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DeFi Yield Protocol is Building its way into the Future
The fast-growing sector in the crypto industry now boasts nearly $78 billion locked in multiple protocols, per the latest data from DeFiPulse. The DeFi movement has shown no signs of slowing down over the past year as new protocols continue popping up regularly. These emerging platforms leverage decentralized networks to transform traditional financial products into trustless protocols governed by smart contracts.
Yield farming aggregator platform DeFi Yield Protocol is leading the charge in the new world order for the financial system by offering rewards in native tokens such as ETH, BNB, and AVAX. The project opens the door to a booming decentralized finance economy that brings crypto proponents options to put their coins to work in a safe and secure environment.
Crypto investors on the innovative platform can earn rewards across the Ethereum, Avalanche, and Binance Smart Chain networks. DYP users have to choose the contract that best serves their needs and watch their wallets grow without the disadvantages of impermanent loss.
The DYP Team Unveils Their Rebranding Plan!
Following up on the launch of their new smart contract that optimizes the buyback, farm, and staking solutions, the DeFi solutions provider has now announced their complete rebranding process. The plan aims to integrate new and cool stuff that gives the DYP ecosystem fresh air and a unique perspective that will significantly impact the crypto and DeFi community.
Mihai Busica, the DeFi Yield Protocol founder, has unveiled part of the features scheduled for launch this year to create a strong brand and take the project to the next level. The team is building a new logo, website, and Dapps for users to give DYP a new face. They also intend to launch new smart contracts for yield farming, staking, borrowing, and lending that allow the community to benefit from high rewards and maximize their profits.
Moreover, the dedicated team will integrate new exciting products, including a Monthly Lottery and a ‘Special Staking Pool' to bring more utility for the DYP Tools and generate revenue for the platform.
The fully decentralized lottery will reward DYP Tools users and participants who purchase tickets with bonuses from the Special Staking Pool. The new functions generate sustainable rewards for all users, proving that the DYP protocol is here for the long haul.
The DYP developers reiterate their commitment to creating an original project that builds its product and smart contracts from scratch, giving the project an edge over competitor platforms that copy or use ideas from existing platforms.
DYP is developing a Metaverse Play-to-Earn Game
The DeFi Yield Protocol team is currently designing a Metaverse platform that features the Cats and Watches Society NFTs collection as one of the main characters. The super cool cat digital collection dubbed ‘CAWS NFT' will bring many benefits to users and have excellent utilities in the upcoming Metaverse.
Crypto enthusiasts who purchase the super cool cat that collects luxury watches will hold much more than a simple collection of digital art. They will enjoy plenty of advantages on DYP, including the ability to mint an additional stand-alone watch NFT for free.
CAWS NFT holders will also have access to ‘'THE SOCIETY BENEFITS”, allowing them to receive a share of 10% minting fees that will be redistributed to the other NFT owners.
Holders of the Funky Cat will also receive 2.5% royalties on all secondary sales after the minting process is over and access a special staking pool. CAWS members will also be able to leverage their unique NFT Cat character to gain exclusive access to the Metaverse platform and all DYP products.
Furthermore, The DYP team plans to develop a virtual play-to-earn game, which will be the main attraction of the DYP Metaverse. The V.R. game allows DYPians to enjoy a unique GameFi experience, interact with their peers, make alliances, discover treasures, and earn rewards. Gamers can invest in upgrading their tools and equipment to dig faster for treasures and collect more bonuses.
How DYP is changing the Future in Crypto Earnings
The DYP protocol gives yield farming and staking new perspectives, empowering crypto users to earn even more passive income with their diverse range of products. Per a recent tweet from the team, the protocol has paid a total of 9194 ETH, 9949 BNB, and 25201 AVAX in rewards to users.
The project offers an APR of up to 320% across multiple chains, backing up DeFi market participants with the capacity to lend, borrow, stake, earn interest, and much more. The unique platform grants everyone with an internet connection access to transformational financial solutions such as yield farming, staking, NFTs and DYP Tools.
The latest offering from the leading protocol brings a new DYP Earn Vault that is now ready for action. The product introduces exciting features with compound integration and support for ETH, WBTC, USDC, USDT, and DAI. The contracts have no lock time and deliver 10% APR for ETH and BTC deposits, as well as 15% APR for USDT, USDC, DAI deposits.
Enhancing Indonesian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) through clustering
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On October 14, 2021, Jokowi stated that he was pleased to witness the clustering of container terminal operator and port development firm Pelindo into one holding, which was PT Pelabuhan Indonesia, to cuts logistics costs and helps improve connectivity throughout Indonesia.
According to Jokowi, the clustering forms into one great power, as it builds networking with partnerships abroad. "Through partnering with overseas companies who have networks, the (SOEs') link to all countries can become a huge power," the president remarked.
Through clustering, SOE companies have shown above-standard or even excellent work performance that has contributed significantly to the state budget.
According to data from the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) in 2019, the estimated total budget for infrastructure development in the period of 2020-2024 was US$447 million or Rp6,445 trillion, and 21 percent of them came from or supported by SOEs.
In the third quarter of 2021, the total assets of SOEs reached some US$610.5 million or Rp8,767 trillion, equivalent to some 57 percent of Indonesia's GDP.
Moreover, in January - September 2021, the total consolidated revenues were closed at Rp1,613 trillion, or grew 14% compared to the same period in 2020.
One of the efforts to enhance state firms' performances is through clustering and restructuring.
Clustering efforts have been accomplished by reducing the number of SOEs from 107 to 41, and sector clustering from 27 to 12, where two deputy ministers each oversee six clusters.
Currently, there are 12 sectors that 41 SOEs engage in: energy, oil, and gas; mineral and coal; insurance and pension funds services; plantations and forestry; and telecommunications and media.
Additional industries include the food and fertilizer industry, tourism and supporting services, health industry, manufacturing industry, infrastructure, logistics, and financial services.
On February 18, 2022, SOEs Minister Erick Thohir announced that he would again downsize the number of state-owned enterprises from 41 to 37 in the next two years.
In addition, he expressed his hope that the next SOEs Minister can complete the reducing program to only 30 state-owned enterprises. With a roadmap for a ten-year period, he has targeted to make the scope of state firms more manageable.
So far, the ministry has encouraged and carried out the SOEs transformation through reducing companies that are considered too large in number, and focusing on inefficient business sectors.
Under his leadership, the transformation is focused on human capital through replacing underperforming board of directors with better ones, so many state-owned enterprises can generate profits for the state.
Through restructuring, holdings, mergers, and acquisitions, Thohir has made SOEs' work performances more efficient.
According to Thohir, the SOEs Ministry distinguishes the strategy of the three pharmaceutical SOEs, where Bio Farma focuses on vaccines, Kimia Farma is focused on chemicals, and Indofarma on herbs. Indonesia has extraordinary potential in the herbal sector, but it has not been explored, so the SOEs Ministry had tried to re-map the path in developing it.
"We know that we import 90 percent of the raw material for medicines, and even medical devices. The COVID-19 pandemic has woken us up that we need to create a roadmap for Kimia Farma to focus on chemicals and Indofarma to be positioned on herbs," he explained.
Thohir said that since health and energy are under the same SOEs ecosystem, a connection between sectors needs to be built.
On the other hand, oil and gas firm Pertamina has begun to build petrochemicals, and one of the derivatives of petrochemicals is to create paracetamol. If Pertamina is merged with a health state firm into one ecosystem, Indonesia would no longer need to import paracetamol.
The ministry also consolidated and launched the tourism holdings and its sub holdings into one cluster, consisting of airport operator Angkasa Pura I and Angkasa Pura II, as well as some aviation and hotel companies.
Thohir put together the infrastructure construction SOE and cement SOE into one cluster, as he viewed that the two need each other and are expected to synergize.
Meanwhile, the tourism, logistics, and support cluster consists of Hotel Indonesia, temple tourism managing firm PT TWC, which manages the temples of Prambanan and Borobudur and Ratu Boko, and Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).
State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) also announced that it relied on clustering to strengthen the distribution of smallholder business credits (KUR), as well as to help boost the productivity of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moreover, on February 23, three state-owned companies have agreed to collaborate on building green industry clusters in Indonesia that will prioritize the efficient and effective use of sustainable resources. The three state firms are electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), oil and gas company PT Pertamina, and fertilizer company PT Pupuk Indonesia.
The clustering efforts began in 2020, as many state firms decided to be merged. Thohir also significantly increased the performance target of SOEs to double their outputs in 2024, especially on profits, which are projected to reach some US$20.8 billion or Rp300 trillion.
To be successful
Performance of banks incorporated in the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara) throughout 2021 showed satisfactory results through well-implemented credit restructuring, economist and capital market practitioner Lucky Bayu Purnomo said.
According to Purnomo, credit restructuring has resulted in more efficient and effective management of operational expenditures. In December 2021, the total profit of Himbara banks shot up to US$5 billion or Rp72.05 trillion, significantly increasing by 78.06 percent, compared to 2020 at US$2.8 billion or Rp40.34 trillion.
Thohir said each Himbara bank has a specific business focus, such as BRI prioritizes the MSME and ultra micro-segments, Mandiri is dedicated to enhancing the national corporates and entrepreneurs, BNI on international business, and BTN focuses to reduce backlog numbers and help people, including millennials, to make it easier to purchase a home.
"We hope that Himbara's role can be more prominent and become the main national economic driver through enrichment in various segments that provides positive impacts for stakeholders and Indonesian society," he said.
Previously, SOE holdings that had been formed were plantation holdings under PT Perkebunan Nusantara III, forestry holding under Perum Perhutani, fertilizer holding under PT Pupuk Indonesia, and cement holding under PT Semen Indonesia.
Under Thohir's leadership, the holdings of SOEs that have been completed are the mining holdings under Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID), oil and gas holdings under PT Pertamina, pharmaceutical holdings under PT Biofarma, state-owned hospital holdings under Pertamedika IHC, insurance and underwriting holdings Indonesia Financial Group (IFG), and tourism and aviation holdings under Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia or InJourney.
Fixing SOEs through the establishment of holdings is a task that must be carried out sustainably to yield powerful government-owned corporations that can compete on the international stage.
Photo: ANTARA / HO-Kementerian BUMN / pri
Reporter: Kenzu Tandiah; Editor: Rahmad Nasution (c) ANTARA
Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comPresident Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a period of one to two years for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to make fundamental changes to increase their competitiveness.
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