jieyi Long Follow Jan 1 · 3 min read

The Theta Edge Node already lets users broadcast and watch fully decentralized livestream video over the Theta Edge Network, and earn TFUEL tokens for sharing resources via the Edge Compute and Edge Cacher functions. Now we are adding the “Pre-Elite Edge Node” (Pre-EEN) functionality that rewards even more TFUEL as a prelude to Mainnet 3.0 scheduled for April 21, 2021. To become a Pre-EEN, please download the Edge Node app for Windows or macOS.

The most significant enhancement to the Theta protocol yet is coming in Mainnet 3.0 where Elite Edge Nodes allow users to stake their TFUEL tokens. (For all the details on Mainnet 3.0, check the announcement blog here). The Pre-EEN feature is a preview of that change, allowing you to simulate staking TFUEL in the current Edge Node. This way, we can get feedback and the extent of TFUEL staking to expect come Mainnet 3.0 release, and you can earn some extra TFUEL along the way for the help.

The “Stake TFUEL” section in the lower-left panel is now available in your Theta Edge Node app.

Just enter your wallet address where your TFUEL is held and the amount of TFUEL you want to stake to get started. There is a minimum of 10,000 TFUEL and a maximum of 100,000 TFUEL you can stake. A total of 300k TFUEL per month will be distributed to users staking in the Pre-EEN feature, earned proportionally to your uptime and how much you are staking relative to all the TFUEL staked.

Every 10 minutes or so your staked TFUEL balance will be snapshotted to calculate your actual earnings. Pending TFUEL rewards are updated twice per day in the Edge Node app, and will be paid out each month alongside Edge Cacher and Edge Compute earnings. Your actual TFUEL reward will also depend on your uptime, which will serve as the basis for “Uptime mining” in Mainnet 3.0.

We encourage all TFUEL holders to stake to the Edge Node to help us plan for when Mainnet 3.0 launches. You can earn some more TFUEL along the way for yourself, as our way of saying thanks for helping us out and providing us feedback. If you aren’t already running the Theta Edge Node, please download the app for Windows or macOS, and click here for setup information to get started. Looking forward to increasing the size of our pie in 2021!

Theta team.
The Indian Subcontinent — ICON’s untapped market
By: Icon Guide Star
Tags: Icx, Icon, Cryptocurrency, Icon Foundation, Staking

The Indian Subcontinent — ICON’s untapped market

Hola ICONists!

By way of introduction, we are a bunch of multilingual crypto enthusiasts based in the UK, determined to make a difference with our skills in the crypto market. We strongly believe in the principles of the ICON foundation and have been closely following them since inception. We see a huge potential going forward in this space, which has prompted us to become a PREP. We want to take this opportunity to outline our motivations, how we think we can help ICON grow with our in-house marketing and tech skills. Remember, sharing is caring!

Over the past few weeks, we have spent most of our time crunching numbers from various sources over the internet. And from what we have seen so far, it appears that most of the content- blogs, videos etc., around ICON is predominantly created in English, Korean or Spanish. So we wanted to delve in it a bit more to see if we can help to spread the word about ICON to the masses breaking the barrier of language.

1. Did you know approx. 23% of the total population of the world is concentrated in one region — the Indian subcontinent.

This means, almost 1 in every 4 people alive on the face of the earth today lives in one of the 7 countries within the Indian subcontinent.

2. Here comes the interesting part though, the Indian subcontinent covers only about 3% of the total land area of the world!

Land Area to Population Comparison

You can therefore well imagine how densely populated the area is. Well, some countries more than others.

3. When it comes to comparing the headcount in the region versus other parts of the world, the subcontinent spearheads with a whooping 1.81 BILLION people.

Can you imagine that! That’s like 397 people per sq km (this number compares to approx.. 15 people per sq km overall in the world). Africa isn’t further out with 1.32 Billion.

Putting things into perspective here, USA and Europe together hold 1.1 Billion people although they own up to 13.4% of the total land area of the world.

Population Comparison across the world

4. Let’s talk a bit more about what is the Indian subcontinent. The 7 countries that constitute the region are India (obviously!), Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives (drooling of an island getaway already 🤤🌴 🏄🌴 🏄 🏖 🏝🏖 🏝).

The Indian Subcontinent

Out of the 1.81 Billion folks in the entire region, 1.38 Billion are actually in India, which makes this country the heart our focus. Our research also shows, that the region is exposed to a plethora of varied cultures and boasts 650+ languages in total. Now that’s some serious language skills going on there!

Languages spoken in the Region

Our goal is to raise awareness about ICON and its use cases in new frontiers by breaking the barriers of language and geography. We will onboard new audiences and educate them about the fundamentals of ICON along with sharing information which will drive the increase in popularity of the ICON Project.

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Uno Re staking on Unifarm : Staking Guide
Tags: Unore, Unifarm, Rewards, Staking

Uno Re staking on Unifarm : Staking Guide Uno.Reinsure Follow Jul 23 · 3 min read

We are delighted to collaborate with UniFarm for the 18th Cohort of their staking protocol.

The staking program will go live on July 23rd, 1:30 PM UTC and will last for a period of 3 months. We will participate in the staking program along with five other projects, UniFarm, OpenDefi, Polkally, Netvrk, and Bitcashpay.

UniFarm is an innovative farming solution where users can stake $UNO and farm rewards in $ORO, $UFARM, $NTVRK, $KALLY, and $BCP in addition to $UNO.

Hence, this platform allows users to stake one token but earn multiple high-value tokens.

The Total Reward Pool size is $150k, and the Reward Pool per project is $25k. As per a week-by-week schedule, users will be able to farm all the tokens taking part in UniFarm.

For instance, if the user stakes UNO tokens, they will earn UNO tokens for the first week. In the second week, they will earn UNO tokens as well as UFARM tokens. And, in the third week, they will earn $UNO, $UFARM, $ORO, and so on.

The staked tokens are locked for the duration of the cohort. Stakers of this pool will be eligible for a minimum APY of 36% and a maximum APY of 250%.

Staking Guide

Please follow the steps mentioned below to participate in the UniFarm Cohort 18.

Step 1: Click on the link https://unifarm.co/ to go to the UniFarm homepage.

Step 2 :Click on “Connect Wallet” to select wallet options as MetaMask, Coinbase or TrustWallet and connect to your wallet. (Once connected, the UniFarm website will show your wallet address).

Step 3: Select the $UNO token from the dropdown.

Step 4: Input the amount of $UNO you wish to stake.

Step 5: Click on “Show Available Pools”. Active pools which contain the selected token will be displayed. (Along with other information such as APY, reward token & Lock-In)

Step 6: Click on the “Stake Now” button to see the 90-day return policy.

Step 7: Click on “Approve”

Step 8: Once approved, click on “Stake” to stake the selected amount. You would be prompted again to confirm the transaction on MetaMask. Click “Confirm”.

Step 9: Congratulations! You can claim rewards in the “MyStake” section of the website once the staking period ends.

About Uno Re

Uno Re will be the world’s first decentralized reinsurance platform powered by Polkadot, allowing the community to invest and trade in ‘risk’ and receive sizable returns on their investments in one of the safest asset classes in the world. The platform will break barriers to entry for the retail investor by doing away with the historic pre-requisite of absurdly high capital generally needed to invest into the market while also introducing much-needed transparency into the industry as a whole. UnoRe will also allow the community to propose innovative insurance products to the space, thus propelling a new generation of Insurtech companies powered by the UnoRe ecosystem.

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PERI Finance dApp — Details about $PERI Staking
By: Peri Finance
Tags: Announcements, Dapps, Staking, Peri, Blockchain

Staking Summary

One of the exciting new features we added in our recent update is PERI.pool, a staking program for PERI holders. PERI Finance locked staking rewards for 9,000,000 PERI, which is 45% for total supply and 76,924 PERIs are weekly distributed to the PERI stakeholders.

This article will explain details of the PERI dApp staking structure.

Staking Details

Image: My Wallet Details (PERI Staking dApp)

Current Collateralization Ratio(C-ratio)

If you stake PERI in the dApp, you can mint pUSD by 1pUSD : 4 USD ratios, which means if you want to mint 1pUSD, you have to have at least 4 times bigger valued asset compared to 1pUSD.

Let’s say the price of PERI is currently at $4, and you want to mint 1pUSD. You just need 1 PERI to mint 1pUSD because this fits on ratio of 1pUSD : 4USD ($4/$4 valued PERI = 1PERI).

We called this as ‘Collateralization ratio(C-ratio)’.

Image: C-ratio Formula

According to this formula, when price of PERI drops, the collateralization ratio drops under the 400% because your value of staked PERI also decreased.

(Ratio is based on pUSD to USD, so if PERI prices decreases, you need to put more PERI or burn pUSD to cover the amount of loss)

This is the reason for your collateralization ratio is often drops.

Ex) The price of PERI drops from $4 to $2, (always 1pUSD = $4)

PERI price $4 = 1pUSD : 1PERI (C-ratio = 400%)

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PERI price $2 = 1pUSD : 2PERI (C-ratio = 200%)

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Stake additional PERI or burn half of minted pUSD

Reseversly, when your price of PERI goes up, you have more chance to mint pUSD. As the formula are based on pUSD to USD, you currently have more valued asset to claim it.

Ex) The price of PERI raises from $4 to $8, (always 1pUSD = $4)

PERI price $4 = 1pUSD : 1PERI (C-ratio = 400%)

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PERI price $8 = 1pUSD : 0.5PERI (C-ratio = 800%)

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Can mint additional pUSD, claim more amounts

Target Collateralization Ratio (fixed)

Users are only available to claim their staking reward at collateralization ratio of 400%. This 400% ratio is called ‘Target collateralization ratio’.

Liquidation Ratio (fixed)

If user’s collateralization ratio is under 150%, system can liquidate your staked tokens. So you should check current c-ratio regularly.

Why PERI dApp is on Polygon?

With the Polygon network, users can staking dApp with low gas-fee, high-speed transaction.

From PERI dApp Image, This is not a ETH gas fee

When you see ‘network fees’ on the staking dApp, sometimes that price is surge to 200~300 Gwei, so users think it is absurdly high.

Image from Polygon Gas Station

But as you see this spreadsheet above, paying gas fee by MATIC is millions of times smaller than paying gas with ETH. And here’s details of Gwei digit:

10⁹ Gwei = 1 MATIC

20 Gwei = 0.00000002 MATIC

Although the network gas fee seems very high by Gwei digit, you only need to pay 0.0000002 MATIC(current Matic price is less than one USDT). This shows that gas fee in polygon network is extremely cheaper than that of Ethereum.
ByteDex: A new page in crypto exchange
By: To The Moon Crypto
Tags: Bytedex, Cryptocurrency, Hybridexchange, Staking, Decentralized Exchange

ByteDex: A new page in crypto exchange

The Problem of CEX’s & DEX’s

CEX or centralized exchanges operated with the help of CEA’s. They enable companies or entrepreneurs to carry out all transactions on their own servers. It is publicly known to everyone that CEX’s internally interfere with the value of crypto assets and CEX’s are very vulnerable to attacks and all the control for the crypto assets are all in the hands of CEX’s.

On the other hand, DEX’s or decentralized exchanges don't allow you to purchase crypto assets via fiat money. DEX’s are not reachable via calls or emails. Lack of liquidity for certain pairs is also an issue with DEX’s

Hybrid exchanges are designed in such a way to tackle all these issues of CEX’s & DEX’s. One such CDEX is the ByteDex exchange.

Some of the features of ByteDex I would like to highlight here

ByeteDex Liquidity Solution ByteDex Dapps ByteDex token launcher ByteDex coin OTC Platform ByteDex brokers ByteDex wallet Payments & Fiat money

The Byte exchange is fast, easy & robust with an average trade execution time of 1–3 seconds and trade volume at the NASDAQ exchange level. Users can trade with non-custodial wallets without worrying about interruptions in their transactions.

ByteDex token is the official trading unit of the ByteDex exchange. The token has been produced in cooperation with the Tron network in a total of 1 billion units in TRC-10 format only for Presale & ICO stage. At the opening of the exchange, ByteDex tokens will be exchanged. Bytedex owners can share the revenues of the Bytex Exchange by staking their Tokens on the Bytedex Exchange or benefit from large discounts on trading commission fees.

Contact ByteDex

Website : https://bytedex.io/

Medium : https://bytedex.medium.com/

Twitter : https://twitter.com/ByteExchange

Telegram : https://t.me/ByteDexGlobal

Youtube : https://youtube.com/channel/UCw8wl0SXHhLI0xn0JPWFMtw

Reddit : https://www.reddit.com/user/ByteDex
Introduction to the Auditchain Protocol — 2nd Segment
Tags: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Staking, Audt, Accounting

Auditor Staking

In this video, we demonstrate the deposit of AUDT by an auditor. Auditors are required to stake a balance in order to perfect their role. An algorithm determines if a member of a cohort fails to make an attestation on a change in state of an economic entity.

Unlike traditional assurance engagements which are performed by a single auditor, the Auditchain Protocol requires an economic entity to engage a minimum of three auditors. The governance feature allows the community of AUDT holders to change the minimum number of members in a cohort. If one auditor fails to make an attestation, they do not get paid and their stake is decremented in the amount they would have otherwise received.

This interface allows all actors to also perform their own accounting as seen in the ledger below the deposit functions.

Staking by an Economic Entity

In this video, we demonstrate the deposit of AUDT by an economic entity. Economic entities are required to stake a balance of AUDT in order to perfect the settlement of audit obligations.

In traditional assurance engagements, failing to timely settle an audit obligation by an economic entity will jeopardize the independence of the auditor. On the Auditchain Protocol, this vector is closed through the deployment of a minimum of three auditors. The staked balance provides a perfected means of settling audit obligations.

Thank you for watching this segment. Stay tuned for additional segments in this series.
BLES Staking Ends August 8, 2021
By: Blind Boxes
Tags: Blind Boxes, Defi, Nft, Cryptocurrency, Staking

Our 90-day liquidity staking program went live on May 8, 2021. BLES HODLers take note! Staking will end on Aug 8, 2021.

Recap:

· Starting Block Height: 7237470

· Ending Block: 9829470

· 900,000 BLES were allocated for LP staking over a ~ 90 day period.

Steps to stake on the Blind Boxes dApp:

· Visit v2.blindboxes.io/

· connect Metamask or other crypto wallet to the Binance Smart Chain Network.

· Click on Staking on the left menu bar.

· Select the staking pool of your choice, approve and confirm the transaction.

FAQs

What is the difference between the staking pools?

BLES-only staking:

Here users stake BLES to earn BLES. Learn more about single asset staking here.

Dual-asset staking:

Here users stake BLES plus CAKE to earn yield. Learn more about dual-asset staking here.

2. When does staking end?

The staking program began on May 8, 2021 for a 90-day period and is set to end on ~Aug 8, 2021.

3. How can I earn additional staking rewards?

Stakers who participate in voting events (eg. contests) will earn an additional 50% in staking rewards for that day.

4. Can I stake on the Binance Smart Chain of my BLES are on Ethereum?

Yes, use a bridge to move your BLES to the appropriate network.

5. Is there another round of staking once this one ends?

Based on the popularity of these staking pools, we will likely launch a similar program after this one ends.
Triall Memberships explained
Tags: Rewards, Cryptocurrency, Token Economy, Staking, Blockchain

Early adoption and token holding are incentivised in the Triall ecosystem by awarding rewards to those who lock their tokens over time. Clinical research professionals that lock up their T-CRED receive a Triall Membership status that provides unique rewards and benefits.

Please note that Triall also implements token lock-up/staking rewards for $TRL token holders. These rewards will be explained in a seperate post.

Contrary to most industry associations, memberships are not charged through recurring membership fees within the Triall ecosystem, but enabled through token lock-up (or ‘staking’) schemes. Those who lock their T-CRED receive unique benefits, such as application discounts and premium features, that stimulate community growth and network effects. At Triall, we strongly believe that token lock-up rewards are vital for ecosystem growth, network-fostering effects, and long-term sustainability.

Triall Memberships

Triall Memberships are designed with the clinical research professional (as typical T-CRED holder) in mind. These can be individuals or entities such as pharma/biotech companies, hospitals, or specialized service providers. Triall Memberships are divided into three tiers, depending on the amount of T-CRED in lock-up. An indicative list of rewards is provided below. Triall Memberships and associated lock- up schemes are settled in T-CRED to mitigate exposure to token volatility for the end-user. Over time, Triall may choose to adjust membership tiers to retain fit with the ecosystem’s size and scope.

Clinical research professionals who lock T-CRED for at least 12 months receive Triall Membership status.

Triall Members are entitled to rewards and voting rights.

Rewards are increased with tiers, depending on the number of T-CRED in lock-up.

After the lock-up period has expired, Triall Members can choose to use the T-CRED at their discretion. They may, for instance, use these to pay for subscription or membership renewals.

Read the Triall whitepaper for more info on our project and token economics.

Are you joining our #blockchainforhealth initiative? Our token pre-sale is live, get access at triall.io!
Melalie update #11: progress updates, new video’s + a 10k $MEL giveaway!
By: Jochem Verheul
Tags: Mobility, Vehicle Rental, Cryptocurrency, Staking, Melalie

We had another great week with a lot of technical progress as well as progress in terms of business development. Read all about it in this update.

Melalie update #11: progress updates, new video’s + a 10k $MEL giveaway

The first release of our staking platform is live

As you probably saw, we released the first version of the Melalie staking program. Many people already started to stake their $MEL and the first rewards have been transferred. If you also want to stake your $MEL, you can do so via staking.melalie.com. Before starting you should read this guide.

In the upcoming weeks, you can expect smaller releases of the staking program in which we will automize some tasks and make the platform more user-friendly.

New video: Ride hailing VS Melalie

What is the difference between centralized ride hailing companies and Melalie? What is the difference between a gig worker and an entrepreneur? How is Melalie contributing to society? We explained all about it in the video below.

Next week: a 10k $MEL giveaway!

For next week we organized a great giveaway. 1 lucky participant will win 10.000 $MEL! Keep on following us on our socials to see how you can join.

Other updates

We continued on the development of the upcoming release. You can expect the possibility to add multiple types of vehicles in an easier way as well as other new features, such as the integration with our partner Mobypark.

On August the 4th at 2 pm UTC, we have another AMA scheduled. This time we will be presenting Melalie in the Cryptomallu Club.

Get your calendars ready, the first Melalie webinar is coming up! On August 20, 11 am (GMT+2) we will go live for a full hour. During the webinar, we will reflect on the past months, do a live product demo, and share with you what we are working on in terms of product development. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

About Melalie

Melalie is a peer-to-peer (P2P) mobility marketplace. On the Melalie platform, people can rent vehicles — bikes, scooters, motorbikes, cars, and trucks — from each other, without the need for intermediaries. The Melalie platform is complete, tested, live, and already lists over 400 local vendors in Indonesia and The Netherlands. The application can be downloaded in the Appstore (iOS) and the Google Playstore (Android). Check out and subscribe to our Youtube channel here.

The official Melalie channels

Visit the Melalie website

Subscribe to become a vendor

Join our Telegram Community

Read our deck

Follow and subscribe to our Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram
AXT Airdrop: Alternative linking wallet process
By: Ax Holding
Tags: Demex, Defi, Zilliqa, Switcheo, Staking

We received many questions about the linking process. And we studied a second way to link a Switcheo wallet to a Zilliqa one to receive AXT Airdrop.

Search your Zilliqa wallet on https://viewblock.io/zilliqa.

2. Copy your URL.

3. Short your link on https://bitly.com/

4. Copy the last part of our link after https://bit.ly/

5. Write that alphanumeric code on your Twitter handle inside Demex.

6. We will reconstruct the link and we be able to find your Zilliqa wallet for the airdrop.

Note.

We provided 2 methods for the link process. Both will make us sure that the communication is from the wallet that is delegating tokens to us.

With the first one, we will be able to open a channel for communication with the delegators because we will be sure that message comes really from the wallet delegating to us.

The second method will not provide the flexibility of the first one, because the process should be handled accurately without any mistakes.

NB

Do only one method!

If you already have done the linking process with the Twitter account, please don’t change it until the first airdrop.

AX HOLDING TEAM

Email: axvalidator@protomail.com

Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/IujmisJ6w2IaU0i0

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AxValidator

AX Validator: https://switcheo.org/validator/swthvaloper126pgd2nr0qt44dhda7gtmjwyttsd22fml4n63n?net=main