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The Esports Awards, the most prestigious night in the esports calendar, is excited to announce the talent, VIPs, and everything else you need to know ahead of the Riyadh ceremony this Saturday, August 24th.

This weekend, the Esports Awards will roll out the red carpet as the industry’s elite descend on Riyadh. With high-profile names in attendance including YouTube content creator Bander “BenderitaX” Madkhali, Brazilian Counter-Strike 2 veteran Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, and British-South African YouTuber and investor Casper Lee, viewers can expect a lavish ceremony on a larger scale than ever before.

The Esports Awards will be hosted by legendary Call of Duty player and President for OpTic Texas, Hector “Hecz” Rodriguez, esports castor and internet personality, Chris Puckett, and pro Call of Duty player and content creator, Seth “Scump” Abner. Joining them are Elyse “Herculyse” Herrera, Daniel “dGon” Gonzalez, Mira “Ephey” Riad, Oliver “OJ Borg” James Borg D’Anastasi, Jessica “JessGOAT” Bolden, and Britanni Johnson across the red carpet, pre-show, and post-show live streams.

Fans are in for an unforgettable experience as their favourite players, brands, and creators take centre stage at the awards ceremony, celebrating excellence across fifteen prestigious categories. Fan favourite categories like Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year, Streamer of the Year, and Esports Publisher of the Year will be awarded. Notable nominees include Samantha “Rivers” Treviño, Marc “Caedrel” Lamont, and Team Vitality, the Riyadh ceremony promises to deliver memorable moments that will resonate throughout the night.

Following a strategic partnership with the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF), the Esports Awards Riyadh ceremony will take place the day before the Esports World Cup closing ceremony, where the first-ever Esports World Cup Club Champion will be crowned. Held at BLVD Riyadh City, fans can expect a fully immersive experience, reliving the exhilarating moments of the tournament. The ceremony will not be one to miss, with live performances from music icons like Steve Aoki, Kid Cudi, Rabeh Saqer, and Sevdaliza, all set to light up the stage.

The Esports Awards Riyadh ceremony schedule is as follows:

18:00 CEST – Countdown Show
19:00 CEST – Red Carpet opens
20:30 CEST – Pre-Show begins
21:00 CEST – Main Ceremony begins
The Esports Awards will be streamed live from the Four Seasons Kingdom Centre in Riyadh on August 24th starting at 21:00 CEST across Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch. Additionally, the following global media outlets will broadcast the ceremony: GINX TV, ESTV, Jio, DAZN, Fissure, Huya, Kuaishou, Douyu, Bilibili, AfreecaTV, A Sports, BIGO, and VTVCab.

The 2024 Esports Awards is brought to you in partnership with Oakley and the Esports World Cup Foundation.

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iDenfy, a Lithuanian-based RegTech and identity verification company, announced a new partnership with Proxyrack, a leading provider of proxy solutions based in Hong Kong designed to enhance online proxy data-collection capabilities. Through this collaboration, both businesses will improve Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, ensuring more accurate and efficient user registration and higher approval rates for Proxyrack’s network.

Proxyrack operates in the tech industry, providing a vast network of residential and data center proxies to businesses and individuals. These services are essential for web scraping, market research, ad verification, and bypassing geo-restrictions. What sets Proxyrack apart is its commitment to fostering innovation and creativity, as well as striving for accuracy by providing diverse IP addresses and scalable performance to meet diverse user needs as the company’s values align with the clients’ requirements and eagerness to bring any ideas to life.

Proxyrack’s internal research showed that hiring an in-house Know Your Customer (KYC) specialist team would require more financial resources and highly skilled compliance professionals. For this reason, the proxy service provider decided to partner with a highly efficient and established third-party KYC vendor. After a thorough evaluation of several identity verification providers, Proxyrack selected iDenfy for its exceptional flexibility and competitive pricing.

According to the Proxyrack team, iDenfy’s solution stood out as it offered customizable screening options that ensured users were not miscategorized, which was the main issue that Proxyrack encountered while working with the previous KYC providers. Currently, Proxyrack uses iDenfy’s biometric identity verification solution which according to the company has resolved significant issues and increased work efficiency. As the main thing of users’ miscategorization iDenfy’s solution worked seamlessly from the start, providing peace of mind that user data is secure and verifications are highly accurate.

According to Proxyrack, iDenfy was chosen because of the flexibility the system offers, which their previous providers could not offer. iDenfy’s options for screening candidates and ensuring accurate user categorization were exactly what they needed. Additionally, the competitive pricing was a pleasant surprise, and it ended up being more cost-effective than expected.

Another standout feature of iDenfy is their pricing model, which charges only for successful verifications, unlike other competitors that charge for all attempts. This approach significantly reduces costs and ensures that clients only pay for results. iDenfy’s competitive pricing policy makes their services more cost-effective without sacrificing users’ reliability or other compliance check benefits compared to other providers in the industry.

In addition, iDenfy’s identity verification solution is able to automatically recognize, verify and extract information from 3000+ identity documents across 200 countries and territories including various passports, ID cards, licenses and permits to accurately identify documents on a global scale and to check the authenticity of users.

As for future plans, Proxyrack’s top priority as a company is to ensure that their customers are of the highest caliber, providing data-collecting solutions at scale for users who trust them with their public web scraping needs. The partnership with iDenfy aligns perfectly with this goal, enhancing Proxyrack’s ability to deliver secure and reliable services.  In the future, based on the positive experience, Proxyrack is also thinking of expanding and using additional iDenfy’s fraud prevention solutions.

“A growing proxy user network means that a fully automated approach to KYC compliance is required. We’re glad to be able to help Proxyrack with their goal to scale faster and onboard more new users in less time, which is a vital factor in today’s highly competitive market,” commented Domantas Ciulde, the CEO of iDenfy.