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KuCoin token has a new utility Toon Finance coin takes over Memecoin game P2E

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KuCoin has revealed that a new utility coin, Toon Finance, will be available for interested investors to trade once the digital token is officially released on January 1. With experts predicting a huge 2023 for the Toon Fi (TFI) coin, it is news that all members of the KuCoin community will be pleased to hear.

It’s a development that will undoubtedly pique the interest of gaming fans looking to fully embrace the P2E community and investors who are focused solely on ROIs alike. Here’s all you need to know about the development before January arrives, as well as the popularity of KuCoin as a thriving system to facilitate transactions.

KuCoin’s growing presence in the crypto universe

KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency exchange that is now used by over one in four cryptocurrency holders. Powered by a personal and private KuCoin Wallet, investors can trade a long list of different crypto coins, including the major players in the digital landscape.

The exchange was designed and developed by two coders, one of whom started coding at the age of 8, and was officially launched in September 2017 with a focus on accessibility for inexperienced crypto traders. This is highlighted by a dedicated beginner’s zone and the 24/7 customer care services that are available in multiple languages. It is primarily used by investors in European markets but has users from around the globe.

Furthermore, the platform has a dedicated section for NFTs while features include spot trading, margin trading, and an automated trading bot. There are also Futures light, classic, and brawl derivatives as well as leveraged tokens. The growth of the platform in a little over five years has been incredible and its user-focused attributes make it an ideal outlet for new investors who are looking to finally join the modern financial landscape.

Toon Finance and the new P2E community

Toon Finance and its native Toon Fi coin have already made a lot of noise in the growing community of gaming investors. In fact, many experts have already pinpointed it as one of the best tokens to hold in 2023 while it is already the most searched coin on CoinMarketCap. The attraction for gamers is clear, which also adds to the appeal for investors motivated solely by money.

The Toon Finance metaverse is one that allows gamers to compete against each other courtesy of the SHA256-encrypted Play2Earn Space Battle Grounds. Additional features include a lottery, trading, and bridging. Aside from an immersive metaverse experience, it offers a fantastic introduction to NFTs.

In addition to the fun digital setting and super secure private transactions, Toon Finance is supported by a clear yet flexible roadmap that covers a presale launch, AMA, marketing litepaper, platform launch, and post-launch elements. The DeFi metaverse’s success, however, will be largely focused on games like Coin & Checkers Battleground, Cards, and other PVP titles.

If Toon Finance continues to penetrate the P2E community by taking blockchain-backed gaming to the next level, its native coin will almost certainly see significant growth.

Why Toon Fi makes great sense for KuCoin

KuCoin has been a particularly popular platform for investors who arguably don’t have a full understanding of how blockchain tech actually works and are fond of meme coins like DOGE and SHIB. TFI combines some of those fun features and high ROI potential while simultaneously unlocking the functionality of utility coins.

TFI has already enjoyed a phenomenal pre-sale since opening this phase of its roadmap in October. Investors can already purchase tokens with ETH but those waiting for greater flexibility can wait for January’s official release thanks to platforms like KuCoin. With a total supply of 1 billion TFI tokens, there will be availability on launch day despite the popularity leading up to it.

However, early investors stand to see the biggest ROIs, which is why many will want to target the pres-sale. Or at the very least, be ready for launch day. If analysts’ predictions do materialise, the new token is unlikely to take as long as DogeCoin or other popular coins to start its bull run.

Similarly, investors who are focused on the financial returns rather than the P2E community can embrace the user-friendly KuCoin platform to make it happen. The exchange platform actively uses advanced technologies and has already recorded $30bn of trades in a single day. When combined with the recent news that KuCoin is also listing AirDAO’s ecosystem, it is an exciting time for members of its growing community,

Using ICOs and early launch investments

Almost every crypto inventor learns about the arena as a result of missing the boat on an asset that rocketed. Whether learning about those assets in insight or spectating without participating, the good news is that there will always be other opportunities around the corner if you are willing to identify them. Perhaps more importantly, the past experiences of cryptos will have taught a valuable lesson: timing is everything.

Cryptocurrencies can see their value change virtually overnight. While even some of the biggest crypto success stories had a long period of stagnation before bull runs, it is evident that the top new tokens have the potential to see their value soar in no time. For investors, ICOs (initial coin offerings), offer a wonderful opportunity to capitalise on new investments before the ship sails. However, it is always important to do research on a project linked to the ICO to avoid potential financial losses.

Aside from potentially getting the lowest price at launch – or even a discounted pre-sale rate – ICOs enable investors to support financial products and crypto companies while they are in the funding phases. Moreover, investors gain the opportunity to build diverse portfolios without making huge investments in any individual token.

For launch investments and research purposes, KuCoin is an ideal platform for investors. As shown with Toon Finance, the exchange is quick to add the hottest tokens and upcoming assets. A thriving community that supports various blockchain ecosystems additionally allows beginners to act with confidence, especially when they find the next big thing in crypto.

 

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Presale: https://buy.toon.finance/

Website: https://toon.finance/

CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/toon-finance/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToonSwapFinance

Telegram: https://t.me/ToonSwapFinance

How Business Leaders Can Build Resilience and Navigate Global Economic Disruptions

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In the last three years, the world economy has been greatly impacted by major disruptive events. In the year 2019, the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic did not only raise health and pharmaceutical concerns but also affected the economy and social relations. These influenced several policies that have developed over the years.

One of the most felt economic impacts of the pandemic was the supply chain disruption which caused logistic bottlenecks and slowed down the operations of many businesses across the world. The global supply chain downtime also had inflationary effects. In early 2021 when the world had just begun to recover from the Covid19 shock, there was a sharp increase in global demand for food and non-food items which met with shortages due to the supply chain that was still reviving slowly. This brought about an increase in inflation even as unemployment remained high in many parts of the world.

Much later than the Covid19 outbreak, the supply chain of cereals and gas which are essential commodities in many parts of the world, had another stop-gap due to the Russian-Ukrainian war. The war was said to have compounded the Covid19 pandemic induced damage to the global economy which according to the world bank may be “protracted feeble growth and elevated inflation”.

While few businesses have exhibited full recovery from the Covid19 shock; some have yet to fully recover and some have been forced to wound up due to inability to adapt and build resilience. The pandemic and its ensuing events spurred the need to prioritize speed in adapting to the fluidity of the modern business climate.

The pandemic came with a lot of eye-opening experiences regarding how the future of work will be shaped. With the rising pace of telecommuting, hybrid working and increasing demand for digital-data skills, the will and the ability to avoid culture lag is very central to driving growth in the new normal. Hence, business leaders are preferred to seek the broader perspective in navigating barriers and exploring opportunities in the new normal.

For entrepreneurs and business leaders to excel in the new economy, they need to critically adjust their business models to accommodate the new reality, institute structures and cultures that are resilient to sudden disruptions and increase investment targeted towards improving their team as well as their public imaget.

This article by McKinsey explains how leaders can adapt to a very different future; it suggests five-action points that are strategic to driving excellent performance and growth in the post-covid-19 economy.

First, leaders need to centre their strategies on sustainability; secondly, they need to develop a capacity to transform in the cloud; thirdly, they need to increase investment targeted towards improving their talents and human resource strength; fourthly, they need to prioritize speed in adapting to the fluidity and fickleness of the modern business climate; and lastly, they must consistently go about their operations with the central purpose in the mind.

FTX Crash Will Sprint Up Intense Government Regulations on Cryptocurrency

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Several entities numbering above 150 including FTX.com, Alameda Research, FTX US, filed for bankruptcy last weekend following the Insolvency of FTX.com which resulted in the drastic decline in the value of its native token $FTT. – SBF CEO of FTX filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for FTX, Alameda Research and others.

BlockFi has also gone busto thus announcing limitations on Withdrawals and other Platform functions will be halted until clear direction on the FTX/Alameda Research Crisis. 

Amidst FTX face off Crypto.com showed that more of their customer deposits are in ShibaInu Token than Ethereum on its latest released Proof of Reserves.

My key take away from FTXCRASH:

Government will step in with HEAVY regulations, introducing CBDC with UNIQUE wallets linked to Identity Cards. We can still make money, but taxes and new rules will make it harder for retail money.

Cryptocurrency will fall under serious SEC and CBDC regulations, MT GOX exploited the space Eight (8) years ago The Inside Story of Mt. Gox, Bitcoin’s $460 Million Disaster, however the Crypto Industry survived that impasse, Crypto in general will face Stiff Scrutiny and intense Criticism in the coming months – SBF was trying to enable congress overhang by going after Decentralized Finance (DEFI) and forming monopolistic arrangements which will see FTX champion Crypto Sovereignty across the globe but unfortunately he’s running an entity strictly on Ponziconomics.

What assets does exchange’s hold? And I mean tangible assets. A Bank may fail, but still has e.g Customer Debt as assets that can be the counterpoint to a bailout. When you hold Tokens whose value is 100% perception and speculation, no sane person or entity would bail you out.

It is the operational practice within FTX and Alameda Research that got screwed up. I have no doubt CZ-Binance saw an opportunity to take an aim at his competitor and seized it, but I’m not sure even he knew how bad it was. 

Interestingly, CZ-BINANCE is Launching a Crypto Industry Recovery Fund to help cushion the effects of uncertainty’s. FTX going down is not good for anyone in the industry, but it needs to be done to get scammers and manipulators off the industry.

When $FTTC, Zack Tackett Former head of Institutional Sales at FTX is suggesting Two Formulas A/B: Bankruptcy or Issuing A consolidation Token ? Alameda has over leveraged positions, they can’t bring $FTT back to top. At this point I don’t think even CZ can handle the hole created by SBF’s FTX, this situation is presumably dragging other Crypto Exchanges on the part of Insolvency – Panic Withdrawals from DEXs and CEXs will lead to more catastrophic cryptocrash.

On the other hand due to rising fears amongst Crypto enthusiasts, the campaign on Self- Fund Custody has generated increased momentum, Crypto Analysts and OGs on Twitter has relayed on the need for Cryptocurrency degenerates to save funds using a self custody hardware interface presumably a Ledger Nano device – thus leading to a potential increase in transfer of funds from Centralized Entities, Binance recently tweeted about ‘Self-Custody using a Hardware Wallet’;

Binance has industry leading security practices in place to ensure that your funds are always SAFU. However, if you want to go down the route of self-custody, you can store your crypto offline through a hardware wallet”. 

Going forward the Cryptocurrency industry will face a strong resentment from Institutional Investors, Crypto Users and Governments across the globe owing to the Lackadaisical attributes of SBF and Alameda Research. 

Written by; Paul Ugbede Godwin. 

Rogue police officers; the IG and the police authorities need to do more

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A police officer search Catholics before they attend a Mass to celebrate Good Friday in Abuja, Nigeria Friday, April 18, 2014. Nigerian Catholics joined Christians around the world in celebrating Holy Week ahead of Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba)

On Friday, the 11th of November, 2022, Some clients called me in the afternoon that their vehicle was stopped by some rogue police officers who were conducting an “illegal stop and search” around Banex Plaza, Wuse (according to the report I got back from my inquiry).

They were harassed by the police officers who also thoroughly searched them, searched the vehicle they were in, and even their phones. 

Later on, they were detained and their phones were confiscated by the police officers. The police officers told them that they can only release their phones back to them and let them go if they pay the sum of 1 Million naira (as a ransom). The boys who obviously cannot raise that outrageous amount started pleading with the officers. The police, seeing that the boys did not want to come to terms and pay the money, bungled the boys into their van and started driving them around Abuja, threatening to “waste” the boys if they refused to raise the money in a thirty minutes time frame.

Since the boys were unable to raise the money within the time limit given to them, they ended up taking the boys to the station which is the SARS office in Asokoro, (the one that is infamously known as abattoir). They detained the guys for hours until the guys pleaded that they would only be able to raise N250,000.  The boys were able to pay the police officers the N250,000 sum; the police officers in their usual way refused to accept bank transfer from the boys so there won’t be any evidence, rather, they escorted them to a POS stand nearby the station, where the boys used their debit cards to withdraw, N250,000 cash and paid the police officers before they police officers released their phones to them and released them.

While all these were going on, they refused the boys to have any form of communication or make contact with someone else, or let anybody know what was going on with them. The police officers refused them to even pick up calls or make calls.

Acts like these sound quite familiar and resonate with a lot of people who may have shared a similar traumatizing experience in the cold hands of the officers of the Nigerian police force.

The Inspector General of police and the police authorities have done a lot in weeding out rogue officers from the force but they obviously need to do a lot more. There are more rogue police officers out there harassing and extorting innocent citizens on daily bases.

Acts of this nature by these police officers are in all ramifications and by every stretch of the imagination criminal. The operation they were on was illegal stop and search, arresting the boys and demanding ransom for their release or they will “waste”  them can only be described as Armed robbery and kidnapping.

We have forwarded an official petition in this regard to the appropriate authorities and will follow it up to see a justifiable outcome. We are also hoping that the police authority rises to the occasion and takes appropriate action and sanctions against those officers.

 

Orange Rolls Out 5G Network in Botswana

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African 5G penetration has received a boost with the launch of Orange Botswana’s 5G commercial services, marking Orange’s first affiliate to roll out a 5G network in the continent.

Africa’s 5G penetration is the slowest in the world for factors mainly attributed to insufficient 5G devices. 5G mobile subscriptions are expected to hit just 10% by 2027, according to Ericsson mobility report. The penetration will depend much on local mobile network operators like Orange Botswana that secure licenses for 5G spectrum from various governments.

Orange Botswana said the 5G service, which will be available in greater Gaborone and Francistown, will cover 30% of the population from the 11th November 2022 while other cities will follow in early 2023. The 5G technology will enable new healthcare, education and security services.

“The launch of 5G technology in Botswana will allow us to scale-up this technology and gain experience for other Orange countries across Africa. The benefits and potential impact of this are promising. It will help promote Africa’s digital inclusion, resulting in socio-economic growth and job creation.

“It is also ensuring Africa’s skills development on digital management tools and is in line with the ambitions of the African Union “Digital Transformation for Africa (2022 – 2030). It begins here and now, in Botswana,” Jerôme HENIQUE, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa said.

The company said this 5G launch will further support innovation and digital inclusion in the country, putting Botswana at the forefront of 5G in Africa and is closely aligned with the government’s ambition to leverage Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) innovation towards transforming Botswana into a knowledge-based economy, leaving no-one behind.

5G, with its ultra-high speed and low latency, will support new disruptive services such as e-health, connected vehicles, connected cities, real-time gaming, smart homes and learning through VR and augmented reality. It offers a new world of possibilities to companies, innovators and society at large.

The subscription of Prepaid offers is accessible through Orange Yame App, USSD and Card to Wallet.

Already, the company has launched services powered 5G network, which it believes will spur partnership with the government to further the deployment of 5G infrastructure.

Orange Botswana has partnered with MRI Botswana to create a “Connected Ambulance” project that will allow Doctors to guide Paramedics through life saving procedures on their way to hospitals. This telemedicine intervention will change lives and would not have been possible without 5G. Orange Botswana is looking forward to collaborating with government and enterprises to implement 5G-based use cases.

Orange Botswana introduces new 5G fixed broadband services and mobile data bundles. The offers are available for residential customers, small and medium enterprises and include value added services. The fixed offers are available from 15 Mbps for Prepaid and from 20Mbps for Postpaid with a monthly rental from BWP 699 (€53 per month). The subscription of Prepaid offers is accessible through Orange Yame App, USSD and Card to Wallet.

After this very first commercial launch of its 5G services in Botswana, Orange Middle East and Africa intends to maintain its efforts in getting the latest and most advanced technologies in all its MEA countries adding value to local economies and continuously bridging the digital gap within the African populations.

In other countries, regulation boards still have not officially initiated the 5G licenses attribution process although many of them, such as in Cote d’Ivoire showed a clear will to make the 5G spectrum available in 2023. Meanwhile, Orange is collaborating with several regulatory bodies to help build a 5G deployment roadmap while testing the technology and developing use cases that fit with the local populations’ needs.

“At Orange Botswana, we are excited to be bringing in a new technology that will allow economic players to discover new possibilities enabled by 5G, and the way it could positively transform their daily activities. 5G connectivity is an incredible opportunity for businesses and the government, who are eager to take their operations to the next level. It is going to change how customers experience connectivity,” Nene MAIGA, CEO of Orange Botswana said.

Although device availability remains the biggest challenge of 5G roll out in Africa, telecom companies’ push to deploy the infrastructure and service nevertheless, is seen as a positive sign for wider future adoption.