Momentum continues for blockchain shooter game Shrapnel with White Paper release

Shrapnel, a blockchain-enabled moddable AAA first-person shooter game has released its White Paper and unveiled its roadmap following the completion of a successful private token sale.

The $7 million USD private sale saw participation from major industry players including but not limited to Dragonfly, Defiance, Three Arrows Capital, Mechanism, Sfermion, Spartan, and Overwolf to contribute to the ongoing development of the game.

Angel investors include the first pro-gamer Dennis Fong aka Thresh, Stephen Lim, Co-founder of Valorant and Raid Base, Brian Lee, Co-founder of The Honest Company, Keith Nunziata, Portfolio Manager at Citadel Global Equities, and Jason Zhao, Partner at Kleiner Perkins, amongst others.

The news follows a $10.5 million USD seed funding round led by Griffin Gaming Partners, alongside Polychain Capital and Forte, which took place last October. Since then, the Shrapnel team has grown from seven full-time employees to 30 employees, with hiring efforts ongoing.

Spun-out from HBO Interactive, the Shrapnel team has unmatched experience in transmedia, virtual production, and gaming-as-a-service.

Comprised of BAFTA and Emmy award-winning game industry veterans hailing from some of the world’s leading game companies including Xbox, Electronic Arts, and LucasFilm, amongst others, the Shrapnel team will combine compelling competitive gameplay, with a rich set of community creator tools to deliver an ever-evolving game experience.

Never-before-seen details of Shrapnel’s gameplay released in today’s White Paper describe a tense, competitive environment that creates new immersive player experiences. In this world, a massive asteroid has caused meteorites to bombard a large stretch of Earth, leaving an area known as the Sacrifice Zone uninhabitable and walled off from the rest of the world.

Many speculate about what is being uncovered by guards there, with rumors swirling about a mysterious material called Sigma. Nations and corporations begin assembling their own military and extraction forces and a bloody war rages to control the Sacrifice Zone and its many secrets.

“Community involvement will drive gameplay and development at every stage in Shrapnel including design, roadmap, and aesthetics. Creators will be able to design maps, weapons, and other vanity items to exchange in our marketplace. In line with our belief of decentralized design, players who participate in all aspects of the game will receive reputational scores and get to provide input into game decisions. Ultimately, Shrapnel will be handed over to players, so putting the right controls in place to empower and moderate them is key.”
– Don Norbury, Head of Studio at Shrapnel

In March, Shrapnel also unveiled plans to build on the Avalanche blockchain, capitalizing on the high degree of customization and flexibility that it offers for ever-evolving projects.

With its high speeds and processing power, Avalanche is well-equipped to enable the quick loading speeds and smooth player experience that Shrapnel players will expect.

The White Paper and further details of the game can be found here.

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NEAR blockchain-built Sender Wallet closes seed from Binance Labs, MetaWeb Ventures

Sender Wallet, a browser extension wallet built on NEAR, announced it has received seed round financing from Binance Labs and MetaWeb Ventures; the investment will help the Sender team to expand its development and ecosystem team.

Offering a one-stop wallet management solution, Sender has various built-in features such as sending and receiving digital assets, instant swap, NFT gallery, and staking. Sender Wallet supports four mainstream browsers: Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Kiwi, and is integrated with top NEAR ecosystem projects.

“NEAR has always placed a great focus on making crypto easy to use, so even mainstream users who are not familiar with crypto yet can be onboarded. As a result, The NEAR ecosystem has been growing at an amazing pace over the past year. With the official launch of Sender Wallet, we hope to provide NEAR users more secure asset management with a fast, smooth user experience.”
– Kenny, Founder of Sender

Already, Sender has integrated and partnered with the largest DEX on NEAR — ref.finance, the largest NFT market on NEAR — Paras.id, as well as the largest DAO platform AstroDAO.

In the near future, Sender plans to strengthen security by working with SlowMist, launching a mobile version wallet, and adding more multichain support.

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Bitcoin ATM company GENERAL BYTES rolls out newest machine with BATMTwoUltra

GENERAL BYTES, a bitcoin and crypto ATM manufacturer, has announced this week the launch of its newest model, the BATMTwoUltra. This latest machine is loaded with the newest features while offering operators the same qualities they are familiar with from the BATMTwo series.

Benefits

The BATMTwoUltra comes with the additional option to configure the ATM for bidirectional (cash to crypto, crypto to cash) operations.

Another advantage is that it is no longer required to manually assemble the unit upon delivery because the head and the stand are no longer separate units, saving the operator, valuable time when deploying machines to new locations.

Also, the new BATMTwoUltra offers an optional extended recycler system called BNR that will be able to dispense up to 15 bills simultaneously. Furthermore, support for S&G or Kaba Mas auditable locks is standard, a necessity for operators relying on 3rd-party armored vehicles for cash collection.

There is also a choice to select 600, 1,200, and 1,400 acceptor/recycler capacities so that the BATMTwoUltra can serve the busiest of locations. Bidirectional support is available when opting for a configuration with a recycler, opting for the BNR extended recycler offers both high speed and security.

The recycler module enables dispensing banknotes inserted into the BATMTwoUltra by other customers and can recycle up to 180 banknotes. Adding a recycler to a configuration increases the initial price of the BATMTwoUltra, but it reduces operator visits to the ATM by up to 50%, saving on expenses in the long run.

The GENERAL BYTES team presenting its newest BATMTwoUltra at the Bitcoin 2022 conference

“We’ve collected client and end-user feedback for years and incorporated it into our latest model, the BATMTwoUltra. A workhorse designed to be a perfect fit for any location that offers optional bidirectional operations using the latest in recycler technology. Many Bitcoin 2022 conference attendees already had the opportunity to test it live, and they gave us some raving reviews, but now it’s your turn to discover this brand new Bitcoin ATM!”
– GENERAL BYTES CEO, Vojtech Frgal

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DeFi platform EQIFi introduces new mobile app with yield aggregator

EQIFi, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for lending, trading & investing, backed by a regulated bank, has announced the launch of its mobile application, providing enhanced access to the EQIFi product suite.

Notably, the app now provides access to the EQIFi yield aggregator which offers up to 70% APY. Furthermore, the app offers peer-to-peer crypto transfers with zero fees, access to a variety of crypto wallets, and the ability to make purchases in crypto through DeFi credit cards.

App users have access to a variety of blockchains including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH, USDT, EQX, USDC), and Binance Smart Chain (EQX, and soon BNB). Users can engage with the yield aggregator product through their BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC holdings directly on the app.

“The app will allow users to interact with EQIFi’s Yield Aggregator (which brings up to 70% APY), zero-fee P2P transfers, staking, and a state-of-the-art wallet ”
– Ioana Frincu, CTO of EQIFi

In addition to this, users have increased access to EQIFi’s native EQX token.

EQX allows for in-app access to the EQIFi product suite, staking rewards, increased LTV, and bonus APY. Custody for user assets on the EQIFi app is provided in partnership with Ledger.

 

EQIFi’s app is available to download now on Google Play and soon from the App Store.

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Node infrastructure provider BlockSpaces adds Lightning Network support for bitcoin

BlockSpaces, a blockchain node infrastructure provider, has announced that it will soon launch its Lightning Connect; a simplified, non-custodial Lightning Network node management solution designed to enable fast, low-fee bitcoin (BTC)-based payment processing.

The Lightning Network is a layer two protocol that locks transactions in off-chain smart contracts via a mechanism called “channels” which are tied to on-chain bitcoin transactions.

As such, the protocol upholds the security of Bitcoin while enabling faster transactions.

With this addition, BlockSpaces continues to expand its infrastructure which currently supports over 10,000 blockchain nodes across the world.

Management with the BlockSpaces Platform

Lightning Connect will add auto-provisioning and management of Lightning nodes for businesses to simplify using the network while retaining full ownership and control of their funds.

Users can manage their node via the BlockSpaces interface where balances of bitcoin, recent invoices (through the integration of a BTCPay app), and an overview of channels and liquidity will be displayed.

A wide variety of apps are available through the Lightning Connect app directory

“We’re very excited to announce our enterprise-grade Lightning nodes. This has been a long time coming, as I have been interested in and watching the development of the Lightning Network progress for years.”
– Gabe Higgins, Co-Founder & Chief Blockchain Officer of BlockSpaces

BlockSpaces will be a premier Lightning Service Provider (LSP), offering “Super Channels.”

Those looking to use Lightning no longer have to manually manage nodes or channels and can now take advantage of auto-balance, receive, and send specified amounts that scale with channel activity.

Lightning Connect brings users fully managed infrastructure and operations to manage liquidity while reducing capital and resource requirements to run Lightning nodes.

Lightning Connect is an onramp to the Lightning Network

The Lightning Network improves Bitcoin’s scalability in key areas:

• Fast transactions – Transactions can be settled instantaneously. Speeds native to the internet.
• Low transaction fees – Fees are minuscule over Lightning. Less than a penny.
• High throughput – Lightning can handle tens of millions of transactions per second.
• Security & Privacy – Since transactions are off-chain, it is hard to trace payments over the network.

Recently, BlockSpaces closed a $6M funding round to ramp up development and accelerate growth.

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SolidProof to make its automated blockchain audit tool freely available

After introducing the SolidProof Automated Auto Tool (SAAT), German blockchain audit company SolidProof will now make the product available on a large scale.

The developing team plans to release this significant update by the end of April, and soon users will be able to get their hands on this tool.

New Feature Available for Everyone

In order to detect faults, mistakes, and inefficiencies in any DeFi project’s smart contract, SAAT uses pre-installed parameters. SolidProof’s team accurately provides audit reports on time and transparently.

As a result, SolidProof can examine quite complicated smart contracts thanks to its automated audits. Anyone familiar with smart contracts will quickly understand how challenging it can be to audit every one of them manually, which is why this feature attracts the market’s interest.

After the automatic review, SolidProof auditors deliver an audit report to the project development team. The severity of vulnerabilities is evaluated in this deliverable using three levels: critical, medium, and low.

The auditors then provide suggestions for resolving any remaining issues or inefficiencies in the system. They work with the project’s backers to resolve any flaws that have been discovered. In the end, the team produces the final audit report and a certificate proving that the project is safe for widespread usage.

As mentioned, the plan is for SolidProof’s new tool at the end of the current month, promising to have an essential service for blockchain projects to detect hard-to-find vulnerabilities. The system will play a key role in boosting DeFi projects’ safety and building trust with their customers.

Other Developments at SolidProof

To understand the success of SolidProof, one can find it helpful to look at the project “live tracker” feature that the audit company introduced in November 2021. This counter shows over 500 projects in SolidProof’s ecosystem, indicating that the group has knowledge that goes beyond 1,000 crypto projects.

Among the teams that decided to trust SolidProof include Cult DAO, UniCrypt, Kryxivia, and Arker.

Finally, SolidProof announced it will expand its business in the Asian market. The team wishes to introduce several tools to overcome language obstacles and raise the level of verification for Asian professionals and documents providing KYC services.

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Wintermute introduces new ‘NODE’ platform for enhanced multi crypto-asset OTC trading

Wintermute, an algorithmic market maker in crypto-assets operating since 2017, today announced Wintermute NODE, its flagship platform that allows institutional investors, blockchain natives, and high net worth individuals superior access to OTC crypto trading.

The new Wintermute NODE platform stands out on three major fundamentals: variety & flexibility, efficiency, and trustworthiness.

Variety & Flexibility

Wintermute NODE allows trading of any token, any product, in any way (web interface, API, chat), anytime. Counterparties have access to the same tokens Wintermute algorithms trade across a wide range of CeFi and DeFi venues. Plus traders will have access to perpetuals, futures, CFDs, and NDFs.

List of Assets Includes:

• Top 25 tokens by market cap
• Key tokens in DeFi ecosystems, including Ethereum and L2s, Solana, Terra, and more
• All major fiat currencies
• Stablecoins that make it possible to trade virtually any pair

Note that the Wintermute team is continuously increasing the number of tokens it covers.

Wintermute NODE Web Interface:

A new user-friendly click-to-trade platform gives access to top-tier proprietary pricing to a much wider audience than previously possible. Now traders don’t need to spend scarce IT resources to connect to an API, it’s now viable to trade directly with Wintermute.

Wintermute NODE API

Access is a core feature of NODE that enables more bespoke integrations or institutional needs — multiple crypto-native and traditional finance order/execution management systems have routed their clients enabling doing thousands of trades every day with a flexible mary settlement routine allowing them to serve their customers better and achieve true best execution.

Combined together, the variety in token coverage, execution type, and tailored derivatives aims to differentiate NODE from other single dealer platforms.

Efficiency

Pricing

Wintermute NODE uses the exact same pricing as the algorithms used in its proprietary trading business. Algos run 24/7 on 60+ centralized and decentralized exchanges, with liquidity over $5M traded per day.

Zero Service Fees

By connecting to Wintermute NODE directly, traders have access to the source of liquidity bypassing any intermediaries and their explicit or hidden fees.

“Wintermute NODE is not just another single dealer platform! It is going to be the home for all things OTC trading and our roadmap of new products, and new features are extremely ambitious. By onboarding to Wintermute NODE, you would be the first to know about all the new additions!”
– The Wintermute Team

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