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Inception was in May 2021 and, six months later, they have delivered everything they promised. And more!

Having recently doxxed, the team are preparing to launch their Evolution (Evo) token following an over-subscribed whitelist presale. 

The public presale of Evolution (Evo) begins in PinkSale on 29th November and is expected to reach Hard Cap in minutes; such is the enthusiasm of their community and the huge upward pressure of their marketing team.

Successful projects have been born out of community governance, sustainable rewards systems, investment confidence, future NFT minting & market-placing; and support ability towards symbiotic tokens within its own ecosystem. Some have achieved one or two of these qualities, none have achieved all.

A solid and committed community is the foundation of any crypto project, and a solid community is forged through common interest, common experience and common ideals. Through hard work and determination, the Evolution (Evo) team have gathered a community that has consolidated and then grown to support the long-term goals of the project. They have built their governance community through the CardanoEvo token, which has established the successful ecosystem authority and already delivered over $1/2 Million in Cardano rewards.

But what of the rest of the qualities mentioned above? 

Evolution (Evo) is the 'hub' token of their project ecosystem. It provides staking functions for CardanoEvo (and additional tokens in the future), encourages further investment and delivers their EvoNFT minting & market-placing. The Evolution (Evo) ‘hub' token will also provide future functionality to further, future symbiotic tokens within their own ecosystem, by allowing staking and liquidity provision. Lastly, the Evolution ‘hub' token will also provide direct liquidity to CardanoEvo and their future symbiont tokens, thus providing long-term stability.

Even with all the above features, the team have gone one better that any other project and incorporated a ground-breaking new feature to encourage investment as well as holding. It's called EvoBoost.

Evoboost is a revolutionary new, never-before-seen tiered system that uses 7% of every purchase to deliver token boosts. Visible on investors personal dashboards, the EvoBoost system delivers a bonus on certain successful purchase transactions. There are five levels to ‘hit' and there is a good (17.5%) chance of hitting them.

Other main features included in Evolution (Evo) are:

• Auto liquidity – 2% of every transaction delivers liquidity into the Evolution token.

• Variable Buyback – Another revolutionary new, never before seen system that allows us to deliver 2% of every transaction in liquidity to any token within our own ecosystem which then burns the purchased tokens.

• Marketing – 4% of every transaction provides an effective marketing budget for the Evolution token.

• Rewards – 4% of every sell transaction delivers additional Evolution tokens to every remaining holder.

It may seem complicated, because it certainly is! The team have worked tirelessly to build an ecosystem which no one else has, or is in the process of attempting; one specifically designed to be to expand, evolve and scale. 

A lot of hard work has gone into this project, and the team are consistently delivering on their promises.

Evolution (Evo) goes on Public Presale on 29th November, before launching on 30th. 

The team are in Voice Chat every day in Telegram and this is clearly a golden goose worth researching and getting involved with.

Website: https://evolutioncrypto.net/

Telegram: https://t.me/TheEvolutionOfficial

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheEvoCrypto

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evolutioncrypto/

CardanoEvo Website: http://www.cardanoevo.com/

The successful completion of our Private seed fundraising rounds marks an important step towards making Harmony Launcher a reality, Aside from establishing a solid initial base of token holders and supporters.

The private seed round was led by some of the industry's prominent backers such as Basics Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, X21 Digital,AU21 Capital, Maven Capital, Magnus Capital,Gains Capital ,Everese Capital , Ex Network and with participation from other venture capitals and private equity investors such as,  OASIS Capital, Region Venture,  NFT Tech, Lotus Captial, BlueMoon Capital,CRT Capital , Cathy Capital, ZB Capital , Fish Dao , Dutch Crypto Investors, BMW Venture Capital, ZBS Capital, Andromeda, Avalon Capital, Hello Capital, Angelone Capital, Inverse, AVstar Capital, Azer Capital ,Avisa Venture , Unanimous Capital, and Connect Ico.

Harmony Launcher's primary aim is to establish a foreground for Harmony Blockchain based projects to raise initial funds/capital in a safe, secure and hassle-free manner, encouraging more and more start-ups to utilise harmony blockchain as their core foundation. 

“The Lack of Launchpads on the Harmony Blockchain seems to hinder the growth, development & Utilisation of harmony blockchain by upcoming projects, this falls among one of the reason why we have created harmony launcher. 

We would like to express our gratitude to all our investors who foresaw the potential and the problem harmony launcher tends solve within the crypto community.

The proceeds from these investments would be utilised to shape harmony launcher to fit perfectly between the void that links harmony based projects to the blockchain ecosystem.” - Said Mr. Harshad, CEO of Harmony Launcher. 

About Harmony Launcher

Harmony Launcher is the world's first decentralized IGO + IDO Launchpad & Incubator with an integrated AMM DEX built on the harmony Blockchain who's focus would be on incubating and providing all the fundamental and necessary grounds for start-ups and projects based on the harmony network to build, raise funds & launch successfully.

Harmony launcher would be a one-stop incubator platform accelerating the growth and development of Harmony blockchain based start-ups while giving investors a fair opportunity to invest smartly and securely.

Stay connected to our social media pages for more updates.

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Earlier this month, The Water Project organization received a $30,000 gift to construct a fresh water well at the Lutali Primary School in Kenya. In the United States, nearly half a million meals were provided to children in need because of a contribution made to the group No Kid Hungry. A children's hospital site in Cambodia was funded entirely by a $50,000 cryptocurrency donation to the healthcare crowdfunding organization Watsi, Inc.

Saint Inu: The Cryptocurrency that Keeps on Giving

All of this was made possible by a rather surprising donor.

The benefactor of these donations is a cryptocurrency project called Saint Inu that was created less than a month ago. In just that short period of time, the project has already donated upwards of $300,000 worth of cryptocurrency to charities and non-profits around the world through their Charity Platform.

The newly formed Saint Inu project has started to turn heads in both the Charity and Cryptocurrency space with their jaw dropping generosity. The team has a token that gives a percentage of each transaction towards donations to charities and the token holders, however, the team says that this is "simply just the beginning".

The Saint Inu Development Team is working to reimagine how we envision donating to charity. The project is developing and launching a first of its kind "Play to Donate" (P2D) gaming platform called the SIGMA Platform (Saint Inu Gaming and Metaverse Arcade Platform). This launchpad will allow its users to earn cryptocurrency on behalf of their favorite charities by simply playing the games on the platform.

The "Play to Earn" (P2E) model has already proven to be successful in the crypto industry with P2E games such as Axie Infinity and Decentraland garnering multi-billion-dollar evaluations. The Saint Inu team believes that the next major trend in the market will be P2D games that allow users to donate to causes simply by playing a game. According to the Lite Paper published last week, there will also be P2E games on the SIGMA Platform.

With several games scheduled to be released next year, the team is excited about the future of the SIGMA Platform. They believe the revenue generated from the upcoming games will allow them to regularly make 6-figure donations and disrupt the charity, cryptocurrency, and gaming industries.

In a space that can be so unforgiving, it's a nice change of pace to see a project that is doing so much good for others.

For more information, please visit the Saint Inu Website, Twitter, or Telegram.

https://saintinu.com/
www.twitter.com/saint_inu

https://t.me/saintinuofficial

Quick Take

• Energyfi is designing green and cost-effective Decentralized Finance by providing a comprehensive set of DeFi features on Energy Web, Avax, Near and Bsc, all while accelerating their adoption.
• Energyfi raised $200,000.00 in a private token sale.
• The Green DeFi platform Energyfi is about to be launched on mainnet with the release of EnergyPad, it's ILO platform.
  The Green DeFi platform Energyfi is about to launched on mainnet

Decentralized finance in brief

Decentralized Finance (commonly referred to as DeFi) is a blockchain-based form of finance that does not rely on central financial intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks to offer traditional financial instruments, and instead utilizes smart contracts on blockchains, the most common being Ethereum.

Introducing Energyfi

Newly, Decentralized Finance faces two major problems: high transaction costs and a huge carbon footprint on the environment due to excessive energy consumption (especially on Ethereum).

Energyfi is addressing these issues by designing a comprehensive set of DeFi features on Energy Web Chain, Avalanche, Near and Binance Smart Chain, which will accelerate their adoption at the same time. Indeed, to move towards mass adoption, a blockchain needs more users, and to have more users, it needs more dApps. In order to foster the emergence of decentralised applications (dApps) and to support developers who wish to build on these networks, a fast and reliable all-in-one platform like Energyfi is crucial. Both a cornerstone and a catalyst, Energyfi aims to lead the industry towards: decentralisation, transparency, environmental awareness and cross-chain interoperability. These core values can be seen in the main features of Energyfi.

Energyfi's Features

The Energyfi platform includes a wide range of features, all designed to enable the adoption of green networks and the emergence of environmentally friendly decentralised finance.

This includes:

• Launchpad (permissionless fundraising platform)
• Dex (decentralised exchange platform where you can easily buy and sell your crypto-currencies on the network of your choice)
• Staking/Farming (savings product)
• Lending (lend and borrow crypto-currencies.

Energyfi Token (EFI)

EFI token will have multiple use cases such as governance and platform utility. Holding EFI token will also be necessary in order to use some of the Energyfi services. Also, to promote EFI token holders, a frictionless yield and burn mechanism is included.

This will respectively provide a passive income and fight against inflation.

Energyfi raised $200,000 in a private sale and the public sale will be scheduled

The token private sale round was supported by several investors including INBlock ventures, Blu Ocean capital and whitelisted private investors.

$200,000.00 were raised during the private sale and a public sale will be organised in the near future on EnergyPad, the Energyfi launchpad.

Website: https://www.energyfi.io

Telegram: https://t.me/Energyfi_official

Catalytic converter theft has skyrocketed in recent months as organized groups of thieves continue to illegally cut these devices out of cars, SUVs, and rental trucks at an increasingly alarming rate.

While this has been an ongoing issue for several years, thefts have increased exponentially throughout the recent pandemic period.

Penske's corporate security team is now spearheading a significant outreach program to law enforcement at the city, state and federal levels and cooperating with various catalytic converter theft task forces in hotspots around the country.

"We're also undertaking an aggressive effort to use a new etching technology and exploring other methods to better track stolen catalytic converters within our expansive fleet of trucks," said Scott Brunner, vice president of Security at Penske Transportation Solutions.

Catalytic Converter Thefts by the Numbers

Catalytic converters are emission control devices used on vehicles including Penske's rental trucks that help reduce air pollution.

Thieves are stealing these devices because they often contain high-value metals such as rhodium, platinum and palladium. Once removed and stolen, these devices are then sold by thieves to metal recycling and scrap yards netting the thieves a hefty payday.

"Catalytic converter theft is an increasing problem for consumers and businesses," Brunner said. "It's not a victimless crime. The theft of these devices can cause customers great inconvenience, disables vehicles for repairs, and drives up costs for consumers."

A recent State Farm report examined catalytic converter theft claims from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, and found thefts grew nearly 293% nationwide, representing more than 18,000 instances.

Compared with the same time period just a year earlier, theft reports from the last half of 2019 to the first half of 2020 numbered just above 4,500.

State Farm reported the total paid to customers during the most recent 12-month period was more than $33.7 million. In the previous 12-month period it was slightly below $9 million.

When it comes to claims, California leads the way with more than 3 out of 10 claims being filed in the state. Texas is second, with roughly 1 out of 10 claims, followed by Minnesota, Washington and Illinois, according to State Farm's examination of data from the first half of 2021.

While the value of metals contained in catalytic converters is a driver of the increase in thefts, the National Insurance Crime Bureau linked the thefts to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We have seen a significant increase during the pandemic. It's an opportunistic crime. As the value of the precious metals contained within the catalytic converters continues to increase, so do the number of thefts of these devices," said David Glawe. NICB president and CEO. "There is a clear connection between times of crisis, limited resources, and disruption of the supply chain that drives investors towards these precious metals."

As of the end of February 2021, 18 states – Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia – are evaluating potential legislative actions to curb the theft problem, according to the NICB.

Protecting Your Fleet

Penske Truck Leasing recommends all fleet operators take note of this trend and to take protective measures including:

• Properly secure vehicles
• Park in well-lit areas
• Use perimeter fencing when vehicles are domiciled overnight
• Invest in parking lot video surveillance
• Train drivers to look for signs related to theft or tampering during their pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections
• Inspect the catalytic converter area often
• Report catalytic converter theft to law enforcement immediately

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