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Victoria Mahe, Seychelles--(Newsfile Corp. - September 9, 2021) - XT.COM is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Company's 3rd Anniversary Celebration. The first BTC-KLine in XT.COM was released on 25th September 2018 and with over 4 millions registered users today, XT.COM has achieved astonishing results in only 3 years.

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Currently, XT.COM ranks TOP 40 on CoinMarketCap and has introduced more than 300 digital assets, including mainstream coins, popular DeFi, NFT, Metaverse, all of which can be visited on XT.COM.

The Path of Social Infused Trading

Being the World's first social infused exchange, XT.COM has been expanding globally, standing out from competition in the crypto industry. After these years of unremitting efforts, social trading has become integrated in every detail of XT.COM.

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XT.COM develops social trading partnerships with BTOK, the world's largest Chinese blockchain social platform, and Tapatalk, the world's largest converged forum. BTOK currently has over 10 millions registered users and 1 million active users, 90% of whom are Chinese speakers. Tapatalk has over 20 million registered users and nearly 1 million active users, with 50% of its users from North America and 30% from Europe.

The integration of XT.COM with BTOK and Tapatalk apps enhances users' social real-time trading experience. And it also facilitates access to the blockchain world with the creation of a unified blockchain social network with users, communities, assets and apps.

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Although the Company has made remarkable achievements made so far, XT.COM believes that there is still a long way to go. Indeed, the Company will keep working hard and strive for more professional, efficient, transparent and safer financial digital assets services for global users.

The 3rd Anniversary Celebration - Metaverse Adventure

On this 3rd anniversary occasion, XT.COM will be launching a special "Metaverse Adventure" event on 15th September 2021 to reward its XT users for their support and trust!

Every participant will have the chance to win the hottest Metaverse treasures, from Axie's Elf Clan, SANDBOX's LAND, to NBA Top Shot Moments.

"Metaverse Adventure" will be supported by Bitci, Hesh.Fi, BABYDOGO, Hydraledger, SeedSwap, Kranz, The Fire Token, Blocksport.one, Umi Digital, TIDOS, Brasil National Football Team, Spain National Football Team, Zeloop, Kommunitas and many other projects. Double points can be obtained by trading above currencies in this points qualifying competition. The participants with the highest points in the ranking competition will be prized with Axie's three elf clans.

Four major events:

Exclusive gifts for new users.

Complete Daily tasks, Win Bonus Points.

10+ Airdrops on Telegram Community.

Sign up on Tapatalk to share airdrops.

Participants can also get the chance of winning a surprise gift supported by Blocsport.one - the Porsche 911!

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Over the past three years, XT.COM Exchange has survived through the complex logic of the market and advanced steadily. The Company fights for a bright tomorrow. In the future, XT.COM will continue to grow and strive to contribute positively to the digital asset industry.

See you on September 15th for XT.COM's 3rd anniversary celebration!

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Seychelles is a small island country located in the Somali sea northeast of Madagascar and about 835mi (1,344km) from Mogadishu, Somalia, its nearest foreign mainland city, while Antsiranana is the nearest foreign city overall.[1] Seychelles lies between approximately 4S and 10S and 46E and 54E. The nation is an archipelago of 115 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 452km2 (175sqmi), but the islands are spread wide over an exclusive economic zone of 1,336,559km2 (516,048sqmi). About 90 percent of the population of 90,000 live on Mah, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue. Around a third of the land area is the island of Mah and a further third the atoll of Aldabra.[2]

There are two distinct regions, the granitic islands, the world's only oceanic islands of granitic rock and the coralline outer islands. The granite islands are the worlds oldest ocean islands, while the outer islands are mainly very young, though the Aldabra group and St Pierre (Farquhar Group) are unusual, raised coral islands that have emerged and submerged several times during their long history, the most recent submergence dating from about 125,000 years ago[3]

The archipelago consists of 115 islands and thirty prominent rock formations scattered throughout a self-proclaimed exclusive economic zone of more than 1,350,000 square kilometres (520,000sqmi) of ocean.[4] Some forty islands are granitic and lie in a 90-kilometre (56mi) radius from Mah, the main island.[4] The remaining islands are coralline, stretching over a 1,200-kilometre (750mi) radius from Ile Aux Vaches in the northeast to the Aldabra Atoll in the southwest.[4] The country's Inner Islands are the granitic islands plus two nearby coralline islands, Bird Island and Denis Island.[citation needed] The remaining coralline islands are the Outer Islands.[citation needed] The islands are all smallthe aggregate land area is only 455 square kilometres (176sqmi).[4][5]

Mah is 25 kilometres (16mi) long and no more than 8 kilometres (5.0mi) wide,[4] with an area of with a size of 156.7km2 (61sqmi).[citation needed] It contains the capital and only city, Victoria, an excellent port.[4] Victoria lies approximately 1,600 kilometres (990mi) east of Mombasa, Kenya; 2,800 kilometres (1,700mi) southwest of Mumbai; 1,700 kilometres (1,100mi) north of Mauritius; and 920 kilometres (570mi) northeast of Madagascar.[4] The only other important islands by virtue of their size and population are Praslin and La Digue, situated about thirty kilometers to the northeast of Mah.[4]

The granitic islands are the peaks of the submarine Mascarene Plateau, a continental formation theorized to be either a part of Africa separated when Asia began to drift away from the original single continent of Gondwana, or the remnants of a microcontinent that existed up to the beginning of the Tertiary Period, approximately 50 million years ago.[4] The granitic islands are characterized by boulder-covered hills and mountains as high as 940 metres (3,080ft) rising abruptly from the sea.[4] Elsewhere, narrow coastal plains extend to the base of the foothills.[4] Extensively developed coral reefs are found mainly on the east coasts because of the southwest trade winds and equatorial current. Ninety-nine percent of the population is located on the granitic islands, and most are on Mah.[4]

The coralline islands differ sharply from the granitic in that they are very flat, often rising only a few feet (one meter) above sea level. They have no fresh water, and very few have a resident population.[4] Many, like Ile aux Vaches, Ile Denis, the Amirante Isles, Platte Island, and Coetivy Island, are sand cays upon which extensive coconut plantations have been established.[4] Some of the coralline islands consist of uplifted reefs and atolls covered with stunted vegetation.[4] Several of these islands have been important breeding grounds for turtles and birds, as well as the sites of extensive guano deposits, which formerly constituted an important element of the Seychellois economy but now for the most part are depleted.[4] The Aldabra Islands, the largest coralline atoll with an area greater than Mahe, are a sanctuary for rare animals and birds.[4]

The five groups of coralline islands that make up the Outer Islands are Southern Coral Group (a collective term for le Platte and Cotivy Island), Amirante Islands, Alphonse Group (Alphonse Atoll and St. Franois Atoll), Aldabra Group (Aldabra Atoll, Assumption Island, and the Cosmoledo Group, consisting of Cosmoledo Atoll and Astove Island), and Farquhar Group (Farquhar Atoll, Providence Atoll and St. Pierre Island).[citation needed]

The Seychelles is part of the granitic Mascarene Plateau which broke off from the Indian Plate about 66 mya. This rift formation is associated with the Runion hotspot which is also responsible for Runion Island and the Deccan Traps in India. Because of its long isolation, the Seychelles hosts several unique species including the coco de mer, a palm which has the largest seeds of any plant and the world's largest population of giant tortoises.[citation needed]

The climate of Seychelles is tropical, having little seasonal variation.[4] Temperatures on Mahe rarely rise above 29C (84F) or drop below 24C (75F).[4] Humidity is high, but its enervating effect is usually ameliorated by prevailing winds.[4] The southeast monsoon from late May to September brings cooler weather, and the northwest monsoon from March to May, warmer weather.[4]

High winds are rare inasmuch as most islands lie outside the Indian Ocean cyclone belt; Mahe suffered the only such storm in its recorded history in 1862.[4] Mean annual rainfall in Mahe averages 2,880 millimetres (113in) at sea level and as much as 3,550 millimetres (140in) on the mountain slopes.[4] Precipitation is somewhat less on the other islands, averaging as low as 500 millimetres (20in) per year on the southernmost coral islands.[4]

Because catchment provides most sources of water in Seychelles, yearly variations in rainfall or even brief periods of drought can produce water shortages.[4] Small dams have been built on Mahe since 1969 in an effort to guarantee a reliable water supply, but drought can still be a problem on Mahe and particularly on La Digue.[4]

The Seychelles contain at least 75 species of flowering plants, three mammal species, 15 bird species, 30 species of reptiles and amphibians, and several hundred species of snails, insects, spiders and other invertebrates found nowhere else.[4] The diversity of species in the islands is being assessed by the Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles.[citation needed] In addition, the waters contain more than 900 kinds of fish, of which more than one-third are associated with coral reefs.[4] Specific examples of unique birds are the black paradise flycatcher, the black parrot, the brush warbler, and a flightless rail.[4] Most famous of all the Seychelles animals are the giant tortoises of the genus Aldabrachelys.[citation needed]

As a result of extensive shipping to Seychelles that brings needed imports and the discharge of commercial tuna fishing, the waters suffer some pollution.[4] Furthermore, goats brought to Aldabra Islands are destroying much of the vegetation on which giant tortoises feed or seek shade.[4] Rats have reduced biodiversity on many islands.[citation needed] Climate change is also a significant issue; it was recently realised that this has caused the extinction of the endemic snail Rhachistia aldabrae.[citation needed]

Seychelles began addressing the conservation problem in the late 1960s by creating the Nature Conservancy Commission, later renamed the Seychelles National Environment Commission.[4] A system of national parks and animal preserves covering 42% of the land area and about 260 square kilometres (100sqmi) of the surrounding water areas has been set aside.[4] Legislation protects wildlife and bans various destructive practices.[4]

A major project has been funded by Fonds Francais pour l'environnement Mondiale (FFEM) and implemented by Island Conservation Society.[6] This aims to rehabilitate and enhance islands for the maintenance of native biodiversity in Seychelles through eradication of introduced predator species, rehabilitation of habitats and reintroduction of rare or threatened species. Rats have been eliminated from North Island under this project and more schemes are planned, including at Cosmoledo Atoll and on Conception Island.

Geographic coordinates: 435S 5540E / 4.583S 55.667E / -4.583; 55.667

Area:total:459km2land:459km2water:0km2

Land boundaries:0km

Coastline:491km

Maritime claims:continental shelf:200nmi (370.4km; 230.2mi) or to the edge of the continental marginexclusive economic zone:1,336,559km2 (516,048sqmi) with 200nmi (370.4km; 230.2mi)territorial sea:12nmi (22.2km; 13.8mi)

Elevation extremes:lowest point:Indian Ocean 0 mhighest point:Morne Seychellois 905 m

Natural resources:fish, copra, cinnamon trees

Land use:arable land:2%permanent crops:13%permanent pastures:0%forests and woodland:11%other:74% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:0km2

Environment - international agreements:party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whalingsigned, but not ratified:Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

This is a list of the extreme points of Seychelles, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

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After being confined for such a long time there is nothing that calls more than sandy shores, azure water and the prospect of chasing fish on the flats. Although many of us are restricted in travelling to the Seychelles currently, for those able to travel there are still rods available on Alphonse, Farquhar and Providence atolls. Its not too late to get in some 2021 flats time and spend time out on the water.

11 18 Sep 21 6 rods18 25 Sep 21 FM 21st Sep 9 rods25 Sep 02 Oct 21 6 rods9 16 October 21 2 rods23 30 Oct 21 4 rods

13 20 Oct 2021 FM 20th 4 rods20 27 Oct 2021 FM 20th 4 rods27 Oct 3 Nov 2021 1 rod24 Nov 1 Dec 2021 8 rods8 15 December 2021 3 rods

Farquhar Atoll is one of the top destinations in the world for hunting giant trevally on the flats. It is a saltwater paradise for the serious flats angler who is also looking for a unique variety of species.Anglers are constantly on the lookout for the next big saltwater destination for several reasons; little or no fishing pressure, untouched flats, uneducated fish and adventure.

These atolls have left countless anglers who fished the 2020/2021 season with unforgettable memories that will last a lifetime, from monstrousgiant trevallymeasuring over 100 cm to incredible bonefishing sessions. Although an unusual season to say the least, late 2020 and spring 2021 on Alphonse had some lucky anglers able to travel and spend time out on the flats. We wanted to share with you some of that in the table below of fishing highlights, personal bests, and first time catches.

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Astove Atollhas come to the forefront of the Indian Ocean operations as the home of large GTs. Astove in the past has only been fished for a day or two by motherships fishing Cosmoledo and so has had very little pressure. Since then the original plantation house has been refurbished offering the unique opportunity to exclusively fish an outer atoll in comfort from a land based operation for only six rods. Leisure guests can relax and enjoy Astoves snorkelling or make use of the kayaks and paddle boards on the island.

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Hardly visited and even now, largely unexplored, it is a fishermans paradise focusing on giant trevally, bluefin trevally, bumphead parrotfish, triggerfish and bluewater species.

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Travel: Out of the Seychelles' 100 islands, which would you choose? - The Sunday Post Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. Linked In An icon of the Linked In logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. All SectionsTravel: Out of the Seychelles 100 islands, which would you choose?

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Here are todays top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

DGCA derosters SpiceJet pilots for landing before touchdown zone in Seychelles

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), countrys aviation regulator, has derostered two SpiceJet pilots over safety concerns as they landed before the touchdown zone at Seychelles airport on Tuesday. Read more.

Farooq Abdullah didn't 'back' Taliban: Party says on his Afghanistan remark

National Conference on Wednesday slammed attempts to twist party leader Farooq Abdullah's coomment on Taliban and said that the party leader never 'backed' or 'supported' the Taliban as claimed by some media channels and on social media. "I hope they (Taliban) will deliver good governance and follow Islamic principles in that country (Afghanistan) and respect human rights. They should try to develop friendly relations with every country," the National Conference leader said, which has been interpreted by many as "indirectly extending support". Read more.

No women: US concerned over Taliban govt led by UN-blacklisted Akhundzada

The United States is concerned over the track record of some of the cabinet members who will now govern Afghanistan under the new Taliban rule. A state department spokesperson explained that the concerns are mainly because of two reasons. One, the past and the affiliations of some of the individuals and second, the overall nature of the cabinet as it is not inclusive at all. The cabinet also includes no women members. Read more.

ICC Test Rankings: India's Jasprit Bumrah climbs to ninth place after game-changing spell

Jasprit Bumrah, who was one of the main architects of India's win at The Oval, has climbed to the ninth place in the latest ICC Test rankings. Read more.

Akshay Kumars mother passes away, actor says 'I feel an unbearable pain'

Actor Akshay Kumars mother Aruna Bhatia died on Wednesday morning. The actor took to social media to share the news and expressed his grief. On Tuesday, Akshay had asked his fans to pray for his mother's health. Watch here.

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Harsh Goenka shares pictures of New Yorks Little Island, post intrigues people

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Gazette columnist Alan Hayman recalls a foreign posting that once threatened his young familys well-being

Afghan mothers pass their babies to bewildered British and American soldiers at Kabul Airport in the hope of getting them a better life abroad.

An Afghan woman gives birth on board the C-17 rescue plane that is flying her to freedom.

These were some of the bizarre and distressing scenes the world witnessed after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

Alongside beatings, bombings and killings, they followed a violent change of regime in a troubled and wartorn country.

For me, it recalled living through a lesser family crisis while working as a foreign correspondent in a very different place - the remote and idyllic Seychelles, a thousand miles from the African coast.

After gaining independence from Britain, these Indian Ocean islands chose a wealthy playboy called James Mancham as their first president.

Too trusting for his own good, Mr Mancham thought he was secure in power, and headed off to London to meet the Queen.

His scheming and treacherous deputy, Albert Rene, seized his chance, bringing in rebel fighters from East Africa to overthrow Mr Manchams legally elected government.

It was a textbook coup detat. The rebels seized the radio station and the airport, then stormed the police armoury. They cut the phone lines and imposed a round-the-clock curfew, telling the 60,000 Seychellois they would be shot on sight if they ventured on to the streets.

As the BBC correspondent on Mahe, the main island, it was my task to tell the world what had happened sending dispatches to London via teleprinters and amateur radio while the phones were down.

However, there was also an urgent domestic crisis to deal with. My wife was expecting our first child, and we had planned for baby Hayman to make his or her debut in the main hospital in Victoria, the capital.

But with gun-toting guerrillas roaming the streets, terrified nurses and doctors could not be expected to turn up to staff the maternity ward. All flights were grounded, with lorries blocking the runways to stop any take-offs or landings. So there was no way of swapping the Seychelles for a safer maternity unit in peaceful Colchester.

Anxious days and nights followed, as we looked for a way out. Could I learn amateur midwifery skills in time to be of any use? That idea didnt look promising.

In the end, it was quiet mediation by British diplomats that saved the day. These unsung heroes struck a deal with the new regime for a mercy flight to London, with special passes for British expatriates so they could reach the airport despite the curfew.

It could still have gone horribly wrong. Would the insurgent fighters manning roadblocks on the route to the airport accept the curfew passes?

Or would they turn their guns on departing expatriates?

It was a time for tears and prayers, a good few of them from me.

In the event, all went well with the drive to the airport and the subsequent flight home. Best of all, baby Lucy arrived on time and in good shape at Colchester Maternity Home in Lexden Road, now regrettably just a memory.

There has never been another successful coup in the Seychelles, and years later, I returned there in happier times for a holiday.

But my most vivid memories are still of the Coup of the Sixty Rifles in 1977, and the fear and family separation that came after Jimmy Mancham was violently overthrown by his enemies.

So spare a thought or two for the families torn apart by the current bloody Afghan conflict, whatever their background. This time, not even the skills of British diplomats can provide everyone with a happy ending.

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Adding to the list of Binances regulatory troubles, South Africas regulatory body, Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), issued a warning against the Binance Group. As per the warning, Binance Group is not authorized to give any financial advice or render any intermediary services.

In response, Binance denied having provided any such service under the countrys Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (FAIS Act). The FSCA circular was released after the watchdog got information about a telegram channel that was run by the exchange. In this regard, Binance Africa tweeted,

The regulators official statement also advised users to practice caution when dealing with Binance. However, as per reports, Binance questioned FSCAs jurisdiction over cryptocurrencies. Moreover, the FSCA statement also noted that crypto-related investments are currently unregulated in South Africa.

In the past week, the regulatory bod clamped down on unlicensed businesses and issued warnings to businesses such as BitCoin Xpress. It has also been tracking social media channels for unauthorized investment businesses.

Meanwhile, for Binance, this is not the first tussle with the regulators. It has been facing regulatory hurdles in many countries including the UK, the U.S., Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan. The latest warning came from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which has put Binance on its investor alert list for operating without a local license.

Having said that, the exchange has been making attempts to comply with the local laws. In fact, it has been working with the FIC (Financial Intelligence Centre) in South Africa, toward investor protection.

While the pace of crypto adoption has increased in South Africa, there is a lack of a clear regulatory framework. As a result, several digital currency start-ups in the country, have been relocating to other regions.

However, it is noteworthy that the country has also entered into international partnerships for the furtherance of CBDCs trials. Moreover, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is expected to conclude a feasibility study by 2022 for a general-purpose retail central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Recently, the countrys Central Bank Governor also discussed the need for regulations in the sector. However, he explained in an interview that crypto is not a currency, but an asset. Further, authorities have been working towards regulating crypto-assets due to the proliferation of scamming incidents in the country.

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Tortoises live very long, that much is known to many but Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise is perhaps the oldest known living land animal. Jonathan, who lives on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean has seen two world wars, the Great Depression, the deadly Spanish flu and now the coronavirus and yet continues to thrive at the island. Originally from Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, he was brought to the South Atlantic island back in 1882 with three other tortoises when he was 50 years old. Jonathan was named in the 1930s by Governor of Saint Helena Sir Spencer Davis and is now 189 years old.

A Seychelles giant Tortoise, Jonathan lives on the grounds of Plantation House, the official residence of the governor of St Helena and is taken care of by the authorities there. The tortoises age was estimated so because records say he was fully mature when brought to Saint Helena in 1882. Fully mature means at least 50 years old and thus reaffirms that Jonathan was definitely not born later than 1832.

Jonathan is also featured in the Guinness Book of Record. Born circa 1832, the tortoise is even older than the Eiffel Tower, which was completed in 1887. Tortoise of Jonathans species, which are a sub species of the Aldabra giant Tortoise were once thought to have been extinct but have been recorded to about 80 in numbers globally, according to IUCN.

Although Jonathan has surpassed his usual average lifespan of 150 years, his veterinarian says the gentle animal is still very healthy, apart from a some age-related issues. He is almost blind in eyes due to cataracts and may have lost all sense of smell, but is still with very good hearing skills.

Although not yet properly researched, scientists have a few theories about what makes the tortoises tick so long, long after humans and others with sizeable lifespans have passed on. A recent study looked at substances that lead to cell damage and death and also took into account cells of turtle species, including from a giant tortoise, just like Jonathan. It revealed that these animals have the ability to protect themselves from the long-term effects of cell damage by quickly killing off damaged cells, using a process called apoptosis, thus increasing their life expectancy.

Coming back to Jonathan, the giant tortoise is not the only famous resident of the island. St Helena is usually best known as the place where Napoleon Bonaparte lived out his final days in exile after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Jonathan is not the only famous super old tortoise. The tortoise named Tui Malila so far holds the Guinness record of oldest animal on land which died in Tonga in 1966 at the age of 189. Adwaita was another Aldabra giant tortoise that died in 2006 in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata in India and many believed he was even 255 years, although that is disputed.

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All these three areas are showing extraordinary growth for a few years and shaping our future more deeply day by day. With ASMs patent pending protocol, people will be more adapted and ready for what the future will bring them.

With our new investment to Altered State Machine, we will continue to support the added value created by Blockchain technology that shapes the future in every area that touches our lives.

About Vendetta Capital

Vendetta invests in, leads, and helps projects to accelerate developing novel solutions to address the core issues of scalability, privacy, and interoperability for decentralized protocols and applications.

Vendetta Capital has become one of the leading investors in the blockchain venture capital ecosystem with its experience, wide network around the world, and effective strategic competencies that can analyze the innovative expectations of the market in depth and transfer these capabilities to the successful projects it invests. With these approaches Vendetta has invested many successful and game changer projects such as Jenny Dao, Linear Finance, HOPR, WOO Trade, Archer Dao, Unilend, Bridge Mutual, Alliance Block and will continue to support future shaping projects.

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Vendetta Capital is proud to announce its investment in Altered State Machine - Yahoo Finance

With turquoise waters comparable to Tahiti and fine sandy beaches to rival the Seychelles Sardinia is a mosaic of so many paradise places. Yet its identity remains hidden to most.

Cloaked in myths and legends, the islands history far predates grand temples and citadels built by the Romans, while a thriving population of centenarians defy science with their diets of red wine and cheese.

Enigmatic and mysterious, Sardinia begs discovery especially at this time of year.

Once the heat has subsided and Italian holidaymakers have gone home, the Mediterranean island is a late summer delight. And now Italy has scrapped a five-day quarantine for vaccinated UK arrivals, requiring only a negative PCR or antigen test taken no more than 48 hours in advance, the last drops of sunshine are within easy reach.

San Teodoros coastline is a swirl of bright colours (Renato Granieri/PA)

With more than 200 beaches to choose from, its hard to look beyond the sea. But inland there are mountains to hike, deep gorges to descend and villages so fiercely independent, theyve evolved micro-cultures of customs, language and food.

Despite their differences, all share a common beauty; dazzling visitors with a trove of precious jewels.

Here are a few of the shimmering delights.

The ruby coral

Tower in Alghero decorated with red coral (Alamy/PA)

Used to make jewellery, red coral has been prized for centuries and underpins the economy of Catalan town Alghero on the northwest coast. Only 25 licences are granted each year to specialised deep sea divers, who use an axe to excavate no more than 2.5kg of the brittle branches.

During the late 1800s, hundreds of vessels arrived for the red gold rush, but now the only boats in Algheros harbour are tourist vessels ferrying visitors to marine caves like Neptunes Grotto, an underground lake decorated with spikey stalactites.

The sapphire waters

Explore the Maddalena archipelago by boat (Renato Granieri/PA)

The water lapping Sardinias shores is reliably clear and clean, providing excellent conditions for swimming, snorkelling and diving. Among the finest beaches are Stintinos La Pelosa on the west coast and 9km-long La Poetto in the south.

But one of the most scenic spots is undoubtedly the Maddalena archipelago, sitting between the Strait of Bonifacio and Corsica. Take a boat trip to explore the protected pink sands of Budelli, coloured by tiny fragments of coral, and look out for wild boars swimming in pine-fringed bays.

The bronze age settlements

Santu Antine, in Torralba, one of Sardinias many ancient nuraghe (Renato Granieri/PA)

More than 7,000 conical watchtowers known as nuraghe have been unearthed across the island, built between the 18th and 15th centuries BCE. Found nowhere else on earth, little is known about the megalithic stone buildings although many are still remarkably well preserved.

The biggest settlement, awarded Unesco World Heritage status, can be found at Su Nuraxi di Barumini in the south. Walk between a geometric labyrinth of dry stone walls, ending up at a magnificent look-out tower.

The rose quartz feathers

Flamingos nest in the salt pans outside Cagliari (Alamy/PA)

A common fixture in exotic settings, flamingos can also be found feeding, flocking and flexing their spindly legs along Sardinias coast. Find them in a lagoon behind La Cinta beach in San Teodoro, south of Olbia on the Costa Smeralda, where new hotel the Baglioni Resort Sardinia (baglionihotels.com) opened in July.

Alternatively, bigger populations can be seen in the Macchiareddu salt pans and ponds outside Sardinias capital city Cagliari at dusk. Although viewable from the road, youll need to park and walk through the Park of Molentargius for a closer look.

The silver skies

The Sardinia Radio Telescope outside Cagliari (Renato Granieri/PA)

Outside towns and cities, a lack of light pollution makes Sardinia an excellent place to study the night sky. An hours drive from Cagliari, the impressive Sardinia Radio Telescope is the largest of its kind in Italy although tours are currently suspended due to Covid.

But you dont need a scientific platform to view constellations. Not far from Alghero, in the northwest, the cliffs of Capo Caccia have become a popular look-out point for observing the Milky Way.

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Discover the shimmering jewels of Italys priceless island Sardinia - The Independent