FlokiCoke, one of the first Floki meme token projects to work collaboratively with a manufacturer to produce Coke, today announced that its presale will begin on December 18, 2021.

FlokiCoke is different from regular meme tokens because this business will have tangible assets and generate real profits for investors. Profits from beer and NFT sales will be used to buy back $FlokiCoke tokens, further boosting the token price. The overarching goal of FlokiCoke is to assist with the adoption of cryptocurrency by increasing its appearance in mainstream media. FlokiCoke aims to be the most-known and most-used cryptocurrency in the soft drink industry.
FlokiCoke to Launch Presale for First   Reflection Floki Token and Coke DrinkFlokiCoke was built on the Binance Smart Chain. Twenty-six percent of the overall tokens have been set aside for presale. The total supply is 1,000,000,000,000,000 and the presale rate is 1 BNB = 430,000,000,000. A soft cap has been set at 300BNB with a hard cap at 600BNB. The initial market cap is estimated at $630,806. FlokiCoke will be listed on PancakeSwap. 

FlokiCoke is also hosting a presale whitelist competition. There will only be 200 whitelist spots available, and there are eight different ways to enter. Visit gleam.io/JuS0g/flokicoke-presale-whitelist-contest for more details about the content and information on how to enter.

Why choose $FlokiCoke?

• Contract audited
• KYC verified
• Doxxed team
• Initial burn 50% token
• Liquidity will be locked for two years
• Auto-buyback built-in
• Anti-whale contract design
• Tangible asset

Before the presale, the FlokiCoke token was audited by InterFi, an independent, smart contract auditing firm. The token is KYC-certified by an independent auditing firm and has a KYC badge from the PinkSale. All team members are doxed to increase investor confidence, and the development team does not hold any $FlokiCoke. The team has committed to never hosting private sales.

Auto-buyback has been built into the smart contract function to automatically buy back and burn various amounts of $FlokiCoke upon the sale of any FlokiCoke tokens. Auto-buyback helps stabilize the token price, benefiting investors more than manual buybacks.

To assist with marketing, 5 percent of $FlokiCoke tokens have been reserved for airdrops, CEX and digital marketing. Additionally, 4 percent of every $FlokiCoke transaction is reinvested for marketing activities, allowing for a continual increase in the marketing budget. A consistently funded marketing strategy will boost brand awareness and attract new investors.

“FlokiCoke's meme culture is strong,” said FlokiCoke Founder and CEO Cody Lai. “Our community loves and lives for the memes, and we strongly believe that the only way to truly take cryptocurrency mainstream and ensure mainstream adoption is by leveraging the power of memes.”

For more information, visit flokicoke.com and follow FlokiCoke on Telegram, Twitter, Instagram and Github. Find out more about the presale at gleam.io/JuS0g/flokicoke-presale-whitelist-contest.

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Mainland Chinese Truck Market Continues to Deteriorate, Supply Constraints Add to Production Woes

The policy-induced pre-loaded consumption has given mainland Chinese medium- and heavy-duty truck (MHDT) market a chill since July, with production cutting by nearly 60% as compared with the same period of last year. The current supply chain constraints caused by semi-conductor and power shortages will weigh on production activities into 2022. In our November 2021 forecast, we expect the mainland Chinese MHDT production to further loose around 25,000 units for the second half of 2021 and 15,000 units for the first quarter of the next year.

High inventories of China 5-level trucks remain the biggest dragger

Owing to the OEMs' price competition, the pre-buy activity in preparation for the China 6 emission rules were greatly amplified, resulting in an over-storage of China 5-level trucks across dealer channels in the first half of 2021. By the end of October, nationwide MHDT inventories are calculated at 260,000 units, still way higher than the typical rates of 150,000-170,000 units. Roughly two thirds of inventories are China 5-level trucks, despite a closure of registrations in major markets such as Hebei, Shaanxi, and Shandong. A part of the unsaleable trucks has flowed into the second-hand market with price depreciating up to 50%. Such price differential, coupled with common concerns over increasing usage cost, makes China-6 level trucks even less favorable. Although the final chance to register a China 5-level truck is set on December 31, 2021 in some regions, the high inventory pressure will likely deepen into early 2022 before the full clearance of new China 5-level trucks in the market.

Semiconductor shortage gets worse but under control

The global automotive semiconductor shortage has worsened by the pandemic resurgence in Malaysia and Vietnam since the summer months. To minimize losses under the tighter resources, some OEMs have prioritized production to bestselling models or new models that need to be pushed to the market, while some OEMs have placed orders of key accounts the first in line. Moreover, there have been cases of pausing acceptance of advanced orders because of the uncertainty about final deliveries. As a result, the average lead time of new trucks in most manufacturers are extended from one week to above four weeks. The sophisticated premium models that account for less than 10% market share suffered the most, with production line rates almost halved for several brands. We expect the semiconductor supply chain to stay gloomy for the coming months, but its impacts on the MHDT production should be manageable under sluggish sales of China 6-level trucks.

Power shortage risk may persist in the medium term

The coal supply disruption stemming from the mainland Chinese government's energy consumption control has triggered a severe power crunch across the nation, with more than 20 provinces experiencing different degrees of load shedding measures since mid-2021. Except for three northeastern provinces - Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang where the residential sector is affected, most provinces have kept power rationing measures within energy-intensive industries. Some energy-intensive industries such as aluminum, electronics, and steel are ordered to curtail capacity by 20-30% in the second half to meet carbon reduction commitments, posing more hurdles to automotive supply chain and industrial freight transport. On one hand, the softening demand for China 6-level trucks has hindered truck makers to pass the inflating producer cost on to retail prices. On the other hand, the continued downswing in industrial output will undermine the road freight recovery. Although the government has fine-tuned policies to ramp up coal production and reined in coal and power prices, an upturn is not likely to emerge until the second quarter of 2022 when the winter heating season ends. Given the government's anti-pollution ambitions, the supply disruption risks may sustain for quite a while.

With de-stocking of China 5-level new trucks, we predict MHDT inventories to rebuild from the third quarter of 2022, supporting some improvements in production. However, the expected slowing economy as well as economic reform measures including property deleveraging, financial de-risking, and industrial decarbonization will continue to act as a drag from the demand side. The recently released State Council's guideline on antipollution campaigns which highlight a nationwide elimination of China 1-3-level trucks by 2025 may bring a turn to the market, while its practical enforcement and impacts remain uncertain before the issuance of more specific measures.

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One catalyst of the recent growth in gaming is the adoption of blockchain and NFT. Now, more than ever, it's easier for gamers to make an income while gaming. The concept of Play to earn is gaining popularity as new NFT games come up every other month. One such platform is Metaface. 

Metaface defines itself as a decentralized gaming network with a free-to-earn token NFT and many games. This network combines tokens with NFTs to create a play-to-earn mechanism for gamers.

Metaface Token

The Metaface token takes the most primary task of powering this entire gaming ecosystem. According to Metaface white paper, this token will have two types of holders. First is those who purchase for speculative and investment reasons. The second is those who buy the token for the METATHUG P2E game. 

This BEP20 token has many use cases and features, including;

Hyperdeflationary Token 

The Metaface ecosystem instills policies that make the MFT token hyper-deflationary. One of the policies is a manual token burning mechanism. According to their whitepaper, the Metaface team will seek its community's opinion on burning tokens and buyback mechanisms. This in turn gives the community a say over their investments. Burning enhances the token scarcity, which results in more demand; hence value increases over time.

Furthermore, the network has a rebate policy where they distribute 4% of everyMFT transaction to token holders' wallets. Metaface will distribute the rebate based on the holding per wallet. This will encourage more people to purchase and hold the token. Altogether, the rebate and burning policy will make the coin deflationary.

High Liquidity Token

Another feature defining the MFT token is high liquidity. Accessing this token and exchanging it in the markets will be easy. In every transaction, 3% will go back to liquidity pools to regulate MFT token prices. 

The 3% liquidity return policy will help bolster liquidity and make the token gain value in the long term. 

Minting and Buying NFTs

The third and final feature of the token is minting. All holders of the token will mint metaface NFTs and sell them to the marketplace. 

Aside From minting NFT, the token will help users buy NFT. It will be the main currency to use in the NFT marketplace. Hence, holders will buy NFT using this token. 

Weekly Contest 

Holders of the Metaface token will participate in contests to create game scenarios. The community will choose which design is best, and the creator will earn rewards for designing.

Decentralized Exchanges

This token will be listed on top Dexes, where holders will trade in and out. The first Dex targeted by Metaface is the Pancakeswap. Trading the token will be a good source of income for traders. The MFT token will also help in rewarding the holders in Dex.  

The Metaface NFT

The network also notes that the token will work in synergy with the NFT to provide services. The NFT will be the most necessary asset in the Meta thug game. The NFTs represent the in-game items and features.

For gamers to start playing and earning, they must first purchase the Metaface token. On holding the token, they can now purchase the NFTs from the marketplace. Aspects like rarity, uniqueness, and features will contribute to the increasing values of these NFTs. 

The METATHUG Game

Meta Thug game is the flagship service provided by the Metaface network and MFT token. This game will combine several game modes to boost the gamers' experience. The Metaface team is working hard to ensure the graphic quality of the games is high.  

The MetaThug game will first launch as a mobile gaming application. It will be available both on Android and iOS devices starting quarter 1 of 2022.

Metaface: Audit for Security

To ensure it ultimately secures the investors, Metaface decided to take an audit. The audit which Techrate completed intended to identify any errors and vulnerabilities in the smart contracts. After thorough checks, Techrate never found any serious issues.  

Metaface decided to post the audit report on their web page. This shows the level of transparency that the network has. 

Metaface: The Pros and Cons

The Metaface gaming network will come with several advantages and drawbacks. The few top benefits will include; 

• Have fun and earn income

• Exposure to the NFT space

• Mobile applications for convenience

• High token liquidity

• Deflationary token 

This network is entirely new in the market. Hence, users cannot be able to identify issues. However, the team behind it is fully KYCed, and its smart contracts are audited by Techrate, eliminating any chances of a rug pull and ascertaining the security of investors' assets. Moreover, over $600K in investments are locked in the network's liquidity pool, which guarantees it is a long-term project and puts investors' minds at rest.

Wrapping Up: To The Future

The Metaface ecosystem has a lot in store in the coming months. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the platform completed several plans, including the ongoing Presale. 

However, after the presale, Metaface will complete NFTs, and launch the game in 2022. It also plans to continue listing on more exchanges as it continues to develop the NFT marketplace. At the end of 2022, Metaface intends to ensure the NFT marketplace, the Metathug game, and its other services will be available for everyone.

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In a unanimous decision – Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 202 – a Full Bench of three judges (Middleton, Perram and Nicholas JJ) of the Federal Court of Australia (‘Full Court’) has reversed last year’s ruling by Justice Burley that claims directed to a so-called ‘feature game’ implemented on an electronic gaming machine (EGM) constituted a patent-eligible ‘manner of manufacture’ under Australia law.  (A ‘feature game’ is a secondary, or bonus, game triggered by the occurrence of a defined event in the ‘base’ game of spinning reels.)  As I explained at the time, Justice Burley applied a two step test, asking firstly whether ‘the claimed invention is for a mere scheme or business method of the type that is not the proper subject matter of a grant of letters patent’ and then – if this question is answered in the affirmative – ‘whether the computer-implemented method is one where invention lay in the computerisation of the method’ as opposed to ‘merely plugging an unpatentable scheme into a computer’.  He found the claims to be patentable at the first step, because they were directed to ‘a mechanism of a particular construction’, i.e. a gaming machine.

The Full Court has rejected Justice Burley’s test, with the majority (Middleton and Perram JJ) proposing an alternative two step test (at [26]) which asks firstly whether the claimed invention is ‘a computer-implemented invention’ and then – if so – ‘can the invention claimed broadly be described as an advance in computer technology’.  The majority determined that Aristocrat’s EGM, despite being claimed in terms of a combination of hardware and software components, was in substance a computer-implemented invention, and that the asserted contribution of the claimed invention ‘pertains only to the use of a computer’ and not to ‘the development or advance of computer technology’ (at [63]-[64]).  As such, they concluded that the claims were not directed to patent-eligible subject matter.

The third judge of the Full Court, Nicholas J, arrived at the same ultimate conclusion, by different reasoning.  He agreed with the majority that Justice Burley’s two step test was not the correct approach, because it failed to ‘engage with the Commissioner’s submission that the invention as described and claimed was in substance a mere scheme or set of rules for playing a game implemented using generic computer technology for its well-known and well-understood functions’ (at [135]).  However, rather than embarking upon an inquiry as to whether Aristocrat’s claims were directed to a ‘computer-implemented invention’ he simply observed that ‘the substance of the invention, as described and claimed, resides in the game program code which embodies a computer implemented scheme or set of rules for the playing of a game’ (at [138]).  He further reasoned (at [140]-[142]) that the game code does not solve any ‘technological problem’, nor does it exhibit any ‘unusual technical effect due to the way in which the computer is utilised’, and therefore that there is nothing ‘about the way in which the game code causes the EGM to operate which can be regarded as having transformed what might otherwise be regarded as purely abstract information encoded in memory into something possessing the required artificial effect.’

While the Full Court found the representative claim at issue to be unpatentable, it did not entirely foreclose the possibility that there may be patent-eligible aspects to the inventions disclosed in Aristocrat’s four innovation patents.  The case has been remitted back to Justice Burley to determine any residual issues in light of the Full Court’s judgment.

There are positive and negative aspects to this decision.  On the plus side, the approach taken by the majority brings some clarity to the approach to be taken in construing and assessing claims to computer-implemented inventions, which often comprise a physical apparatus defined in terms of (possibly conventional) hardware, configured via software for particular functionality.  On the down side, however, the majority also relied upon the existence of ‘an advance in computer technology’ to confer patent-eligibility upon a computer-implemented invention, without providing clear guidance on what, exactly, is covered by this terminology.  The decision also perpetuates an uncertainty that exists around the exact role to be played by prior art information in applying the ‘manner of manufacture’ test to assess patent-eligibility.

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