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Providing lucrative earning opportunities in the world of blockchain-based gaming!
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1012/0*KEvx7rfumE7RctL-"></figure>It’s no secret that the gaming community were among the first to really understand digital currencies. Even in the simplest of games, and for complete newcomers, it makes intuitive sense to be able to earn something tangible for your skill and practice. It also enhances gameplay to be able to reinvest and spend such currencies to level up your gaming experience.
But what about earning rewards that can be used outside of the gaming environment? For most people, the worlds of professional gaming and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports">esports</a> are utterly inaccessible. Very few have the possibility to earn a meaningful income through these games.
That’s why the promise of <a href="https://www.nakamoto.games/">Nakamoto Games</a> is so very enticing.
They’re offering the chance for gamers everywhere to earn lucrative incomes through blockchain gaming. Their in-game earnings can be converted to real-world money, and they can transition their leisure activity into a professional one.
Dynamic shooting-based game <a href="https://nakamoto.games/prototype/">Duck Hunter</a> will be their inaugural gaming release.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*v3b1ZMLfJQ9uXBSz"></figure><h3>Powered by the NAKA token</h3>
The native NAKA token will fuel the gaming ecosystem for every participant of the Nakamoto Games platform. For Duck Hunter players, they will be able to buy ammunition using NAKA tokens. These tokens will be immediately distributed among the players after each game based on their scoring success. Everybody gets a share of the NAKA tokens, with the highest-scoring players receiving the largest amount.
Part of the NAKA tokens used within games will be burned, creating a deflationary token supply.
The NAKA token will also incentivize research and development in the ecosystem, and will be used to establish bug bounty programs.
Not a fan of shooting ducks? No problem — gamers on the platform will soon enjoy a broad selection of play-to-earn games, provided by both in-house developers and independent developers who want to use the platform to deploy their products. The second in-house development is called Aeroplane Warriors and will release early in 2022, along with an SDK for external creators to launch games into the ecosystem.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*Frm4JJZcnifm8wiA"></figure>The NAKA token will power the whole ecosystem — so that the assets earned in one game can fund entry into another. <a href="https://www.nakamoto.games/">Nakamoto Games</a> is the game-changer of the gaming world. As the range of games on the platform grows, the platform will provide greater and greater utility to gamers worldwide. Token holders will also have an input into governance. They will be able to vote on matters such as token burns and platform developments.
<h3>The online gaming market potential</h3>
The addressable market is significant — the online gaming industry generated $21 billion in revenue in 2020 [<a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/1551/online-gaming/">Statista, May 2021</a>], achieving a 21.9% jump compared to the previous year. This is projected to reach $23.8 billion in 2021, with more than 1.3 billion individual online gamers getting online over the next four years. From device and bandwidth accessibility improvements to factors like homeschooling and lockdowns, the world has a voracious and growing appetite for the escapism of virtual worlds.
Meanwhile, the success and buzz behind games like <a href="https://axieinfinity.com/">Axie Infinity</a> has proven the demand for blockchain games with vast earning potential.
<a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a> sees the potential for Nakamoto Games to occupy a meaningful slice of this demand. We anticipate the platform will overcome many of the existing limitations of the single-game play-to-earn space. Moreover, their extraordinary list of partners and supporters is a testament to the disruptive potential of the platform.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*6ESFqSdY33rJjkZ-"></figure>If you’re itching to get involved, the first games on the platform will be launched before the end of 2021. But you can already participate in the upcoming IDO, which will take place on the <a href="https://app.moonstarter.net/pools?status=upcoming">MoonStarter app</a>, on the 30th SEPTEMBER 2021 at 11:00 AM UTC — you can learn more, and get ahead on the KYC <a href="https://moonstarter.medium.com/announcing-nakamoto-games-ido-on-moonstarter-be5c02bd4fa1">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.nakamoto.games/">Nakamoto Games</a> is positioning itself to be a leader in the world of blockchain gaming, and this IDO gives everybody a chance to get exposure.
Nakamoto Games
Website: <a href="https://www.nakamoto.games/">https://www.nakamoto.games/ </a>Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/NakamotoGames">https://t.me/NakamotoGames </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NakamotoGames">https://twitter.com/NakamotoGames </a>Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@nakamotogames">https://medium.com/@nakamotogames </a>Substack: <a href="https://nakamotogames.substack.com/">https://nakamotogames.substack.com/</a>
Signal Ventures
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<h3>Crafting Success in the Synthetic Assets Space</h3>
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/840/0*0OBs3rT3y19_lcrJ"></figure>The <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/defi/">DeFi</a> universe remains an emergent ecosystem of islands of activity — like a volcanic archipelago, it’s in a fiery and formative stage. There is a lot of exciting activity, but visible and successful breakthroughs can be sporadic and isolated. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_exchange">DEX</a> here, a protocol there…
To compete with TradFi successfully, we need infrastructure which links these budding success stories together and raises the whole space above the waterline. That’s why <a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting Finance</a>, a universal synthetic asset issuance and trading protocol, is the latest project to attract the attention of <a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a>.
<a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting</a> is a protocol and decentralized contract trading exchange for forging and trading synthetic assets on <a href="https://polkadot.network/">Polkadot</a>, which literally builds rafts to bridge the gaps in the <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/defi/">DeFi</a> ecosystem. It natively supports multi-token collateral, through a native token (CRF) issued by <a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting Finance</a>, while simultaneously supporting <a href="https://polkadot.network/">Polkadot</a> (DOT), <a href="https://kusama.network/">Kusama</a> (KSM), <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin</a> (BTC) and <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/">Ethereum</a> (ETH).
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*ZJDLgJqtmlbq0Xsn"></figure>Furthermore, it enables the creation of any cryptocurrencies or stocks, bonds, gold and any other off-chain assets directly through <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/">smart contracts</a> and <a href="https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/blockchain-oracles-explained">oracles</a>, thanks to the FORGE module: By staking collateral (CRF, DOT, KSM, BTC or ETH), users can mint pretty much any synthetic asset of their imagination — subject to the over-collateralization policy set by the protocol, to minimize the risk of future margin calls, and which works to create fixed debt ratios across the system as a whole.
System rewards are earned for staking in the FORGE module, and these rewards can be maximized by opting for a higher collateralization ratio than the minimum specified, and also for using the native CRF token.
<h3>A Raft of options</h3>
Supported synthetic assets can be broadly categorized into 4 types:
RaftStable Stablecoins — underpinning the stability of the raft itself like a keel, stablecoins are a crucial element of any synthetic asset ecology. Assets like rUSD and rEuro can be used as denomination currency across the system, as well as being used in their own right for contract trading. As ever stablecoins provide the bridging function between old-fi and the new economy, so while they can be used for collateral lending, users can borrow stablecoins such as rUSD to exchange for traditional sovereign fiat dollars.
Simple synthetic assets (Raft) — familiar staples of the <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/defi/">DeFi</a> space, simple synthetic assets include cryptocurrencies such as rBTC and rETH, stocks such as rAAPL, gold such as rXAU and any real-world assets. Provided the collateralization requirements are met, virtually any asset can be ‘forged’ in this way.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*ieYNCAi6uTsE1Sti"></figure>Synthetic bonds (BondRaft) — synthetic bonds are synthetic assets paying interest issued by the system, which creates income generation and growth opportunities for investors seeking to extend the yield that they get from their involvement with the protocol.
Smart synthetic assets (UnivRaft) — smart synthetic assets means that users can issue a diverse range of financial contracts through the system, essentially creating a sophisticated derivatives market for the entire ecosystem, on top of the existing synthetic assets. This extends the functionality of the system for experienced investors seeking to maximise leveraged gains through complex trading strategies.
<h3>The Kingsman DEX</h3>
In addition to the Forge synthetic asset generation module, the <a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting</a> system launches with the Kingsman synthetic assets trading <a href="https://medium.com/geekculture/what-is-a-dex-centralized-vs-decentralized-cryptocurrency-exchanges-88aaf766b239">DEX</a>. Kingsman is an exchange that provides conversion of different synthetic assets and contract trading, using a bespoke debt pool trading mode.
Due to the design characteristics of the sharing debt pool, this <a href="https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/decentralized-exchange-dex-crypto">DEX</a> does not require a counterparty, and there is no issue of trading depth — but participation in the debt pool is optional (unlike in existing systems like <a href="https://www.synthetix.io/">Synthetix</a>, the choice to engage remains with the user at all times). When a user newly generates or destroys rUSD, the debt ratio is re-determined, and the user’s profit is calculated based on the change in asset prices. This provides liquidity in an elegant and innovative form, with low slippage and high flexibility.
<h3>Crafting a bright future</h3>
The <a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting Finance</a> team has an impressive roadmap before them with future releases to incorporate bond issuance and trading and oracle systems — working all the time to extend and enrich the asset pool to become a truly holistic system, for a universal DeFi ecosystem.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*_wapY1fIzEuWnDM0"></figure><a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a> is always seeking strong projects which meet a direct need in the evolving DeFi space, and consider that synthetic assets as an investment vehicle have been somewhat overlooked. Our thesis for the future of this asset category has grown with the rise of the leading synthetic asset projects like <a href="https://www.synthetix.io/">Synthetix</a> and <a href="https://mirror.finance/">Mirror</a>.
We always look to support the growth of the blockchain ecosystem by backing strong teams with outstanding vision, and when we came across <a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting Finance</a>, we were determined to help them expand on the foundation that the earliest synthetic asset protocols have built.
<a href="https://crafting.finance/">Crafting Finance</a> ticks all the boxes for us (product vision, experienced team, growth plans, tokenomics), to make them a strong contender to lead the <a href="https://www.parity.io/blog/defi-on-polkadot-an-ecosystem-overview/">Polkadot DeFi Ecosystem</a>.
Crafting Finance
Website: <a href="https://crafting.finance/">https://crafting.finance/ </a>Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/craftingfinanceofficialgroup">https://t.me/craftingfinanceofficialgroup </a>Discord: <a href="https://discord.com/invite/89upsrRUNY">https://discord.com/invite/89upsrRUNY </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/CraftingFinance">https://twitter.com/CraftingFinance </a>Medium: <a href="https://craftingfinance.medium.com/">https://craftingfinance.medium.com/</a>
Signal Ventures
Website: <a href="https://signal.vc/">https://signal.vc/ </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AtSignalVc">https://twitter.com/AtSignalVc</a>
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Crafting success in the synthetic assets space

<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/840/0*ZTIqbkTA_ZDkZuW6"></figure>While DeFi might be the big trend of the moment for technically knowledgeable and engaged investors, the key to the mass market is connecting blockchain technology with something of tangible value and attractiveness while also solving a real-world problem.
And here’s a problem to consider: Traditional arts and the digital world have always had an uneasy relationship, due to the ease of duplication without attribution. Securing acknowledgement, never mind compensation, for any image, video, or musical creation has always been more or less impossible, once it’s released into the digital wild. Since the earliest days when people started torrenting MP3s of 1990s chart hits online, real digital ownership has been an unattainable myth.
<h3>The NFT solution:</h3>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token">Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)</a> have changed all that, and are uniting creatives in every discipline — by creating verifiable and trackable tokens of ownership associated with physical and digital works of art, they protect buyers and sellers alike from counterfeit and exploitation. Anyone can view an NFT, but the legitimate digital ownership is encoded in tamper-evident form on the blockchain for eternity, creating genuine and unique digital ownership in a way never previously possible — including the ability to track and encode future changes of ownership, as a piece changes digital hands.
The market for NFT songs, paintings, collectibles, clips, and movies is exploding as a result, bringing together collectors and creatives in a new space, of non-geographically constrained authentic attribution and mutual collaboration. Sales on <a href="https://opensea.io/">OpenSea</a>, a major NFT marketplace, were $93.6 million in April, having hit almost $150 million in March 2021.
A year ago volumes were steady at around $1 million a month, but consumer sophistication and awareness is growing all the time, and many high-net-worth traditional arts collectors have recently been denied their usual outlets of theaters and galleries. The more people learn and understand about NFTs, the more investment will flow into the space.
This explains why the NFT world is generating such excitement, and attention from collectors and enthusiasts worldwide — especially after an <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22325054/beeple-christies-nft-sale-cost-everydays-69-million">NFT artwork fetched $69.3 million at London’s Christie’s in March</a>, in the first-ever sale by a major auction house of a piece of art that does not exist in physical form.
<a href="https://cryptomeda.tech/">Cryptomeda</a> are designing fantasy artworks in rich creative detail, available as digital collectible cards, in vivid colors and unique artistic visions. They’re appealing to every art appreciator, fantasy geek, and collector of unusual and esoteric works.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*w3ReZz60lIyfgIAr"></figure>But in addition to providing the NFTs themselves, <a href="https://cryptomeda.tech/">Cryptomeda</a> are creating a complete ecosystem, to make it easy for new adopters and experienced NFT appreciators alike to engage fully with this innovative marketplace, earning and trading a growing range of unique crypto-collectibles.
<h3>The Cryptomeda token and marketplace</h3>
Driven by a native ERC20 token — the TECH token — the platform lets collectors engage with the marketplace without taking on the technical complexities of traditional crypto trading on exchanges. At the same time, there’s the option for engaged and invested TECH holders to stake their tokens in investment pools, earning additional NFTs in forthcoming airdrops. The tokens will power a growing range of uses, including purchasing special items in mobile games, governance and decision-making, and voting on the project’s direction — thus increasing in their intrinsic value, as the platform itself evolves.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*aOAMx3HP60KD_Bvg"></figure>There’s a comprehensive marketplace in development too, recognizing that the value of NFTs is frequently in secondary transactions, and that these also have a role in generating community among collectors and enthusiasts.
Many people are wary about anything to do with trading or exchanging crypto-assets, so the <a href="https://cryptomeda.tech/">Cryptomeda</a> platform creates a safe and accessible space in which to develop knowledge and appreciation, of the rich and engaging NFT world. Leveling the playing field in this way enables the artistically sensitive crypto-newbie to get their NFT feet wet safely, while sharing their own experience and perspective with more technical users who are newer to the art appreciation world — creating a positive feedback loop of boosted network effects and strengthened community.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*1CpVzPRz_8jz4yQG"></figure><a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a> recognizes the growing importance of NFTs as a portal to mass adoption of crypto-collectibles and other digital assets, and the growth of the whole sector.
Since our entry to the blockchain VC scene in 2017, we’ve succeeded through our strike rate in spotting not only the trends of future significance, but picking out and backing those who are best placed to deliver real results. Our decentralized Singapore-based team have demonstrated acquired excellence in distinguishing projects and founders who will truly disrupt and re-imagine the crypto space.
By being part of <a href="https://cryptomedatech.medium.com/cryptomeda-closes-strategic-funding-round-952ec8d6bfbf">Cryptomeda’s $2.7m strategic funding round</a>, we’re extending our portfolio to increase our exposure to the growing NFT trend in the crypto space, and power the future of blockchain adoption. Shaping the future of the crypto ecosystem as a whole depends on capturing public imagination with the right solutions at the perfect moment, and <a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a> is backing <a href="https://cryptomeda.tech/">Cryptomeda</a> to accomplish just this result.
Cryptomeda
Website: <a href="https://cryptomeda.tech/">https://cryptomeda.tech/ </a>Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/Cryptomeda">https://t.me/Cryptomeda </a>Discord: <a href="https://discord.com/invite/bFHWRzJp9S">https://discord.com/invite/bFHWRzJp9S </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/cryptomedatech">https://twitter.com/cryptomedatech </a>Medium: <a href="https://cryptomedatech.medium.com/">https://cryptomedatech.medium.com/</a>
Signal Ventures Website: <a href="https://signal.vc/">https://signal.vc/ </a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AtSignalVc">https://twitter.com/AtSignalVc</a>
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Cryptomeda NFTs: The gateway to mass blockchain engagement you’ve been waiting for.

<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Jfqe-sMr5GhM83Do_o41hQ.png"></figure><a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a> has always sought to identify the most innovative and creative crypto projects across the ecosystem, recognizing the best-in-breed without prejudice toward one blockchain over another. From our extensive experience identifying the best projects in which to participate, we know that future stars can emerge from any location worldwide, and on any infrastructure. It’s the potential success of the business we identify and nurture, wherever it originates — the destination is what matters.
That’s one reason the <a href="https://moonstarter.net/">MoonStarter</a> multi-chain decentralized IDO launchpad inevitably caught our attention. Their blockchain-agnostic approach aligns with our intention to back the best potential wherever it is found, by offering a launchpad to boost the best projects to the stratosphere via the <a href="https://moonstarter.net/">MoonStarter</a> platform — whatever chain the team has decided to build upon.
What matters is the quality of thinking in the project design, and that’s where the <a href="https://moonstarter.net/">MoonStarter</a> team’s experienced eye and quality parameters come to bear — assessing potential against transparent non-negotiable criteria and handling the liquidity lock and optional vesting, before supporting the launch on one or more selected blockchains.
<h3>The MNST token — rocket fuel for innovation and investment</h3>
This means that participants staking the native MNST token can support any project on the launchpad, unlocking the staking benefits across the carefully designed 4 tiers — all with an astronomical theme — without diluting the impact of their support in the process. The MNST token is created on the <a href="https://www.binance.org/en/smartChain">Binance Smart Chain</a>, selected it for its performance in price and speed, as well as interoperability potential. Holders will have potential access to all the IDOs proposed on the platform, regardless of their commitment tier at any given time.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*Rgc0icdkM-iK6tRw"></figure>The MNST token has an intrinsic governance function too, depending on the number of tokens staked and the staking duration. This ranges from a minimum seven-day commitment to participate in draws for potential IDO listings through to deep decision-making scope and guaranteed allocations for those committed to the most extensive participation. In upcoming IDOs the spread is similarly weighted, with the split of the allocation distributed across the 4 tiers — emphasizing the benefits to those who provide most heavily, and will have the greatest long-term involvement with the success of the platform.
On the lowest tier the allocation is split randomly, which gives launching projects access to the greatest diversity of participants, while simultaneously offering a serendipitous opportunity for each of them to gain exposure to a variety of projects with minimal risk. The speed and responsiveness of the <a href="https://www.binance.org/en/smartChain">Binance Smart Chain</a> will enable those who make the right decisions to rapidly grow their stake, while spreading their participation across a range of interesting opportunities.
<h3>Deeper commitment, deeper gains</h3>
Moving up through the tiers, not only is the allocation split more generous, but greater choice and discernment reflects the greater due diligence of experienced market participants, to back the projects which they deem to have the greatest potential. This fair and progressive model is transparent and distributed, offering every party the potential to grow with the platform and benefit from the success of the projects they actively choose to support.
This elegant model supports the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_finance">DeFi</a> ecosystem as a whole, simultaneously attracting those new to IDO participation in a safe and fair environment, while providing a structure for them to progress through the levels and reach the tier of greatest potential return where they will have guaranteed allocations in their projects of choice — encouraging individual due diligence and personal involvement with meaningful projects that are shaping the future of the new economy.
Choice matters to <a href="https://signal.vc/">Signal Ventures</a>, and to <a href="https://moonstarter.net/">MoonStarter</a>. This partnership is built on that optionality, and we look forward to seeing the evolving release of the launchpad — initially supporting the <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/">Ethereum</a> and <a href="https://www.binance.org/en/smartChain">Binance Smart Chain</a> blockchains for its earliest users, while the second release will enable <a href="https://www.cardano.org/en/home/">Cardano</a>, <a href="https://solana.com/">Solana</a> and <a href="https://polkadot.network/">Polkadot</a> via the <a href="https://moonbeam.network/">Moonbeam</a> parachain. The ultimate planned release includes <a href="https://cosmos.network/">Cosmos</a> and <a href="https://tron.network/">Tron</a> chains, however at this point the community itself will have growing input on this choice through the governance system and may prioritize other chains depending on the state of the ecosystem at that time — being truly reflective of the participant community and its dynamic priorities.
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/517/0*iwtW-CMtLEjacVDS"></figure>This reflects the dynamic and rapidly evolving state of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_finance">DeFi</a> universe, and the importance of selecting projects which offer the greatest potential while allowing for future tectonic shifts in the environment — from technological to regulatory changes, the <a href="https://moonstarter.net/">MoonStarter</a> launchpad will transform and grow to support the latest and greatest innovations in the crypto project space. The MoonStarter team consists of experienced executives and advisors that brings together the insight and discernment needed, to ensure the success of the launchpad, while enabling participation in a diversity of outcomes in selected projects. This benefits supporters, developers, and the crypto ecosystem as a whole — which makes it a sound bet for our own support of their upcoming IDO.
Website: <a href="https://moonstarter.net/">https://moonstarter.net/</a> Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/moonstarterchat">https://t.me/moonstarterchat </a>Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/moonstarter_off">https://twitter.com/moonstarter_off </a>Medium: <a href="https://moonstarter.medium.com/">https://moonstarter.medium.com/</a>
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