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Moshnake, Cardano, and Cronos – The Next Three Tokens To Put On Your Watchlist

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A lot of tokens are added to the coin market daily. Some of these new coins are quite profitable as some already existing ones. Who wouldn’t want to check out tokens that might be a good return on investment (ROI) or make money while playing games in their free time? Moshnake ($MSH) is a classic snake game created from the old days’ classic and legendary hit game, “Snake.”

However, unlike the Web2 games where you only play for fun, with the new cryptocurrency token, you are making money while still having fun and relaxing. The earning benefits while in your comfort zone means that you should consider looking it up.

Similarly, Cardano (ADA) is another purchase-worthy option that might be worth putting into consideration. In the past year, it has proven to be one of the most active digital crypto assets in the coin market, and it still has a brighter future.

How about Cronos (CRO)? The first blockchain network that enables interoperability between Ethereum (ETH) and Cosmos ecosystem. It supports NFTs, DeFi, and the metaverse.

Here is why we think these coins should be on your watchlist.

The Snake Pit – Moshnake (MSH)

Moshnake ($MSH) is a Play-to-Earn NFT game inspired by Snake’s legendary hit game.  It allows users to feel like the old days’ game but with the added benefits of making money.

The players in the game can steer their own Moshnake NFT to feed it with the various eggs and in-game NFTs in the space while simultaneously battling with the other snakes present. As the player wins and gains more NFTs, he is invariably earning.

The Moshnake ($MSH) token, a BEP-20 token operating on the BNB smart chain, has different non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from which one can earn.

It promises to offer excess entertainment, team network and tactics, connected players, and combat balance. Although the Moshnake token is yet to be released,  you can enter their presale list to avoid losing this opportunity.

The Coolest Kid In Town – Cardano (ADA)

Since its launch in 2017, Cardano (ADA) remains a decentralized Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain network aiming to improve interoperability,  scalability,  growing costs, sustainability,  slow transaction time, and energy use.

This crypto platform runs on the Ouroboros consensus protocol, the first Proof-of-Stake mechanism ever designed to reduce energy expenditure. It does this by reducing the enormous computing resources the Proof-of-Work mechanism uses.

With the staking mechanism, its users can stake their assets for the chance to become a validator, increasing the earning capacity of the user. The staking determines the ability of a node to open blocks on the blockchain.

Each node’s stake equals the amount of ADA it holds in the long run. When the ADA is pledged, the user cannot spend or use it because it acts as collateral for honest and thorough validation.  In the end, the users are rewarded through transaction fees, increasing their earning capacity.

With the incorporation of smart contracts into the crypto platform, it has become one of the most active digital crypto assets enabling its users to participate in the operation using its native cryptocurrency, ADA.

Transfers Assets Easily – Cronos (CRO)

The token powered by Ethermint allows for the rapid porting of smart contracts and apps from Ethereum (ETH) and EVM-compactible chains.

Cronos (CRO) aims to significantly increase the number of Web3 users by enabling builders to instantly port crypto assets and ports from other chains. This operation is done at low cost, high speed, and fast finality.

Being an EVM chain built on the Cosmos SDK, it allows its users to enjoy the advantages of both systems. Its multichain interoperability feature seamlessly enables users to transfer digital assets within the Cosmos ecosystem.

The Moshnake (MSH) token is yet to launch, but the probability of earning from it using its NFT feature is high. In the same way, Cardano (ADA) and Cronos (CRO), which are already in the market, pose the same earning benefits as well. Regardless of the current bear market, these coins should not be off your watchlist.

 

Moshnake

Website: https://moshnake.io

Telegram: https://t.me/MoshnakeOfficial

Twitter: https://twitter.com/moshnakeToken

Fantom, PancakeSwap, and Big Eyes: Three Cryptocurrency Projects That May Make You a Crypto Millionaire

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Most investors that enter the cryptocurrency markets aim to become crypto millionaires. These investors pray for bull markets and use price predictions to place bets on various tokens. The cryptocurrency market has been in a bear market for the last seven months and has left some investors liquidated and other hopes dashed. Although it seems like everything is gloomy, there is still hope for these investors to outperform the bear market. This market cycle allows investors to buy the dip and purchase undervalued tokens. This will enable investors to earn outsized returns on the portfolio and get closer to their crypto millionaire dream.

Before investing in any project, it is important for you to research the project thoroughly. This research will give you a better grasp of the fundamentals of the project. Additionally, it will enable you to understand tokenomics and how it affects the token price. Fantom (FTM), PancakeSwap (CAKE), and Big Eyes (BIG EYES) are three cryptocurrency projects that will bring you closer to your crypto millionaire dream. Read below for a summary of each of the projects.

Fantom (FTM)

Fantom (FTM) is a smart contract blockchain that utilizes a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph). It uses its unique consensus algorithm (Lachesis) to provide developers with a suitable platform to develop their projects. Fantom will change how users interact with the DEFI ecosystem as it offers speed and quick settlement in under two seconds. In addition, it supports the building of dApps for various purposes. Fantom was created in 2018, but Mainnet was launched in 2019. The Fantom blockchain was built to offer competition to existing layer 1 blockchains.

The Fantom blockchain offers users cheap fees, higher throughput, and faster settlement times. In addition, Fantom has created the ideal sandbox for developers to build DEFI projects and faster DEFI dApps. Its focus on the DEFI ecosystem ensures that it is able to bring more users into DEFI. The FTM token is used for various purposes, including staking, settlement, governance, and network fees.

PancakeSwap (CAKE)

PancakeSwap (CAKE) is a decentralized exchange for trading and swapping BEP-20 tokens. BEP-20 tokens are native to the Binance Smart Chain. PancakeSwap uses an Automated Market Maker (AMM) that allows users to swap BEP-20 tokens in liquidity pools controlled by smart contracts. On the protocol, users can earn fees and provide liquidity through farming. PancakeSwap launched in September of 2020 during the pandemic period, also known as “DEFI summer”, in the crypto ecosystem. The liquidity pools are funded by liquidity providers who deposit their tokens in exchange for LP tokens. These LP tokens can be exchanged to redeem deposited tokens and accrued fees.

PancakeSwap LP tokens are FLIP which can be used to farm CAKE and SYRUP tokens. Liquidity providers can stake their tokens on the farm to get the CAKE token. PancakeSwap facilitates the seamless trading of BEP20 tokens on the Binance Smart Chain and rewards liquidity providers with fees. Users can stake CAKE, earn CAKE, and swap CAKE for other tokens on its protocol.

Big Eyes (BIG EYES)

Big Eyes (BIG EYES) is a DEFI community token aiming to increase users’ access to decentralized finance protocols. The project will also funnel liquidity into DEFI using its token, which it will make available to its users. To place the project in the hands of its community, Big Eyes will make 90% of its tokens available at launch. Furthermore, the project will reduce the barrier to entry and allow more users to access DEFI by eliminating all complexities. Big Eyes will also be involved in charity events and outreaches, as 5% of the token’s supply will be held in a charity wallet.

The BIG EYES token plays an important role in the ecosystem and will allow users to get the most out of the DEFI ecosystem. Join the ongoing BIG EYES presale to earn bonuses in any of the presale stages. Also, you can earn bonuses by inviting your friends to purchase BIG EYES tokens. Start stacking those bonuses today!

 

Big Eyes Coin (BIG)

Presale: https://buy.bigeyes.space/

Website: https://bigeyes.space/

Telegram: https://t.me/BIGEYESOFFICIAL

2023 Election and the Challenge of Supporting Younger Presidential Candidates

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In advance of the general elections in 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission released the complete list of candidates for a number of national positions. Currently, some Nigerian socio-political groups are debating what will happen to candidates who have been marked by the electoral body with court orders. Political scientists and public affairs analysts are debating the gender disparity that has been identified as well as the complete disregard of political parties for the inclusion of candidates with disabilities.

According to the electoral body, “In summary, all the 18 political parties have fielded candidates and their running mates for the Presidential election. For legislative elections, 1,101 candidates are vying for 109 Senatorial seats and 3,122 candidates for Federal Constituencies i.e. House of Representatives seats, making a total of 4,223 candidates contesting for 469 legislative positions.

“In terms of gender distribution, 3,875 candidates are male, made up of 35 for Presidential and Vice Presidential, 1,008 for Senate and 2,832 for House of Representatives. Similarly, 381 females comprising 1 for Presidential, 92 for Senate, and 288 for House of Representatives are contesting. There are also 11 Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the race.”

Overall, discussions remain highly intellectual and intriguing ahead of the presidential election, which has been described as the most open election because the candidates of the three dominant parties (APC, PDP, and LP) have a clear chance of entering the presidential villa in 2023. Aside from that, our analyst looks at the age of the candidates presented by 18 political parties for presidential and vice-presidential positions. According to our data, the total age of the 36 candidates presented by the parties is 1,964 years. The average age of the president and vice-president is 54 years and five months.

According to the analysis, 17 of the 36 candidates (47.22%) are older, while 19 (52.77%) are younger. In the context of this piece, older refers to candidates with a higher number of years for age classification, whereas younger refers to candidates with a lower number of years in comparison to other candidate (presidential or vice presidential) from the same political party. According to the analysis, 18 of the 19 younger candidates are male, while all 17 older candidates are male. The data revealed one female younger candidate.

The 18 vice presidential candidates have a combined age of 930 years, compared to the 1,034 years of the presidential candidates. The average age of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, according to average analysis, is 57.44 and 61.66 years, respectively.

The combined age of the 17 male older candidates is 1,023 years, while the age of the 18 male younger candidates is 897 years. The only female candidate is 44 years old. Fourteen of the 17 older candidates have a total age of 845 years and are running for the presidency, while the remaining three candidates have a total age of 178 years. Four of the 19 younger presidential candidates have a total age of 189 years, while the remaining 15 candidates with the same age disparity and vying for vice presidential position have a total age of 752 years.

Exhibit 1: Cumulative Age of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates

Source: Independent National Electoral Commission, 2022; Infoprations Analysis, 2022

Exhibit 2: Age of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates

Source: Independent National Electoral Commission, 2022; Infoprations Analysis, 2022

Analysis shows that the People’s Redemption Party and Action Alliance are closer to and within the average age of all candidates, respectively, across political parties and positions. According to our analyst, candidates from these political parties stand a good chance of winning if voters decide that electing a younger president and vice president will be better for the growth and progress of the nation. However, the candidates would not be on many voters’ minds in 2023 due to issues such as being smaller parties, a lack of resources to mobilize voters, and low recognition.

Exhibit 3: Political parties and their closeness to average age of presidential and vice-presidential candidates

 

Source: Independent National Electoral Commission, 2022; Infoprations Analysis, 2022

Nigeria first before the political party, candidate, or membership

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An old English jurist, Lord (John Allsebrook) Simon will say that our political system will only work as long as responsible people in different parties (political actors) accept the view that it is better that the other side should win than that there be the breakdown of law and order.

With 157 days from this day (20-9-2022) to the general election and just 8 days to the kick-off of official political campaigns and rallies, politicians and their teaming number of supporters are advised to imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship and patriotism as they go about the political activities. Each and every one of them should have in mind that it is “Nigeria first” and all actions must portray that the positive change of the society is why there is the provision for these electoral processes by the laws of the land.

Responsible people in different parties with different political views should see to it that it is in everyone’s best interest to see that the law is abided and the constitution is never broken even if it incurs losses to their political parties or at the detriment of their political view, in as much as they incurred that losses resisting the urge to break the laws, they are heroes and patriots of the constitution.

When political actors put Nigeria first then everyone, each of them will act within the spirit of the law and its morality while they go about their political activities this season.

Everyone (candidates, members of political parties, and voters) should know that it is Nigeria first before political views or political ideologies. It is Nigeria first before political candidates or political membership. This is how patriots and heroes of democracy think and act.

The Nation first! 

The INEC has taken the pain to highlight rules of engagement that political actors and their supporters must memorize and keep to their hearts for the conduct of their political activities before, during, and after the 2023 elections. Some of these codes of conduct include:

-All Political Parties shall abide by all the Laws, rules, and regulations of Nigeria relating to elections and the maintenance of public order.

– All Political Parties shall at all times uphold the rights and freedoms of the Nigerian people, as guaranteed by law.

-All Political Parties have the right and freedom to put forward their views to the electorate without hindrance from other oppositions. 

-Political parties shall respect the rights of all participants in an election.              

-No Political Party shall use State apparatus including State-owned print and electronic media to the advantage or disadvantage of any other Political Party or candidate at an election. 

-No Political Party shall engage in violent activity or intimidation of any kind, as a way of demonstrating its strength or supremacy. 

-Every Political Party shall at all fora and at all times avoid defamatory, derogatory, and insulting attacks on rival parties or individual personalities through any form of communication, verbal or written.

-During campaigns, No political Party or candidate shall resort to the use of inflammatory language, provocative actions, images, or manifestations that incite violence, hatred, contempt, or intimidation against another party or candidate or any person or group of persons. 

– All Political Parties shall take all necessary steps to coordinate their campaign activities in such a way as to avoid holding rallies, meetings, marches, or demonstrations close to one another at the same time. 

-No Political Party or candidate shall prevent other parties or candidates from pasting their posters or distributing their leaflets, handbills, and other publicity materials in a public place. Etc 

In general, these codes of conduct point toward one direction which is; that “all political activities should be conducted within the bounds of the law and political parties should make sure that their members adhere to the rules of engagement and other electoral laws as it has been provided by INEC and other relevant regulatory statutes”.

This is in fact the period when the electorates and eligible voters should pay rapt attention to political activities. Any political party that conducts its activities outside the regulation provided by the electoral laws during its campaign or any other political activity has shown a clear sign that they are breakers of the law and if elected will be associated with impunity, foul play, and total disregard / disrespect to the rule of law.

Charity, as they say, begins at home and this is the time for political parties to prove to electorates that they are upholders of the law starting by not breaking any electoral laws as provided by INEC and other relevant regulatory laws during this period.

If no one abides or plays by the rule of the electoral laws, laws will be undermined and this will lead to anarchy but if politicians put Nigeria first even at the detriment or loss of their political parties then Nigeria will be on the smooth ride this political season, free from electoral vices.

May Nigeria succeed.

No, a police officer is not allowed to slap a citizen

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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)

A video was trending last week of two boys assaulting a police officer; they brushed down that police officer as they were shuffling and shouting at themselves. 

Reacting to this video, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Force Headquarters, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi stated thus on his Twitter page: “Even if a policeman on uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has no right to retaliate more so if he is on his (official) uniform, it is an act of disrespect to Nigeria, to beat an officer on a police uniform,  the disrespect is not to the policeman but to our nation and its a crime as enshrined in our criminal laws”. 

If I understand his tweet properly, he is trying to put it out there that a police officer on duty is not acting in his (personal) capacity, rather, that police officer is acting in his official capacity as a law enforcement agent of the country and therefore acting on behalf of the federal republic of Nigeria and every respect and honor that is to be accorded to the federal republic of Nigeria should as well be accorded to that officer.

This force Pro line of thought although reasonable but is to some extent flawed and I beg to respectfully disagree with him to some extent.

In as much as a police officer is acting on behalf of the government, no law anywhere empowers a police officer or any other law enforcement agent to slap or assault a citizen under any circumstance. He is not even allowed to slap or assault a suspect or an accused person. If he does, he has committed a crime punishable under the Nigerian laws and if a citizen assaulted or slapped by an officer decides to retaliate in the heat of the moment, they can only at best be tagged as “two fightings”. 

This statement of the force PRO is more like an encouragement to officers to assault citizens because they know they are serving the government and the citizens cannot retaliate or assault them back. 

This is what the criminal code act of Nigeria has to say in Sections 351, 354 and 355. 

  1. Punishment of assault.                            Any person who unlawfully assaults another is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is liable, if no greater punishment is provided, to imprisonment for one year.
  1. Assaults on person protecting wrecks.      Any person who unlawfully assaults and uses actual violence to a peace officer or any other person while acting in the execution of his duty in or concerning the preservation of a vessel in distress, or of any vessel or goods wrecked or stranded or lying under water, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
  1. Assaults occasioning harm.                    Any person who unlawfully assaults another and thereby does him harm, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for three years.

There is no exception or exemption to this crime. If a police officer slaps or assaults a citizen during the course of his duty, that police officer will not be exempted or excused because he is an officer of the law, he has committed a felony and will also be duly prosecuted.

Citizens are encouraged to respect law enforcement agents and the intent of this post is never to make an excuse for any form of uncivilized behavior by any person against officers of the federal republic of Nigeria, but actions call for reaction, therefore, law enforcement agents are also expected to be civil and uphold the highest form of decorum while discharging their statutory duties as they will never be exempted from prosecution if they commit any crime in the discharge of their duties.