KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 9 June 2022 – Global Banking and Finance Review proclaimed OctaFX the best Forex broker in Malaysia. This is the first time OctaFX has received an award in this category.
Global Banking and Finance Review, a publication providing the financial community with in-depth cross market coverage, recognized OctaFX’s efforts in the foreign exchange industry with the ‘Best Forex Broker Malaysia 2022’ award.
Being rated the best Forex broker in Malaysia proves OctaFX’s dedication to enhancing the trading experience of Malaysian clients.
‘OctaFX is committed to helping customers achieve their investment goals. Our awards team was impressed with the customer-centric approach OctaFX has. They are constantly innovating to enhance their products and services in order to deliver best in class trading conditions and optimal customer experience. Their unique value proposition, continued investment in technology, and dedication to clients made them stand out as clear winners this year,’ said Wanda Rich, the editor of Global Banking and Finance Review. ‘We look forward to seeing further growth and industry-leading solutions from OctaFX in the years to come.’
Global Banking and Finance Awards were established in 2011 to honour financial and banking companies worldwide that have reached an outstanding level of expertise in the industry. The magazine has since been giving awards to the most innovative and progressive companies transforming the global finance community.
Apart from giving OctaFX the same award last year, the magazine has acknowledged the accomplishments of the broker before—with the ‘Best Forex Broker Asia’ award in 2021 and ‘Best Partnership Program in South East Asia’ in 2020. This year, the broker has also received the ‘Best Forex Broker Nigeria 2022’ award for helping clients from this country achieve their financial goals.
About OctaFX
OctaFX is a global broker that provides online trading services worldwide since 2011. The company is involved in a comprehensive network of charity and humanitarian initiatives, including improvement of educational infrastructure, short-notice relief projects, supporting local communities and small to medium enterprises.
In the APAC region, it managed to capture the ‘Decade Of Excellence In Forex Asia 2021’ award, the ‘Best Islamic FX Account 2020’ award, and the ‘Best CFD Broker Asia Pacific 2020’ award by Global Banking And Finance Review, World Finance, and Cfi.Co, respectively.
Wine Distributor Partners with SOLARR to Offer Redeemable NFT for Physical Wine
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 June 2022 – Grand Cru Cellar (GCC), one of the largest wine importers and distributors in Hong Kong, announced plans to enter into the Non-fungible token (NFT) space, making it the first wine distributor in Asia to offer a wine NFT. The strategic move is set to revolutionize the wine industry in Asia by leveraging blockchain and NFT technologies.
Wine Distributor Partners with SOLARR to Offer Redeemable NFT for Physical Wine
GCC’s wine NFTs will be developed in a strategic partnership with SOLARR, Asia’s first decentralized NFT-Fi platform. The wine NFTs will include a collection of exclusively designed NFTs representing 360 bottles of Château Margaux fine wine spanning 30 vintages from 1978 to 2007 in the winery’s history. This unique collection is ex-Château which was stored and delivered directly from the winery, remarkably preserving its quality since 1977. Collectors are willing to pay a premium of up to 100 percent more in prices for vintages stored and sold directly from winery to collectors as there is no question of authenticity.
NFT holders can exchange the NFTs for physical bottles of wines and once redeemed, the NFTs will be destroyed to mark their redemption. Until the wine NFT has been redeemed, the physical fine wines will be safely stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled warehouse to maintain their quality. These wine NFTs can be freely traded on SOLARR’s NFT-commerce platform or even given as gifts to family and friends.
“NFTs will help to increase the liquidity and price discovery of high-end fine wines. The auction market for these fine wines has always existed but if the bidding flow is low, the wine’s value will be locked up due to a lack of bids,” says Mic Wong, the NFT project representative at Grand Cru Cellar. “Once liquidity improves, the wine’s true value can be realised. We are looking to cooperate with SOLARR to auction a rare and unique collection of Margaux wine.”
“SOLARR’s NFT-as-a-Service (NFTaaS) takes the complication out of NFT-commerce. Our one-stop, end-to-end NFT services offer a highly efficient way for GCC’s wine collections to be auctioned off, eliminating the need for buyers to attend physical auctions,” says Alex Lee, Founder and CEO of SOLARR. “SOLARR is helping GCC execute the entire NFT value chain from composing the utility, designing the NFTs, facilitating the auction, offering NFT payment gateway, all the way to managing ownership transfer of the physical wine.”
NFT using blockchain technology increases trust and transparency in the wine industry by improving wine provenance. Wines with provenance that are traceable all the way to when they left the winery, become more valuable.
About SOLARR
SOLARR is Asia’s first decentralised NFT-Fi platform, empowering users to increase utility, unlock value, and liquify NFTs within a secure multi-chain ecosystem with an integrated economic infrastructure, paving the way into the metaverse virtual economy. SOLARR’s mission is to accelerate NFT mass-adoption with utility, accessibility, and NFT-commerce. Ultimately, SOLARR’s vision is to facilitate the world’s transition into the decentralised digital economy.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 9 June 2022–Carousell Media Group (CMG) and the Interactive Advertising Bureau Southeast Asia and India (IAB SEA+India) have released a new report showing a digital disruption spurred on by the migration of users from offline to online with the new stay-at-home paradigm.
The IAB SEA+India surveyed more than 61,500 respondents who use CMG recommerce platforms in Singapore (carousell.sg), Hong Kong (carousell.com.hk), Vietnam (chotot.com), Malaysia (mudah.my) and the Philippines (carousell.ph).
This year’s regional research establishes the audience profile in each market, explores income, investing and spending habits, how respondents spend time online, streaming services to which they subscribe, their food and grocery shopping habits including use of meal delivery platforms, future purchasing plans, what influences their spending, and how and why they are shopping sustainably.
Miranda Dimopoulos, Regional CEO, IAB SEA+India says there has been a seismic shift to online led by the Southeast Asia and Hong Kong regions, and on a scale never before seen.
“We’re seeing everything from mundane daily tasks to health and self development being enabled from your mobile device. We also see that CMG’s hyper-engaged audiences are prioritising sustainable shopping to protect the planet,” says Ms Dimopoulos.
JJ Eastwood, Managing Director, CMG says that this year’s survey builds upon research from last year, again in partnership with the IAB SEA+India, into Millennials and Sustainable Purchasing. “This year we drilled deeper into respondents’ financial habits which reveals that the largest spending category, both current and future, is local and international travel.
“It is also gratifying to see that our Carousell Group marketplaces are now synonymous with sustainability and social ethics, and we have seen a quantum increase in usage of our recommerce marketing platforms over the past two years.”
Key regional findings include:
55% of respondents shop sustainably driven by concerns about climate change and environmental impact rather than financial savings
64% of respondents say they are saving more this year than in the previous year
47% of respondents plan on travelling locally and abroad over the next year
Stocks, bonds, and property remain preferred investments; however, there is an increased interest in more high-risk investments such as crypto currencies with one-quarter (26%) of respondents currently investing in crypto, particularly in Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore
The most time online is spent shopping for meals, food and groceries, streaming content, and in personal development such as online learning, and maintaining or improving their physical fitness and mental wellness
Respondents said that they are mostly influenced to make a purchase by promotions and advertising campaigns
All respondents say they shop sustainably; however, this is actioned in different ways whether making fewer new purchases; using Carousell Group’s recommerce marketplaces for buying and selling; taking their own shopping bags in-store, and seeking out brands with sustainability principles and practices.
“We see a significant swing towards shopping sustainably to mitigate climate change and protect the environment, rather than purely to save money,” says JJ Eastwood. “In fact, we see that people are prepared to pay more for sustainably sourced or produced food and products. We have an audience of tens of millions of people using our recommerce platforms. If you extrapolate their contributions to sustainable shopping, you have a significant start to environmental protection at a consumer level.”
You can also view the recording of the webinar detailing some of the top findings from the report here: https://bit.ly/3NSMzhM
To discuss retail media opportunities with Carousell Marketplaces in more detail, email mediagroup@thecarousell.com.
The Carousell Media Group is the media arm of the Carousell Group and offers advertising solutions for brands and agencies across all brands – Carousell, Mudah.my, Cho Tot, OneKyat, Ox Street and Refash. With tens of millions of users in 8 different markets across Greater Southeast Asia, Carousell Media Group provides scale and reach to advertisers. Visit here for more information.
About IAB SEA+India: The IAB SEA+India is the not for profit industry association that unites the digital advertising industry across 7 countries in Southeast Asia and India. It represents its members to governments at all levels across the region. The membership, comprising brands, publishers, agencies and tech platforms, has grown twelvefold in the past eight years. With an active Regional Board and four specialist councils, it publishes industry discussions, white papers, research and guidelines for members as well as providing mentoring and education initiatives. Visit here for more information about becoming a member.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 June 2022 –Crypto social trading exchange BingX is delighted to release its latest version 3.3 update, optimising its copy-trading service to further empower its traders.
With the new upgraded features such as added data charts, risk ratings, popular and conservative trader lists, crypto trading is definitely made easy.
Notably, one of the most important features of this version is the comprehensive trader data, boasting one of the most complete data displays on any exchange. This new update will incorporate more comprehensive statistics that will deepen traders’ analysis of their trading and strategies.
New users can also use these added data points to assess whether a trader meets their own investment needs from multiple perspectives. These include the trader’s fund, profitability, risk rating, trading variety preference, trading frequency, and win ratio.
Other notables encompass the popular trader list, where it features the trader with the highest following. New traders can refer to this list, which presents the choices of the most popular traders. In turn, this can help them identify high-quality traders after evaluation.
That’s not all. Another new list, called the conservative trader list, is added. This contains those who have a large initial net value in their share trading account or stick with a conservative strategy and are not prioritised in the popular trader list. Furthermore, novice traders who are new to crypto trading might want to take a low to medium risk, therefore, this new list will boost exposure for such traders in a more intuitive way.
A new risk rating display is also now pegged to each trader. Aside from helping new users to identify a trader’s risk level more intuitively and deciding whether to follow based on their own risk appetite, traders can sharpen their strategies to avoid aggressive trading activities and volatility that would affect their rankings.
“We can’t stress enough how important it is for our users to have access to a reliable platform that constantly provides incentives and ways for users to get the most out of trading. BingX is always seeking new and improved ways to create a user-centric experience for its users. Going forward, users can expect frequent upgrades in all facets of their trading experience on BingX. ” – Communications & PR Director at BingX, Elvisco Carrington
BingX continues to innovate and will launch more features and products that will both benefit and elevate the trading experience of our cryptocurrency traders.
About BingX
Founded in 2018, BingX has grown to become the world’s leading social trading platform. It is a global digital asset, spot, and derivatives trading platform that provides a safe, reliable, user-centric, and open ecosystem with intuitive social trading features created to enrich the entire cryptocurrency industry. BingX also constantly updates new projects and price charts such as: Poocoin Chart, Veracity Price, AFEN Price Chart, Saitama & Kaiken Inu. In the countries and regions where BingX operates, it has registered or obtained financial services licenses recognized and regulated by local governments.
SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media OutReach – 8 June 2022 – Leading global smart device brand OPPO today announced the official global launch of the 4th iteration of its OPPO Renovators Emerging Artists Project, inviting professional creatives, as well as students and professors at art and design institutes around the world, to submit interdisciplinary artwork that explores the fusion of art and tech. OPPO Renovators builds upon OPPO’s latest brand proposition “Inspiration Ahead” and the spirit of “Youth Inspiration” embodied by its Reno series, to encourage talented creators to unleash their creativity at the intersection of tech and art.
Following three successive years of hosting the event, OPPO has developed partnerships with top art and design colleges and universities in more than 230 cities across more than 40 countries and regions around the world. To date, nearly ten thousand artists have participated in the program and several outstanding projects have been further developed with OPPO’s support.
William Liu, Vice President and President of Global Marketing at OPPO, and the initiator of the Renovators program, said: “Through the OPPO Renovators, we aim to build a global platform for future-oriented art and design practices. We want to encourage young creators to engage in the creative process of integrating tech and art, contributing to building a better world through the power of innovation.”
‘Future Renovators’ and ‘Brand Renovators’ contest categories seek creative artwork at the intersection of art and technology
Renovators 2022 continues its focus on the concept of “Art + Tech” by inviting artists from all over the world to submit their artwork under two contest categories — Future Renovators and Brand Renovators. Submitted artworks will be assessed by a panel of expert judges, which include Renovators program initiator, Vice Dean of the School of Intermedia Art (SIMA) at the China Academy of Art, renowned artist, and curator, Dajuin Yao; animation and contemporary art curator, and producer, Gerben Schermer; and independent curator, Visiting Professor of Kyoto University of the Arts, Takahiro Kaneshima.
Offering vast room for creative freedom, the Future Renovators category encourages creators to address important social issues such as smart living, sustainability, new materials, carbon emissions reduction, security and privacy, multimedia innovation, connectivity and more.
The Brand Renovators category aims to attract artwork submissions directly related to the OPPO brand. Creators entering into the Brand Renovators category will be able to choose from one of two directions — Reno Artwork and Ollie IP’s Application Design.
For the Reno Artwork direction, participants can submit ideas related to the concept, design, or application of OPPO Reno series smartphones; while for the Ollie IP’s Application Design, participants are asked to devise new creative ways of utilizing OPPO’s mascot, Ollie, or even completely refashion Ollie.
There are no restrictions on the form of entries accepted for either the Future Renovators1 or Brand Renovators2 categories, with all kinds of art mediums welcome.
Through its commitment to Youth Inspiration, OPPO is building a global community for young artists to exchange ideas and grow
In line with the spirit of “Youth Inspiration”, the OPPO Renovators Project aims to provide an opportunity for young art creators and art enthusiasts around the globe to test their skills, while building a community for them to exchange ideas, grow professionally, and reach an international audience. Entrants will have the chance to win prizes and products worth over RMB100,000 as well as the opportunity to have their artwork featured through international platforms such as London Design Festival and OPPO INNO Day. Furthermore, outstanding entrants will be given access to potential business partnerships and career opportunities with OPPO, reflecting OPPO’s core belief in empowering technological and artistic innovation among young creators worldwide.
For more information, please visit the official OPPO Renovators 2022 website at www.oppo.com/en/events/renovators/ . All artworks must be submitted before 24:00 on August 18, 2022 (GMT+8) to be eligible. The final results will be announced before 24:00 on September 8, 2022 (GMT+8).
1 Potential mediums include but are not limited to: industrial design, interactive experiences, smart wearables, digital media artwork, installation artwork, material designs, robotic artwork, etc.
2 Potential mediums include but are not limited to: video, animation, drawings, graphic design, images, product design, etc.
About OPPO
OPPO is a leading global smart device brand. Since the launch of its first mobile phone – “Smiley Face” – in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the perfect synergy of aesthetic satisfaction and innovative technology. Today, OPPO provides a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find X and Reno series. Beyond devices, OPPO also provides its users with ColorOS operating system and internet services such as OPPO Cloud and OPPO+. OPPO has footprints in more than 60 countries and regions, with more than 40,000 employees dedicated to creating a better life for customers around the world.
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 8 June 2022 – “SEA Unicorn 2022”, jointly organised by SEATech Ventures Corp. (OTCMKT:SEAV) and GreenPro Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:GRNQ) have revealed the top 30 enterprises entering into the semi-final rounds where its first open-to-public offline event will be held at The Gardens Hotel in Mid Valley City from 2:00pm to 6:00pm on June 10.
Participating enterprises develop a new cogitation in entrepreneurship through “Sea Unicorn 2022”.
“SEA Unicorn 2022”, with the theme of “Mass Entrepreneurship, Mass Innovation” has attracted a total of 124 enterprises participating in this exclusive event where they were split into two groups, namely Tengfei and Tengda. The top 10 enterprises that stand out in the semi-final rounds will advance to the finals on July 18 at PJ Performing Arts Centre, Stage 1 Theatre.
The participating enterprises have gone through the “SEA Unicorn 2022 Seminar” and the “Capital Induction Program” to develop and better their understanding in corporate values and capitalism that can benefit them in further application in their businesses.
The organizers also aim to support entrepreneurs to think out of the box for value development, business expansion, and international capital market integration.
Investors across different industries, which include fund managers from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan will be invited to the “SEA Unicorn 2022” semi-finals as well the general public to witness Malaysia’s next potential unicorns.
“SEA Unicorn 2022” is launched to discover and build the next ASEAN Unicorn enterprise on an international level. It also aligns with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation’s (MOSTI) call to produce 5,000 companies, including five unicorns by 2025.
The registration for “SEA Unicorn 2022” semi-finals is now open with limited seats! To secure a spot at the semi-finals, scan the QR code below to register.
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