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Is your company ready to buy the Bitcoin dip? Saylor and Dorsey will give you the 411 for free.99. The MicroStrategy World annual conference goes live on February 1st. Learn directly from these two titans of the industry, who have definitely been among Bitcoin’s main proponents and promoters over the last few years.  Michael Saylor has led by example, buying every dip, and is a constant presence in mainstream media. His interviews are more like classes and the attention they get is outstanding. Jack Dorsey, for his part, left Twitter to focus on Bitcoin. Since then, his Block company announced several projects that’ll definitely strengthen the Bitcoin network. About the MicroStrategy World conference, the press release promises it’ll be “focused on Enterprise Analytics and Bitcoin for Corporations. World 2022 is 100% virtual, and—for the first time ever—access to all sections of the conference is free of charge.” That’s an unbeatable price. What Will Saylor And Dorsey Talk About? The conference has two sides, two different events that showcase MicroStrategy’s duality: “The Enterprise Analytics event will introduce bold new ways to think about analytics and business intelligence, and showcase organizations who’ve used data as a strategic differentiator. The Bitcoin for Corporations event will explore the various benefits of incorporating Bitcoin into corporate initiatives.” Join me and Keynote Presenter @jack at the 2nd Annual Bitcoin for Corporations Feb 1 & 2. This free, virtual conference is a must for any corporation considering integrating #Bitcoin with their products & services, or adding #BTC to their balance sheet.https://t.co/V9fIkv633q — Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) January 20, 2022 As you might expect, NewsBTC will focus on the second event. It’s important to say that both Dorsey and Saylor’s companies have Bitcoin on their balance sheet. These two put their money where their mouth is, and then some. In any case, what does MicroStrategy World promise? “An in-depth discussion on Bitcoin between two visionary voices: Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block, Inc., and Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy Inc. This session will be followed by a discussion on Bitcoin Treasury with Phong Le (President and CFO, MicroStrategy). Bitcoin for Corporations will also feature live interviews with industry experts from Coinbase, Deloitte, Fidelity Digital Assets, Genesis, Jefferies, NYDIG, Paxos, and Silvergate Bank.” It’s noteworthy that Fidelity Digital Assets recently shocked the world by predicting more countries and probably a Central Bank or two would add Bitcoin to their balance sheet in the next few years. Christine Sandler, Fidelity’s Head of Sales & Marketing, will represent the company at the conference.  Saylor ’s Recent Bitcoin History Since MicroStrategy first added Bitcoin to its balance sheet in August 2020, the company has increased the bet every few months. They issued common stock. They sold stocks. They bought, and bought, and bought, and bought. In a recent interview, Saylor explained the strategy and NewsBTC reported: “Look, our long term strategy is kind of like Harvard University. We’re running a university but we have an endowment. MicroStrategy is selling enterprise software. We generate $100 million in cash flow a year – in a good year – and we are reinvesting that cash in our endowment. Our endowment is 100% bitcoin.” Saylor adds that MicroStrategy plans to acquire and hold bitcoin as a balance sheet. As for the operations, the company will continue to sell its enterprise software everywhere in the world.” Related to this, about MicroStrategy’s free conference, Saylor said: “We have gained a wealth of experience and expertise innovating our treasury strategy and evolving our corporate bitcoin acquisition strategy. And we’re pleased to be in a position to share our knowledge—via this curated event—for corporations looking to pursue similar strategies and bold initiatives.” Dorsey’s Recent Bitcoin History For his part, Dorsey’s strategy is much different than Saylor’s. He’s working in infrastructure. Dorsey’s fortifying the network’s weak parts. Among other things, Block announced they’re building a decentralized Bitcoin exchange called tbDEX. Released the Lightning Development Kit. And announced they’re working in an open-source ASIC miner.  On a personal level, Dorsey and rapper Jay-Z put 500 BTC in a blind trust to promote Bitcoin development in Africa and India. And created the Bitcoin Defense Legal Fund to protect developers from all kinds of lawsuits. BTC price chart for 01/21/2022 on Gemini | Source: BTC/USD on TradingView.com The Price Of Bitcoin Despite Saylor’s and Dorsey’s efforts, Bitcoin is bleeding. On one hand, Proof-Of-Stake proponents straight up lied before U.S. Congress in a hearing about Proof-Of-Work’s environmental risks. On the other, there’s a rumor that Russia is considering banning Bitcoin in some capacity. Both of those situations caused panic in the market, and Bitcoin’s price is currently 40% lower than the ATH of $69K.  Will Michael Saylor buy the dip?  Featured Image: screenshot from the conference's website | Charts by TradingView

Meanwhile, NowMeta's charity will provide grant programs to assist students within the community. These characteristics focus on the project's principal purpose of bringing varied entrepreneurship opportunities and developing a fire trading market for NowMeta investors by utilizing other industry professionals.

Opening the Metaverse

As Metaverse coin holders gain access to staking opportunities, liquidity, and diversified returns, NowMeta plans to enrich their experiences. In addition, investors on NowMeta will access online networking portals and see measurable changes in their lives. NowMeta Games have built-in features to allow players to earn money while playing. As a result, investors and consumers gain incentives. NowMeta will also allow staking for holders to earn passive income.

The project provides possibilities for holders to receive high-level training. They will also grow from specialists in their particular fields when we establish this unique network. Entrepreneurs, angel investors, innovators, and individuals from various industries will network on NowMeta. The project will develop solutions in our communities by innovating together in the metaverse.

The project will now feature the community's avatar clothing on Meta Runway. This move will open up opportunities for artists to earn money while working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The NowMeta Impact Award Show will recognize the NowMeta community's most brilliant and influential creators in all industries. It is where the team expresses gratitude and appreciation for the success of our initiative. It will include companies and persons from both the metaverse and the real world.

Tokenomics Details

NowMeta's blockchain-based transactions are speedy, secure, and transparent owing to Binance Smart Chain. The NowMeta Future Vault will receive 4% of transaction fees in tokenomics. It will offer loans and grants to help the bright minds of the NowMeta community advance in and out of the metaverse.

NowMeta will contribute 5% of each transaction to charity, creating a healthier and safer world while enhancing the metaverse. Despite the lack of an auto-burn feature, the project will buy back and burn about 5% of each transaction. With the anti-rug pull-proof mechanisms in place, the project can pull only 1% of the current supply at a time. 4% of transaction fees will go to marketing and development.

NowMeta is currently developing MetaSwap, a cross-chain platform, and exchange. Hence, it will enable cross-metaverse coin swapping across all major metaverse platforms. It will result in the most potent Meta-Ecosystem, powered by Binance and Ethereum.

What's Next for the Project?

The project is almost done with the first stage of its roadmap. Its activities include website making, the presale, Pancakeswap Listing, whitepaper release, and audit. The last remaining are influencer partnerships, building NowMeta NFT lab, and base marketing push. 

Stage two will feature virtual real estate acquisition, user perks and rewards, CoinGecko and CMC listing, burn token initiative meeting, and smart contract audit. Stage 3 will see more partnerships, merch, youth education stations, and strategic campaigns. After this, the fourth stage will feature a NowMeta wallet, reward game, more exchange listings, NFTs drop, complete app development, among others. 

About NowMeta

NowMeta investors are making investments in the future of the metaverse. It applies to all platforms, including Decentraland, Blocktopia, Sandbox, Horizon Worlds, and any future worlds. Join the metaverse's most extensive digital real estate investment holding fund.

The goal of NowMetas is to help holders understand the metaverse. Find out more about NowMeta via the social media handles below:

Website: https://nowmeta.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NowMetaCoin

Telegram: https://t.me/NowMeta

Discord: https://discord.gg/pP8XMKfTaT

The two chief executives will kickstart the event with an in-depth conversation about Bitcoin.

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TOKYO, Jan 7, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - JERA Co., Inc. ("JERA") and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. ("MHI") have received notice of acceptance of their grant application, under the Green Innovation Fund program of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ("NEDO"), to conduct a project to develop and demonstrate a technology to increase the ammonia co-firing rate at coal-fired boilers (the "Project").

Ammonia enables efficient, low-cost transport and storage of hydrogen. In addition to this role as an energy carrier, it can also be used directly as a fuel in thermal power generation. As a fuel that does not emit carbon dioxide when burned, ammonia is expected to offer great advantages in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In order to achieve a decarbonized society, it is important to reduce CO2 emissions from thermal power generation by innovating to increase the co-firing rate of fuel ammonia.

This Project aims to develop an ammonia single-fuel burner suitable for coal-fired boilers and to demonstrate operation of the burner at actual boilers. The term of the Project is approximately 8 years from FY 2021 to FY 2028.

By FY 2024, JERA and MHI will develop a new burner capable of single-fuel ammonia combustion and draw up a master plan for equipment to demonstrate its use in actual boilers. Based on the results, the two companies will decide whether to install the burners at JERA's coal-fired boilers made by MHI. For the actual plant demonstrations, JERA and MHI plan to verify co-firing with at least 50% ammonia at two units with different boiler types by FY 2028.

Under its "JERA Zero CO2 Emissions 2050" objective, JERA has been working to reduce CO2 emissions from its domestic and overseas businesses to zero by 2050, promoting the adoption of greener fuels and pursuing thermal power that does not emit CO2 during power generation. JERA will continue to contribute to energy industry decarbonization through its own proactive efforts to develop decarbonization technologies while ensuring economic rationality.

Under its "MISSION NET ZERO" declaration, MHI will promote the energy transition in cooperation with partners around the world, and contribute to achieving a carbon-neutral society through the collective efforts of the group by its products, technologies, and services that can contribute to CO2 reduction.

About MHI Group

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world's leading industrial groups, spanning energy, logistics & infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. For more information, please visit www.mhi.com or follow our insights and stories on www.spectra.mhi.com.


Copyright 2022 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.comJERA Co., Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. have received notice of acceptance of their grant application, under the Green Innovation Fund program of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, to conduct a project to develop and demonstrate a technology to increase the ammonia co-firing rate at coal-fired boilers.