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'Where Wolf': Leading the GameFi, NFTs, and Space-Themed Gaming Adventure

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Friday, January 12, 2024

As they replenish their supplies and prepare to take off, a werewolf sneaks onto the spacecraft and initiates a battle of slaughter.

Key Points: 
  • As they replenish their supplies and prepare to take off, a werewolf sneaks onto the spacecraft and initiates a battle of slaughter.
  • The group of space alpacas takes refuge in the eight rooms of the spaceship, seeking to evade the werewolf.
  • The werewolf slowly approaches the alpacas, randomly annihilating Alpacas in a room, Space Shards from the slain room is distributed to other players.
  • While some core assets of Where Wolf are built on-chain, the gameplay itself is rooted in Web2, offering players a brand-new gaming experience.

Luxury Sleep Redefined with Launch of Ultra-Premium Retail Concept, the rest

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

For those who dream of enveloping themselves in pure luxury, the rest is set to open on November 21, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • For those who dream of enveloping themselves in pure luxury, the rest is set to open on November 21, 2023.
  • The 2,100 square foot retail boutique will immerse customers with a bespoke shopping experience providing them with the utmost personal care and guidance to find their absolute best rest.
  • "Our new brand, the rest, will redefine luxury and sleep for those who know a good night's sleep is priceless," said Stewart Schaefer, President and CEO, Sleep Country.
  • "From the moment you walk in the door, customers will be transported by the sheer luxury we have carefully curated.

Will the Next Robinhood Be Born in APAC? GUGU Joins Forces with Alpaca Securities to Help New Generation Invest in U.S. Stocks

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The strategic collaborations will enable GUGU to integrate Alpaca Securities' and JB Markets' robust brokerage capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • The strategic collaborations will enable GUGU to integrate Alpaca Securities' and JB Markets' robust brokerage capabilities.
  • This will empower GUGU to offer young investors across the Asia Pacific an intuitive, social, and educational app to trade U.S. stocks.
  • The company is developing services akin to those of Robinhood for the APAC region and beyond.
  • "GUGU focuses on creating a user-friendly product for the new generation, with a strong emphasis on gamified mobile user experience," says GUGU founder Owen Huang.

Airwallex and Alpaca Partner to Deliver Cost-Efficient Experience for Global Investors Purchasing U.S. Stocks

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Friday, October 13, 2023

Airwallex , a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with Alpaca , a developer-first API brokerage platform, to support Alpaca’s global payments and foreign exchange (FX) needs.

Key Points: 
  • Airwallex , a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with Alpaca , a developer-first API brokerage platform, to support Alpaca’s global payments and foreign exchange (FX) needs.
  • The announcement comes on the heels of several recent Airwallex wins in the wealthtech category, including Public and OurCrowd .
  • Philipp Reichardt, Head of Enterprise Sales, Americas at Airwallex, said “Alpaca is unlocking access to the U.S. stock market at a global scale.
  • By simplifying global payments and eliminating currency conversion hassles for our broker partners, we aim to provide a seamless investing experience to their retail customers.”

Alpaca and Japan’s SBI Holdings Announce Partnership and USD15 Million Strategic Investment to Accelerate Alpaca’s Asian Business

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Friday, October 13, 2023

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231012426487/en/
    Alpaca and Japan’s SBI Holdings Announce Partnership and Strategic Investment to Accelerate Alpaca’s Asian Business (Graphic: Business Wire)
    This partnership allows Alpaca to accelerate its expansion of businesses and extend its reach to enterprise financial institutions for the clearing and execution of US securities in Asia.
  • As part of the new partnership, SBI has made a USD15 million investment in Alpaca.
  • Additionally, SBI has agreed with Alpaca to make respective commitments to drive Alpaca’s future growth through collaborative business development efforts and introducing innovative products.
  • Alpaca continues to provide resources dedicated to expanding its Asian business through a recently acquired broker-dealer license under the Japan FSA.

Riiid's AI model ranks #1 in HuggingFace LLM leaderboard

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Monday, October 9, 2023

SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Riiid, a leading provider of AI-powered education solutions, is pleased to announce that its latest generative AI model was ranked number one on HuggingFace, a leading platform for building and sharing machine learning models,

Key Points: 
  • SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Riiid, a leading provider of AI-powered education solutions, is pleased to announce that its latest generative AI model was ranked number one on HuggingFace, a leading platform for building and sharing machine learning models,
    The HuggingFace Open LLM (Large Language Model) Leaderboard ranks the performance of more than 500 open-source generative AI models worldwide.
  • Amid fierce global competition, dozens of new LLMs are released every day and when participating companies or individuals submit their LLMs to HuggingFace, the models are evaluated and the Leaderboard is updated.
  • Riiid's LLM, submitted in September, scored 73.69 points and was ranked second in the world.
  • The model has been evaluated on several metrics, including ARC (25-shot), HellaSwag (10-shot), MMLU (5-shot), and TruthfulQA (0-shot).

Kastle selected as a Winner of the Most Prestigious Award in Commercial Real Estate Tech

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kastle, a leader in property technology and managed security, is pleased to announce that they are a 10th Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (RETAs) winner, presented by CREtech (cretech.com), the world's leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector. The award was presented on stage at CREtech's annual flagship New York conference, on September 21st at the Javits Center.

Key Points: 
  • Kastle was selected as the winner based on its established history of technology innovation and business success.
  • The Real Estate Tech Awards are the leading international awards honoring excellence in commercial real estate tech.
  • The awards recognize the most innovative companies who have played an integral role in advancing tech in the real estate industry throughout the year.
  • Backed by the leading voices and thought leaders in the commercial real estate tech industry, the awards were open to startups or established technology companies servicing the industry.

Alpaca Launches Private Equity Real Estate Platform

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Alternative investments management firm Alpaca (or the “Firm”) announced today the launch of Alpaca Real Estate (or “ARE”).

Key Points: 
  • Alternative investments management firm Alpaca (or the “Firm”) announced today the launch of Alpaca Real Estate (or “ARE”).
  • In addition, we expect Alpaca’s expertise will allow us to implement technology more efficiently than the typical real estate owner, and in doing so create upside opportunities.”
    Weiss added, “Establishing Alpaca Real Estate allows us to combine what we believe are strong baseline real estate returns with the potential upside associated with operational and technology-driven overlays.
  • Alpaca Real Estate was created to drive technology utilization from the bottom up by bridging the gap between real estate users and PropTech firms.
  • “We believe that Alpaca is advantageously positioned to capitalize on the growing trend of investing at the intersection of real estate and technology.”

Space Alpaca RPG GameFi is launching, heralding the next generation of Web3.0 traffic platforms

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Friday, September 8, 2023

Space Alpaca is dedicated to constructing the foundational infrastructure and traffic portal for the Space Ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • Space Alpaca is dedicated to constructing the foundational infrastructure and traffic portal for the Space Ecosystem.
  • Space Shard will serve as the in-game currency for the "Space Alpaca" ecosystem, circulating throughout the entire gaming landscape.
  • The Space Alpaca game features five characters, Old Macdonald Alpaca, Ragnar Alpaca, Arthur Alpaca, Merlin Alpaca and Alpaca Armstrong.
  • The diversity and professionalism of the Space Alpaca team ensure the development of the project in the GameFi field.

CIIE: Alpaca wool suppliers show more confidence in the market of China

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Monday, August 14, 2023

SHANGHAI, Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As a niche industry in the past, Alpaca products have thrived in Chinese market thanks to the China International Import Expo (CIIE).

Key Points: 
  • SHANGHAI, Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As a niche industry in the past, Alpaca products have thrived in Chinese market thanks to the China International Import Expo (CIIE).
  • Considering China's large population and expanding middle-income group, the enterprise's manager Hu Tao set his sights on its market.
  • In June 2022, Pacific Alpacas transported 3.3 metric tons of alpaca fiber to China, marking the largest export of alpaca fiber in New Zealand's history.
  • BBFAT has developed alpaca wool-made plush panda toys for Chinese markets, while Pacific Alpacas has created a variety of alpaca coats.