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World’s First Voice NFT sells out in 10 minutes!

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The world’s first voice NFT, Voiceverse Origins, launched with 8,888 NFTs on January 29th and sold out in less than 10 minutes of public sale, a highly rare occurrence for NFT collections stored on the Ethereum blockchain.

Founded by 3 BAYC members, Voiceverse looks to pioneer the NFT space into the next generation of NFTs containing high intrinsic utility, allowing holders to own a voice in the metaverse. With Voice NFTs, people can now customize their Profile Picture (PFP) NFTs with a voice, adding another dimension of personalization and pseudonymity.

Holders can:
1) Use the voices in metaverse spaces, from games to video calls and more.
2) Create a Voice NFT of their own voice, or with explicit permission, those of their loved ones.
3) Mix different Voice NFTs to “breed” a new voice NFT.
4) Add voices to their existing PFP NFTs, giving them a whole new life.

Voiceverse is powered by LOVO, its parent company based out of San Francisco and Seoul, with a strong track record in the AI Speech Synthesis space. As a venture capital-backed startup with partnerships with celebrity voice actors, Voiceverse has entered the NFT scene with considerable momentum. Partnerships include voice actors such as Charlet ChungAndy Milonakis and Jonny Cruz.

After a week of pre-sale, Voiceverse Origins sold out in 10 minutes and has been trending in all categories on OpenSea. It has also been consistently in the top 10 for sales volume (by count). Given its background in AI and speech synthesis, Voiceverse looks to shake up the industry and spark a trend towards 2nd gen NFTs.

Voiceverse NFT OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/voiceverse-origins-nft

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Boba Network Raises $45M From Crypto.com, M13, and Others to Advance Web3 Development on Ethereum

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Boba Network, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and next-generation Ethereum Layer-2 Optimistic Rollup scaling solution, has successfully raised $45M USD in Series A, valuing the project at $1.5b. The funding will address Ethereum’s computational limitations and foster greater functionality for decentralized applications (dApps) through Boba’s Hybrid Compute platform.

The round saw participation from crypto exchanges such as Crypto.com, Huobi, and BitMart, as well as successful crypto funds such as Hypersphere, Infinite Capital, Hack VC, GBV, Alliance DAO, The Venture City, Sanctor Capital, Shima Capital, DeFi Tech, 10X Capital, TRGC, D1, Portal, Genblock, Rarestone, and Kosmos. Investors with strong regional networks like Kinetic Capital, Ghaf Capital, LD Capital, Old Fashion Research (led by ex-Binance CFO), Krypital, Alphanonce, IOST, ROK Capital, and RedlineDAO also participated.

Other notable investors include the Dreamers VC (Will Smith and Keisuke Honda), M13 (Paris Hilton and Carter Reum), Tony Robbins, Joe Montana, and KSHMR.

Additional participants include founders of industry stalwarts Quantstamp, Origin Protocol, The Graph, Fractional Art, Highstreet, Hanbitco, ANKR, UMA, Nillion, deBridge, FEI Labs, DoinGud, Utopia Labs, and Sense Protocol.

Beyond bootstrapping Boba’s development, the raise will enable the protocol to invest in Boba ecosystem projects and tap into the combined expertise of some of the biggest names in Web3. Participating investors share in Boba’s vision of fostering crypto accessibility and liberating developers who have been restricted by Ethereum computational limitations.

Boba’s Hybrid Compute brings the power of Web2 on-chain for the first time, allowing smart contracts to call any external Web2 API to execute complex algorithms such as machine learning classifiers, pull in real-world or enterprise data in a single atomic transaction, or sync with the latest state of a gaming engine. Leveraging off-chain compute and real-world data, developers and creators can offer an enriched experience unlike anything else on the market today.

Alan Chiu, Boba Network Founder, said: “This fundraise is about building a broad-based alliance to build the Boba ecosystem. Having so many amazing investors demonstrate their confidence in our vision and technology reinforces our belief that what we’re building is important and necessary. Hybrid Compute will scale Web3 development, enabling builders to deliver innovative products with greater functionality.”

Boba is also responsible for creating one of the first bridges to ferry non-fungible tokens (NFTs)  from layer-2 blockchains to Ethereum’s layer-1 and vice versa. Typically, when NFTs are minted on a layer-2 blockchain, they remain tied to that particular protocol. Boba’s NFT bridge allows NFTs to be moved and traded throughout the Ethereum ecosystem — greatly expanding NFT liquidity.

Bobby Bao, Managing Director of Crypto.com Capital, said: “Layer 2 innovations are among the most exciting products being developed in the crypto space today, none more so than Boba Network. Boba is developing industry-leading solutions such as Hybrid Compute to scale Web3, so we’re thrilled to be on board.”

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Introducing HandCash Connect: Time to Build Better BitCoin Apps

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Spain-based BitCoin wallet provider, HandCash, has now packaged, in just one toolkit, the basic components every BitCoin application developer needs. Named ‘HandCash Connect’, the new BitCoin app software development kit is an all-in-one toolkit with six basic components that every developer can use to easily build new applications on the BitCoin SV (BSV) blockchain. The toolkit reduces each key component to simple code snippets in plain English. All a developer needs to do is call the APIs and the Cloud will do all the heavy lifting for them, so they can quickly start building powerful BitCoin applications. This is made possible because HandCash uses the BitCoin SV blockchain, the only chain that significantly scales (now), is regulation-friendly and has robust utility.

The BSV blockchain’s greater scaling, data and micropayment capabilities allow enterprises to build great BitCoin applications. HandCash want developers to focus on their business and customers instead of worrying about the BitCoin component the business sits on top of. HandCash will take care of all that, leaving developers to create apps and services, as well getting visibility on our umbrella app.

But what can be built with it?:

As HandCash Connect is a backend solution, instead of a frontend, so apps and games can be built on any platform – be it mobile, tablet, desktop, web or even for a smart fridge.

Essentially, this SDK allows developers to take advantage of all the powerful properties of BitCoin as a technology platform without any complex BitCoin protocol development skills to learn or infrastructure to maintain.

Also introducing the HandCash App Store:

With the intention of bringing more utility and fun to users, HandCash will also be launching the HandCash App Store, one place where all Bitcoin apps are available.

Many companies have already agreed to participate in the HandCash App Store by either integrate with the HandCash Connect toolkit or build apps entirely based on it.

The pre-launch integration program is now open. Just click here to start building the next big Bitcoin app and get free exposure to thousands of loyal HandCash users.

To learn more HandCash’s plans, come to the CoinGeek London conferenceFebruary 20-21, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Also visit BitcoinSV.com to learn more about BSV.

 

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Galileo Financial Technologies Expands into Mexico

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Galileo, the company that powers world-leading fintech companies, financial institutions and investment firms, today announced it has opened offices in Mexico City, demonstrating its commitment to expand into Latin America.

Galileo’s experience, expertise and technology, including its API-centric payments platform, will support Mexico’s newly enabled fintechs in this growing market to make rapid advances in delivering modern payments services.

Tory Jackson, Galileo’s in-country manager for Mexico, has relocated from the company’s headquarters in Salt Lake City to lead the new office in the Torre Reforma building, in the heart of Mexico City’s financial district. Jackson will play a pivotal role in staffing the office with local talent and growing Galileo’s business in Latin America.

“As of May 2019Mexico was the leading Latin American country in number of fintech startups, with 394 new companies working on financial technology solutions,” said Jackson. “The Mexican market presents incredible opportunities that our fintech solutions can answer. Our new office is the base to facilitate the success of our local and international partners that are addressing Mexico’s expanding payments needs.”

Mexico’s fintech consumer adoption rate, which represents the share of digitally active people who have used two or more fintech services in the past six months, was 72%, according to EY’s Global Fintech Adoption Index 2019. This indicates a growing appetite for digital payments solutions in Latin America’s second largest economy as measured by total GDP.

“In their drive to foster financial inclusion and competition, Mexican Financial Authorities welcome fintechs aiming to take advantage of the new regulatory framework to introduce technology with the potential of bringing millions of unbanked consumers into the financial ecosystem,” said Adrián López, partner of Nader, Hayaux & Goebel, a leading Mexican law firm advising Galileo.1 “Within this legal environment, Galileo is well-positioned to provide Mexican consumers with access to more payments products and programs than ever before.”

 

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