We recently covered SOFR Swaptions – Week One Update and SOFR First in Swaptions, and now that we have November volumes, I wanted to update what the data shows. November 2021 – SOFR Swaptions In SDRView Researcher, we select USD Swaptions and categorize by reference index as IBOR or RFR. Showing the jump to 29% of […]

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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain careers are trending at all-time highs and the industry is growing at a rate so quickly that hundreds of jobs are being advertised faster than you can type up your resume. In fact, a survey performed by LinkedIn in 2020 found that Blockchain skills were the most in-demand skills in the United […]

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Similarly, in the blockchain and the crypto sector, the idea of NFT gaming has gained momentum very fast. Platforms like Axie infinity and many others have been benefiting vastly from the NFT craze in 2021. Gamers have gotten a new way of earning and maximizing incomes while gaming. Brute Force Fight is an example of a platform that aims to benefit from the NFT craze and simultaneously help users earn passive income while gaming. 

Brute Force Fight defines itself as an NFT gaming network designed with a top gaming experience for players. It combines the concept of NFT gaming with Defi tokens thus is a play and earn platform.

How does the Brute Force Fight gaming network work? Please keep reading to see more about this platform and why December 2021 will be significant for them.

Brute Force Fight Game Description 

Brute Force Fight combines NFT and Defi to offer an excellent experience to gamers. It uses the PvP and PvE game modes with a storyline of space exploration.

The universe was enjoying some peace until the discovery of interplanetary mining. Now, people from all over the universe, planets, and races are fighting to take control of space resources. In this game, you have to battle against other space pirates and win. The pirates may include other real-world players, AI-controlled ships, and other dangers.

In the game, players have the freedom to form federations. Federations are team-ups with other players. These federations can fight with other federations to take control of the given resources.

The concept of the Brute Force Fight gaming network is to allow players to mine resources and conquer other planets. When conquering, the teams will attack, set base, and fight other bases. Once you and your friend (federation) conquer a planet, you can continue mining.

Aside from conquering, you can also get into trade activities with other federations, bases, and nations. More so, since this is an interplanetary game, you can search for contacts with other races.

The $BFORCE Token

To power the entire network, Brute Force Fight introduced a native token, $BFORCE. $BFORCE is a BEP20 token that will help in different services within this ecosystem. Among the services include payment and exchanges.

According to their documents, they have a maximum supply of 10 million $BFORCE tokens. However, in the coming presale, they cap a total supply of 10 million tokens. The network distributes the tokens as follows;

• 50%, 5 million go to the community during the ICO

• 4 million tokens, 40% go to 3 Month lock for Game NFTs Marketplace

• 0.5 million tokens, 5% will be released through vesting, 1% per week for marketing 

• 2% will help in marketing works.

• 2% for game development

• 1% for private sale airdrop

Other Features

Audit and KYC

Brute Force Fight had Solidproof audit their smart contracts to secure the player's and investors' funds. The idea of auditing contracts is to ensure they are not vulnerable to external or internal attacks. Auditors often check the code to ensure it's correct and has no errors. Hence, the contract will not be a threat to the gamers in this network.

Aside from the audit, Solidproof conducted a KYC scanning of the Brute Force Fight team. KYC, Know your customer, basically involves looking deep into the people around the project. In this case, the persons who are given a more profound look are the team members. The intention is to see whether the team members have any money fraud issues.

However, the audit and KYC report will be released once Solidproof is through with the process. The report will be available via the website and social media pages.

The BSC Base

The Brute Force Fight gaming network took its base in the Binance smart chain. But why? Ethereum, which provides smart contract support, is currently facing tons of issues, including lacking scalability.

However, BSC was developed to be the alternative for Ethereum. Hence it's scalable and has high speeds. The Brute Force Fight will therefore have an easy time expanding and serving more gamers globally. This gaming network is consequently looking into its future.

NFTs Shopping

The Brute Force Fight network also introduced an NFTs shopping in-game market. Users of this market will leverage $BFORCE native coin to buy and sell NFTs.

According to them, this online in-game marketplace will be available to gamers and everyone else.

Accordingly, the network will be airdropping NFTs to players. The trading platform will enable players to exchange the NFTs with $BFORCE tokens.

Brute Force Fight Team

The Brute Force Fight team is made up of several people, all majoring in different fields. Among the tasks worked on by the team include, 

• Software Engineers

• Designers

• Marketing Manager

• Social Media Experts

However, the network has not fully displayed the names of the tea members. Hopefully, they will do so soon.

Developments Coming Soon

According to their social media pages, December will be a big month for the Brute Force Fight network. One of the significant happenings this December will be the token presale. Starting December 7th, Brute Force Fight will launch the ICO on the Unicrypt launchpad. So, ICO investors can spare December 7th to participate in this presale. 

Brute Force Fight intends to sell 5 million tokens by the end of the ICO. Their target hard cap is 2000BNB. 1 BNB will be equal to 1500 $BFORCE Token during the ICO period. Maximum spending per wallet during the ICO is 3BNB, which is an equivalent of 4500 $BFORCE.

Immediately following the ICO will be the tokens listing in exchanges. The listing price is set at a little higher than the ICO price. 1BNB will be equal to 1350 $BFORCE. Aside from exchange listings, $BFORCE intends to list in analytical networks like Coingecko and Coinmarketcap this December.

In February next year, Brute Force Fight will officially launch the game for the public. Investors, gamers, and crypto enthusiasts should watch out for this gaming network. You can also join our communities on Twitter, Reddit, and Telegram to get more updates as they come. 

The platform aims to offer its users a way of earning passive income by being HOLDERS in $FLOKI. Recently, Floki Metaverse launched its private sale in under 28 minutes with an oversubscription of three times. 
The project is planning to launch an NFT Marketplace in the first quarter of 2022. The marketplace will allow users to access, trade, mint, and exchange NFTs on the BSC. With its features, the platform is joining the trend that is revolutionizing the future of the digital realm.   

Presale Details

The first private sale involved 10% of the total supply, 10,000,000,000. Each BNB sold 250,000,000 $FLMT. Before the first presale, Floki Metaverse burned a total of 11% of the total supply. The second presale involved 20% of the total supply, 20,000,000,000. A total of 200,000,000 $FLMT got sold for a BNB. As mentioned, the presale was full in 28 minutes. Meanwhile, the public sale took place on the 22nd Nov 2021 on PinkSale.

Rewards Paid Automatically

You do not need to claim your earned $FLOKI for the first time. It gets instantly sent to your wallet. Add the FLOKI INU ($Floki Contract Address) to your wallet, and you're ready to go.

Metaverse is in Development

The metaverse is the culmination of all the processes and protocols that power the internet. Also, it involves the coming Web3, consolidating into a single, interoperable realm. Communications, money, gaming worlds, personal profiles, NFTs, and other services are all part of a more extensive online experience in this future world.

The NFT MarketPlace

Floki Metaverse is creating an easy-to-use NFT marketplace for the average individual. It will allow other apps, like wallets or DAO frameworks, to use the platform for browsing/discovery and governance of NFTs. It was designed specifically for that purpose.

The NFT marketplace has a royalty standard in place for both minted and externally minted NFTs. It allows NFTs purchased and sold on protocol apps to be bought and sold on other protocol applications while still conforming to creator and platform royalties.

About Floki Metaverse

Floki Metaverse is a platform with a single mission in mind. It brings NFTs and the Metaverse to the masses. You can find more details on their:

Website: https://flokimetaverse.io/

NFT marketplace: https://nftmarketplace.flokimetaverse.io/

Whitepaper & Tokenomics: https://flokimetaverse.io/whitepaper/

Roadmap: https://flokimetaverse.io/#road

Official Telegram: https://t.me/flokimetaverse

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flokimetavers

As we reported about two weeks ago, the Floki Inu memecoin ran an extensive advertising campaign around Dublin for it’s coin. We had flagged in our article that we expected a lot of complaints, given that there were no risk warnings, and we’re not alone. As reported in The Times, hundreds of members of the public complained about the campaign to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland. How this pans out we’ll have to see, as it’s likely that remnants of the campaign will continue to be driven around the capital for the next couple of weeks until the ads

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- Multi-chain community-driven launchpad Starter (https://starter.xyz), today announced it will host the Initial Dex Offering (IDO) of ANOMUS, the 100 percent decentralized news protocol providing the public with access to transparent and fairly distributed news worldwide.

ANOMUS sets out to remedy fake news, which has often distorted reality and divided society creating turmoil and conflict. It aims to dismantle the suppression of speech and blacklisted topics encountered by communities around the world. As a blockchain protocol, every published content piece will be tamper proof and minted as an NFT on the blockchain. 

“In our ever-increasing digital world, more and more individuals are capturing their news online, where information flows 24/7 and can be quickly accessed and looked up. However, only recently has the media adopted the practice to fact-check sources and tidbits of information,” said Lionel Iruk, Special Counsel at Starter. “ANOMUS Protocol will be the blockchain antidote to fake news, available to fact-check and report news globally and ad-free without executive oversight culminating in community governance to deliver legitimate and accurate news.” 

In the initial phase, anyone will be able to become a content creator, by staking the ANOMUS token. Each approved article will become a minted NFT and will increase the reputation of the writer as a trusted source. 

For auditors, the initial voting reputation will also be predefined by staked amount, however, each content audit will be rewarded. Auditors can also increase their reputation by initializing fake news voting, by completing fact-challenges within the protocol and by suggesting edits to make the ecosystem more informative and by adding opposing views or an opinion to maintain a neutral balance.

Those consuming the news have the option to reward publishers for their contributions using the ANOMUS token or by liking and commenting on the published content. Readers will have the chance to earn ANOMUS tokens by reading and engaging with the ecosystem.

Additional incentive programs will reward content creators and auditors to validate stories and challenge misinformation. Stored on IFPS and Web 3.0 compatible, ANOMUS  will be easily accessible by anyone in any part of the world and cannot be restricted by a government entity. The native token will create shared community ownership of the platform, in turn creating a diverse, multifaceted governance and self-sustaining system that will encourage member participation. 

During the Initial Dex Announcement (IDO), 40,000,000 $ANOM tokens will be made available for purchase at $0.003 USD. Users taking the governance token will be able to participate in platform improvements to receive ANOMUS rewards and will have the opportunity to vote for protocol changes in the future.

Starter's community has provided hassle-free funding to many well-known IDO launches and now adds Anomus to its list. For more information on Starter's IDO launch of Anomus, please visit https://starter.xyz/.

About Anomus

Anomus is a one-of-a-kind and much-needed alternative to the deterioration of mainstream media. It's a community-governed, decentralized news protocol for users from all around the world. Built by a team of crypto professionals and backed by well-known names in the blockchain space.

Anomus is a decentralized news protocol for the world. It's created to make news reporting fair, unbiased, and balanced again. It aims to create a medium where publishers can preserve their work in blockchains where it will become permanently recorded and available worldwide while protecting the publisher's intellectual property rights and ownership. The system will reward publishers, auditors (Fact-Checkers), and readers for participation in various ways.

About Starter

Starter (https://starter.xyz) is the leading IDO launchpad, incubator, and investor network for @0xPolygon, $ETH, $AVAX, $FTM, and #BSC, having raised over $21M for 30+ projects, including Cake Monster, Wall St Bets, Nasdex, and Enjinstarter. Starter provides projects access to funding opportunities without the hassle of bureaucratic hurdles or complex KYC requirements. Starter's suite of products include a venture arm Starter.capital, launchpad Starter.xyz, and token vesting and liquidity locking StartVesting.xyz.

Quick Take

• Energyfi is designing green and cost-effective Decentralized Finance by providing a comprehensive set of DeFi features on Energy Web, Avax, Near and Bsc, all while accelerating their adoption.
• Energyfi raised $200,000.00 in a private token sale.
• The Green DeFi platform Energyfi is about to be launched on mainnet with the release of EnergyPad, it's ILO platform.
  The Green DeFi platform Energyfi is about to launched on mainnet

Decentralized finance in brief

Decentralized Finance (commonly referred to as DeFi) is a blockchain-based form of finance that does not rely on central financial intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks to offer traditional financial instruments, and instead utilizes smart contracts on blockchains, the most common being Ethereum.

Introducing Energyfi

Newly, Decentralized Finance faces two major problems: high transaction costs and a huge carbon footprint on the environment due to excessive energy consumption (especially on Ethereum).

Energyfi is addressing these issues by designing a comprehensive set of DeFi features on Energy Web Chain, Avalanche, Near and Binance Smart Chain, which will accelerate their adoption at the same time. Indeed, to move towards mass adoption, a blockchain needs more users, and to have more users, it needs more dApps. In order to foster the emergence of decentralised applications (dApps) and to support developers who wish to build on these networks, a fast and reliable all-in-one platform like Energyfi is crucial. Both a cornerstone and a catalyst, Energyfi aims to lead the industry towards: decentralisation, transparency, environmental awareness and cross-chain interoperability. These core values can be seen in the main features of Energyfi.

Energyfi's Features

The Energyfi platform includes a wide range of features, all designed to enable the adoption of green networks and the emergence of environmentally friendly decentralised finance.

This includes:

• Launchpad (permissionless fundraising platform)
• Dex (decentralised exchange platform where you can easily buy and sell your crypto-currencies on the network of your choice)
• Staking/Farming (savings product)
• Lending (lend and borrow crypto-currencies.

Energyfi Token (EFI)

EFI token will have multiple use cases such as governance and platform utility. Holding EFI token will also be necessary in order to use some of the Energyfi services. Also, to promote EFI token holders, a frictionless yield and burn mechanism is included.

This will respectively provide a passive income and fight against inflation.

Energyfi raised $200,000 in a private sale and the public sale will be scheduled

The token private sale round was supported by several investors including INBlock ventures, Blu Ocean capital and whitelisted private investors.

$200,000.00 were raised during the private sale and a public sale will be organised in the near future on EnergyPad, the Energyfi launchpad.

Website: https://www.energyfi.io

Telegram: https://t.me/Energyfi_official

• The operation is backed by international funds such as Play Ventures, Defiance Capital, Parafi Capital, DAO Maker, Kyros Ventures, Metrix Capital, and Peech Capital.  The advisory board is comprised by Youtubers Willy Rex, Reven, and Kmanus88 
• The project has already issued 72 million of its token (MSU) in private sale and 18 million in public sale. 
• The company's goal is to elevate MetaSoccer's professional leagues to the current football leagues. With this round of financing, the founders will hire new positions to develop the video game and will invest in marketing activities.

Inspired by projects such as Axie Infinity, which recently achieved a market capitalization of $9 billion according to Coingecko, play-to-earn is one of the sectors that is managing to raise the most money in the blockchain world. In Spain, the video game studio Champions Games presents the first metaverse football game, MetaSoccer, which is based on blockchain technology, a play-to-earn NFT project. 

To continue growing, the company has just raised 2 million euros in a recent round of financing supported by the investment fund Play Ventures. It has the advice of specialized companies in the sector such as Ath21 and Polygon and, in addition, highly regarded international funds such as Play Ventures, Defiance Capital, Parafi Capital, DAO Maker, Kyros Ventures and Metrix Capital have entered.  Defiance Capital and Parafi Capital are two of the most important crypto specialized funds in the world.

MetaSoccer is aimed at both play-to-earn players and football fans to enter the new metaverse, a term to refer to the virtual world parallel to the real one in which you interact with other users through digital devices.  The ultimate goal of the Spanish startup, as its co-founder and COO, Patxi Barrios, explains “is to create a new generation of digital native football players and clubs, which in the coming years will achieve similar ratings to those of professional football leagues.  Ultimately, we aspire for the next Messi to be born in the metaverse and play on a platform like ours."  

The first step is to allocate the funding obtained to the dual purpose that the company has set for 2022: on the one hand, to develop and execute the video game with the hiring of new profiles specialized in the development of Golang technologies and onchain programming in Solidity. On the other hand, marketing actions will be reinforced to give more visibility to the project. This will include advisors on digital and football content.

The project is supported by streamers and Youtubers such as Willy Rex, Reven and Kmanus88, who have millions of followers. According to Kmanus 88 himself, “MetaSoccer has three key points to be the next milestone in the world of blockchain gaming: it is the first football metaverse with unique characteristics, it has a new economic model based on token bonding curve that brings stability to the token and as a studio they have over 6 years of experience in developing video games.” 

Three sectors totaling 400 billion dollars

MetaSoccer is part of a new sector that is in full swing, combining blockchain technology, decentralized finance, sports betting and football.  

The potential audience of MetaSoccer reaches 40% of the planet's inhabitants. That's because 3.1 billion people play video games. In addition, 3.5 billion people are football fans in over 200 countries. In addition, 1.6 billion people bet on sports.

This is part of the blockchain sector and NFT technologies, which is another market that is still in its early stage. As a result, MetaSoccer is targeting three sectors with a $400 billion turnover.

A universe based on the MetaSoccer token: buying and selling assets in the metaverse

MetaSoccer users own their assets on the gaming platform (teams, stadiums, players, etc.) and transactions are made with the MetaSoccer Universe (MSU) token.

They have the ability to create and lead their own teams and generate revenue while playing. It closely resembles real clubs because the user can generate income through their assets, by renting their stadiums, or by selling players. Another way that the user has to raise funds is through the sponsorship of their club. 

In addition, managers can also train their players to improve, trying to achieve their maximum performance. At the same time, players age and eventually retire.

At the moment, MetaSoccer has sold 72 million MSU in a private pre-sale and 18 million in a public pre-sale.  The public sale of its token will be on December 7th through the DAO Maker platform. Additionally, the NFT drop sale will take place on December 25 on the MetaSoccer marketplace.

About MetaSoccer

Metassoccer is an earn-to-play alternative football universe developed primarily on the blockchain.  The video game was born with the intention of being the starting point of a new paradigm in the football ecosystem, decentralized and of which it is an active part in many ways. This universe is a combination of 3 billion-dollar markets with global impact: video games, football and sports betting, all merged by blockchain and NFT technologies. Metassoccer is part of a new generation of video games in which users can earn cryptocurrency through their contributions to the ecosystem. 

More information at: https://metasoccer.com

Receiving a breach notification doesn’t mean you’re doomed – here’s what you should consider doing in the hours and days after learning that your personal data has been exposed

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3air will kick off its public sale on November 26, as seen on the presale page.

3air Token Public Sale Details

The platform is building its upcoming public sale on the successful private sale rounds, which saw numerous participants joining. Currently, users register for the public sale and are awaiting Know Your Customer (KYC) and AML verifications.

The platform will sell the token at $0.06 at the public sale, which will offer the initial and final supply of tokens in presale rounds. To enter, you will need a minimum ticket of $600, while the maximum investment opportunity stands at $49,800.

The team securely developed the token on Cardano, utilizing the blockchain's IOHK Atala Prism Identity Management solution.

The platform will dedicate 20% of the 1 billion maximum token supply to the public sale. This allocation differs from the seed sale and private rounds, which represented 1% and 11% of total supply, respectively.

3air provides a detailed breakdown of its token sales. Also, the company believes that the disclosure of the token's distribution is crucial to prevent future supply changes.

The platform reassures its user base that all token distributions run on smart contracts. Therefore, you will receive your tokens once the sale closes automatically through an app on your ADA wallet.

Unfortunately, some countries will not be able to participate in token sales. The US, North Korea, Zambia, Central African Republic, British Virgin Islands, China, Venezuela, Iran and Iraq.

Tapping into Untapped African Markets

Investors have long recognized the African continent as a region full of potential and talent. However, the current lack of broadband internet and its supporting infrastructure causes a digital divide that slows down economic growth.

African cities can grow faster and thrive with more reliable internet connectivity. However, building telecommunication lines and burying fiber network cables requires substantial investments in infrastructure. Currently, internet providers focus primarily on business districts only, and Internet connections are limited and unreliable. A report by the World Bank estimates that it would take over $100 billion of investment and 10 years to achieve widespread broadband connectivity using traditional means.

3air recognizes this need for high speed internet and aims to close the digital divide faster and at lower costs. In a simulation of market potential using Nigeria as an example, 3air estimates that the value of the Nigerian markets' untapped annual revenue for Internet services is worth $60 billion. Establishing more affordable and faster internet connectivity would therefore not only benefit local populations, but token holders as well.

3air uses all these factors as motivation to provide broad premium bandwidth in African cities to previously underserved areas. In this regard, the platform relies on a talented and experienced team of specialists in IT, blockchain, marketing, and telecommunication.

Blockchain technology is leveraged by 3air to provide a trustless, decentralized environment that maintains security and user data protection. Users will be able to create digital identities, enabling access to bankless payments, health, work and education. Internet, TV and IP Telephony subscriptions will be paid for using the 3air token. The token will also be used for bandwidth sharing, HW insurance and maintenance, rewards, referrals, staking and community governance.

Fruitful Partnerships

Besides developing on Cardano, 3air is acquiring more partnerships to drive its vision to completion. One of these strategic collaborations is with the telecom service provider K3 Telecom. The Swiss company's patented technology will develop the broadband connection for 3air using innovative wireless technology that is able to set up high speed internet connectivity in a new region in a matter of months. 

Its optic grade air connectivity can provide 1Gbps internet speed and over 150 television channels. The technology, K3 last mile, is ready for the world, utilizing innovative technology, a functional business plan, and a successful proof of concept in Sierra Leone. Other 3air partnerships include collaborations with IT TIM, CV Labs Global, and iceaddis.

These business and technological joint efforts show 3air's commitment to providing Africa with better internet connectivity. Thanks to its innovative projects and ideas, individuals and businesses in African cities will finally upgrade to fast and cost-effective internet services.

DegenSwap (https://degenswap.io), powered by Atom Foundation (https://atom.foundation), the group behind multiple brilliant DeFi liquidity solutions, today announced the successful US $3 Million raise via an initial launch on DynamicSwap (https://dynamicswap.exchange); the launch brought participating investors a 42X on their initial investment. A single-click, cross-chain aggregator umbrella, DegenSwap is backed by high-profile investors including Michael Terpin of BitAngels, and notable venture capital groups such as Moonwhale, Draper Venture Network, MeXC, Interstellar Digital, Maven Ventures, Mantra DAO and more; the platform is a designed to bring to users the best prices across all other market aggregators. The initial platform launch will include Binance Coin (BNB) and Ethereum (ETH) and will provide one-click interoperability between the two separate blockchains. Positioned as an umbrella aggregator, the platform solves a major barrier currently affecting the cryptocurrency market by providing 100% reimbursement on gas fees. 

Atom Foundation focuses on liquidity solutions on the blockchain and is known for multiple innovative DeFi solutions already on the market. Atom Foundation CEO, Yoda (Jude) Regev, emphatically spoke regarding the launch:

“We saw an issue when testing aggregators across the cryptocurrency space where the prices were different even though all aggregators claim to have the lowest price. Further, it is evident that gas fees and complicated cross-chain processes limit trading and deter new users to the decentralized world. So to solve this, we designed DegenSwap to not only display the best price among all aggregators but also to reimburse users for their gas and fee costs, which is a game-changer for crypto.”

The DegenSwap platform includes a native token, DEGEN, which is available at the moment on DynamicSwap and will soon be added on Uniswap, Sushiswap, and PancakeSwap; the group also has executed agreements with centralized exchanges like MeXC and more. The native token has grown 10X since launch and 42X from the private sale, as the public sale is still running. Cryptocurrency projects also have the ability to easily create a license-free, one-click clone of the DegenSwap platform. The projects can even charge their own fees and transaction taxes and leverage the fee-reimbursement technology without any development.

For more information about DegenSwap's innovative cross-chain aggregator umbrella, or to license the DegenSwap technology, please visit the official platform and join their Telegram community. 

About Atom Foundation 

Atom Foundation is a DeFi liquidity ecosystem powered by proprietary protocols designed to underline IDOs, Auctions, NFT marketplace, multiple swaps, and more. Atom Foundation's main goal is to improve liquidity access to digital and traditional illiquid assets. The foundation's ecosystem supports solutions for decentralized claimless insurance, social currencies, real estate, venture capital loans, cross-chain networks, blockchain, and other financial instruments that position the foundation at the forefront of the future of finance.