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NAFA Announces Brian Fielkow as Keynote Speaker for 2024 Institute & Expo

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NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA) proudly unveils Brian Fielkow, safety expert and leader, as a keynote speaker for the upcoming NAFA 2024 Institute & Expo. The event, renowned as the premier gathering of fleet and mobility professionals, will take place from April 22-24 in San Antonio, TX. Brian is an esteemed leader in safety-sensitive industries, and brings over thirty years of executive leadership experience, particularly in transportation and logistics, to the I&E stage. As the Executive Vice President of Risk Resources at Acrisure, Brian provides strategic guidance to select companies, drawing from his distinguished career dedicated to fostering robust safety cultures. His expertise has earned him accolades such as the Distinguished Service to Safety Award from the National Safety Council. “NAFA is thrilled to welcome Brian Fielkow as a keynote speaker for our 2024 Institute & Expo,” said Bill Schankel, CAE, CEO of NAFA. “Brian’s wealth of experience in safety-sensitive industries and his commitment to cultivating safety cultures align perfectly with NAFA’s mission. His session promises to equip attendees with actionable strategies to enhance safety and drive success within their organizations.” During his keynote address, titled "The Roadmap to Fleet Safety," Brian will share invaluable insights into cultivating a safety-driven environment within organizations. Attendees can expect to gain practical tools and concepts to instill a behavior-based culture of safety, enhancing accountability and operational excellence. Brian’s session will delve into key topics such as distinguishing safety as a core value, the pivotal role of leadership in driving safety initiatives, and strategies for inclusive engagement across all levels of an organization. Attendees will also learn about deploying metrics, breaking down silos and fostering a "just culture" that prioritizes prevention. I&E attracts thousands of fleet professionals from a variety of fields, including corporate, government, public safety, utility, education and more. The three-day conference offers a blend of education, impactful conversations, networking opportunities, and products and services from the industry’s leading suppliers. More information about the I&E schedule can be found here. Prospective exhibitors are encouraged to secure their space early to ensure prime placement in the I&E Expo Hall. For more information about reserving an exhibit booth, please visit NAFA’s website. Sponsorship opportunities can be secured here. This year’s current sponsors include Bestpass Inc., FASTER Asset Solutions, Geotab, Holman, Legend Fleet Solutions, Merchants Fleet, Motive, Samsara, Shell Fleet Solutions, Stellantis, U.S. Bank Voyager, WEX and Wheels, Inc. NAFA Fleet Management Association is the membership organization for professionals who manage the mobility requirements of vehicle fleets that include commercial, public safety, trucks, and buses of all types and sizes, and a wide range of military and off-road equipment for corporations, governments, universities, utility fleets, and law enforcement in North America and across the globe. NAFA’s members are responsible for the specification, acquisition, maintenance, repair, fueling, risk management, and remarketing of more than 4.8 million vehicles that drive an estimated 84 billion miles each year. NAFA’s members control assets and services well above $122 billion each year. For more information, please visit www.nafa.org, and communicate with NAFA on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X. Contact Details Keaveny Hewitt +1 919-622-5276 khewitt@onwrdupwrd.com Company Website https://www.nafa.org/

March 01, 2024 02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Botala Energy partners with locals to foster social and economic benefits in Botswana

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Botala Energy Ltd (ASX:BTE) country manager Modisana Botsile sits down with Proactive’s Jonathan Jackson to discuss the company's efforts in fostering local partnerships as it pursues its mission to deliver affordable and reliable energy to Botswana. Botsile shares his insights into how the company has successfully cultivated relationships within Botswana including local female and farming populations and emphasises the importance of community engagement with these groups. He explains the company’s strategies and how they are aligned with those of the local community, as well as the nature of the partnerships and the social and economic benefits. Finally, Botsile outlines his plans to strengthen these relationships further, ensuring long-term benefits for both Botala Energy and the communities it serves. The company recently passed a significant milestone with environmental approval granted for development of the Serowe CBM gas project, Project Naledi. CEO Kris Martinick said: “Awarding of Environmental Approval is always a major milestone for any project. It reduces the number of remaining hurdles for development of this project.” Contact Details Proactive Investors Jonathan Jackson +61 413 713 744 jonathan@proactiveinvestors.com

March 01, 2024 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

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NBA Leverages Esports Market Growth with Thriving Partnership

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The NBA's foray into esports has been a strategic move to tap into the growing industry, leveraging the popularity of gaming to expand its audience and revenue streams. One significant initiative is the NBA 2K League, a professional gaming league centered around the NBA 2K video game series. This league, managed by the NBA, has not only attracted diverse players but also garnered substantial viewership. Several teams, like the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets, own their own NBA 2K League franchises. The NBA is also learning from esports on engaging fans, utilizing platforms and strategies to enhance interaction. This synergy between the NBA and esports has created growth opportunities for both sectors, allowing the NBA to reach a wider audience and establish a presence in the rapidly expanding esports industry. NBA team owners, including ownership behind the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers have also invested in esports organizations. Even athletes like Steph Curry, star of the Golden State Warriors, made an investment in Team SoloMid (TSM), 1 a Los-Angeles based esports team with an estimated valuation of US$540 million. 2 The NBA's partnerships and branding efforts have led to audience growth, especially in the Asia Pacific region, a key market for esports. This expansion has been supported by revenue streams unique to esports, such as in-game purchases and digital advertising, alongside traditional sports revenue sources. Another esports organization making waves in the esports arena is OverActive Media (TSXV:OAM) (OTC:OAMCF), Canada’s largest esports ownership group with a roster of widely popular professional esports team, including the Toronto Ultra in Call of Duty League, the MAD Lions for the League of Legends EMEA Championship and the Toronto Defiant in the Overwatch Champion Series. OverActive Media Strengthens Position in Esports with Acquisitions and Major Partnerships OverActive Media (TSXV:OAM) (OTC:OAMCF) has significantly strengthened its position, emerging as the top brands globally for viewership and engagement following the acquisition of two widely popular esports teams. On March 1, OverActive Media (TSXV:OAM) (OTC:OAMCF) completed the acquisition of Spanish esports organizations KOI and Movistar Riders, forming a global esports powerhouse with more than 100 million dedicated followers. The deal, which is the largest in the company’s history, broadens OverActive Media’s (TSXV:OAM) (OTC:OAMCF) global footprint to fast-growing international markets and brings with it a diverse range of top-tier Esports assets. KOI is a prominent Esports organization in Europe, established by Ibai Llanos, a world-leading Twitch streamer, and Gerard Piqué, a soccer icon formerly with FC Barcelona. Ibai grew KOI to become one of the biggest brands in Europe. Gerard Piqué, celebrated for his triumphs with FC Barcelona, Manchester United, and as a FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO champion, launched the Kings League in 2022, one of the world's most-watched sports channels on digital platforms, with more than 100 million views in 2023. OverActive has entered into service agreements with Ibai and Gerard. Movistar Riders, another leading Esports entity in Spain that competes in the most popular games such as League of Legends, CS2, or VALORANT, as well we for FIFA via its Atlético de Madrid team, has a longstanding collaboration with Telefónica, a major Spanish telecom multinational. The acquisitions of KOI and Movistar Riders mark a significant milestone for OverActive Media, which expects the acquisitions to add C$10 million to C$12 million in revenues in 2024 and increase its reach to over 100 million across its portfolio. “Adding KOI and Movistar Riders to OverActive will solidify our position in Spain, EMEA and Latin America,” Adam Adamou, CEO of OverActive Media, said. “Both brands are active in complementary esports titles, have industry-leading talent and social influence, top-tier relationships, and related services that bring strong synergies across our combined portfolio of assets. We have spent much time with Ibai, Gerard, Fer, Carlos, Gabriel and their respective teams, and we are all aligned in wanting to make an immediate impact through this combination.” The company's recent multi-million-dollar partnership with Telefónica, a major global telecom operator, further strengthens its position. Telefónica, a long-time partner of Movistar Riders, has renewed its sponsorship for three years and is now a shareholder in OverActive Media. Movistar Riders' expanded partnership with Telefónica is the largest financial partnership in OverActive Media 's history. In conjunction with changes to OverActive Media 's esports operations in the EMEA region, Movistar Riders' Founder Fernando Piquer will join the company as its Chief Strategy Officer, while Movistar Riders CEO Carlos Garcia-Acevedo will become the Chief Commercial Officer for the EMEA region. Movistar Riders co-founder Gabriel Saenz de Buruaga and Piqué will join the OverActive Media board of directors. Click here for more information about OverActive Media (TSXV:OAM) (OTC:OAMCF). 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Market Jar Media Inc. is neither an investment adviser nor a broker-dealer. The information presented on the website is provided for informative purposes only and is not to be treated as a recommendation to make any specific investment. No such information on PressReach.com constitutes advice or a recommendation. Contact Details James Young +1 800-340-9767 campaigns@pressreach.com Company Website https://pressreach.com

March 01, 2024 11:34 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Karma3 Labs Raises a $4.5M Seed Round Led By Galaxy and IDEO CoLab to Build OpenRank, a Decentralized Reputation Protocol

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Using OpenRank, developers and web3 companies can build consumer apps where people can discover, use, fund, read, or buy something on-chain without worrying about getting spammed or scammed. Karma3 Labs has raised $4.5M in seed funding led by Galaxy and IDEO CoLab Ventures to build OpenRank, a decentralized reputation protocol. Using OpenRank, developers and web3 protocols can power consumer apps, communities and marketplaces with an open ranking and recommendation layer that provides users with security and peace of mind when making decisions onchain, without having to trust centralized gatekeepers. Some of the early use cases of OpenRank include leveraging a community rating system for App Marketplaces like Metamask Snaps; Ranking and Recommendation APIs for Lens and Farcaster; On-Chain discovery feeds for consumer apps and wallets; and reputation-based voting and governance. Introducing trust and reputation mechanisms is critical to web3, just as it has been for web2, where there have been countless use cases in decentralized peer-to-peer utility. For example, Uber decentralized taxi services because of driver ratings; AirBnB decentralized hotels because of host ratings; eBay decentralized the shopping mall because of seller ratings; Reddit decentralized gated community forums because of user karma badges; Google allowed for the practical use of the decentralized web because of PageRank. However, none of these services were able to be fully decentralized because a single entity owned the reputation scores. To prevent centralized gatekeeping, there is a need for decentralized reputation mechanisms. Such reputation systems need to be open-source, permissionless, flexible to different contexts, and Sybil-resistant. OpenRank solves for this in web3, creating a decentralized reputation mechanism that sets the foundation for a future where peer-to-peer interactions and collective community intelligence power a decentralized web of trust, rendering centralized gatekeepers obsolete. The protocol aims for a scenario where Twitter’s Community Notes like system was possible, but not owned by a single company, openly and cheaply accessible to any developer, who could define their own algorithm of choice. "A decentralized internet characterized by fairness and transparency hinges on the existence of a robust reputation system," said Sahil Dewan, founder and CEO of Karma3 Labs. "We believe that on-chain social and consumer experiences will need a decentralized reputation protocol and we're excited to onboard builders and developers for OpenRank." OpenRank enables any developer to permissionlessly compute on Reputation Graphs for ratings, ranking or recommendation for their apps or communities. These graphs can be constructed using on-chain or any peer-to-peer social graph data. Using graph algorithms, like EigenTrust, the OpenRank will enable verifiable compute on these reputation graphs. OpenRank leverages zero-knowledge proving systems for running graph algorithm computations. Developers can use any on-chain data that suits their application context without having to worry about the cost or verifiability of computing on the data. Consumer applications and marketplaces will be able to integrate context-specific, native rankings and recommendations seamlessly. Moreoever, developers can also leverage rankings and reputation from other ecosystems and communities to bootstrap their own reputation system. OpenRank believes that a reputation compute layer in web3 would allow a broader range of useful applications, including those that resist cryptographic or game-theoretic mechanisms of trust. To achieve this, the team needs a system that is resilient to Sybil contexts, provides scalable compute and can be permissionlessly used by any developer. “OpenRank represents a pivotal advance in web3 social and on-chain interactions. We’ve seen the impact PageRank has had in web2 and there is a massive opportunity to build a similar reputation primitive on-chain,” said Mike Giampapa, General Partner of Galaxy’s venture team. “We’re excited for the future of Karma3 Labs and what they’ve built with OpenRank, and are proud to lead the company's seed round." The fundraise was led by Galaxy and IDEO CoLab Ventures, with participation from Spartan, SevenX, HashKey, Flybridge, Delta Fund, Draper Dragon, and Compa Capital. Angel investors from Xooglers Fund and veterans from Coinbase, ConsenSys, IPFS, along with Andrew Hong from Dune Analytics and Liang Wu from the Harvard Crypto Lab also invested in the seed round. The raise enables OpenRank to broaden adoption across early use cases and help launch protocol v1 for developers, ushering in a new era of permission-less and verifiable reputation computation. “Karma3 Labs and the OpenRank protocol for reputation and trust will enable radical innovation around choice, personalization and safety for a rapidly evolving internet. We are excited to see OpenRank already being implemented to enable open marketplaces, spam reduction and choose-your-own algorithms. This only scratches the surface of what's possible and we look forward to working with the Karma3 Labs team to bring these possibilities to life,” said Joe Gerber, Managing Director of IDEO CoLab. About OpenRank OpenRank is a decentralized reputation protocol founded by Karma3 Labs. OpenRank introduces decentralized reputation mechanisms that set the foundation for a future where peer-to-peer interactions and collective community intelligence power a decentralized web of trust, rendering centralized gatekeepers obsolete. With OpenRank, we can build a more reputable world. Contact Details Karma3 Labs Karma3 Labs Team hello@karma3labs.com

March 01, 2024 11:06 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Jewish News Syndicate Commentary: Anti-Defamation League ‘Smeared’ NLPC

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Elle Krasne-Cohen has come to the defense of National Legal and Policy Center in an opinion piece distributed by the Jewish News Service titled, “When Will the ADL Start Fighting Antisemitism on the Left?” She points to the Anti-Defamation League’s embrace of causes like Black Lives Matter and juxtaposes it with an incident closer to home for NLPC: More recently, the ADL smeared two mainstream policy organizations—the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) and the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC)—accusing them without evidence of antisemitism. The ADL claimed that mere criticism of “globalism” or “globalist organizations,” including the antisemitic United Nations, is an “antisemitic dog whistle.” Krasne-Cohen continues: The NCPPR and NLPC are mainstream organizations, neither of which, to my knowledge, has displayed antipathy towards Jews or any other racial or religious minority. The smear was in the form of a posting on the ADL website on November 21 titled “Conspiracy Theories, Some With Antisemitic Roots, Crop Up in 2023 Shareholder Proposals.” The post appeared only six weeks after the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack, while antisemitic incidents and demonstrations were exploding worldwide. Why the ADL would devote time and resources to attacking NLPC, which has a long history of fighting antisemitism, was completely baffling to us. Equally baffling, the hit piece was dropped as the Thanksgiving holiday was getting underway. It was almost as if the ADL wanted the story out but didn’t want anyone to report it. The strategy, if it existed, worked because no one else covered it. Even more weirdly, the post itself carried this all-purpose disclaimer that tended to negate the impression that every other word of the post was calculated to create: At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that either organization’s agents espouse overt antisemitism, or that these proposals were filed with antisemitic intentions. So what is going on here? What was behind the attempted smear of NLPC and our ally, the National Center for Public Policy Research? Could it be that the ADL just doesn’t like us filing shareholder proposals, a form of activism dominated for many years by the Left? Krasne-Cohen and a number of other Jewish commentators and activists are making this case that the ADL, under the “leadership” of former Obama White House staffer Jonathan Greenblatt, has devolved into an ideological and partisan tool. ADL’s hit and run on NLPC was actually quite clever. Even if no one paid any attention to it when it was published, whoever wrote it (the piece is unsigned) sought to plant it on the internet for anyone to find for years to come. Any journalist seeking to discredit us can now simply describe NLPC as a “group that, according to the ADL, promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories.” It was a nice try but it is not going to work. NLPC’s track record of fighting antisemitism over many years is just too strong. Indeed, while the ADL has been sanitizing antisemitism by partnering with the likes of Al Sharpton, NLPC has been consistent, resolute and effective. To wit: Ben & Jerry’s - When the Unilever subsidiary Ben and Jerry’s announced in 2021 that it would end ice cream sales in “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” NLPC swung into action, launching the StopBenandJerrys.org website. In September 2021, NLPC filed a Complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) against Anuradha Mittal, the anti-Israel chair of the Ben & Jerry’s board of directors. A few weeks later, she was named 2021 “Antisemite of the Year” by the website StopAntisemitism.org. Mittal appeared to have violated laws governing self-dealing by acting as a trustee of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation while approving donations to her personal nonprofit where she is executive director taking a full-time salary. Also, the president of Ben & Jerry’s charitable foundation, Jeff Furman, steered more than $100,000 of its funds to his own nonprofit organization. In the wake of October 7 Hamas attack, Flaherty wrote an op-ed titled, “Unilever, Ice Cream and Antisemitism.” Unilever Divestment - NLPC was a proponent of Unilever divestment efforts in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia. From the September 16, 2021, New York Times: “We are doing this because somebody has to hold the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s accountable for their anti-Semitic use of their platform and company resources,” said Tom Anderson, a director of the National Legal and Policy Center. NLPC collaborated with activist investor Michael Asher in support of Unilever divestment by New York State and New York City. In Virginia, Flaherty met with State Attorney General Jason Miyares and urged him to seek divestment of state funds from Unilever. In North Carolina, NLPC asked Treasurer Dale Folwell requesting divestiture of Unilever holdings in public pension funds. Black Lives Matter & Patrisse Cullors - As a result of original NLPC research, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation co-founder Patrisse Cullors was forced to resign from the group in 2021. NLPC’s allegations, detailed in a Complaint to the IRS, related to her purchase of four pieces of real estate, and apparent self-dealing and inurnment. NLPC has also emphasized Cullors’ 2015 call at Harvard Law School for individuals to “step up boldly and courageously to end the imperialist project that’s called Israel.” NLPC was early in reporting about Black Lives Matter’s (BLM) links to anti-Israel groups. In 2016, Carl Horowitz, then a member of the NLPC staff, wrote a website post titled “Black Lives Matter Activists Join Anti-Israel Boycott.” Following October 7, NLPC asked Visa, Inc. to remove its BLM endorsement from its website and condemn Hamas and antisemitism. We had raised the BLM issue earlier in the year at the company’s shareholders’ meeting. NLPC had also raised the issue of Coca-Cola’s support for BLM at the company’s annual meeting. ADL’s Omar Resolution - NLPC has been a persistent critic of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Talib. While we have cited financial irregularities in a Federal Election Commission complaint against Ocasio-Cortez and a House Ethics Committee complaint against Omar, NLPC has also criticized hostility to Jews by these members. In 2019, NLPC endorsed and publicized the ADL-initiated House resolution condemning Omar. See this op-ed titled “Antisemitism and Islamophobia: No Moral Equivalence” by Horowitz. Foreign Funding of U.S. Higher Education - The recent spate of on-campus antisemitic incidents has shed light an issue on foreign financial support for American colleges and universities, an issue that NLPC has investigated and publicized for several years. See this column by Charles Gasparino that extensively quotes NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar. Al Sharpton - Whereas the present leadership of the ADL has sought to erase Sharpton’s past, NLPC will not forget his incitements in the 1991 Crown Heights riots, in which a Jew was murdered, nor will we forgive his dangerous statements, such as “If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.” Sharpton was fined $285,000 in 2005 by the Federal Election Commission as a result of an NLPC Complaint for running an “off the books” presidential campaign. For several years, NLPC raised the issue of support for Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) at the shareholders’ meetings of American corporations, including PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch and Colgate-Palmolive. Unlike the ADL, NLPC has never used the fight against antisemitism as a partisan weapon. In 2010, NLPC objected to the sponsorship of Sharpton’s National Action Network annual meeting by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the participation of then-RNC Chairman Michael Steele. In 2009, NLPC asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to end his partnership with Sharpton in a campaign for “education reform.” That same year, NLPC criticized then-President George W. Bush for praising Sharpton. Jesse Jackson - In 2005, the New York Stock Exchange ended its financial support for Jackson’s Citizenship Education Fund, in response to a demand by NLPC that cited Jackson’s 1984 “hymie” and “Hymietown” comments, as well as financial improprieties involving the Fund. And if none of this is good enough for the ADL, it should be noted that NLPC has many Jewish supporters, including prominent individuals and former government officials, several of whom serve on the boards of local and national Jewish organizations. From 2001 to the time of his death in 2019, Edward M. Ackerman of Dallas was a key advisor and major donor to NLPC. His legacy is carried on today by NLPC and the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. The ADL itself has partnered with the Ackerman Center. Founded in 1991, the National Legal and Policy Center promotes ethics in public life through research, investigation, education and legal action. Contact Details National Legal and Policy Center Dan Rene +1 202-329-8357 drene@nlpc.org Company Website http://www.nlpc.org

March 01, 2024 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

Nvidia Sees Trillion-Dollar Valuation, GameFi Cryptos Kangamoon, Floki Inu, and Apecoin Set To Rally

Kangamoon

Join Our Telegram Community: https://t.me/Kangamoonofficial Nvidia, a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) computing, was recently valued at over a trillion U.S. dollars. This has significantly impacted the DeFi market and, in particular, GameFi cryptocurrencies. Now, projects like KangaMoon, Floki Inu, and ApeCoin are set to rally, and KangaMoon has already become one of the best-performing P2E games in 2024. DWF Labs Purchase $10 Million Worth of Floki Inu Tokens In the last 24 hours, Floki Inu (FLOKI) has increased in value by 21.50%. This surge comes following a Bitcoin rally, and an announcement by DWF Labs. The Web3 investment firm stated that it plans to purchase $10 million worth of Floki Inu tokens to help support the Floki Inu ecosystem. Since this announcement, Floki Inu’s daily trading volume has surged by 611%, taking Floki Inu’s daily trading volume to $234 million. Experts now predict Floki Inu could hit an all-time high during the next DeFi bull run. ApeCoin Active Addresses Hit a 6-Month High Since its initial launch in 2022, ApeCoin has faced significant resistance during a bear market. This market slowed ApeCoin adoption and caused some of the project's exciting features to fall short. However, ApeCoin is now bouncing back. Over the last month, ApeCoin has surged by 34.9%, and the project's ecosystem is rapidly growing. The ApeCoin DAO recently unlocked $26.05 million worth of ApeCoin, and three new proposals have been made in the ApeCoin DAO. According to on-chain metrics, active ApeCoin wallets have also doubled in the last 24 hours, peaking at 2,528, the highest level in six months. As investors continue to accumulate ApeCoin tokens, experts predict that APE could soar in 2024, potentially hitting a new annual high. KangaMoon (KANG) Impresses Crypto Experts During Its Presale KangaMoon continues to impress cryptocurrency experts with its strong presale performance. After selling out round 1 of its presale, KangaMoon’s price increased by 50% to $0.0075. This helped the project attract additional investors going into round two, which has already sold out 33% of the round's supply. KangaMoon is a new altcoin designed around social interaction. The project uses a social-fi model to actively promote collaboration with its ecosystem. Users will be rewarded for their social interactions, and will also have the opportunity to win rewards in weekly, monthly, and quarterly challenges. By promoting social interaction, KangaMoon aims to connect users, help investors build their networks, and create a DeFi ecosystem where everyone thrives. As part of this ecosystem, KangaMoon will offer a P2E game. The game will focus on tournaments and battles, rewarding competitors with $KANG tokens and other in-game items. Users will have the chance to bet on the outcome of events, helping them to maximize their returns. Investors who purchase $KANG during stage 2 of its presale will earn a 10% buy bonus. This will help them maximize returns, which, according to industry analysts, could go as high as 220% during the KangaMoon presale. KangaMoon: Outperforming The Altcoin Market KangaMoon is quickly gaining attention throughout the altcoin market. Its unique social-fi model helps it stand apart from other projects and has helped the project build a community of like-minded investors. As this community continues to scale, experts believe KangaMoon will soar. Discover the Exciting Opportunities of the KangaMoon (KANG) Presale Today! Website: https://Kangamoon.com/ Integrating GameFi and Play To EarnEmbark on your quest for glory. Assemble your champions, engage in epic battles or bet on your favorite fighters to earn $KANG tokens and exclusive rewards. Gain control of rare NFTs, unlock exclusive content and build alliances with fellow gamers as you ascend the ranks and leaderboards. Contact Details Kangamoon marketing@kangamoon.com Company Website https://kangamoon.com/

March 01, 2024 09:00 AM Central Standard Time

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Wormhole Enhances Connectivity with Bitget Wallet Integration

Bitget

Wormhole, a leading interoperability platform for multichain applications and bridges, has officially integrated support for Bitget Wallet on its website. This integration enables users to access Wormhole through the Bitget Wallet browser extension and app, facilitating token cross-chain transfers and connections to over 20 mainnets via the Wormhole bridge infrastructure. Alvin Kan, COO of Bitget Wallet, expressed his excitement about the partnership: “We are thrilled about our collaboration with Wormhole. As Bitget Wallet evolves into a super gateway for Web3, it’s increasingly becoming a prominent entry point for leading DApp applications, jointly offering users convenience at their fingertips.” Furthermore, Wormhole has been added to the DApp section of Bitget Wallet, allowing users to easily search for and access it on both the Ethereum and Solana networks. Bitget Wallet, supporting over 100 blockchains, provides comprehensive Web3 services across various sectors. The wallet’s integrated DApp Browser features more than 20,000 DApps in diverse sectors such as DeFi, GameFi, NFT, Bridge, Exchange, Mining, Tools, Social, and Loans. This integration offers users the convenience of switching mainnets within their preferred DApps and staying up-to-date with the latest and trending DApps through the dynamic “Hot Searches” feature. About Bitget Wallet Bitget Wallet stands as Asia’s largest and one of the world’s top non-custodial Web3 wallets, boasting over 15 million users globally. Featuring a comprehensive array of features including asset management, intelligent market data, swap functionality, launchpad, inscribing, DApp browsing, and more, Bitget Wallet promises users an unmatched multi-chain Web3 experience. Currently, Bitget Wallet supports over 100 blockchains, hundreds of EVM-compatible chains, and more than 250,000 cryptocurrencies. By aggregating liquidity across hundreds of leading DEXs and cross-chain bridges, Bitget Wallet is able to facilitate seamless and efficient trades on 40+ blockchains. For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord About Wormhole Wormhole is the leading interoperability platform that powers multichain applications and bridges at scale. Wormhole provides developers access to liquidity and users on over 30 of the leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases that span DeFi, NFTs, governance, and more. The wider Wormhole network is trusted and used by teams like Circle and Uniswap, and to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 1 billion cross-chain messages. To learn more about Wormhole,users can visit the Wormhole website, Twitter, Discord, or blog. Contact Details Bitget Rachel Cheung media@bitget.com Company Website https://www.bitget.com/

March 01, 2024 09:46 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Registered Investment Advisors Contended with Increased Insurance Claim Payouts in 2023, Following 2022’s Broad Market Slump, according to Golsan Scruggs Data

Golsan Scruggs

Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) contended with a 213% frequency increase in total errors and omissions liability claims paid by their insurers in 2023, as they faced a sharp uptick in investor complaints due to 2022’s broad market slump, according to proprietary data from Golsan Scruggs, the corporate insurance brokerage firm serving the financial services industry. The three-fold increase in claims paid overall is attributed to a 500% frequency increase in claims for suitability, primarily investor complaints that investments were not appropriate for their portfolios. Because suitability claims typically have higher payout amounts, the severity of all claims paid by insurance companies against RIAs rose 85%. “We know from experience that claims follow the market, so we expected to see an uptick in actions against RIAs and claims paid given the historically poor market environment in 2022,” said Kenneth Golsan, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Golsan Scruggs. “But the size and severity of claims paid should be a wake-up call to advisors that liability claims can have an impact on your business.” Wire fraud represented the second-largest category of claims paid in 2023. Wire fraud activity, which typically means defrauding a party using electronic communication, accounted for a 400% frequency jump in claims paid by insurers. Though investor-complaint results against FINRA-registered brokers are public, the outcomes of most actions taken against RIAs, who are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, are confidential due to arbitration. That makes the claims data a rare snapshot into the risks and liabilities for RIAs in a given year. Other standard categories of claims under E&O policies remained largely flat. These include trade errors, regulatory actions, and cyber data breaches or ransomware claims. Interestingly, the experience of claims settled for RIAs failed to match what most advisors expected to be the biggest liability risks to their businesses. Nearly nine out of every 10 RIAs surveyed listed cyber/privacy data breach as their most pressing corporate risk in Golsan Scruggs’ 2023 RIA Risk Survey. The second-highest risk concern for RIAs was regulatory compliance/audit, followed by trade execution/errors. “Cyber and data issues are a concern because they represent a clear unknown risk for RIAs,” Golsan said. “Yet, the experience as shown in claims data shows that the breakdown in trust between advisors and their clients about their investments remains the greatest threat.” Claims data were drawn from Golsan Scruggs’ 2023 aggregated “insured risk pool” of 2,042 U.S.-based RIA firms, which had an average of $400 million in assets under management and a median of $200 million. The smallest individual risk, or firm, in the pool was $15 million, while the largest was $30 billion. All individual risks in the pool are independent, privately held firms. ABOUT GOLSAN SCRUGGS Golsan Scruggs is a corporate insurance brokerage firm serving the financial services industry. Our specialists operate throughout the United States and specialize in registered investment advisor (RIA), private equity/hedge fund, and mutual fund professional liability errors & omissions (E&O) insurance. As one of the largest insurers of RIA firms in the U.S., Golsan Scruggs employs a dedicated staff that understands the special risks of the financial services industry to achieve superior results, making the underwriting process painless. DISCLAIMER The material and information made available in this release or from our web site are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice or insurance guidance. The application and impact of the issues can vary widely based on the specific facts involved. Given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, and the inherent hazards of the investment advisor’s fiduciary role, there may be omissions or inaccuracies in information contained within this report. While we have made every effort to ensure that the information contained within this report is reliable, Golsan Scruggs is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the analysis or use of this information. All information in this report is provided “as is”, with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Golsan Scruggs, its related partnerships or corporations, or the partners, agents or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this report, from our web site, or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. It is incumbent upon the reader or user of the information to contact an attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular question, issue or concern. Use of and access to this information or web site or any of the information contained within the site do not create a business relationship between the reader, user or browser. Contact Details Peter Page ppage@vocatusllc.com Company Website https://golsanscruggs.com/

March 01, 2024 09:45 AM Eastern Standard Time

Ecolomondo Performs Another Milestone with Two Simultaneous Batches in Full Automatic Mode at its Hawkesbury TDP Facility

Ecolomondo Corporation

Montreal, QC – TheNewswire - March 1, 2024 -- Ecolomondo Corporation (TSXV:ECM) (OTC:ECLMF) (the “ Company ” or “ Ecolomondo ”), a cleantech company that designs, builds, operates and commercializes Thermal Decomposition turnkey plants using its proprietary Thermal Decomposition Process (“ TDP ”) recycling technology, announces that it reached another milestone when it recently performed simultaneous batches of 16,000 lbs in each of its two reactors and in full automatic mode. This important step in the ramp-up of the Hawkesbury TDP facility confirms many key elements of Ecolomondo’s technology, in particular: the Company’s investments in the automation have led to process efficiency and ensure output optimization. The control system allows for the least amount of human interface and the total supervision of the entire TDP process and all process parameters of both reactors to produce batches of 16,000 lbs each, within the expected process timeframe of 8 hours. Click Image To View Full Size Since initial tests of reactors in January 2023, the Company continued to make extensive improvements and capital expenditures, all leading to greater efficiency of the plant overall. The Company improved the throughput of the tire shredding line, reactor evacuation and reactor loading, achieving the desired thresholds. Most capital upgrades have now been completed and the Company is now focusing on improving the recovered carbon black post-processing systems and its efficiency, working to achieve the required quality and output. The Company believes that the Hawkesbury plant is nearing the threshold of sophistication to process large quantities of end-of-life tires efficiently, to produce large quantities of sustainable recovered products (oil, gas, steel and recovered carbon black). The Company believes that its recovered end-products will be widely accepted by industry, in particular since its products have been ISCC certified. The Company believes that once fully ramped-up and commercially operational, the Hawkesbury plant will be a testimonial to an efficient and commercial TDP turnkey facility that the Company believes will bring more viability to TDP technology and help ramp-up the Company’s global expansion agenda. About Ecolomondo Corporation Ecolomondo Corporation is a Canadian cleantech company that prides itself after its proprietary Thermal Decomposition technology TDP which is headquartered in Québec, Canada. It has a 25-year history and during this time has been focused on its development of its technology and the deployment of TDP turnkey facilities. TDP recovers high value re-usable commodities from scrap tire waste, notably rCB, oil, syngas, fiber and steel. Ecolomondo expects to be a leading player in the cleantech space and be an active contributor to the global circular economy. Ecolomondo trades in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol (TSXV:ECM) and in the United States under the symbol (OTCQB:ECLMF). To learn more, visit www.ecolomondo.com About the Hawkesbury Plant – A 2-Reactor TDP Facility The Hawkesbury facility building is 46,200 sq.ft and has an impressive indoor clearance of 28 feet. It is state-of-the-art and houses 4 main production departments, tire shredding, thermal decomposition, recycled carbon black refining and oil fractionation. Once fully operational, this facility is expected to process 1.3M of scrap tires per year and produce 8.7M lbs of recovered carbon black, 34,608 barrels of oil, 2.9M lbs of steel, and 2.6M lbs of process gas. About the Shamrock Project – A 6-Reactor TDP Facility Processing capabilities for the Shamrock facility is projected at 5.5M per year of end-of-life tires, yielding approximately 35.1M lbs of recovered carbon black, 128,100 barrels of oil, 11.9M lbs of steel, and 10.6M lbs of syngas; roughly three times the size of the Company’s Hawkesbury (Ontario) plant output. Facility construction is expected to begin by the third quarter of 202 4 with completion expected by the end of the fourth quarter of 2025. Projected cost to build is approximately US $93 million. Our Mission, Vision & Strategy Ecolomondo’s mission is to be a contributing participant in a dynamic Circular Economy and to increase shareholder value by producing and supplying large quantities of recovered resources to be re-used in the manufacture of new products. Ecolomondo’s vision is to be a leading producer and reseller of recovered resources by building and operating TDP facilities, strategically located in industrialized countries, close to feedstock, labor and offtake clients. Our strategy is to become a major global builder and operator of TDP turnkey facilities, for now specializing in the processing of ELTs. Our intent is to expand aggressively in North America and Europe. Our experience and modular technology should help us get there faster and better. We plan to keep performing ongoing research and development to ensure that Ecolomondo remains technologically advanced. ISCC Certification A confirmation of the Company’s successful process lies in the recent International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (“ISCC”) for its Hawkesbury TDP facility, another step forward that should help improve demand for TDP. ISCC is a Global Sustainability Certification System and offers chain-of-custody certification systems to ensure traceability and feedstock identity, which can add commercial value to the Company’s end-products as they remain traceable in the supply chain. ISO Certification The Company has obtained ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 certification of its Integrated Management System (IMS), which acknowledges Ecolomondo’s commitment for quality, environmental impact and health and safety at work. Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) On the social aspect the Company plans to measure global health and safety, injury rate and gender diversity, and finally in the corporate governance aspect, the Company is measuring ethics and anticorruption, ESG reporting and board independence. About TDP The TDP process is technically proven and more advanced than most other pyrolysis technologies. Over the years, our Technological teams were able to overcome all uncertainties that plagued most competitors especially in the s e areas: pre-filtration, reactor cooling, reactor rotation, water recycling, processing of rCB, (hydrocarbon removal), mass monitoring, heat curve development, humidity and water removal, safety testing, system automation, emissions control and monitoring. TDP is Environmentally Friendly – CO 2 Reduction By producing rCB, TDP reduces GHG emissions by 90% versus the production o f virgin carbon black. The production of rCB at the Hawkesbury and Shamrock facilities are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 22,400 and 67,200 tons per year, respectively. Please follow Ecolomondo on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. Twitter: https://twitter.com/EcolomondoECM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EcolomondoECM LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecolomondo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecolomondoecm/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Ecolomondo Ecolomondo Corporation Contact Eliot Sorella Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolomondo Tel: (450) 587-5999 esorella@ecolomondocorp.com www.ecolomondo.com Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management's view of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Because of these risks and uncertainties and as a result of a variety of factors, the actual results, expectations, achievements or performance may differ materially from those anticipated and indicated by these forward-looking statements. Although Ecolomondo believes that the expectations reflected in forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations of any forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Except as required by law, Ecolomondo disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward-looking statements or otherwise. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

March 01, 2024 09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time

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