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Next-Gen Cryptocurrencies with Real-World Impact: Top 4 Cryptos To Invest in 2024

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TI Partners
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Digital assets are brimming with innovations, and 2024 is set to showcase some standout leaders. Several cryptocurrencies are reshaping industries with real-world applications, from streamlining cross-border payments to revolutionising how goods are traded online. Stellar and VeChain are leading in their respective sectors, while projects like Pepe Unchained bring unique solutions and a playful twist to the market. Then there’s Qubetics—a Layer 1 ecosystem aiming to unite leading blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, providing near-instant, secure transactions. Let’s explore 4 cryptocurrencies that could change the game in the year ahead.

1.  Stellar (XLM)

Stellar is a decentralized platform that aims to facilitate cross-border transactions by connecting banks, financial institutions, and payment systems. Launched in 2014, Stellar leverages blockchain to make transactions faster and cheaper, especially for users in developing countries or those needing to send remittances. Its consensus mechanism is unique, allowing for quick verifications without extensive computational power. This efficiency enables Stellar to handle thousands of transactions per second, making it an attractive alternative to traditional payment systems. Lumens (XLM), Stellar’s built-in token, serves as a bridge currency to enhance liquidity and facilitate transfers between different currencies. Strong partnerships with companies like IBM have led to projects like World Wire, highlighting Stellar’s real-world applicability in transforming payment systems.

2.  Qubetics (TICS)

Qubetics Network is a forward-thinking project that aims to unite top blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, creating an aggregated ecosystem for financial transactions. This Layer 1 network enables near-instant cross-border settlements for banks and financial institutions, enhancing speed, transparency, and cost-efficiency. Partners of Qubetics have the exclusive opportunity to deploy their native tokens on its blockchain, using smart contracts for controlled trading and ensuring price stability. The autonomous network is positioned to facilitate fast, secure transactions while reducing volatility—a feature particularly beneficial for financial entities needing reliable transaction mediums. With its technology and partnerships, Qubetics is positioned to be a transformative player in blockchain finance.

3.  VeChain (VET)

VeChain focuses on enhancing transparency and efficiency in supply chain logistics. It provides blockchain solutions that allow businesses to track their products from origin to end-user, ensuring authenticity and quality control. From food to luxury goods, VeChain’s technology is used to verify the source and condition of products, enhancing consumer trust. Major companies are already leveraging VeChain to streamline operations, reflecting its real-world utility beyond theoretical applications. Despite being used in various industries, VeChain’s token (VET) remains priced under $1, offering a potentially undervalued opportunity. As blockchain adoption grows in supply chains, VeChain’s practical applications suggest it could become increasingly integral to global logistics.

4.  Pepe Unchained ($PEPU)

Pepe Unchained reinvents the meme coin narrative focusing on utility and technology. Operating on Layer 2 of the Ethereum network, it offers faster transaction speeds, minimal gas fees, and double staking rewards compared to traditional Layer 1 projects. The legendary frog, Pepe, breaks free in this blockchain adventure, making $PEPU not just a meme coin but a functional token with real-world use cases. Layer 2 technology allows the platform to operate efficiently, giving users an optimal experience for staking, trading, and other crypto activities. With its humorous theme and practical benefits, Pepe Unchained offers an attractive option at a low entry price, positioning it as a fun and potentially lucrative investment.

Final Words

As we look towards 2024, these seven cryptocurrencies bring something unique to the evolving landscape. Whether it’s Stellar revolutionising global payments, or Qubetics breaking new ground with its Layer 1 ecosystem, these projects all have the potential to make a significant impact. From innovative technology to practical use cases, they each offer opportunities for growth and change in how we interact with finance, marketplaces, and beyond. While the future remains unpredictable, these coins are worth keeping on your radar as they develop and grow.

For More Details:

Qubetics: https://www.qubetics.com/

Stellar: https://stellar.org/

VeChain: https://vechain.org/

Pepe Unchained: https://pepeunchained.com/

Q4 2024 Crypto Market Outlook: Chainlink and Solana Prices Struggle as BlockDAG’s Mining Sales Hit Record Highs!

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TI Partners
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Cryptocurrency markets are a realm where fortunes can shift overnight, but amid the flux, certain projects like BlockDAG distinguish themselves. While established coins such as Chainlink (LINK) and Solana (SOL) continue navigating market challenges and competition, BlockDAG (BDAG) has carved out a promising niche.

With a presale that has notably raised $77.5 million and the successful sale of over 12,450 high-efficiency X-Series Miners, BlockDAG’s approach not only captures market attention but also indicates a robust and growing buyer confidence, potentially setting new benchmarks for success in the blockchain sector.

Ethereum vs. Solana: The Battle Heats Up

Solana (SOL) is at a crucial juncture. While the launch of the Solana Seeker mobile phone has sparked optimism, pushing SOL upward, its performance against Ethereum (ETH) paints a bleaker picture.

Moreover, ETH’s strength is currently formidable, priced around $2,662, posing resistance to SOL’s growth. The SOL/ETH trading dynamics reflect this struggle, with a notable downtrend and recent support levels broken, suggesting a bearish outlook.

Despite this, SOL’s USDT pairing indicates potential for recovery, showcased by a double-bottom pattern aiming for a $165 target. This bullish scenario could propel SOL to around $200, offering a 35% increase if market conditions remain favorable.

However, derivative traders are also showing interest, with a significant imbalance in long versus short positions on Solana, hinting at underlying bullish sentiment and a potential rally toward $160.

Chainlink’s Peak Price

Chainlink (LINK) functions as a decentralized oracle on the Ethereum blockchain, bridging the gap between blockchains and real-world data. This enables smart contracts to access external information, crucial for industries like decentralized finance, gaming, and insurance. Utilizing LINK tokens, users pay network operators and provide collateral for smart contracts.

Furthermore, Chainlink has achieved a five-year return of 518.82% and an overall return of 7110%. Currently, the price of LINK stands at $11.29, with a 3.68% increase in the last day. Its market capitalization is $6.86 billion, with a trading volume of $284.51 million over the past 24 hours.

Despite previous highs of $52.99, Chainlink leads in the Oracle sector and is set for future growth due to its open-source nature and the rising demand for decentralized data.

BlockDAG: 12,450 Miners Sold in Record Time!

BlockDAG (BDAG) is blazing trails in the cryptocurrency world, capturing the attention of the market with its stellar presale achievements and the booming sales of its X-Series Miners. With over $77.5 million raised across 23 batches, selling over 13.2 billion BDAG coins to more than 140,000 unique holders, the project has witnessed an extraordinary 1820% surge in valuation, underscoring a robust buyer appetite and bullish market sentiment.

Additionally, the X-Series Miners have carved out their success story, with over 12,450 units sold, ringing up $5 million in revenue. These miners, including the high-performing X10 and X100 models, are engineered for peak efficiency, balancing high power with manageable costs—a selling point that has resonated well within the mining community.

The dual success of BlockDAG presale and mining rigs\ sales showcases the project’s dynamic market presence and its knack for seizing the crypto zeitgeist. As BlockDAG continues to innovate and expand, it solidifies its position as a significant player in the industry, attracting both seasoned buyers and new entrants eager to tap into its potential. The journey of BlockDAG is one to watch, as it redefines the benchmarks of success in the crypto landscape.

Final Say

BlockDAG stands out with its impressive presale achievements and robust miner sales. Unlike other coins that often see fluctuating fortunes, BlockDAG has steadily built a foundation of trust and interest among investors, highlighted by its substantial presale figures and enthusiastic adoption of its X-Series Miners.

This forward momentum not only underscores the project’s current success but also signals its potential to play a significant role in the broader blockchain arena, drawing both seasoned investors and newcomers eager for a share in its envisioned future.

 

Join BlockDAG Presale Now:

Website: https://blockdag.network

Presale: https://purchase.blockdag.network

Telegram: https://t.me/blockDAGnetworkOfficial

Discord: https://discord.gg/Q7BxghMVyu

Tekedia Capital Portfolio Startup, IApp, Wins Startup of the Year (Fintech) Ibadan, Nigeria

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
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Hello Ibadan, thank you for honouring Opeyemi Adekunle and the 1App nation. Tekedia Capital is honoured to have backed the Team. On Oct 7, we will unveil 15 new startups covering 4 continents for the next class of Tekedia Capital portfolio companies. We’re moving deeper into AI where we can compound productivity gains and advance communities.

From the world’s first AI-insurance infrastructure company to modern computing systems for AI systems, we have got a great startup class. I also thank Amazon for a special partnership it has proposed for Tekedia Capital; just finished an amazing call with them.

Our goal remains clear: to use entrepreneurial capitalism to fix market frictions and advance shared prosperity. Congratulations 1App – more wins ahead; we wrote your first cheque and today, Ibadan is honouring you. Continue to serve and connect with the Aba boys who just opened a big tent in Ibadan – yes, the brilliant Shoptreo team.

Job Market as AI, Robotics Adoption Scales

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Samuel Ajiboyede
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Just recently, OpenAI gave us reason to wonder what the limits of Artificial intelligence could be when it announced the release of its newest model, OpenAI o1. This innovation is said to be equipped with unprecedented reasoning abilities in the fields of science and programming. There was also the news of the Generative Cinema with Sora, and then also that of the customization on the GPT Store.

And with this new wave of innovations, I think we all now have cause to wonder if AI has limits, or perhaps we are just being slow to discover all of its capabilities.

This new AI model, OpenAI o1, pauses before responding and can solve complex tasks, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), using a “chain of thoughts” reasoning like a human would.OpenAI also says that the model has excelled in high-level tests, beating the GPT-4.0 in doctoral-level scientific subjects in biology, chemistry, and physics.

The tweet announcing this new model stated; “We’re releasing a preview of OpenAI o1—a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before they respond. These models can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous models in science, coding, and math.”

The company described this AI as the ‘champion of code’ having reached the 89th percentile in Codeforces programming contests. It also excels in mathematics, correctly solving 83% of problems during an International Mathematical Olympiad test, compared to 13% for GPT-4.0.

Shocked? Just hold on for a little more information.

The new model has upped the game on cybersecurity, too, with a security test score of 84 out of 100 in resistance to “jailbreaking” attempts, compared to 22 for GPT-4.0. This is the result of a new training effort that makes it better able to adhere to security and alignment rules even in complex situations. And here’s one more. It is about 80% cheaper than the full version with OpenAI 0.1-mini, a cost-efficient reasoning model that excels at STEM, especially math and coding.

I think we can all agree that OpenAI did their homework on this one, but I am almost as sure that they have something bigger planned for the near future. But let’s begin to think about these innovations and the implications for the industry.

First off, I like the enhanced cybersecurity feature because, as I have always said, we need to ensure that we secure the data that people share with businesses online. As the news already stated, this feature strengthens OpenAI collaborations with AI institutions in the USA and the UK.

In terms of how these models will work well within the programming and coding space, we will have to see about that. I understand from the news that the OpenAI 0.1-mini coded a video game from a prompt, even though the company said it is optimized to improve the daily lives of developers by automating complex processes.

There is the question of whether it would reduce the need to hire actual human engineers. As this AI is said to have advanced coding capabilities, some pundits have already noted that its ability to pass OpenAI’s research engineer hiring interview for coding might be the final nail in the coffin for coding engineers.

While I understand the concern, I don’t see that it would work without getting the right input and prompts from someone who knows his onion in the trade. No doubt, the AI is capable of advanced reasoning, code generation, and debugging, but it still needs humans to play their part. What I think might happen – if this model is all they say it is – is that a company might just hire one or two coding engineers instead of having a team of twelve.

So, it is more likely to be like a productivity enhancer. Coding engineers would still be needed, after all, I do believe that even the AI models are being built by engineers. However, this is the season to focus on becoming exceptional because if you can only do as much coding as can be done by an AI model, you may soon be out of a job.

Starlink Hikes Prices in Nigeria, Subscription Costs Jump by 97%, Cites Inflation

By
Ojukwu Emmanuel
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Elon Musk-owned internet service provider Starlink has increased the price of its monthly subscription fee in Nigeria by 97%, from N38,000 to N75,000.

Additionally, the cost of the Starlink hardware kit for new users has surged by 34%, rising from N440,000 to N590,000, as the company blames “excessive inflation” as the reason for the price increase.

In a message sent to customers, the company wrote,

“Due to excessive levels of inflation, the Starlink monthly service price will increase from current rates to the respective rates below:

  • Standard (Residential): N75,000
  • Mobile – Regional (Roam Unlimited): N167,000
  • Mobile – Global (Global Roam): N717,000

As a current customer, your monthly service price will increase in 1 month, beginning 31 October 2024. For new customers, the price increase is effective immediately.”

Starlink increase in prices of its hardware and its subscription is coming despite Nigeria’s headline inflation rate easing to 32.15% in August 2024 down from the 33.40% recorded in July 2024. This represented the second consecutive monthly slowdown in inflation after easing in the previous month.

However, on a year-on-year basis, the August 2024 inflation rate was 6.35 percentage points higher than the 25.80% rate recorded in August 2023, indicating a significant increase over the past year.

While Starlink has previously adjusted its hardware prices both up and down in Nigeria, this marks the second time the company has increased its subscription fees. Despite these higher prices compared to local ISPs, Starlink has gained significant traction in Nigeria since its entry in January 2023. As of September 2023, just 8 months after its launch, the satellite internet amassed 11,207 active subscribers in Nigeria, making it the fourth largest ISP in the country.

Starlink has made rapid strides, becoming a transformative force in the country’s telecom sector. Its satellite service has proven particularly attractive to customers in regions with poor internet connectivity. By Q4 2023, Starlink had become the third-largest ISP in Nigeria with 23,897 customers, surpassing many long-established local ISPs.

Industry experts have commended the significant investment of Elon Musk’s Starlink in Nigeria, insisting that such investment in Nigeria’s telecommunications infrastructure, demonstrates the company’s unwavering commitment to Africa.

Additionally, Starlink’s exclusive shop-in-shop collaboration with Nigeria’s composite e-commerce platform, Konga, and some other retail outlets further amplified its presence in the country and provided customers with convenient access to Starlink’s kits and accessories.

As Starlink continues to grow its presence, the cost increases may prompt existing and potential customers to reconsider their options, though its unique advantages in under-served areas, coupled with a high internet speed, remain a key selling point.

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