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CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca Engages US Law Firm to Address Licensing and IP Opportunities

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:16 AM on Thursday, February 21st, 2019


  • Move is Part of Growing Sales, Marketing and Strategic Partnership Activities in the United States
  • confirms it has retained Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P. to assist in software licensing and intellectual property business matters on a go forward basis.

Toronto, Ontario–(February 21, 2019) – CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSXV: EKG) (“CardioComm” or the “Company“), a leading global provider of consumer heart monitoring and electrocardiogram (“ECG”) acquisition and management software solutions, confirms it has retained Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P. to assist in software licensing and intellectual property business matters on a go forward basis.

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston includes over 170 attorneys in sixteen offices located in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is one of the mid-Atlantic’s leading law firms.

As new opportunities develop in the US, the Company will be well served with representation from a firm located in the United States with experience in identifying, protecting, expanding and leveraging the Company’s technologies and IP assets. Further, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston meets the Company’s need for guidance from a firm with expertise in working with a medical software company that does business in both hospital and large institutional environments, as well as the consumer health and wellness sectors.

To learn more about CardioComm’s products and for further updates regarding software releases and new device integrations, please visit the Company’s websites at www.cardiocommsolutions.com and www.theheartcheck.com.

About CardioComm Solutions

CardioComm Solutions’ patented and proprietary technology is used in products for recording, viewing, analyzing and storing electrocardiograms for diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. Products are sold worldwide through a combination of an external distribution network and a North American-based sales team. CardioComm Solutions has earned the ISO 13485:2016 certification, is HIPAA compliant and holds clearances from the European Union (CE Mark), the USA (FDA) and Canada (Health Canada).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Etienne Grima, Chief Executive Officer
1-877-977-9425 x227[email protected]
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Forward-looking statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of CardioComm Solutions and certain of the plans and objectives of CardioComm Solutions with respect to these items. Such statements and information reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forward-looking information involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.

In evaluating these statements, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements and forward-looking information contained in this release other than as required by applicable laws, including without limitation, Section 5.8(2) of National Instrument 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations).

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Report: Bank of China Joins New Blockchain Platform for Property Buyers $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:33 AM on Thursday, February 21st, 2019

SPONSOR: ThreeD Capital Inc. (IDK:CSE) Led by legendary financier, Sheldon Inwentash, ThreeD is a Canadian-based venture capital firm that only invests in best of breed small-cap companies which are both defensible and mass scalable. More than just lip service, Inwentash has financed many of Canada’s biggest small-cap exits. Click Here For More Information.

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Report: Bank of China Joins New Blockchain Platform for Property Buyers

  • Property development firm New World Development and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) will jointly launch a blockchain platform for home buyers with the Bank of China reportedly being the first bank user.

By Ana Alexandre

Property development firm New World Development and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) will jointly launch a blockchain platform for home buyers with the Bank of China reportedly being the first bank user. The news was announced by local news outlet the Standard on Feb. 20.

The platform reportedly aims to replace paperwork operations — such as signing the Provisional Sale and Purchase Agreement or a mortgage application — with digital authorization. This will supposedly allow users to send the purchaser’s authorized, encrypted and digitally signed provisional agreement to selected banks.

Integration of distributed ledger technology (DLT) into organizations’ internal processes is estimated to help reduce banks’ operating costs by 15 to 60 percent, while the platform itself expects to see an increase in the number of users.

ASTRI CEO Hugh Chow reportedly said that DLT could reshape property market operations, resulting in efficient and flexible property buying procedures, while the HKMA argued that DLT “allows all […] users in the ecosystem to share customer information and transaction histories securely over a distributed data infrastructure, without compromising customer privacy or sensitive business information.”

Last August, Bank of China — one of the four largest state-owned banks in China — partnered with financial services corporation China UnionPay (CUP) to jointly explore blockchain technology applications for payment systems. Within the initiative, CUP was set to build a unified port for mobile integrated financial services, where cardholders will be able to use a QR code to spend, transfer and trade on a cloud flash payment app.

In January, China’s self-regulatory bank organization, the China Banking Association (CBA), announced it will launch a blockchain-based platform to improve efficiency across the sector. The project, formally dubbed the “China Trade Finance Inter-bank Trading Blockchain Platform,” aims to use blockchain to target trade finance, transactions and other financial services.

China has been actively adopting blockchain technology in various sectors. Recently, the country’s government issued the “Guiding Opinions on Rural Service Revitalization of Financial Services.” The new framework aims to use emerging technologies like blockchain to “improve the identification, monitoring, early warning, and disposal levels of agricultural credit risks.”

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/report-bank-of-china-joins-new-blockchain-platform-for-property-buyers

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Enthusiast Gaming $EGLX.ca – Any Brand Not Marketing in the Esports World Is Already Behind the Curve $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:46 PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

SPONSOR: Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSX-V: EGLX) Uniting gaming communities with 80 owned and affiliated websites, currently reaching over 75 million monthly visitors. The company partial 2018 reported revenue of $7.4 million representing a 625% increase over the same period in 2017.

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Any Brand Not Marketing in the Esports World Is Already Behind the Curve

It’s valued at $1.5 billion and has a reach of 385 million people globally

  • EGLX is one of the leading platforms for brands to reach the gaming and Esports Audience.
  • “Any Brand Not Marketing in the Esports World Is Already Behind the Curve. It’s valued at $1.5 billion and has a reach of 385 million people globally.
  • Enthusiast’s network of 80+ gaming and Esports related websites with over 75 million visitors on a monthly basis and 900 gaming youtube channels reaching an additional 50 million visitors is well positioned as a lead

By Robert Davis

Esports suffers from a gaming stigma, which has marketers hesitant to delve into the industry. Getty Images

The conference circuit is rife with people preaching about disruption and missed opportunities. Did you hear how Apple redefined the music industry? How about how Uber rearranged the business of personal transportation? I bet you have.

Well, what about that time when the marketing world sat on the sidelines and missed the video game revolution?

Yes, that happened, even though we don’t like to talk about it. As early 8-bit console gaming grew into a $140 billion global juggernaut that captured millions of eyeballs for billions of hours, we never quite figured out the role of advertising within a gaming environment. Aside from a few cool award-winning integrations (e.g., Verizon’s Minecraft phone) and a niche market for in-game programmatic logo placements (think, billboards in car racing games), the gaming landscape is littered with dead pixels from ham-fisted, force-fit attempts at in-game branding that annoyed gamers and disappointed advertisers. Brands can participate via advertising, sponsorships and creative activations much in the same way already they do with any analog sport.

We have a second chance to embrace gaming. One extra life, in the form of esports.

Marketers’ reaction to esports is typically rather black and white: overt enthusiasm or adamant incredulity. Rest assured, fans really do fill professional sports arenas to watch organized competitions among skilled teams of video gamers. With a projected $1.5 billion market next year, a global audience of 385 million people and an inordinate amount of money being invested by the NFL, NBA and NHL along with big-name former players (Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Shaq), many would argue that esports is already the next big thing.

When one peels back the veneer, there’s actually a lot of familiar territory for brands to explore in esports. The model of event/broadcast/influence prevails in every major traditional sport; esports is no different, other than using screens in place of a playing surface. The esports world revolves around a growing network of tangentially aligned teams, leagues and tournaments. Like their counterparts on the ice, parquet and grass, esports stars wield a great amount of social influence. Feeding off social currency and monetary value from posting videos on Twitch and YouTube, gaming stars are rising fast. The best earn millions of dollars a year from their craft and have followings that eclipse even the most popular analog athletes.

Brands can participate via advertising, sponsorships and creative activations much in the same way already they do with any analog sport. There’s no pressure to solve the conundrum of in-game advertising; the value lies in the surrounding media and opportunities. Esports should be a slam dunk for advertisers: Fans pack into arenas, devotedly follow their favorite gamers and watch competitions at home via TV and online streams. That’s right in our wheelhouse.

So why aren’t brands and agencies flocking to esports?

To be fair, some have found their way. Endemic industries and some brave consumer-focused brands have jumped in feet-first. But the gold rush is not on yet. Esports suffers from a stigma passed down from video gaming, the misperception that fans are reclusive tweens and unemployed teens who spend their days worshipping at the altar of Xbox or the sanctum of PlayStation. It’s a popular belief that happens to be wrong. Esports fans skew older (traditionally males between the ages of 21 to 35), and with higher income than marketers generally give them credit for.

There is a generation gap in perception, perhaps a bit of cynical generation gap. The tone used by people who don’t understand esports is similar to that which is directed at snowboarders in that sport’s early days, as if it were somehow an abomination just because it was new.

We blew it with gaming all those years ago, but let’s not do it again with esports. Now is the time for us to take this growing industry seriously. There are only so many multi-billion-dollar trends that come around.

We’ve got that extra life. What will we do with it?

Source: https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/any-brands-not-marketing-in-the-esports-world-is-already-behind-the-curve/

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Why #blockchain may be blockchain’s best cybersecurity option $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:29 PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

SPONSOR: ThreeD Capital Inc. (IDK:CSE) Led by legendary financier, Sheldon Inwentash, ThreeD is a Canadian-based venture capital firm that only invests in best of breed small-cap companies which are both defensible and mass scalable. More than just lip service, Inwentash has financed many of Canada’s biggest small-cap exits. Click Here For More Information.

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Why blockchain may be blockchain’s best cybersecurity option

By Jong Kim, Contributor, Network World

One of the hallmark features of blockchain is that it is supposedly much more secure, adding remarkable levels of transparency that could help better identify and mitigate cyber threats. But, at a time when we’re approaching 2,000 blockchain projects in development worldwide, watching thousands of crypto miners do their thing each day and seeing billions of investment dollars pouring in each year, are we taking warnings about potential threats seriously? Has the greater community taken some aspects of blockchain’s security for granted? The hard truths reveal affirmatives to both questions.

There are multiple ways that enthusiasts can contribute to their favorite blockchain projects – whether that’s mining, staking or operating all types of nodes. Regardless of what they’re doing, these private deployments require an investment of time, money and effort to set up, so the last thing anyone wants is to fall victim to hackers. Unfortunately, people often don’t invest as much energy in securing their deployments as they do in getting their different features to work and scale, making the hacker threat very real.

Various attacks have already been seen on mining software, and there have been multiple high-profile thefts that were worth a lot of money. Tokens in staking wallets make very attractive targets. Malicious actors have successfully infected enterprise infrastructures with sneaky mining malware, called cryptojacking; and in 2016, Hong Kong-based exchange platform Bitfinex was hacked, resulting in more than $60 million (at the time) of crypto losses. The fact is that a victim may not even realize they’ve been hacked until it’s too late. Savvy hackers are careful to cover their tracks and siphon only a portion of tokens at a time.

Another emerging security challenge in the crypto community is the potential exposure of  sensitive metadata through common actions like checking balances, initiating transactions or just receiving block updates. This was recently called out by Ethereum Core Developer Peter Szilagyi. While metadata may seem harmless, it can lead to exposing the physical location of a blockchain deployment, which is something most would prefer to avoid. Why is it important to call out some of these threats?

The difficulty of securing blockchain projects with traditional security applications

Addressing these and other threats today can lead you down a rabbit hole. Some of the chatter on BitcoinTalk forums reveals useful advice – often learned the hard way – about using virtual private networks (VPNs) and firewalls to secure deployments. However, these discussions are often light on more specific details, especially on adequately configuring protective applications. As you dig deeper, you can get lost in threads upon threads detailing which ports need to be opened for each blockchain and which should be locked down. That’s all to say that solutions like traditional VPNs and firewalls to protect blockchain networks are possible solutions, but it’s difficult, messy and sometimes fragile. And it’s not just necessarily fragile in the sense of penetrable, but even more so in that one misstep or misconfiguration could open the door to vulnerabilities. What you’re left with is a security fig leaf: a false sense of safety actually covering for a gaping hole.

Then there is the centralized nature of network traffic management itself, as it is largely managed by a few centralized internet service providers (ISPs), which are vulnerable to threats like routing attacks. In fact, research previously suggested that just 13 ISPs host 30 percent of the Bitcoin network, while just three ISPs route 60 percent of the transaction traffic.

Making blockchain work for blockchain

So how can we be sure that the networks blockchain developers and crypto miners use are secure? The answer may be to fuse network security directly into blockchain implementations. For example, secure channels for data transport using packet-level encryption can be enabled by default for any deployment, rather than enabling with a separate solution like a VPN. VPNs not only require specialized knowledge to set up and maintain, but also introduce a central authority and point of failure into an otherwise decentralized system. Isn’t decentralization one of the main points of blockchain?

It’s also essential that peers establish secure connections between all nodes in a network so traffic is securely transported. Many existing networks may have transport layer security (TLS) for encryption, and some networks still have its predecessor, secure sockets layer (SSL). But neither may be enough in today’s complex cybersecurity environment, especially as it relates to metadata. Instead, directly building in things like network layer virtualization and traffic proxying within a blockchain implementation would make protecting traffic much easier.  

Speaking of protecting traffic, by managing traffic routing and packet processing with rules stored in blockchain-based smart contracts, users could simplify deployment and maintenance of rules across multiple machines instead of updating them individually. Furthermore, this configuration allows developers to define their own network traffic rules, such as conditioning on packet-level features to spot common phishing strategies (e.g. a misleading website, similar to a trusted one, is sent to lure in a user). However, these framework ideas are just the beginning, especially with an enthusiastic blockchain developer community. Developers should take the initiative to build their own decentralized security applications for anti-phishing, anti-malware, intrusion detection and distributed VPNs to deploy on the global blockchain.

The bottom line is that it’s not enough to just trust blockchain’s security because of more transparency than other technological data security and privacy methods. Developers, miners and even enterprises need to look at the entire digital ecosystem when considering security, as every single point provides savvy hackers a weak link to exploit. As blockchain investment continues to skyrocket and the crypto markets continue to diversify – even with the recent slowdown – we will see more unique and sophisticated examples of cyber criminals penetrating blockchain’s security veneer.

That’s the paradoxical ratio of technology: for as many positive innovations that tech creates, there almost is an equal amount of sinister “innovations” to match. This is most certainly true regarding blockchain. The key is to keep discussing threats to blockchain to inspire those securing it.

Source: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3342037/blockchain/why-blockchain-may-be-blockchains-best-cybersecurity-option.html

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Esports Entertainment Group $GMBL – Global Esports Economy will Exceed $1 Billion This Year $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:25 AM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
SPONSOR: Esports Entertainment $GMBL Esports audience is 350M, growing to 590M, Esports wagering is projected at $23 BILLION by 2020. The company has launched VIE.gg esports betting platform and has accelerated affiliate marketing agreements with 190 Esports teams. Click here for more information
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Global Esports Economy will Exceed $1 Billion This Year

  • Growing popularity and viewership of esports across the world has given rise to plenty of leagues and tournaments over the past few years.
  • So much so that the global esports revenue is expected to hit $1.1 billion this year.

Pooja Singh Features Editor, Entrepreneur Asia Pacific

The growing popularity and viewership of esports across the world has given rise to plenty of leagues and tournaments over the past few years. So much so that the global esports revenue is expected to hit $1.1 billion this year.

According to predictions from leading analysts at market research company Newzoo, the esports market will for the first time exceed the billion-dollar revenue mark, a year-on-year growth of 26.7 per cent. Newzoo’s “2019 Global Esports Market Report” estimates the global esports audience will grow to 453.8 million worldwide in 2019, a year-on-year growth of 15 per cent, and will consist of over 200 million esports enthusiasts and more than 250 million occasional viewers. As the esports market matures and the number of local events, leagues, and media rights deals increases, we anticipate the average revenue per fan to grow to $6.02 by 2022, the report says.

“Esports’ impressive audience and viewership growth is a direct result of an engaging viewership experience untethered to traditional media,” says Newzoo chief executive Peter Warman. “Plenty of leagues and tournaments now have huge audiences, so companies are positioning themselves to directly monetize these Esports Enthusiasts. While this began happening last year, the market is constantly expanding on its early learnings. The result: 2019 will be the first billion-dollar year for esports, a market that will continue to attract brands across all industries,” he adds.

Investment is the Driver

Endemic and non-endemic brand investments (media rights, advertising, and sponsorship), the report says, will make for 82 per cent of the total market. The highest-grossing individual esports revenue stream worldwide is sponsorship, generating $456.7 million in 2019. The fastest-growing esports revenue stream by far is media rights, it adds.

Besides non-endemic brands, digital broadcasters and TV media companies have already started to compete for esports content and the extent to which these deals will generate a direct return on investment will impact the pace of media rights growth. Other ongoing developments that have high revenue potential include increased esports franchising, new content formats and premium passes, the success of mobile gaming, team profitability, and the success of new focus on professionals and streamers as brands.

Considering the current growth, Newzoo estimates the esports market will reach $1.8 billion by 2022. If any of these factors accelerate, a more optimistic scenario places revenue at $3.2 billion, it says.

The China Effect

As per the report, China will generate $210.3 million in revenue this year, overtaking Western Europe as the second-largest region in terms of revenue. The country is notable for the growing popularity of mobile esports, including casual titles.

North America, meanwhile, will once again be the largest esports market, with revenue of $409.1 million. The report predicts that it will show strong growth toward 2022, reaching $691.1 million. The largest share of North America’s 2019 esports revenue will come from sponsorship, at $196.2 million. Meanwhile, media rights will contribute most to this growth and will remain the fastest-growing and second-largest esports revenue stream in the region.

Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/328025

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New Age Metals Inc. $NAM.ca – #Palladium eyes $1,500 in record surge; gold hits 10-month high $WG.ca $XTM.ca $WM.ca $PDL.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:01 PM on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

SPONSOR: New Age Metals Inc. (TSX-V: NAM) The company’s new Lithium Division has already made significant acquisitions in Canada and the USA. The company also owns one of North America’s largest primary platinum group metals deposit in Sudbury, Canada. Learn More.

NAM: TSX-V

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Palladium eyes $1,500 in record surge; gold hits 10-month high

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold will continue to shine amid a weak dollar, says author and gold pro Jim Rickards.

  • Palladium scaled a record peak to within striking distance of the $1,500 level on Tuesday fuelled by a sharp supply deficit, while bullion rose 1 percent to hit a 10-month high on a weaker dollar and global growth jitters.
  • Spot palladium was up 1.68 percent at $1,481.50 per ounce by 2:02 p.m. EST, having earlier soared to an all-time high of $1,491.

A sustained deficit in supply was likely to widen this year as stricter emissions standards increase demand for catalytic converters, Britain-based autocatalyst manufacturer Johnson Matthey said last week.

Adding to an already strained supply scenario for palladium, was the likelihood of an improvement in demand from the auto sector, given the expectations of a U.S.-China trade deal materializing, said Bart Melek, head of commodity strategies at TD Securities in Toronto.

“If we were already high and tight when the demand environment didn’t look all that promising, we are certainly going to get tighter when demand improves,” he said.

A new round of trade talks between Washington and Beijing was scheduled for Tuesday.

While both platinum and palladium are primarily used by automakers in catalytic converters, platinum is more heavily used in diesel vehicles, which have fallen out of favour since Volkswagen’s emissions-rigging scandal broke in 2015.

Unlike platinum, palladium has benefited from the switch away from diesel engines and expectations for growth in hybrid electric vehicles, which tend to be partly gasoline-powered.

This has helped cushion the metal from falling car sales globally.

However, analysts said palladium has risen too fast too soon and was bound for a correction.

“Palladium is a bubble and is moving much above what fundamentals suggest,” said Gianclaudio Torlizzi, managing director at consultancy T-Commodity in Milan.

Meanwhile, the dollar backed away from a two-month high hit last week on increasing optimism for a breakthrough in the trade talks, bolstering appeal for gold.

Spot gold gained 0.86 percent to $1,337.51 per ounce, having earlier touched its highest since April 20 at $1,341.18. U.S. gold futures settled $22.70 higher at $1,344.80.

“We are getting more evidence of slowing (global) growth,” said SP Angel analyst Sergey Raevskiy.

“There were some dovish comments from Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank.”

Dovish signals from Japan’s central bank and the ECB compounded worries over a global slowdown, and followed weak data from the United States and China.

Also, investors will scan the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting on Wednesday for more guidance on interest rate increases this year. Higher rates tend to weigh on non-yielding gold.

Among other precious metals, platinum gained 1.9 percent at $817.23 per ounce, while silver rose 0.92 percent to $15.94.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/19/gold-markets-dollar-us-china-trade-in-focus.html

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North Bud Farms Inc. $NBUD.ca – Cannabis-Infused Beverages to Launch in Canada by This Fall $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:44 AM on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

SPONSOR: North Bud Farms Inc. (NBUD:CSE) Sustainable low cost, high quality cannabinoid production and procurement focusing on both bio-pharmaceutical development and Cannabinoid Infused Products. Click Here For More Information

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Cannabis-Infused Beverages to Launch in Canada by This Fall

For some brand-name beverage companies, this launch date can’t come quickly enough.

  • Marijuana investors are bubbling over with excitement, and who can blame them as this once-taboo industry ramps up production and rolls out the red carpet for consumers
  • Last year, Canada wound up ending nine decades of recreational marijuana prohibition and became the first industrialized country in the world to give the green light to adult-use weed.

  Sean Williams (TMFUltraLong) Feb 19, 2019 at 7:21AM

Marijuana investors are bubbling over with excitement, and who can blame them as this once-taboo industry ramps up production and rolls out the red carpet for consumers.

Last year, Canada wound up ending nine decades of recreational marijuana prohibition and became the first industrialized country in the world to give the green light to adult-use weed. According to some estimates, this should allow the Canadian weed industry to grow sales to nearly $6 billion a year by 2022. Taking into account that two-thirds of all U.S. states have legalized pot in some capacity, and Mexico is getting ever closer to a broad-based legalization of weed, the North American market is looking very conducive to investment.

Image source: Getty Images.

Most alternative marijuana products aren’t legal right now

However, the marijuana industry isn’t nearly as cut and dried as you might think. It’s about more than simply growing dried cannabis flower and selling it. In fact, if growers simply chose to focus on dried flower, they’d probably get creamed if the U.S. states of Colorado, Washington, and Oregon serve as an example. Over time, dried marijuana flower becomes an oversupplied and commoditized product, leading to a decline in per-gram pricing and reduced margins for those weed companies that lack portfolio diversity.

In order to combat this, growers need to think outside the box. The way they do this is by focusing on alternative cannabis product options, such as cannabidiol (CBD) oils, vapes, sublingual sprays, lotions and balms, edibles, and cannabis-infused beverages. These are significantly higher-priced and higher-margin products than traditional dried flower, and they’re far less susceptible to future pricing pressure relative to dried cannabis.

But there’s just one problem: Most of these alternative products aren’t legal — even in Canada. When the Cannabis Act was passed by Parliament, dried flower, sublingual sprays, and cannabis oil were given the green light, while edibles and infused beverages, arguably the two most attractive means for retailers to drive foot traffic and lure in first-time consumers, have remained illicit. Thankfully for growers and investors, this is soon to change.

Recently, Health Canada outlined its game plan on alternative consumption options. The goal, per the regulatory agency, is to have all alternative cannabis products, with the exception of infused beverages containing alcohol, approved for sale by no later than Oct. 17, 2019, which would mark the one-year anniversary of recreational weed going on sale in Canada. As such, brand-name beverage companies and their cannabis partners are preparing for launch.

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Beverage makers and pot stocks are bubbling with anticipation

The expected release of cannabis-infused beverages can’t come a moment too soon for Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE:TAP), which became the first major beverage producer to announce a joint venture or partnership with a pot grower last year. The joint venture between Molson Coors and HEXO (NYSEMKT:HEXO), known as Truss, is expected to begin putting nonalcoholic cannabis-infused beverages on retailers’ shelves by this fall.

Last week, Molson Coors reported its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings, and they demonstrated just how badly a spark is needed for this company. Sales in the U.S. and Canada, which have traditionally been its bread-and-butter markets, fell 7% and 5%, respectively, on a constant-currency basis during the fourth quarter. The company’s market share of the beer market in Canada has, in particular, been falling precipitously for about a decade. With the exception of the company’s limited but growing premium beer offerings, its major beer brands have really been a drag. And as icing on the cake, tax accounting errors forced it to restate its full-year 2016 and 2017 results. 

Being able to work with HEXO to put a premium product in front of consumers, and having 57.5% ownership in the Truss joint venture, with HEXO owning the remainder, puts Molson Coors in the driver’s seat to reap the rewards of an expanded beverage portfolio. 

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The big question

What remains to be seen is if cannabis-infused beverages will actually be needle movers for any of the companies involved.

For a smaller company like HEXO, which is still in the relatively early stages of ramping up production capacity and aiming for its 108,000 kilograms in peak annual output, a 42.5% share of infused beverage sales come the fourth quarter of the existing calendar year could be quite nice. With just over 75 million Canadian dollars in sales expected in fiscal 2019, infused beverage sales as a percentage of total sales will likely be higher at HEXO than at any other company.

As for Molson Coors Brewing, this is a company that regularly generates close to $11 billion in annual sales. Although it might be the first beverage maker to have really dipped its toes into the pond, it won’t be the last. Competition is building, and there are no guarantees that it will provide much of a lift to the company’s sliding Canadian sales. Mind you, I’m not faulting Molson Coors one iota for moving into the cannabis space, which is a smart maneuver from a growth perspective. But expecting infused beverages to be a panacea for its North American sales slide is probably being far too optimistic.

Source: https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/02/19/cannabis-infused-beverages-to-launch-in-canada-by.aspx

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Coinbase Acquires #Blockchain – Tracking Startup Neutrino for Undisclosed Price $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:10 AM on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
  • Coinbase has acquired blockchain analytics startup Neutrino as part of a wider push to offer more diverse crypto assets across borders.
  • “This is particularly important as we work with regulators and agencies in different countries to bring new assets there,” Coinbase’s director of engineering and product, Varun Srinivasan, told CoinDesk

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Coinbase has acquired blockchain analytics startup Neutrino as part of a wider push to offer more diverse crypto assets across borders.

“This is particularly important as we work with regulators and agencies in different countries to bring new assets there,” Coinbase’s director of engineering and product, Varun Srinivasan, told CoinDesk. He added that Neutrino would help Coinbase identify “which new tokens are gaining value and gaining traction in the space.”

Neutrino’s eight employees will move into Coinbase’s London office this week, retaining their distinction as a separate entity in order to continue serving external clients. Srinivasan said this acquisition will help Coinbase research new assets while simultaneously ensuring the cryptocurrency exchange can identify undesirable activity, like theft, without handing over internal information to external companies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The move comes just a few weeks after Israeli blockchain analytics firm Whitestream identified a Coinbase account that was funneling bitcoin donations to the Palestinian military-political group Hamas, which the U.S. government deems a terrorist organization. Coinbase declined to comment on this incident and Srinivasan said the Neutrino acquisition was already in the works for some time.

Broadly speaking about the benefits of owning an in-house analytics platform, Srinivasan said: “We are beefing up our abilities to do compliance and to work with regulators on issues across the space.”

Neutrino CEO Giancarlo Russo said in a statement that the acquisition was an “important milestone” for innovation in Italy, where it is based, adding:

“We decided to join Coinbase because we’re totally aligned with the company’s mission of building an open financial system and we share the same commitment to regulation, compliance and security in the cryptocurrency space.”

Compared to its competitors, such as Whitestream and Chainalysis, Srinivasan said the Neutrino team was working much faster to include features for cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin. Plus, Neutrino’s European connections could help Coinbase gain a foothold in that region.

“They’ve done a really good job of building up in the European market,” Srinivasan said. “But we want to bring them to the American market and the international market and introduce them to companies that are doing all kinds of things with crypto that need blockchain intelligence.”

Srinivasan prefers the term “blockchain intelligence,” rather than analytics because it includes the aim to predict trends based on data insights, among other applications.

Rising sector

Blockchain analytics is becoming an increasingly important part of the broader cryptocurrency landscape.

Jonathan Levin, co-founder of the rival blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, told CoinDesk his company is now working with 100 clients across the industry, including exchanges.

While Coinbase was busy acquiring Neutrino, Chainalysis raised a $30 million Series B and opened a new office in London, preparing to expand even further into the European market now that the European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive is expected to inspire new compliance requirements in several countries.

“Our revenue in 2018 quadrupled,” Levin told CoinDesk, declining to specify how much Chainalysis earned. “We’ve definitely seen an increase in demand across the board. And that’s because we’ve seen greater clarity in regulation, in APAC [the Asia-Pacific region] and in Europe.”

Coinbase has a significant amount of historical data that could help differentiate Neutrino from younger analytics startups. Overall, Srinivasan said Coinbase is looking to become the “Google of crypto” with “many different products” across the sector.

Srinivasan also added that several other acquisitions are still in the works related to smart contracts and diversifying crypto-asset offerings.

“If we see a really great team that’s built a really great product, like Neutrino, for example, you’ll see us go out and talk to them and try to bring them into the Coinbase family to extend the suite of products that we have,” Srinivasan said.

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-acquires-blockchain-tracking-startup-neutrino-for-undisclosed-price

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PyroGenesis $PYR.ca Signs Pre-Tolling Agreement with Major Aluminum Smelter in the Middle East

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:44 AM on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
  • Entered into a pre-tolling agreement with a major aluminum smelter in the Middle East, the name of which remains confidential for competitive reasons
  • Agreement outlines the next steps to enter into a final tolling arrangement, which includes a formal demonstration of the Company’s proprietary DROSRITETM System at the Client’s facility.

MONTREAL, Feb. 19, 2019 — PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX-V: PYR) (OTCQB: PYRNF) (FRA: 8PY), a TSX Venture 50® high-tech company, (the “Company”, the “Corporation” or “PyroGenesis”) that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma atomized metal powder, plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch  products, announced today that the Company has entered into a pre-tolling agreement (the “Agreement”) with a major aluminum smelter (the “Client”) in the Middle East, the name of which remains confidential for competitive reasons.

PyroGenesis’ DROSRITE™ system is a proven, salt-free, cost-effective, sustainable process for maximizing metal recovery from dross, a waste generated in the metallurgical industry. PyroGenesis’ patented process avoids costly loss of metal, while reducing a smelter’s carbon footprint and energy consumption, thus providing a high return on investment. The system has been designed to process and recover valuable metals such as aluminum, zinc and copper from dross. Of note, a tolling service arrangement is one in which a smelter provides dross to a third party to be processed for a fee either on or off site.

The Agreement outlines the next steps to enter into a final tolling arrangement, which includes a formal demonstration of the Company’s proprietary DROSRITETM System at the Client’s facility. This will demonstrate to local authorities that DROSRITE™ can process the Client’s dross in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner. The trials are expected to further demonstrate that DROSRITE™ can be used to recover aluminum from the Client’s dross without the addition or use of fluxing salts, resulting in a non-hazardous residue which can then be utilized by other industries, thereby closing the loop in dross processing.

Prior to entering into this Agreement, the Client conducted its own independent analysis and concluded that the DROSRITE™ technology should have a significantly higher recovery rate than their current practices, and embraced the fact that the DROSRITE™ System does not use salt and, therefore, unlike other processes, does not produce hazardous salt-cakes as a by-product.

Once demonstrated, the Agreement anticipates that the Client will engage PyroGenesis to build, install, and operate a DROSRITE™ plant, with the potential for additional Systems, to process their hot dross on-site, recover and return the metallic aluminum to the Client, and manage the resulting non-hazardous residue. The terms and conditions of any eventual tolling agreement will be based on demonstration economics, which is expected to be completed in Q2, 2019.

PyroGenesis’ DROSRITE™ tolling service has two forms of revenues: (i) a traditional tolling fee per metric tonne of dross processed, which ranges widely depending upon the region, and is typically up to US $450 per ton, and (ii) a bonus, which is based upon the increase in aluminum recovery uniquely generated by PyroGenesis’ DROSRITE™ technology, and which is typically between 10-20%.

PyroGenesis leverages DROSRITE™â€™s non-hazardous salt-free process to address increased environmental regulations.

“Not only is PyroGenesis’ DROSRITE™ technology game-changing in its own right, as it operates on-site with increased aluminum recovery, but at the same time it addresses the environmental issues associated with dross, which are becoming critical for aluminum smelters around the world, and particularly in the Middle East,” commented Mr. David D’Aoust, Sales Manager – DROSRITE™ of PyroGenesis. “In nearly all the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, the environmental authorities have tightened their restrictions on dross management with the goal of eliminating landfills with hazardous dross or residue by-products, such as salt-cakes, which are produced by traditional dross processing technologies. It is now imperative that dross be managed in an environmentally friendly fashion, which speaks to the urgent need for PyroGenesis’ DROSRITE™ technology to service the rapidly growing aluminum industry. We are highly confident this will be a successful demonstration, based on the outstanding results we have generated to date.”

The Client allows PyroGenesis to showcase DROSRITE™ to other potential customers in the region.

The Client also agreed to allow PyroGenesis to showcase the DROSRITE™ System to other local aluminum smelters who are also prospective clients for the DROSRITE™ System, and who are similarly looking for salt-free, environmentally friendly, solutions for the processing of their dross.

“We are happy to have the opportunity to showcase the DROSRITE™ technology with the support and backing of this Client,” said Mr. P. Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis. “I believe this underscores the impact DROSRITE™ is having in the industry and, additionally, the unique environmental benefits it provides.”

DROSRITE™ demonstrates significant advantages over current practices, and is becoming the high-tech alternative with additional unique environmental benefits.

“PyroGenesis’ on-site DROSRITE™ tolling services address all of the environmental concerns in dross management at its head,” said Mr. Pierre Carabin, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategist of PyroGenesis. “Existing technologies continue to propose salt-based processing technologies, and address the resulting hazardous salt-slag wastes by developing complex post processing, salt-slag washing technologies. This results in an unwieldy three-step offering: (i) the smelter must cool the dross and transport it off-site, losing valuable metal in the process, (ii) the dross is then processed with a salt-based technology producing hazardous and toxic salt-slag residues, and (iii) the now highly contaminated salt-slag residues must be transported to a third facility, which is specifically designed to wash the salt-slag and process the material back into a non-hazardous material. By contrast, PyroGenesis’ patented DROSRITE™ technology is a simple and cost-effective one-step-solution with high return on capital for the client.  Specifically, hot-dross is processed on-site, at the smelter, with zero hazardous salt-slag waste byproducts.”

PyroGenesis, together with its Japanese partner, advance on multiple tolling opportunities.

Mr. P. Peter Pascali added, “In addition to this latest Agreement, we are actively pursuing other tolling arrangements through our new, multi-billion-dollar global partner headquartered in Japan, which we announced in November, 2018. Our business development team, together with our Japanese partner’s upper management, recently returned from our first series of on-site customer visits, all of whom requested moving forward to the next step. This contract, along with other discussions we are having with various players worldwide, should enable us, together with our Japanese partner, to provide a cookie-cutter offering, and rapidly roll out our on-site tolling business worldwide.”

About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.

PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a TSX Venture 50® high-tech company, is the world leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and products. We provide engineering and manufacturing expertise, cutting-edge contract research, as well as turnkey process equipment packages to the defense, metallurgical, mining, advanced materials (including 3D printing), oil & gas, and environmental industries. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of our Montreal office and our 3,800 m2 manufacturing facility, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. Our core competencies allow PyroGenesis to lead the way in providing innovative plasma torches, plasma waste processes, high-temperature metallurgical processes, and engineering services to the global marketplace. Our operations are ISO 9001:2015 certified, and have been since 1997. PyroGenesis is a publicly-traded Canadian Corporation on the TSX Venture Exchange (Ticker Symbol: PYR) and on the OTCQB Marketplace. For more information, please visit www.pyrogenesis.com

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “may”, “plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “in the process” and other similar expressions which constitute “forward- looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation’s current expectation and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Corporation with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Corporation’s ongoing filings with the securities regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com, or at www.otcmarkets.com. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange, its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) nor the OTCQB accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

SOURCE PyroGenesis Canada Inc.

For further information please contact: Clémence Bertrand-Bourlaud, Marketing Manager/Investor Relations, Phone: (514) 937-0002, E-mail: [email protected]  

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Good Life Networks $GOOD.ca – 6 ad trends you need to know $TTD $RUBI $AT.ca $TRMR $FUEL

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:59 PM on Friday, February 15th, 2019
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6 ad trends you need to know


  • With colourful banner ads and video content competing for eyeballs, it can be easy for advertisers to forget about the power of audio.
  • But as we enter 2019, this programmatic opportunity is becoming harder to ignore.

With the holidays over, this is the time to reflect and fine-tune strategies for the year ahead. 2018 was a whirlwind of changes, and it continues to be a challenge differentiating your brand and maintaining trust in a world where everyone is vying for attention. The more you can stay ahead of the curve, the better equipped you will be to adapt to those changes as they occur. So what should advertisers and marketers start taking note of?

Ad Technology: Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is completely reshaping advertising as we know it, and is now a standard part of an advertising company’s repertoire. So how’s AI going to be different in 2019? For the past couple of years, it has been widely considered a transformative technology on the verge of disrupting every major industry; however, it hasn’t yet been implemented broadly enough to unlock its true value.

That’s all going to change. AI is expected to be widely adopted across the digital ad landscape in 2019, from being the basis for cutting-edge AI-based ad targeting solutions, to building personalized consumer experiences on a daily basis. Advertisers are even using AI in the production process: a recent survey found that almost two-thirds of enterprise marketers expect to use AI in their content marketing strategy this year, mostly to better understand their customers, drive productive and create personalized message

Sound of success

With colourful banner ads and video content competing for eyeballs, it can be easy for advertisers to forget about the power of audio. But as we enter 2019, this programmatic opportunity is becoming harder to ignore. In fact, audio takes up the largest proportion of mobile phone usage, with the average consumer listening for 52 minutes every day. Driven by growing mobile device ownership – and compounded by the rise in streaming radio, podcasts, audiobooks and voice assistants – digital audio is here to stay.

Spotify was an early-mover in offering programmatic audio, and other streaming services are following suit. Growing adoption rates among voice-activated smart home speakers and subscription services lend further momentum to this trend, and as these technologies evolve, so do the opportunities for brands to connect with audiences in new and exciting ways.

This year, digital audio is expected to reach marketplace maturity as an ad medium. If advertisers want to tap into today’s key trends and reach audiences more effectively, they need to consider programmatic audio as part of any well-rounded campaign.

The explosive growth of eCommerce

According to an eMarketer study, the ecommerce sector is estimated to experience double-digit growth until 2021, with sales expected to exceed $4 trillion by 2010. Few industries can boast such an illustrious future, and businesses need to initiate innovative changes to take advantage of the ecommerce boom, or risk falling behind.

In particular, expanding middle class populations, extensive mobile and internet penetration as well as improving logistics and infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific  has led to it becoming the world’s largest retail ecommerce market, with sales expected to reach $2.725 trillion by 2020.

A surge in video content, personalized ads, advanced filtering and immersive digital experiences are just a few of the changes in ecommerce that will affect the advertising industry over the next few years. The potential here is massive, and if implemented correctly, can completely change how users interact with advertisements altogether.

Everything is now on-the-go (OTG)

Less than 50 years ago, mobile phones didn’t exist. But today, it’s near impossible to imagine life without one. In fact, an estimated 84% of people can’t go a single day without their phones! We use them on a daily basis for communicating, navigating and even shopping, dubbed mCommerce.

The Asia Pacific region is leading the drive for mCommerce, with India, Thailand and Indonesia having the highest mobile wallet adoption rates. Mobile payments in China alone dwarfed those in the U.S. by more than 25,000% over a recent 10-month period, with USD 12.8 trillion changing hands in China compared to only USD 49.3 billion in the U.S. The rate of adoption across sectors such as retail, financial and on-demand services –from food delivery to ride sharing – has played a crucial role in this rapid growth.

Before, it was mobile phones that drove more online screen time. But now the human behaviour of doing everything while on the go is driving mobile phones sales.

Less ads, more storytelling

A 2015 report by Nielsen found that respondents trusted recommendations from people they know the most. This was followed by branded websites, editorial content, such as newspaper articles, and consumer opinions posted online. By comparison, obvious advertisements trailed behind in the list of advertising format that people trusted.

As part of an effort to increase trust and authenticity, brands are starting to work with micro-influencers as opposed to social media personalities with larger followings. Micro-influencers appear more relatable, engaging and reliable to their audience, and tends to be more knowledgeable or have followers more suited to a brand’s particular niche.

In addition, content has to be relevant. It might sound like common sense but it’s easy for brands to forget that the story they tell won’t be hugely exciting for everyone. Our experience has shown that brands needs to be smart with their storytelling or risk getting lost amongst the clutter.

With this in mind, advertisers are adapting by creating content that consumers enjoy. Short, 6-second video ads and longer interactive ads that can’t be skipped tend to have higher rates of interaction from consumers. A new type of ad has also emerged in China to play during breaks of online TV dramas. These ads utilize the TV shows’ original content and narrative arcs, and feature the same actors in their on-screen costumes, piquing the audience’s interest by making the ad almost indistinguishable from the original content. This type of advertising was projected to surpass 2 billion yuan (US$311 million) in sales revenue this year alone, and we predict this figure will only continue to grow over the next year.

The establishment of the outcome media economy

A recent report looking into digital marketers’ top media investment priorities for the next 12-24 months found that 86% of respondents around the world expect to increase their investment in outcome-driven media over this period. The term ‘outcome-driven media’ refers to planning and optimizing campaigns against KPIs – often tailor-made for an advertiser or campaign – that are much more closely aligned to the marketer’s ultimate marketing and business goals.

While results showed some variation across regions, industries, and level of digital media investment, there is a clear trend that marketers across the globe are united in their desire to continuously improve and the way that they measure the value of their efforts.

Anyone tasked with growing a brand’s exposure needs to be able to confidently address growing media complexity and understand the impact of campaigns on business results. So it’s no surprise that marketers in our day and age hunger for new ways to measure their efforts and demonstrate the real effect their media placements have on their company’s bottom line.

In conclusion

As with any industry, advertising isn’t perfect, and it will never be. But the future of advertising is bright. As advertisers become more familiar with the full potential of AI and mobile, they will deliver more personalized experiences to consumers, as well as improved results and more sophisticated insights to clients. And as advertisers start to tap into greater creativity, brands will find it easier to draw genuine interest and build closer connections with consumers.

These are my top trends to look out for as you think about your advertising or marketing strategy for the upcoming year. While there’s no magic formula to building the perfect advertising strategy, paying attention to these six areas will help you stay ahead of the pack.

Source: https://www.marketing-interactive.com/6-ad-trends-you-need-to-know/

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