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EasyA to launch learning modules on Stacks, aiming to attract thousands of developers and kickstart the ecosystem ahead of the highly anticipated Bitcoin halving
Unlocking the trillion-dollar opportunity for developers. EasyA and Stacks Foundation partner to bring builders to Bitcoin, allowing them to capture a portion of the $1T asset class for the first time ever. The partnership aims to educate developers on Stacks, showing them how they can use it to build on Bitcoin and put this massive store of value to work.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — EasyA, the world’s leading Web3 education app, announced today its collaboration with the Stacks Foundation. The partnership will allow developers to capture a portion of Bitcoin’s $1T market value by teaching them how to build on Bitcoin. Together with Stacks, EasyA will show developers how to unlock the $1 trillion in latent capital currently waiting for developers ahead of the widely anticipated Bitcoin halving in April. EasyA and the Stacks Foundation aim to expand the Bitcoin ecosystem by showing developers how to build on the world’s largest crypto asset for the first time ever, transforming Bitcoin from a store of value into a productive asset with renewed utility.
EasyA is world-renowned for its Web3 learning app, which has attracted a huge community of over 750,000 developers, founders and visionaries. Their long-standing partnerships with over 300 of the world’s best university blockchain clubs (from Harvard to MIT to Cambridge and beyond) give its community unparalleled levels of talent.
EasyA alumni have been funded by world-class venture capital firms like a16z, and top accelerators like the prestigious Y Combinator. EasyA will launch 5 new in-app educational challenges featuring Stacks, giving Stacks access to EasyA’s massive pool of talent, and showing them the opportunities unlocked by the upcoming sBTC and Nakamoto Release.
The Nakamoto and sBTC launches are major upgrades coming to Stacks which will bring the leading Bitcoin L2 key features to developers eager to build on Bitcoin. Nakamoto enables Stacks to be both faster and more secure than ever before, inheriting the full security of Bitcoin, while sBTC brings a trustless Bitcoin to Stacks for the first time.
With the upcoming Bitcoin halving under 60 days away and massive momentum surrounding Bitcoin in light of the recent Bitcoin ETF approvals by the SEC, this partnership comes at a watershed moment for the Bitcoin community. Today, EasyA and the Stacks Foundation launch their partnership under the hashtag #360DaysOfStacks, which will culminate in two flagship hackathons in Boston (at Harvard University) and London. These two hackathons will bring together top developers from the #360DaysOfStacks learning challenges to pitch their startups in-person and win $50,000 in prize money. On top of this, the top builders will gain access to additional funding, mentorship and grant opportunities within the Stacks ecosystem.
Phil Kwok, Co-Founder of EasyA, said: “Over the past decade, Bitcoin has proven itself as a rock solid store of value. So much so that it commands a market cap of over $1 trillion. The crazy thing is that there’s surprisingly little you can actually do with it. Stacks promises to change that, and this promise is what is so exciting. We can imagine a world where all the value locked up in Bitcoin can finally be put to work. With Stacks’ sBTC and Nakamoto Release, this is finally possible. We can’t wait to see what our 750,000+ community of developers create with Stacks.”
“Our team is proud to be part of an ecosystem that takes the relationship with builders beyond a transactional one, helping developers of all ages and skill sets to learn the fundamentals, create one-to-one connections, and get genuine hands-on support from leaders,” says Mitchell Cuevas, Executive Director at the Stacks Foundation. “We continue to collaborate with EasyA because they share this sustainable, community-driven approach to developer education and they manage to make it (a lot of) fun for everyone from newcomers to veterans along the way.”
EasyA and the Stacks Foundation’s most recent partnership was a roaring success, educating over 3,000 developers on Stacks and attracting over 250 developers to their 36-hour in-person hackathon in London, UK. Founders won over $25,000 in prize money, with many of these projects still building on Bitcoin with Stacks.
Be one of the world’s first to complete the new #360DaysofStacks challenges by downloading the EasyA app, which is available to download on both iOS and Android.
About Stacks
Stacks is a Bitcoin L2 that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as a secure base layer. The 2024 Nakamoto and sBTC releases will bring faster speeds and transactions backed by 100% Bitcoin finality. Stacks is the current leading Bitcoin L2 by developer traction and market cap and is poised to help unlock Bitcoin and its $500B in passive capital as a fully programmable, productive asset. The Stacks (STX) token, used as gas on the L2, was the first to undergo an SEC-qualified sale in the United States. The project explicitly decentralized with the mainnet launch in 2021. In the Stacks ecosystem, there are currently 30+ contributing entities including a non-profit Stacks Foundation, a developer tooling company Hiro, Xverse, Trust Machines, Mechanism, Bitcoin L2 Labs, ALEX, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, and more.
About EasyA
With over 750,000 developers from top universities, companies and projects across the US, UK and Europe, EasyA is the world’s most trusted and engaged Web3 education platform. Founded by Oxbridge/Ivy League grads, EasyA works very closely with over 300 of the world’s best blockchain clubs, frequently ranks as one of the top apps on the App Store, and has been featured as Apple’s App of the Day. The world’s leading Web3 networks such as Solana, Ripple, Polkadot, Stellar, Sui, Aptos, Algorand, Polygon, Tezos, ImmutableX and many more partner with EasyA to host their flagship hackathons. They leverage EasyA’s powerful in-app challenge campaigns to attract the world’s most talented hackers to their ecosystems, since EasyA is a powerful signal to them of quality and excellence. Projects coming out of EasyA’s hackathons have in turn raised from the best: all the way from a16z to Y Combinator.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — FXGiants has recently launched a series of exciting bonuses. Participants on the FXGiants‘ online trading platform can now amplify their trading potential with a broad spectrum of bonuses that are tailored to fit different trading needs. These bonuses not only add extra value but also act as a safety net for traders to explore the financial markets without risking too much.
“Our goal with these deposit bonus options is to empower traders of all levels,” said Christopher Oates, the spokesperson for FXGiants. “Under this scheme, we have diverse categories, including Bonus Maximiser, Booster Bonus, and the Bonus Advantage. These bonuses are designed to provide flexibility to clients as they trade on the FXGiants online trading platform.”
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BEIJING, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) successfully hosted the Western China MBA Professor Training Program in collaboration with the China National MBA Education Supervisory Committee and Shantou University School of Business on December 17 and 18, 2024. 58 professors from over 40 universities in China nationwide, mostly western China, attended this training.
Since 2007, CKGSB has been aspiring to address the pressing disparities in management education between eastern and western China with its MBA professor training program. As of 2024, the program has trained 372 professors from 155 universities across 22 provinces, 4 autonomous regions, 3 direct-administered municipality in China, indirectly impacting tens of thousands of MBA students.
This year, the training focused on social innovation and business for good, a topic many participating professors found lacking in their day-to-day teaching and research. Professor ZHU Rui (Juliet), CKGSB Professor of Marketing and Director of the ESG and Social Innovation Center, led the training. She introduced how CKGSB has been innovating with the integration of business for good in management education, and how our relevant practice-based course has already helped 2,800+ students integrate ESG into their businesses. Professor Zhu also hosted an interactive workshop with the training’s participants on how they may build this idea into their teaching.
Participants shared in their post-program survey that Professor Zhu’s teaching and her ESG Assessment map gave them a new perspective on how to balance profits and social responsibilities. Many also felt inspired on how to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Recognized in CKGSB’s 2022 and 2024 ESG and Social Innovation Reports and honored as a finalist for the 2021 China Social Impact Award by the United Nations and British Chamber of Commerce, this program exemplifies CKGSB’s impact in this critical area. Through partnerships with the government, NGOs, and business schools, this initiative has made significant progress in promoting quality education and reducing inequalities.
For more information on CKGSB’s ESG and social innovation efforts, visit our ESG and social innovation website.
About CKGSB
Established in Beijing in November 2002, CKGSB is China’s first privately-funded and research-driven business school. The school aims to cultivate transformative business leaders with a global vision, sense of social responsibility, innovative mindset, and ability to lead with empathy and compassion (https://english.ckgsb.edu.cn).
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VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Wirex, a global leader in bridging traditional and digital finance, has announced the addition of VNX Euro (VEUR) and VNX Swiss Franc (VCHF) to its platform. With this integration, Wirex users can now spend VEUR and VCHF directly through their Wirex cards, streamlining everyday transactions and enhancing convenience.
Wirex cards allow users to use VEUR and VCHF in various ways. Whether users receive payments in VEUR and/or VCHF, use them for remittances (including cross-border transactions), or sell digital assets for stablecoins instead of fiat, Wirex provides the simplest solution for spending in real life. Users can instantly convert their stablecoins into fiat currency and send them directly to their bank accounts, catering to those who prefer traditional banking options.
Pavel Matveev, Co-founder of Wirex, said: “We’re excited to welcome VNX Euro (VEUR) and VNX Swiss Franc (VCHF) to Wirex. This addition allows our users to effortlessly spend stablecoins in real life, whether for daily purchases, remittances, or managing their digital assets. At Wirex, our goal is to make digital currencies as convenient and versatile as traditional money, and VEUR and VCHF are another step toward achieving that vision.”
Future Features
Additional features will be rolled out later after the launch, complementing the immediate benefits of VEUR and VCHF. These include loans and high-yield X-Accounts, both of which are growing in popularity among Wirex users. Loans offer a smart and tax-efficient way to access liquidity without selling underlying digital assets. Users can leverage their BTC, ETH, SOL, and other digital assets, as collateral for loans in stablecoins, allowing them to benefit from potential appreciation while accessing funds without triggering taxable events.
X-Accounts provide an opportunity for users to earn industry-leading yields of up to 15% APY on their stablecoin balances, enhancing the overall value proposition of holding VEUR and VCHF within the Wirex ecosystem.
Upcoming Advanced Opportunities
VEUR and VCHF have the potential to become preferred options in Wirex’s advanced trading products, such as Wirex DUO and Wirex Multiply. Notably, Euro-backed stablecoins have already demonstrated significantly higher usage among Wirex users than larger USD alternatives, highlighting strong demand for Euro-denominated trading options.
As Wirex explores adding VEUR and VCHF to these products, it aims to further strengthen its position as a leader in digital finance by offering innovative solutions that bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets.
Disclaimer: The term “stablecoin” is used herein in relation to VEUR and VCHF for marketing purposes. The reader however shall understand that VEUR and VCHF are fiat-referenced tokens which are described in more detail in the VNX Gold based Fiat Referenced Tokens (FRT) Terms and Conditions which are available for review at www.vnx.li
About VEUR and VCHF
Both VEUR and VCHF are multichain tokens referencing the Euro and Swiss Franc, developed by VNX, generated by a licensed token generator under the Blockchain Act in Liechtenstein. VEUR and VCHF are supported by the reserves ensuring 1:1 parity and represent a reliable digital asset in the crypto world. These tokens combine the stability of fiat currencies with the convenience of crypto, enabling quick, low-cost, and 24/7 accessible cross-border payments while opening new opportunities in DeFi.
About Wirex
Wirex is a prominent UK-based digital payments platform with over 6 million customers spread across 130 countries. It offers secure accounts, making it easy for users to store, purchase, and exchange multiple currencies seamlessly. As a principal member of both Visa and Mastercard, Wirex goes beyond traditional services, embracing the evolving trends of Web3 to provide mainstream access to digital finance and wealth management. Having processed transactions totalling $20 billion, Wirex aims to contribute to the adoption of a cashless society by facilitating straightforward transactions in various currencies worldwide. Wirex is simplifying digital payments, making it more accessible and convenient for people across the globe.
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