Huge collaboration, great to see more projects being built with the help of Chainlink.

I think the future is looking bright for NFTs and Gaming in the crypto space. Battle Wave 2323™ is a game that the team developed in order to encourage players to perform liquidity mining by pitting them against each other in competing virtual Pool Armies, as they fight to generate the most liquidity and APY. There are 9 pool armies in total, which are represented by different characters and the top liquidity pools on Uniswap — but only one will come out on top!

This was built on top of Unity (Makers of Fall Guys, Hearthstone, etc.) Will we see more crypto-related games coming from other big sport companies in the future? (EA, Valve, etc.)

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BTC is being considered as digital gold, ETH is being considered as digital oil, and I think that some are considering NFTs as digital diamonds.

This is the future of entertainment and digital collectibles and it's great to see more diversification in this specific industry.

Piction Network announced that they have launched a strategic initiative with Axie Infinity, the Ethereum-based virtual pet game that draws inspiration from Pokémon and Tamagotchi. The collaboration will accelerate the diversity of NFTs by bringing brand new NFT assets to each parties’ respective platforms.

Axie Infinity is a Pokémon-inspired digital pet universe where players can battle and collect fierce, fantasy creatures called Axies. Players can earn various tokens by playing the game, making Axie a true play-to-earn experience. Axie is also one of only 2 NFT projects to graduate from the prestigious Binance Launchpad through their governance token, AXS.

In cooperation with Axie Infinity, Piction Network has been given 5 Axiesthath Piction users will use as inspiration for digital content creation such as paintings, drawings, web-toons, and stickers.

This collaboration allows both communities to experience new NFTs and expand their creations to Asia and global markets. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements and partnerships!

About Axie Infinity
Axie Infinity is a Pokémon-inspired digital pet universe where players can battle and collect fierce, fantasy creatures called Axies. Players can earn various tokens by playing the game, making Axie a true play to earn experience.

About Piction Network
Piction Network is the leading marketplace and ecosystem for NFT goods in Korea. Its platform facilitates the issuance and trading of digital cartoons, dramas, movies, games, and music. The platform has established partnerships with Klaytn, Afreeca TV, Flitto, Sandbox Network, and Coinplug and has a network of 35 million users.

STP Network has announced that its new iteration of its protocol will feature the synthetic tokenization of assets on Polkadot. It will also give users access to multi-chain assets and new financial products on different blockchains, without expensive bridge fees or heavy overcollateralization.

The launch of STP 2.0 is planned for the end of Q1 2021 and the new Standard Tokenization Protocol is expected to be fully functional by Q3 2021.

• Key features of STP 2.0:
• Cross-chain tokenization
• Multi-chain index
• Built on the Polkadot infrastructure

STP 2.0's new cross-chain tokenization will facilitate the issuance and trading of ST-Assets between major blockchain platforms, providing users with more opportunities in decentralized finance including a wider range of products and increased liquidity.

The new Standard Tokenization Protocol will also allow users to issue and access multi-chain indices that track the performance of a group of assets across multiple blockchain platforms. Users will be able to leverage this index and employ a range of tools to interact with other decentralized protocols, such as automated market makers (AMMs) and lending protocols.

STP 2.0 will be entirely built upon the existing Polkadot platform and will take advantage of its cross-chain capabilities and parachain infrastructure. The goal of this is to allow for increasingly faster and cheaper transactions in the crowded Ethereum ecosystem.

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Investors tend to look at Polkadot as the next Ethereum where projects build their network, is it a good direction to go with the Polkadot ecosystem?

Binance Staking has launched a new high-yield activity. Stake your NAV starting from 2021/01/14 12:00 PM (UTC), to earn up to 8.49% APY.

• Locked Staking Format: First-come, first-served basis.
• Interest Calculation Period: From 0:00 AM (UTC) on the day after Locked Staking is confirmed to the end of the corresponding product period.
• Interest Payout Time: On a

daily basis.

Offered Products (Locked Staking)

*Please note:*

• Users can view their Locked Staking assets by going to Wallets > Savings > Locked Staking.
• The APY is adjusted daily based on the on-chain staking rewards, and the specific APY is subject to the page display on the day.
• Unlock period for Locked Staking products: 1 day.
• Locked Staking FAQ.

Risk warning: Cryptocurrency trading is subject to high market risk. Please make your trades cautiously. Binance will make best efforts to choose high-quality coins, but will not be responsible for your trading losses.

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Bittrex exchange announced just days ago that it plans to remove trading pairs involving the Monero, Zcash, and Dash privacy coins.

The exchange will remove the following markets on Friday, January 15, 2021, at 23:00 UTC.

• BTC-XMR, ETH-XMR, USDT-XMR
• BTC-ZEC, ETH-ZEC, USDT-ZEC, USD-ZEC
• BTC-DASH, ETH-DASH, USDT-DASH, USD-DASH

Bittrex has also announced that its users may receive up to 30 days to withdraw the delisted coins; however, this withdrawal period may be shortened. This has been a somewhat sudden decision, and is actually not in keeping with the sentiment of established and regulatory compliant exchanges such as Gemini and Kraken.

Following the announcement, Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss took to Twitter to show his support for Zcash, a privacy protocol with public and private transaction capabilities which shares a similar ethos to our NAV/xNAV coins. Kraken CEO Jesse Powell has also voiced his opinion on Twitter stating that there is little regulatory rationale behind the decision, and the delistings are specific to the business practices of Bittrex exchange.

The exchange saw its application for a virtual currency and money transmitter license being rejected by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) in April 2019 and one of the reasons given was the failure to meet licensing requirements related to deficiencies in Bittrex’s BSA/AML/OFAC compliance program.

It’s important to note that the NYDFS has cleared the listing of Zcash on exchanges such as Gemini, and the decision by Bittrex does not affect NavCoin in any way. The Perkins-Coie whitepaper featuring privacy by default coins like Monero highlights that regulated entities can remain compliant with anti money laundering (AML) legislations while supporting privacy coins.

As a result, there is a legal framework supporting the listing of privacy coins and these delistings are a decision that is being taken solely by Bittrex exchange. However, we would like to reiterate that initially only the public NAV coin will be traded on centralized exchanges (CEXs).

Read more about the whole article here.

Will this affect the prices of these coins? How will it affect them long-term? Hopefully other exchanges don't do the same thing.

This is one of the moonshot stories of the day, the NAV token pumped up by 22% after its announcement of the NavCoin Core 6.0 release.



This new version includes two major protocol updates. xNAV - their new private token, bringing back to NavCoin the long-awaited privacy protocol. This upgrade will protect the NavCoin DAO voting quorums in the case an exchange would decide to enable staking for NAV.

This is not the only new feature coming out, but other changes are also included, like full wallet encryption. I read the whole list of changes here in the release notes. With more than 850,000 new lines of code added, ensuring the quality of the changes was really prioritized. Even an xNAV Testing Bounty program was implemented and new members are joining, helping in the process and reporting the bugs they’ve found.

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KuCoin CEO announced that they have founded the culprits and recovered most of the funds.

List of the top 30 most searched assets last month.

Source - https://symbolplatform.com/tokenomics/

NEM group developers have been working around the clock to ensure that the cryptocurrency migration process to Symbol, a next-generation enterprise-grade blockchain protocol, is smooth. It is essential to note that XEM users, the official token for NEM, will have to get ready for a snapshot that will convert their coins to the new XYM token on a ratio of 1:1.

At the time of writing, NEM (XEM) is trading at $0.1118. The token is still trading a lower high pattern. However, a higher low pattern formed from the beginning of September has formed a symmetrical triangle pattern.

The Relative Strength Index shines a light on the gradual uptrend above the trendline support. Movement of the indicator above 40 and 50 key levels would most-likely signal an increase in buying positions, which may eventually propel XEM above the triangle resistance. If a swell in the volume supports the breakout, NEM could easily climb above $0.14 and $0.17 critical hurdles. In July NEM rallied over 50% and chances are that it can repeat the same spike as long as fundamtal levels continues to improve.



Will this update help us get NEM ($XEM) break past top 20 cmc? I imagine more people acquiring $XEM because of their 1:1 airdrop

From what I know, the number of your XEM will remain the same and it won't get deducted for the opt-in. Its literally getting the same amount of XYM for every XEMs you have.

Worthy enough, from what I've read and investigated so far, the blockchain platform where the free token will be used are already being utilized by more than 5 legit businesses across CBD, wine companies, IoT, etc.

Does it have to be KYC verified?

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensorium Corporation unveiled a first look at PRISM — the world of electronic music within Sensorium Galaxy, the social VR platform supported by Forbes-listed billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, Jay-Z's music streaming service TIDAL, and other renowned global artists and entertainment companies.

Yann Pissenem: "We are creating PRISM for all those who carry the love for electronic music in their hearts. We want the powerful energy of dance floors to be released from the offline spaces into the virtual reality - PRISM is to become a single hub for fans of this genre from all over the world to break free from any physical limitations. We will let the energy of music and the power of sound rule this world, bringing with it an environment into the stages of constant transformation and rebirth, which will and let the users really feel the power of this incredible virtual experience."

And all these, will happen via a payment instrument based on blockchain technology and will be ran through a token.

Are these good use for cryptocurrency/blockchain technology and will these industries and technology mash well?

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STPT is now listed on @HuobiGlobal!

The STPT-USDT, STPT-BTC and STPT-HT trading pairs are now open for trading. They got selected from the Huobi Global Phase 12 FastTrack. And over 11,363,636 STPT will be released as token rewards.

Perfect time, prices has crashed and 1 XEM is actually very cheap.

In June, one of the music industry’s most successful figures, Scooter Braun, joined a $30m funding round in Los Angeles-based virtual concerts startup Wave.

And last August 25, music streaming platform Napster was acquired in a $70m deal by UK-based virtual reality music company MelodyVR, which has staged VR concerts for the likes of Post Malone, John Legend and Khalid.

Today, another intriguing addition to this trend: Jay-Z’s music streaming service, TIDAL, has spent $7 million on tokens (‘SENSO Tokens’) issued by Sensorium Corporation.

Celebrities and other big name players in the music space are getting into crypto and this is a really good sign. Will this overall help wide-spread mass adoption?

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A normal database needs a central authority that all of the different custodians and end consumer have to trust. Blockchain provides that much-needed trust.

What Is Your Placement In The Crypto Currency In The Next 5 Years?
- I don't really care about my placement, but I'm rather excited about what the future holds for crypto and blockchain. Things keep on evolving and people are understanding the solution that crypto and blockchain can provide.

How Many Money You Earned That Time?
- I'll HODL as much BTC and ETH as I can, and join easy events to earn profits. An example is NEM's upcoming 1:1 airdrop with their new XYM token.

And What Do You Want To Do With Your Earning?
- Save it for the family.