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Skyward Bound: HDEX brings eFrancisco Motors and LuftCar Together For Groundbreaking Partnership

A New Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) Project Begins FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Camarines Norte, Philippines – January 28, 2024 HDEX is proud to announce that two partners, eFrancisco Motor Corporation and Luftcar have come together to develop a new Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) project. The focal point of this groundbreaking collaboration is the development of the LUFT PINOY eVTOL powered by Hydrogen. Aron Dutta, Chairman of HDEX, stated, “HDEX was pleased to help facilitate this exciting partnership. What is happening in the Philippines will be the case

Paribus: Next Steps

Now that our Mainnet V1 is live some people may be thinking that it’s time for the team to put their feet up and enjoy a well earned rest. They couldn’t be further from the truth. Rather than this huge milestone signifying the end, it marks the beginning of our main work. Over the coming weeks we’ll be continuing our marketing and development at pace. As we progress we’ll be sharing more details of the next features and iterations we’ll be adding to the protocol. When we launched on mainnet

Bonds, Bitcoin Bonds

Just over a year ago El Salvador made history by becoming the first, and only country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender. Much to the anger of the international community of central bankers, they pushed ahead with their plans, doubling down by planning a $1 billion bond release to build Bitcoin City. According to the mainstream media, El Salvador’s experiment with cryptocurrency has been an unmitigated disaster. The country is on the verge of bankruptcy, there hasn’t been widespread adoption of crypto, and the president is a ruthless

Pangolin V2 Prepares for Launch with Improved Smart Contracts and Tokenomics

The first iteration of Pangolin launched on the Avalanche blockchain in February 2021 and quickly rose to become one of the most utilized decentralized exchanges (DEX) on the market – as well as one of the most successful dApps to launch on the Avalanche Network to date. Pangolin V1 used the same automated market maker (AMM) model as popular DEFI platforms such as UniSwap, and its Avalanche-based tokens were cross-compatible with those built on Ethereum. The protocol managed to process more than $8.7 billion dollars in trade volume in less

Binance.US to list Avalanche after yet another recent ATH

Binance.US has announced that it will now list Avalanche (AVAX) and soon allow deposits for trading. Open trading on AVAX/USD and AVAX/USDT pairs is set to commence on 18 November, as per a notice released by the exchange. This development comes after Binance.com listed AVAX last year. And, just last month, the exchange had announced that it will support the Avalanche (AVAX) network upgrade. The project has seen a lot of traction lately. While it was priced at $3.4 at the start of the year, AVAX has grown by a

Is Bitcoin Becoming A Safe Haven After All?

Questions are raising, after central banks flood markets with rescue money.Central banks in the US and EU are putting together rescue packages to deal with the corona crisis that is currently infecting stock markets around the world with panic. While the measures largely fizzle out, Bitcoin is recovering without any help at all. Was it too early to write off Bitcoin as a lifeboat?Is the big wave still coming? (Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash)If you have already dealt with Bitcoin, you certainly know: the maximum number of Bitcoins is

Here’s How the Crypto Sector Is Navigating the Pandemic’s Challenges

Despite hopes that a peak of the coronavirus cases is near, the pandemic continues to impact almost every aspect of daily life, becoming a rolling news ticker in itself. When such a disaster strikes, it can be easy to go through each day devouring the latest news as it occurs and digesting each piece as a story by itself without forming an overall picture.This pandemic is a seismic event with far-reaching impacts across different sectors, and crypto is no exception. In fact, because cryptocurrency markets move at breakneck speeds, the

Talking Digital Future: Smart Cities

My journey into smart cities and their future development was a really big surprise, as the way I arrived there was not something that I had planned. I was working as the chief information officer for a company in Northern California called O'Reilly Media when I got a call from a headhunter who asked if I would consider being the chief information office for the City of Palo Alto. I can vividly remember — it was only about eight years ago — my feeling when she asked the question. The

How the Pressures of the Coronavirus May Open the Door for Tokenization

The coronavirus pandemic is the only thing on most people’s minds right now around the world.The pending economic fallout is only surpassed by the anxiety induced by surging cases in both the United States and Europe. People remain firmly in quarantine around the world, and consumer demand has fallen off a cliff as people are holed up with only basic necessities.Paired with the awful Purchasing Managers’ Index numbers published by the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, as well asearly U.S. indicators, we’re about