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Crypto is changing. Where once ICO investment offerings were ideal, play-to-earn has become an increasingly popular way for users to gain exposure to crypto and appeals to many. Playing in a metaverse and earning rewards for the time committed reflects the model of the gaming industry and eager opportunities await. Rocostarter’s new metaverse cardboard game Talecraft seeks to fill the space vacant for metaverse-minded crypto investors. Roco has had success already in the play-to-earn market after partnering with Rise Online to launch on their platform. Talecraft, a PvP play-to-earn cardboard game, launches on the Avalanche network soon through Roco’s RocoStarter IGO platform. RocoStarter acts as a launching point allowing partner companies to interact with potential players and offer the option to invest. Not only can companies reach potential player bases, but technical support is provided. RocoStarter also contributes to the token economy of projects by staking efficiencies provided after incubation and culture phases, ensuring safe trading opportunities for investors. Hosted on the Avalanche network, RocoStarter is a community-backed startup platform based on decentralization. Aimed towards ensuring fair functionality for participants looking for early investment options, RocoStarter also seeks to provide priority participation to Venture Capital and similar groups. The end result should be a platform capable of ensuring equal opportunity access to the early-stage phases of crypto projects that are all too often difficult to access. Not only does RocoStarter aim to accomplish the previously stated, but the platform also works to provide Initial Dex Offerings through the holding of $ROCO tokens. Marketing, development, advertising, and further struggles like lack of consultancy can be relieved through a partnership with RocoStarter and the assistance of their in-house team of experts. DAO services are available to potential partnerships as well, enabling one to create a pool for staking on the platform. In order to join an IGO on RocoStarter, one must complete the KYC process and then use Roco tokens to stake into starter pools. After that, users can stake the specified minimum amount of Roco tokens required, go to the IGO’s page, and vote for participating upcoming IGOs. If users are eligible to participate, they can then join the IGO once live by clicking the “Join IGO” button and swap their $AVAX to buy the new project’s token. Once swapped, the new token will be sent to their wallet automatically. Talecraft uses a unique mint and craft mechanic, allowing players to increase in power through NFT alchemy. Elemental base cards are sold weekly, allowing ardent players to participate in a medieval metaverse. NFT holders receive $AVAX yield generated by the game’s ecosystem. For guaranteed participation with Talecraft, users will need to stake 400 $ROCO tokens and vote to join the Talecraft IGO in order to purchase $CRAFT tokens to use. Staking for Talecraft begins on the 19th of November. The project releases with a supply of thirty million CRAFT with 3.75 million available to the public at .28 USD per token, or one million and fifty thousand dollars. The current crypto market is not the easiest thing to grasp. But with Roco’s Talecraft one can use their time put in the medieval metaverse created to increase their holdings, on a platform striving for transparency and equal opportunity for players. Join Talecraft and be rewarded for your efforts as well as acquire new exciting cards through alchemy. Play-to-earn is an appealing avenue for many crypto investors, and Talecraft releasing soon on the horizon is sure to be one worth keeping an eye on.  

As things currently stand, are all of these platforms and cryptos designed to help out those at the bottom? submitted by /u/Sortanewmeh [link] [comments]

I am just curious, is it possible to buy stocks directly through a crypto wallet? If not is there anywhere one can read about creating smart contracts that invests in the stock market in a trustable way? Thank you! submitted by /u/chick3234 [link] [comments]

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Blockchain-powered privacy web startup Nym Technology has raised $13 million in a funding round that puts its valuation at about $270 million. The round was led by venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Crypto) with Grayscale’s parent company Digital Currency Group, Huobi Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, HashKey, Tayssir Capital, and over two dozen others participating in this round. Nym aims to be the best fit for “bitcoin and Layer 2 solutions” and has plans to maybe even integrate its technology with protocols like Lightning Network, Nym CEO Harry Halpin said in an interview. The fresh capital will be used for new hires as Nym aims to expand its eight-member team to nearly 4x. It has already recruited former U.S. Army intelligence analyst and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who leaked thousands of classified documents using the privacy software Tor. Amidst this, Nym’s co-founder George Danezis, also rejoined the project last month after briefly leaving the project to help design Facebook’s digital currency Libra (rebranded Diem). His other company Chainspace that he co-founded, was also acquired by the social media giant. Starting next year, Nym is also planning to give out grants to independent third-party developers. Just four months back, Polychain Capital led a $6.5 million investment in Nym, and before that, in 2019, Binance’s VC arm had led a $2.5 million seed investment in the privacy startup. “Encryption is becoming an incredibly important component of the internet today, and Nym provides privacy at the very bottom layer as a foundation for other private solutions to be built on top,” said Ali Yahya, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Make Privacy Real on the Entire Internet The three-year-old Switzerland-based company uses mixnet, where node operators are rewarded with tokens to mix internet traffic and make it harder for adversaries to get information at the highest level, including nation-state level mass surveillance like NSA. Nym also offers privacy credential services to allow users to only allow access to part of their activity when required without revealing their identity. Currently operating in test mode, Nym has about 5,000 nodes and 30 validators, with plans to go live at full capacity by the end of this year. Just last week, the team released a desktop wallet for node operators to pledge their tokens to join the Nym network. In return, they earn more tokens based on their amount and quality of work in mixing the internet traffic. It ensures the quality of services while incentivizing miners for work well done. These economic incentives, along with mixnet’s potential, according to Halpin, will help Nym “to make privacy real on the scale of the entire internet.” Besides wallet, the Nym Network also released open-source code for the world’s first Mixnet Explorer, which it defines as an essential tool for decentralized quality control and security auditing. Additionally, Nym’s tokenomics has been fully coded up and deployed to testnet Milhon, said the team during its weekly developer update.

Cryptocurrency markets have started to recuperate from last week’s losses as bitcoin, ethereum, and a slew of digital assets have seen slight gains. However, the cryptocurrency avalanche has seen its value skyrocket this past week 46.9% higher over the last seven days. Avalanche has also crept into the top ten digital asset market valuations with […]

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Amidst rising global wealth, resurging interest in blockchain, and a shift in cultural prominence towards digital experiences, NFTs have become a powerful medium for art. Next Earth, an NFT-based replica of Earth, has seen tremendous growth over the past year. They recently released an update with major new features including Land Art, which allows users to create art on Earth using colored tiles. Next Earth has built its community by giving users more ways to own unique lands in the metaverse. This represents an ongoing shift in our culture towards experiences over products, and digital worlds where users can express themselves freely are becoming more prominent than ever before. Let’s look at 5 cool new Land Art pieces created by Next Earth users. 1) Sonic Landart in Ibiza  Sonic the Hedgehog is an iconic video game character and a global cultural icon. A Sonic piece was created by Next Earth user Onyx. This character holds a nostalgic significance as a generation of gamers grew up with Sonic. It’s also a piece that offers a fun, whimsical take on the world. It evokes feelings of nostalgia and joy, which is hard to achieve in an art piece without being too sentimental. This Sonic Landart stands out as a personal homage to one of the most influential video games ever released, while also representing a sense of optimism for the future. Whether or not a piece is a hit with the community is irrelevant. Everyone has their own interpretation of what art is and how it should be used, and that’s one of the exciting things about NFTs. 2) Halloween Cat Landart  Next Earth user Nollis created a whimsical piece that combines a popular holiday, Halloween, with a pop culture icon. This may go down in the metaverse history books as creative use of NFTs. The Halloween Cat Landart is a dark black cat standing in front of an ominous-looking blue sphere. The entire background is shrouded in dark colors and looks like it could be from any corner of the world. In context, this piece represents many different things to different people, depending on their age and cultural heritage. It’s part of Next Earth’s goal to build up an ecosystem where users can express themselves freely without censorship or barriers, so what someone thinks or feels is just as important as what they create. 3) Real Estate Cryptopunks  Cryptopunks is a famous NFT project, but the pieces are now too pricey for most people to own. Next Earth user JH87 created a real estate version of Cryptopunks called Cryptopunk 3443 + 9280, for just 1.5 BNB. This piece features two iconic images in one. 4) Godzilla  Godzilla is more than just a mythological beast. He’s a global cultural icon and a pop culture phenomenon that has been referenced and parodied in hundreds of movies, shows, and books. Next Earth user Nollis created an NFT piece called Godzilla Attack. The artwork is rendered in detail to look like the famous monster from the movies. This is another piece that brings together two of Next Earth’s core values: Art and technology. It’s special because it represents something so big while also being detailed yet nostalgic — two qualities associated with pixel art today. Looking carefully at Godzilla’s legs and tail, you can even see it make ripples in the water. 5) Doge Doge is a viral Internet meme that has become a pop culture phenomenon. It has been used countless times as a form of online expression and is now more famous than ever. Next Earth user with the pseudonym “Trump” created a piece called Dogecoin Dubai Burj Al Arab. It’s rendered as a pixel Doge character, below a flag. Doge is both an art piece and a message to send people — it can mean anything you want it to mean, which makes it an important part of art history and modern culture. Takeaways Land art is fast becoming a global phenomenon and NFTs are responsible for bringing people together across borders and cultures. We’re all citizens of the metaverse now and we’ll see the virtual world expand into every aspect of our daily lives. The Next Earth team is working tirelessly to build a truly decentralized metaverse and we believe they will succeed in their vision for a truly free world. Their approach is innovative and forward-thinking, while still firmly rooted in the blockchain community which has already welcomed them with open arms.

Monero is what everyone thought bitcoin was about. Private, secure, ultra low fees, untraceable and truly decentralized. Decentralization: Monero is ASIC resistant and CPU mineable, that means it would be extremely hard for someone to attempt to centralize it. It is also profitable to mine it off of your CPU. Privacy: There is a reason…
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