LensLinks: Issue 100

DraftKings Tees Up PGA Tour NFT Fantasy Golf Game, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
February 23, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Thank you for reading LensLinks 100th Issue!

  • DraftKings Tees Up PGA Tour NFT Fantasy Golf Game

  • Web3 gaming sees strong start to 2023 with on-chain surge

  • Top 10 Most Promising DeFi Projects and Platforms to Watch in 2023

  • Coinbase shares rise after nontrading revenues increase amid a continued crypto winter

  • YouTube's New CEO is Betting Big on NFTs and the Metaverse

  • Microsoft president says no one knows what console gaming will be like in 10 years

  • Mastercard to allow crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements

  • Matrixport: Ordinals NFTs Can Make Stacks’ STX a Multi-Billion Dollar Token

  • SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount

  • RETRO: The oldest Metaverse world ever (And why it is crucial that we learn from its lessons)

  • And Much, Much, More…

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"Now, none of us can actually predict what exactly will be the form factor that is most prevalent in gaming a decade from now. Will consoles still play the role that they play, whether it be phones, it all be in some Metaverse something or other. Who knows."

- Microsoft president Brad Smith

NOTABLE

DraftKings Tees Up PGA Tour NFT Fantasy Golf Game - Decrypt

Reignmakers PGA Tour will launch in March, letting users battle for millions of dollars in prize money via Polygon NFT player cards.

decrypt.co/121786/draftkings-pga-tour-nft-golf-game

Metaverse & Gaming

Web3 gaming sees strong start to 2023 with on-chain surge

The new web3 gaming report shows an increase in investments, on-chain activity, and growth in trading volume for virtual worlds.

cryptoslate.com/web3-gaming-sees-strong-start-to-2023-with-on-chain-surge

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Top 10 Most Promising DeFi Projects and Platforms to Watch in 2023 | Bitcoinist.com

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is going from strength to strength at the moment, having overcome an incredibly difficult bear-market year. At present, there is

bitcoinist.com/top-10-most-promising-defi-projects-and-platforms-to-watch-in-2023

Crypto Trading

Coinbase shares rise after nontrading revenues increase amid a continued crypto winter

Coinbase released its Q4 2022 earnings on Tuesday, surprising shareholders and market players as the company beats revenue expectations

tcrn.ch/41vqUnB

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

YouTube's New CEO is Betting Big on NFTs and the Metaverse

Streaming giant YouTube to explore web3, NFTs, blockchain, and the metaverse as they look to integrate new technologies into the platform.

nftevening.com/youtubes-new-ceo-is-betting-big-on-nfts-and-the-metaverse

Microsoft president says no one knows what console gaming will be like in 10 years, "whether it be phones" or "some Metaverse something or other"

Not even Microsoft can say whether its potential 10-year Call of Duty deals will be renewed

www.gamesradar.com/microsoft-president-says-no-one-knows-what-console-gaming-will-be-like-in-10-years-whether-it-be-phones-or-some-metaverse-something-or-other

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Mastercard to allow crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements

Users will be able to use their existing Web3 wallets to make direct crypto payments without relying on a third party for collateral.

cointelegraph.com/news/mastercard-to-allow-crypto-payments-in-web3-via-usdc-settlements

Deutsche Bank completes trial of tokenized investment platform

The platform uses a unique, non-transferable Soulbound Tokens and MetaMask for asset security.

cointelegraph.com/news/deutsche-bank-completes-trial-of-tokenized-investment-platform

Ordinals NFTs Can Make Stacks’ STX a Multi-Billion Dollar Token: Matrixport

Stacks' ability to leverage the Bitcoin blockchain’s security for settlement of transactions positions the network well for developing Bitcoin decentralized finance, the report said.

www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/22/ordinals-nfts-can-make-stacks-stx-a-multi-billion-dollar-token-matrixport

Crypto Trading - a little more…

The SEC’s Stablecoin Crackdown Could Reshape The Entire Crypto Market

The SEC’s Stablecoin Crackdown Could Reshape The Entire Crypto Market The SEC has ordered Paxos to stop trading its stablecoin, BUSD, and may issue charges against the blockchain platform US regulators have made a series of high-profile fines in the industry after the FTX crashed the market Other...

www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2023/02/21/the-secs-stablecoin-crackdown-could-reshape-the-entire-crypto-market/?sh=42e4f7194106

SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount

The U.S. securities regulator has now issued dozens of actions outlining how it defines a crypto security and which firms should be exchanges, but the industry is in a holding pattern.

www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/21/secs-shadow-crypto-rule-taking-shape-as-enforcement-cases-mount

Crypto Analysts Scramble to Explain Bitcoin's Pause Near $25K

Bitcoin is struggling to establish a foothold above $25,000, a level that capped the August 2022 price bounce.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/02/21/crypto-analysts-scramble-to-explain-bitcoins-pause-near-25k

Retro:
A look back at how far we’ve come

The oldest Metaverse world ever

And why it is crucial that we learn from its lessons

medium.datadriveninvestor.com/the-oldest-metaverse-world-ever-c22209ce66d3

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

India can achieve its goal of being carbon neutral much before 2070: IMF MD

India, which has taken it upon itself to be carbon neutral by 2070, could achieve this ambitious goal even earlier, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said.

www.business-standard.com/article/international/india-can-achieve-its-goal-of-being-carbon-neutral-much-before-2070-imf-md-123022200686_1.html

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