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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Major Improvements Are Coming To #Blockchain In 2020 #Bitcoin $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, July 9th, 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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Major Improvements Are Coming To Blockchain In 2020

  • Everyone in the enterprise world already has a blockchain strategy.
  • If they don’t have one now, they risk the chance of staying behind or simply missing an opportunity.

Biser Dimitrov Contributor

Everyone in the enterprise world already has a blockchain strategy. If they don’t have one now, they risk the chance of staying behind or simply missing an opportunity. For the last few years, the benefits and correlated risks of fully adopting blockchain technology have been estimated, analyzed, and discussed at large. One thing is clear – despite the potential for a big upside, embracing a newly developed technology presents numerous risks that shouldn’t be underestimated. Blindly introducing new technology stack into an already working production environment means exposing that environment to potentially dangerous security breaches, hacks and data loss.

So, where we are now? Most blockchain protocols claim some level or maturity … but are they, in fact, sufficiently mature? Are they ready for full on-premise deployment in large-scale enterprises? Will CIOs and other business executives enjoy the same comfort as that of the tooling they already have? Let’s review what it takes to move a blockchain protocol from open source to enterprise.

It’s no surprise that the largest cloud providers are also the largest drivers of the Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) model. Let’s call them Tier 1 BaaS providers. They have already established themselves as market leaders with large customer bases. Offering various cloud services and expanding to blockchain seemed to be a logical and evolutional step. 

Microsoft Azure 

Microsoft is one of the largest players in the BaaS space. So far, it has focused primarily on Ethereum but also offers services for running R3’s Corda and Hyperledger Fabric networks. It has dedicated many resources to building the Azure Blockchain Workbench and Azure Blockchain Service. Microsoft’s team is also a key founder and an active participant in the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA) and Token Taxonomy Initiative (TTI). In addition, it has recently joined the Hyperledger family, for which it will contribute to the code and promise be an active member. 

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 

AWS and Microsoft Azure have almost equally split control of the managed blockchain space, though your niche will determine which of these services you use. If you are into financial services, you would probably use Azure, but if you are into healthcare, insurance, or other verticals, your choice is probably AWS. Recently, AWS has made publicly available its Managed Blockchain offering. It supports only Hyperledger Fabric for now but there are plans to integrate Ethereum too. AWS has also invested in the development of Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB), which is an append-only database with a cryptographically verifiable transaction log. 

IBM Cloud 

IBM is one of the primary maintainers of Hyperledger Fabric’s source code and, thus, is heavily involved in providing cloud services and product updates for it. Lately, IBM has opened its IBM Blockchain 2.0 to be multi-cloud, which means you can run your Fabric network across various cloud providers. 

Oracle Blockchain 

The Oracle blockchain platform has based its solution only on Hyperledger Fabric, which is not ideal but offers some neat services like enhance node provisioning, blockchain explorer and improved security. 

VMWare 

VMWare clearly saw the issues that affect the current blockchain infrastructure. It is working to resolve these issues with Concord, a highly scalable and energy-efficient distributed trust infrastructure for consensus and smart contract execution. 

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Apart from the major cloud providers, in 2018 we saw the birth of Blockchain as a Service companies that base their products on top of existing cloud computing platforms; let’s call them Tier 2 BaaS. They are usually smaller, more agile startups that can push new offerings almost every month. This makes them very good choices for a faster go-to-market strategy. Their solutions are wide and colorful, and they usually cover different blockchain protocols. They remain unable to address most enterprise needs yet, but they will stay on the right track and be an attractive option as long as the establishment doesn’t disrupt them. The names that stand out in this category are Kaleido and Blockdaemon.

What are the enterprise needs from a blockchain perspective? Where do we want to see improvements so that we can fully use the benefits of decentralized ledger technology? Let’s separate the main requirements into four categories: platform; interfaces; infrastructure and network; and security and analytics.

Platform

  • Operational resilience – ability to maintain uptime and connectivity even when some components fail, including several layers of protection and failover strategy against data loss and corruption.
  • Pluggable consensus – ability to switch the consensus mechanism depending on the requirements without rebuilding the whole network.
  • Broader off-chain data storage capabilities – support for encrypted data storage.
  • Adaptors to allow for SQL-based ledger queries, which will make the broader developer community more comfortable working with blockchain.

Interfaces

  • Enterprise integrations – pre-built modules and onramps for existing enterprise systems.
  • Robust Oracles – ability to get real-time external data into smart contracts.Watch out for Chainlink.
  • Integration with GraphQL, a Facebook-developed language that provides a powerful API to get only the dataset you need in a single request, seamlessly combining data sources.
  • Identity federation – ability to authenticate with existing identity providers, which will facilitate faster adoption on the consortium level.
  • Built-in privacy and permissioning features – for transactions, accounts, wallets, smart contracts and network participants.

Infrastructure and Network

  • Ability to maintain peak performance at the network level – managing and operating hundreds of thousands of nodes while maintaining low latency and facilitating hundreds of thousands of transactions with guaranteed finality.
  • Ability to scale and reduce network size on demand – auto-scale a network by adding/removing more validators or orderers.
  • DevOps tools to make integration with existing IT systems easier and to make CI/CD build processes faster and seamless.
  • Support for cross-network interoperability and cross-blockchain atomic swaps.
  • Governance framework with an established and pre-determined transparent structure, rules of participation, a funding model, and financial incentives.

Enhanced Security and Analytics

  • Detailed privacy controls over data, smart contract execution, and transaction visibility.
  • Improved network monitoring with enhanced contextual meaning of the transactions, ability to troubleshoot on-chain events.
  • SLA monitoring with backward compatibility of upgrades.
  • Warehousing transaction history data, combining them with other off-chain data sources and making them available for BI reporting tools and other interactive dashboards.

As discussed, the blockchain technology stack has a long way to go before it will be mature enough for mainstream enterprise adoption. This is a completely normal process, as software developers and business leaders transition their mindsets from the currently siloed and centralized infrastructure to the distributed ledger networks. Luckily, we are at the forefront of this technological revolution and have the chance to contribute to what, one day, will be the norm.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/biserdimitrov/2019/07/08/major-improvements-are-coming-to-blockchain-in-2020/#73633acc55b6

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CLIENT FEATURE: CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca – Connecting Your Heart To The Cloud $ATE.ca $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:00 PM on Monday, July 8th, 2019

Global Leader in Mobile  ECG Connectivity

  • 20 years of medical credibility licensing technologies to hospitals, physicians, remote patient monitoring  platforms, research groups and commercial call centers
  • Sold into > 20 countries, with the largest customer base located in the US
  • Class II medical device clearances and device agnostic for collecting, viewing, recording, analyzing and  storing of ECGs for management of patient and consumer health
  • ECG solutions for both consumer (OTC) and medical (Rx) markets
  • Owns all IP and source code
  • Market expert contributor for reports in m‐health, mobile cardiac monitoring and new advances in  consumer health and wellness monitoring

Recent Milestones

  • Announced ECG Services Integration and Co-Marketing Agreement with California-Based BodiMetrics LLC
  • CardioComm Solutions GEMS(TM) Universal ECG App Launched in Partnership with Multiple ECG Device Manufacturers
  • Heartcheck(TM) CardiBeat Handheld ECG Device Cleared by Health Canada for Direct-to Consumer Sales

An Innovator in the Mobile ECG Industry

Company Accolades

FULL DISCLOSURE: CardioComm Solutions Inc. is an advertising client of AGORA Internet Relations Corp.

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Esports Entertainment Group $GMBL – This #NFL giant just got into #Esports, and here’s what the tipping point was $TECHF $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $FDM.ca $TNA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:00 PM on Monday, July 8th, 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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This NFL giant just got into esports, and here’s what the tipping point was

  • On Tuesday, Activision Blizzard revealed that the Wilf family’s WISE Ventures investment fund, founded by Vikings owners Mark and Zygi Wilf, will become part of its upcoming Call of Duty league by fielding a Minnesota-based team.

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It’s just the first step in getting in on the “next evolution of entertainment.”

That’s how Jonathan Wilf describes his family’s, and subsequently the Minnesota Vikings’, first esports play. On Tuesday, Activision Blizzard revealed that the Wilf family’s WISE Ventures investment fund, founded by Vikings owners Mark and Zygi Wilf, will become part of its upcoming Call of Duty league by fielding a Minnesota-based team.

And while the Vikings owners have had their eye on the esports industry for awhile, it was Activision Blizzard’s approach to building the space that led them to finally get in on the hype. Just like their Overwatch League, the gaming giant intends to run another city-based franchise with Call of Duty as inspired by traditional sports leagues.

“Having watched closely as the ecosystem evolved and matured with the first few years of franchised leagues, we are confident in the long-term potential of what Activision Blizzard is building and in the esports industry as a whole,” Wilf told CNBC.

This makes the Vikings the latest traditional sports entity to charge into the esports industry, which research firm Newzoo projects will generate over one billion dollars in revenue this year. That’s a year-on-year growth of 27% with the North American market accounting for over a third of that $1.1 billion revenue.

But the Vikings are also entering a field where a good number of traditional sports giants have already snapped up slots in various leagues or started their own esports branches. Take-Two’s NBA 2K League, for example, features 21 teams that are each owned by their respective city franchises. Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch League, which features city-based franchise teams, also boasts a few traditional sports entities including the owners of the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.

These same traditional sports entities have also been wheeling and dealing in the space. In 2017, the Houston Rockets paid $13 million for a slot in Riot Games’ League of Legends North American league. This past April, the Rockets sold their League of Legends team, known as Clutch Gaming, to Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Devils and esports team Dignitas, for a reported $20 million.

But despite their later entry into esports, Wilf emphasizes that the Vikings owners were waiting for what they perceived as a strong investment that would give them a solid foothold in the space.

“For us, investing in esports was never about being first, it was about finding the right opportunity at the right time,” said Wilf. “The proven staying power of Call of Duty as a franchise certainly factored into our thinking.”

Wilf also revealed that WISE Ventures is looking to expand into other games, and that they are exploring the possibility of building an esports-dedicated arena in Eagan, Minnesota on the Vikings Lakes campus.

The Call of Duty league is set to launch in 2020, and its addition of the Wilf family brings the total number of announced teams to seven. Back in March, ESPN reported that franchise spots for the new esports league were being sold at $25 million per slot, though Activision Blizzard has never confirmed that number.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/05/this-nfl-giant-just-got-into-esports-and-heres-what-the-tipping-point-was.html

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca Acquires Securities of #GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. #AI #Gold #Mining

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 1:36 PM on Monday, July 8th, 2019
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  • Announced that it has acquired ownership and control of an aggregate of 1,853,059 common shares of GoldSpot Discoveries Corp
  • Immediately following the transactions noted above, the Acquirer held an aggregate of 12,736,823 common shares of the Company or approximately 13.5% of all issued and outstanding common shares of the Company as at July 5, 2019.  

TORONTO, July 08, 2019 — ThreeD Capital Inc. (“ThreeD” or “the Acquirer”) (CSE:IDK), a Canadian-based venture capital firm focused on investments in promising, early stage companies and ICOs with disruptive capabilities, is pleased to announce that it has acquired ownership and control of an aggregate of 1,853,059 common shares (the “Subject Shares”) of GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. (the “Company”), through a series of purchases through the TSX Venture Exchange ending on July 5, 2019.  The Subject Shares represented approximately 2.0% of all issued and outstanding common shares of the Company as of July 5, 2019.  

Immediately before the transaction described above, the Acquirer held an aggregate of 10,883,764 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 11.5% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. 

Immediately following the transactions noted above, the Acquirer held an aggregate of 12,736,823 common shares of the Company or approximately 13.5% of all issued and outstanding common shares of the Company as at July 5, 2019.  

The holdings of securities of the Company by ThreeD are managed for investment purposes, and ThreeD could increase or decrease its investments in the Company at any time, or continue to maintain its current investment position, depending on market conditions or any other relevant factor.

The trade was effected in reliance upon the exemption contained in Section 2.3 of National Instrument 45-106 on the basis that ThreeD is an “accredited investor” as defined herein.  A copy of the applicable securities report filed in connection with the matters set forth above may be obtained by contacting the Company at 69 Yonge St., Suite 1010, Toronto, ON, M5E 1K3, Attention: Denis Laviolette, President and CEO (tel: 641-992-9837).

About ThreeD Capital Inc.

ThreeD is a publicly-traded Canadian-based venture capital firm focused on opportunistic investments in companies in the Junior Resources, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain sectors.  ThreeD seeks to invest in early stage, promising companies and ICOs where it may be the lead investor and can additionally provide investees with advisory services, mentoring and access to the Company’s ecosystem.

For further information:
Gerry Feldman, CPA, CA
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
[email protected]
Phone: 416-941-8900 ext 106

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Bougainville Ventures Inc $BOG.ca – Canada’s #cannabis supply issues are real, despite feds’ denial, says business professor $CROP.ca $VP.ca NF.ca $MCOA

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:27 AM on Monday, July 8th, 2019
SPONSOR:  Bougainville Ventures Inc (CSE: BOG) Converting irrigated farmland to greenhouse-equipped farmland. Bougainville does not “touch the plant” and only provides agricultural infrastructure as a landlord for licensed marijuana growers. Click here for more info.
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Canada’s cannabis supply issues are real, despite feds’ denial, says business professor

  • A Canadian business professor says Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, was simply wrong when he said Canada’s cannabis supply shortage was “non-existent.”

By Alexandra Mazur

A Canadian business professor says Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, was simply wrong when he said Canada’s cannabis supply shortage was “non-existent.”

On Wednesday, Rod Phillips, Ontario’s minister of finance, and Doug Downey, Ontario’s attorney general, criticized a federal cannabis supply shortage when announcing Ontario will be licensing 50 new cannabis retail locations across Ontario.

Blair shot back, saying Ontario was “making excuses” and using a “non-existent supply shortage,” for their slow success in subverting the illegal cannabis market in the province.

Blair pointed to Health Canada data that showed in April alone, Canada’s overall cannabis inventory was 24 times more than total sales that month.

But Michael Armstrong, a professor at the Goodman School of Business at Brock University, said the federal government is using seemingly impressive data to skirt around the fact that there are still significant supply issues in Canada.

“They are wildly incorrect to say there’s no cannabis shortage and that there’s enough legal cannabis for those who want it,” Armstrong said in an email.

Canada’s cannabis supply

Armstrong says the majority of Canada’s cannabis inventory, more than 85 per cent of it, is unfinished — that means raw cannabis product that has not been processed, packaged and made ready to sell.

Health Canada data shows that the majority of Canada’s cannabis supply is not ready to sell. Health Canada

Some of that inventory may also never be ready to sell.

“Some of it, unfortunately, may not be sellable, whether that’s contamination or microbial risk or pesticides or anything of that nature,” said John Fowler, president of Supreme Cannabis and vice-chair of the Cannabis Council of Canada, a cannabis business association. “The law does not allow licensed producers to sell that product but it also doesn’t require them to immediately destroy it.”

Armstrong also criticized Blair and Health Canada for equating sales of legal cannabis with national demand.

“Sales isn’t the relevant measure of demand here, because legal sales satisfy just a fraction of total consumption; most is met by black markets,” Armstrong says.

Legal marijuana retailers are competing with illegal dealers, Armstrong says, so to use legal sales as a benchmark for demand in Canada is wrong.

“No one really knows how big the black market is and how much total consumption there is,” Armstrong said.

Nevertheless, he has estimated, using Health Canada data from a report they commissioned on estimated cannabis use in the fall, overall demand of dried cannabis, including illegal and medical sales, would land somewhere around 56,000 kilograms a month.

Health Canada has been tracking cannabis sales since legalization on their website. Numbers for April show dried cannabis sales reached just below 9,000 kilograms, leaving just over 13,000 kilograms inventory available to sell.

WATCH: Industry experts: Education on cannabis edibles needed

If Armstrong’s numbers are correct, this would leave a 43,000 kilogram gap that may have been filled by illegal sales.

“They’re looking at sales as their consumption. Businesses often do that — they look at ‘are we keeping up with sales,’ but they’re doing that when they have a healthy industry where sales is almost equal to demand,” Armstrong said.

Blair’s team said Health Canada is holding up their end of the bargain when it comes to licensing producers.

As of March 31, 2019, Health Canada says federally licensed cultivators are reporting nearly 700,000 square metres of land under active cultivation, which can produce 1 million kilograms of cannabis per year.

“This is roughly equivalent to estimates of the total quantity of cannabis (legal and illegal) consumed in Canada, made by independent market analysts, the Parliamentary Budget Officer and federal government departments,” said Marie-Emmanuelle Cadieux, senior communications advisor for Blair.

But Armstrong maintains that the numbers show the industry is continuing to have trouble meeting demand.

Getting cannabis on the shelves 

In the past, Health Canada has acknowledged that Canada’s supply issues don’t lie with the creation of the product, but rather with the production process itself.

What exactly is wrong with production is a bit of a mystery, Armstrong said. Whether it’s that producers are not growing high enough volumes of quality cannabis that can turn into dry cannabis, or they don’t have production facilities, or there are still issues with shipping, Armstrong said he can only speculate.

“Big inventories are not translating into shipments going out the door,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong said that issues with federally mandated labelling could have also slowed things down. He also guessed that certain producers focused on getting greenhouses ready for marketing purpose rather than setting up a production line that could handle orders coming in from huge markets like the Ontario Cannabis Store.

John Fowler, is chalking production issues up to growing pains of a new market.

“I think, overall, things have been working pretty well,” said Fowler. “Perhaps there was a lack of understanding of the complexity, not just regulatory complexity of license approvals, but just building the businesses and the supply chains to go from a market that literally didn’t exist on October 17th.”

Fowler said at this point, every part of the industry is being stretched. It’s taking time to get licenses for smaller growers, as well as licenses to expand growing spaces, and packaging and equipment manufacturers are also being weighed down by a huge surge in demand.

“It’s one of those things it’s not one issue that’s holding the industry back from meeting its growth objectives.”

When it comes to whether it’s a smart strategy to limit the amount of cannabis stores in Ontario because of a production issue, Armstrong says Ontario may be shooting themselves in the foot, considering provinces like Alberta and British Columbia will have booming markets with retailers ready to receive the inventory when it’s ready to sell.

But he says, they aren’t wrong in their reasoning for doing so.

“When they say that there’s not enough supply and there’s massive shortages, absolutely, that is correct.”

In the end, Fowler doesn’t believe these delays, whether to overall supply or to Ontario’s cannabis stores, will mean much to an industry that’s meant to last.

“I think cannabis stores hopefully are going to be here for the next 100 years in this province. So a little bit of a six-month delay in launch to be better for the next ninety-nine-and-a-half years. You know, I don’t think it is a bad decision.”

The Minister of Finance did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/5463653/canadas-cannabis-supply-feds-denial/

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Tartisan #Nickel $TN.ca – The U.S. and Europe Are Getting More Anxious About #EV #Battery Shortages $ROX.ca $FF.ca $EDG.ca $AGL.ca $ANZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:24 AM on Monday, July 8th, 2019

SPONSOR: Tartisan Nickel (TN:CSE)  Kenbridge Property has a measured and indicated resource of 7.14 million tonnes at 0.62% nickel, 0.33% copper. Tartisan also has interests in Peru, including a 20 percent equity stake in Eloro Resources and 2 percent NSR in their La Victoria property. Click her for more information

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The U.S. and Europe Are Getting More Anxious About EV Battery Shortages

  • Clean TeQ sees automakers, suppliers wary over nickel, cobalt
  • More than 12 parties reviewing stake in Sunrise project: CEO

By David Stringer

Automakers to trading houses from North America to Europe are becoming more concerned about future supply shortages of key materials needed for electric vehicle batteries as spending on new production soars, according to the developer of a $1.5 billion project in Australia.

More than a dozen parties have now expressed interest in taking up as much as a 50% stake in Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd.’s Sunrise nickel-cobalt-scandium project, Chief Executive Officer Sam Riggall said Monday in an interview. They include companies in regions that until recently had shown less impetus to tie up raw material supplies.

“It’s dawning on North America and Europe that there’s a raw materials issue that needs to be addressed here,” Riggall said by phone. “For the previous two years, I’ve been wearing out a lot of shoe leather and banging on a lot of doors trying to get interest in Europe and North America with very little success. In the last six months things have changed quite dramatically.”

Volkswagen AG in May picked Sweden’s Northvolt AB as a partner to start production of battery cells for electric cars, while the German and French governments have pledged funding and political support for efforts to spur a European battery manufacturing industry. In the U.S., the number of battery electric models available to consumers is forecast to double by the end of 2021, according to BloombergNEF.

Melbourne-based Clean TeQ, which said last month it had appointed Macquarie Group Ltd. to run a process to identify a partner, is seeking final offers for a stake in the Sunrise project by the end of September, and will aim to complete any sale by the end of the year, according to Riggall.

China’s grip on lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing is forecast to loosen through 2025, as new capacity is added close to demand centers in the U.S. and Europe, BNEF said in a May report.

Battery Shift

New plants will boost lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing in Europe

Source: BloombergNEF

The scale of planned investments in electric lineups means both automakers and related industries in Europe and North America are focusing on how to secure future supplies of battery-grade nickel — and also on ensuring there’s sufficient cobalt after the market tightens from about 2021 to 2022, Riggall said. “Their minds are being forced to turn to raw materials,” he said. “They are seeing significant risks on that side of the business.”

There’s a looming shortage of nickel sulfate, the material used for battery products, with demand forecast to outstrip planned new capacity, BNEF said in a July 2 report. Cobalt demand may also top global supply from about 2025, according to the note.

Cobalt prices have tumbled since early 2018 on new supply from incumbent producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and as some battery makers seek to reduce the amount of the metal in their packs. Nickel has declined about 11% on the London Metal Exchange in the past year.

Clean TeQ is targeting commerical production at the Sunrise project, with a forecast mine life of more than 40 years, from 2022, Riggall said.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-08/u-s-europe-getting-more-anxious-about-ev-battery-supply-crunch

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – New #ECB Boss is “Extremely” Pro- #Crypto; What Could This Mean for #Bitcoin $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:07 AM on Monday, July 8th, 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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New ECB Boss is “Extremely” Pro-Crypto; What Could This Mean for Bitcoin?

  • Christine Lagarde, who is replacing Mario Draghi as the next head of the ECB on November 1st of this year, has long shown interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and has even advocated for state-backed digital currencies that could increase the efficiency of those state’s economies.

By: Cole Petersen

Investors and proponents of Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto markets have long believed that the ultimate pinnacle of adoption would be found when governments and central banks began growing friendly towards the nascent technologies.

Now, the nominee who is replacing the outgoing European Central Bank (ECB) head is pro-crypto herself and has shown tremendous interest in how the nascent tech can help shape the future’s global economy.

ECB Boss is Pro-Crypto, Will This Help Spark Adoption?

Christine Lagarde, who is replacing Mario Draghi as the next head of the ECB on November 1st of this year, has long shown interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and has even advocated for state-backed digital currencies that could increase the efficiency of those state’s economies.

This past April, Lagarde spoke to CNBC and bullishly noted that crypto and blockchain is currently “shaking the system.”

“I think the role of the disruptors and anything that is using distributed ledger technology, whether you call it crypto, assets, currencies, or whatever … that is clearly shaking the system,” she noted, tempering this sentiment by adding that “We don’t want to shake the system so much that we would lose the stability that is needed.”

Although there is no way to deny that Bitcoin and crypto are shaking up the current system – or at the very least have the potential to do so – many critics will write off their utility, so Lagarde’s openness to the technology is a powerful endorsement.

Will Lagarde Embrace Bitcoin, Or Focus on More Centralized Options?

Although the incoming ECB boss is certainly more open to crypto than previous ones, it is important to note that her interest seems to be more in centralized crypto options than in decentralized ones, like Bitcoin.

Mati Greenspan, the senior market analyst at eToro, explained in an email that her interest currently seems to be in JPM Coin and XRP.

“Not bitcoin, of course, but she has advocated already for state-backed cryptocurrencies as well as settlement tokens like XRP and JPM coin. In this video, we can see her taking notes while listening to Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse,” Greenspan explained.

Furthermore, Greenspan also explained that crypto certainly won’t be her main focus as the head of the ECB, as her biggest challenge will be to “bring unity and prosperity to the various EU States and QE will probably take precedence over the digital landscape.”

Regardless of whether or not crypto, Bitcoin, or blockchain are one of her main focuses, her interest and openness to the technology is certainly positive for the industry as a whole and may help incubate further adoption.

Source: https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/07/07/new-european-central-bank-boss-is-extremely-pro-crypto-what-could-this-mean-for-bitcoin/

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Good Life Networks $GOOD.ca Announces the Patent Cooperation Treaty Deems Its #Programmatic Advertising Technology Novel in over 140 Countries $TTD $RUBI $AT.ca $TRMR $FUEL

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:49 AM on Monday, July 8th, 2019

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  • Announced that its patent pending technology for its Programmatic Advertising Platform has been deemed novel by the International Searching Authority for the PCT
  • Once a technology, product or service is deemed novel by the PCT it is considered patentable and can move to the next phase of the process.
  • The PCT covers over 140 countries and positions the Company to protect its rights in one or all these jurisdictions.

Vancouver, British Columbia–(July 8, 2019) – Good Life Networks Inc. (TSXV: GOOD) (OTC PINK: GOOLF) (“GLN“, or the “Company“), a Vancouver-based programmatic advertising technology company, is pleased to announce that its patent pending technology for its Programmatic Advertising Platform has been deemed novel by the International Searching Authority for the PCT (“Patent Cooperation Treaty”). Once a technology, product or service is deemed novel by the PCT it is considered patentable and can move to the next phase of the process. The PCT covers over 140 countries and positions the Company to protect its rights in one or all these jurisdictions.

GLN has been developing its unique advertising technology since 2016 with the sole aim of facilitating effective online advertising without the use of personally identifiable information (PII). The importance of not using PII was revealed after numerous scandals involving user tracking and extensive personal data collection practices became public. (1) The use of PII is now subject to extensive regulation with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in Europe with similar rules coming to the US and Canada. These regulations carry large financial penalties for companies who use PII without the expressed permission of the users, extensively limiting the availability of user data to target advertising in the future.

GLN will now move to the national phase of the process to achieve patent protection in the countries and regions it deems relevant and strategic for its Non-PII advertising technology. GLN believes this patent will help secure a unique position for the Company as a technology leader in non-PII advertising.

Jesse Dylan, CEO of GLN, commented, “The use of PII is becoming heavily regulated and rightfully restricted. Advertisers are very aware of the perils of becoming the next data breach scandal. GLN anticipated this industry liability back in 2016 and invested the time, energy and resources to create a novel non-PII advertising platform. We are delighted to have positioned ourselves at the leading edge of the industry changes and will soon have the official protections to capitalize on these regulatory initiatives long into the future.”

The GLN Story

GLN’s technology is the engine that sits between advertisers and publishers. A highlight of GLN’s tech is that it does not collect PII (Personal Identifiable Information). Built for cross device video advertising: Mobile, In-App, Desktop and CTV (Connected Television) the GLN Programmatic Video Advertising Platform has among the lowest fraud rates of similar vendors in the industry. Advertisers make more money by reaching their target audience more effectively. GLN makes money by retaining a percentage of the advertiser’s fee.

GLN is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with offices in Newport Beach and Santa Monica California, New York and UK and trades on the TSXV under the stock symbol “GOOD” and The Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the stock symbol 4G5. For further information on the Company, visit www.glninc.ca

1: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal-everything-you-need-to-know.html

Neither the 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.

Forward Looking Statements:

Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect the expectations or beliefs regarding future events of management of GLN. This information and these statements, referred to herein as “forward‐looking statements”, are not historical facts, are made as of the date of this news release and include without limitation, statements regarding discussions of future plans, estimates and forecasts and statements as to management’s expectations and intentions with respect to the Company’s patent applications. These statements generally can be identified by use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “intends”, “believe” or “continue” or the negative thereof or similar variations.

These forward‐looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and actual results might differ materially from results suggested in any forward-looking statements. Important factors that may cause actual results to vary include without limitation, risks relating to the success of any associated regulatory approval and general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets.

In making the forward‐looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including without limitation that the patent approvals with achieve the results per GLN management’s expectations. GLN does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward looking-statements, unless and until required by applicable securities laws. Additional information identifying risks and uncertainties is contained in GLN’s filings with the Canadian securities regulators, which filings are available at www.sedar.com.

For further information, please contact:

[email protected]
CEO Jesse Dylan
604 265 7511

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Star Navigation $SNA.ca Announces MEDEVAC Agreement with Airmedic Inc.

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 7:20 AM on Monday, July 8th, 2019
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  • Entered into a multi-pronged cooperation agreement with Airmedic Inc.
  • Consisting of the integration of Star’s STAR-ISAMM™ System into the operations of Airmedic’s expanding helicopter and fixed-wing based Emergency Medical System Services.

TORONTO, July 08, 2019 – Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (CSE: SNA) (CSE: SNA.CN) (OTCQB: SNAVF) (“Star” or the “Company”) announces that the Company has entered into a multi-pronged cooperation agreement with Airmedic Inc., consisting of the integration of Star’s STAR-ISAMM™ System into the operations of Airmedic’s expanding helicopter and fixed-wing based Emergency Medical System (“EMS”) services.

The parties will subsequently extend their cooperation to the STAR-LSAMM™ System for ground ambulances, eventually providing a complete and seamless electronic medical transport system.

Star and Airmedic will be offering the STAR-ISAMM™ System as part of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (“HEMS”) system. STAR-ISAMM™ interfaces with existing bio-medical monitoring equipment on-board. It securely transmits the patients’ vital signs and other critical information directly to receiving hospital physicians, while at the same time providing tracking, location, and Estimated Time of Arrival of the vehicle. The patient, upon arrival at the aircraft, becomes part of the care environment, well before reaching the hospital.

J-L Larmor, V.P. Corporate Development at Star, said:

“The STAR-ISAMM™ and STAR-LSAMM™ Systems provide a unique opportunity to increase the efficiency and quality of EMS services over vast regions, as well as locally, whether air- or ground-based. We are extremely happy to enter into this new collaboration with an experienced and innovative airborne EMS specialist. In addition, the growing Airmedic fleet is based on excellent aircraft and helicopters that play a major role in the EMS market sector.”

About Star Navigation:

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, STAR-ISMS®, the heart of the STAR-A.D.S. ® and of the STAR-ISAMM™ Systems. Its real-time capability of tracking performance trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.

Stars’ M.M.I. Division designs and manufactures high performance, mission critical, flight deck flat panel displays for defence and commercial aviation industries worldwide. These displays are found on aircraft and simulators, from C-130 aircraft, to Sikorsky and Agusta Westland helicopters, as examples.

Stars’ subsidiary, Star-Isoneo Inc., is a specialised software firm, developing complex solutions in engineering, simulation and development for Canadian customers. Star-Isoneo works closely with Star in the development of the Company’s MEDEVAC (STAR-ISAMM™ and STAR-LSAMM™) applications of the patented STAR-A.D.S. ® technology, and on its current R&D program with Bombardier.

About Airmedic Inc.:

Airmedic is the only private company in Quebec that operates its own airplane and helicopter fleet exclusively dedicated to providing emergency medical services and inter‑hospital transport. It operates a state-of-the-art Emergency Call Centre 24/7/365 thanks to the commitment of its 150 specialized employees. Its emergency medical team’s mission is to provide rapid response and care to all Airmedic members by providing plane and helicopter transportation to the nearest appropriate medical facility. It is the first company offering emergency airborne medical services to obtain Transport Canada certification authorizing night flight thanks to its night vision goggles.

Certain statements contained in this News Release constitute forward-looking statements. When used in this document, the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “expected” and similar expressions, as they relate to Star or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect Star’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause Star’s actual performance or achievements to vary from those described herein. Should one or more of these factors or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Star does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this release.

Please visit www.star-navigation.com or contact

Jean-Louis Larmor, V.P. Corporate Development of STAR and President of Star-Isoneo Inc.  (514) 290 – 1919

[email protected]

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Empower Clinics $CBDT.ca Commences Selling Franchises Under The Sun Valley Health Brand $WEED.ca $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $HEXO.ca $TRST.ca $OGI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 7:16 AM on Monday, July 8th, 2019
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  • Company’s clinic division, Sun Valley Health, has completed it’s 2019 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) and has commenced selling Sun Valley Health franchises in the United States

VANCOUVER, July 8, 2019 - EMPOWER CLINICS INC. (CSE: CBDT) (Frankfurt 8EC) (“Empower” or the “Company“), a vertically integrated and growth-oriented CBD life sciences company, and a multi-state operator of medical health & wellness clinics, is pleased to announce that the Company’s clinic division, Sun Valley Health, has completed it’s 2019 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) and has commenced selling Sun Valley Health franchises in the United States. Learn more at http://www.sunvalleyhealth.com

With the completion of the 2019 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) the Company is now selling Sun Valley Health franchises and is accepting franchise applications effectively immediately.

The Company has invested in the development of a new franchise trade show booth that showcases the Sun Valley Health opportunity to perspective franchisees using dynamic, content rich displays and four (4) large format television monitors to present features and benefits to the audience who attend the expos.

The franchise sales teams are booked to participate in the International Franchise Expo https://www.ifeinfo.com and the Cannabis Industry Marketplace Expo www.cannabisimp.com with nine (9) expos booked to showcase the Sun Valley Health franchise opportunity.

Expo Dates

Missouri          July 23-24th 2019 (Cannabis Expo)
Chicago           Sept. 13th-14th 2019 (Franchise Expo)
Chicago           Sept. 19th-20th 2019 (Cannabis Expo)
Houston           Oct. 4th-5th 2019 (Franchise Expo)
Florida             Nov. 13th-14th 2019 (Cannabis Expo)
Long Beach     Dec. 5th-6th 2019 (Franchise Expo)
Arizona            Feb. 12th-13th 2020 (Cannabis Expo)
Miami               Feb. 20th-22nd 2019 (Franchise Expo)
Michigan         April: 15th-17th 2020 (Cannabis Expo)

“Offering our years of experience in operating clinics to potential franchise partners across America is an exceptional growth opportunity for our Company, said Steven McAuley, CEO of Empower Clinics Inc. “We have the opportunity to connect to exponentially more patients who can benefit from direct access to physicians that provide consultations on alternative treatment options.”

The upcoming expos are expected to generate significant interest in the Sun Valley Health brand and it will allow the Company’s franchise sales teams to communicate the benefits and opportunities the industry can offer entrepreneurs, medical professionals and consumers in general.

The Company clinics offer consultations on the potential benefits of CBD based treatment options to address a variety of qualifying conditions including chronic pain, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia, indigestion and other serious aliments that can affect the lives of so many people. The Company also has commenced building retail product kiosks in all clinics offering more than 40 products SKU’s that patients can purchase in-clinic or online. All Sun Valley Health franchises will include similar retail product kiosks that offer Sun Valley Health approved products options.

“Our scientific approach to alternative medicine offers franchisees & patients across America access to quality CBD, MMJ cards, nutritional supplements, and holistic modalities with Physicians and medical professionals on hand and available in our clinics.” said Dustin Klein, Empowers SVP, Business Development and Director.

Each Company owned clinic and all franchised clinics in our nationwide network will offer a full range of CBD products and health & wellness supplements, that provide a wide array of choices to patients and customers in the communities we serve.

ABOUT EMPOWER

Empower is a leading multi-state operator of a network of physician-staffed clinics focused on helping patients improve and protect their health through innovative physician recommended treatment options. Operating as a vertically-integrated health & wellness brand with it’s first hemp-derived CBD extraction facility under development, the Company can produce and package its proprietary line of cannabidiol (CBD) based products and distribute through company owned and franchised clinics, with wholesale partnerships, online and with retailers nationwide.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Steven McAuley
Chief Executive Officer

DISCLAIMER FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains certain “forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information” (collectively “forward looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements can frequently be identified by words such as “plans”, “continues”, “expects”, “projects”, “intends”, “believes”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “may”, “will”, “potential”, “proposed” and other similar words, or information that certain events or conditions “may” or “will” occur. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding; the Company’s intention to open a hemp-based CBD extraction facility, the expected benefits to the Company and its shareholders as a result of the proposed acquisitions and partnerships; the terms of the proposed acquisitions and partnerships; the effectiveness of the extraction technology; the expected benefits for Empower’s patient base and customers; access to Empower’s home delivery and e-commerce platform; the benefits of CBD based products; the effect of the approval of the Farm Bill; the growth of the Company’s patient list and that the Company will be positioned to be a market-leading service provider for complex patient requirements in 2019 and beyond. Such statements are only projections, are based on assumptions known to management at this time, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including; that the Company may not open a hemp-based CBD extraction facility; that the hemp-based CBD extraction facility may not be fully operation by Q2 2019 if at all; that legislative changes may have an adverse effect on the Company’s business and product development; that the Company may not be able to obtain adequate financing to pursue its business plan; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; failure to obtain any necessary approvals in connection with the proposed acquisitions and partnerships; and other factors beyond the Company’s control. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this release, which are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable laws.

SOURCE Empower Clinics Inc.

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Investors: Steve Low, Boom Capital Markets, [email protected], 647-620-5101; Investors: Steven McAuley, CEO, [email protected], 604-789-2146; For French inquiries: Remy Scalabrini, Maricom Inc., E: [email protected], T: (888) 585-MARICopyright CNW Group 2019

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