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LensLinks: Issue 127

LensLinks: Issue 127

Don't sell Metaverse Short (Tim Sweeney), brought to you by Regiment LLC

Len Pacek
April 03, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

Let the AI Coding Wars Begin!
Epic billionaire Tim Sweeney: Don’t sell metaverse short – its audience ‘about 600 million’
Binance officers knew about criminal activities: Complaint
Crypto Whales Move Over $600,000,000 in Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP
Avatar Market Set to Exceed $500 Billion by 2030
Shiba Inu's Testnet 'Puppynet' Sees Rising Activity Ahead of Shibarium Mainnet
Ethereum Hits Supply Deflation Record as ETH Burning Accelerates
Ledger Raises $109 Million at a $1.4 Billion Valuation
Popular Trader Still ‘Cautiously Bearish’ on Crypto, Dives Deep Into Sideways-Trading Ethereum (ETH)
The Singularity: Beijing Welcomes Its New Robot Coworkers: China's Aging Crisis and Automation
ESG: Florida targeting of environmental and social investing could come with costs
And Much, Much, More…

QUOTABLE

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“I’m sorry, I forgot my magic eight ball.”

- Sen. Erin Grall, sponsor of Fl anti-ESG bill

NOTABLE

Let the AI Coding Wars Begin!

The way artificial intelligence can rewrite software will have huge implications for the tech industry—and everyone else, too.

www.wired.com/story/ai-coding-wars-openai-google-microsoft/amp

Metaverse & Gaming

Epic billionaire Tim Sweeney: Don’t sell metaverse short – its audience ‘about 600 million’ | WRAL TechWire

Tim Sweeney, the billionaire owner of Cary-based Epic Games and a widely acknowledged visionary of interactive, realistic technology, is coming to the defense of the virtual world known as the "metaverse" even as big backers are cooling on the concept.

wraltechwire.com/2023/03/31/epic-billionaire-tim-sweeney-dont-sell-metaverse-short-its-audience-about-600-million

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Binance officers knew about criminal activities: Complaint | Fortune

The complaint filed against Binance alleges the company's top executives knew of and "tolerated" criminal activities facilitated by the platform.

fortune.com/2023/03/27/crypto-exchange-binance-crackdown-cftc-complaint-chat-messages-crime/amp

Crypto Trading

Crypto Whales Move Over $600,000,000 in Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and The Sandbox – Here’s Where It’s Going - The Daily Hodl

Crypto whales moved more than $600 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP and The Sandbox (SAND) in a two-day period this week as crypto markets traded sideways.

dailyhodl.com/2023/03/30/crypto-whales-move-over-600000000-in-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-and-the-sandbox-heres-where-its-going

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Avatar Market Set to Exceed $500 Billion by 2030: Report Reveals Potential of Metaverse’s Digital Identities

Discover the potential of the avatar market in the metaverse as a new report reveals it's set to exceed $500

blockzeit.com/avatar-market-set-to-exceed-500-billion-by-2030-report-reveals-potential-of-metaverses-digital-identities

Shiba Inu's Testnet 'Puppynet' Sees Rising Activity Ahead of Shibarium Mainnet

More than 700,000 transactions have been conducted on the test network so far, although that isn’t extremely large relative to the hype.

www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/03/31/shiba-inus-testnet-puppynet-sees-rising-activity-ahead-of-shibarium-mainnet

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Ethereum Hits Supply Deflation Record as ETH Burning Accelerates

The amount of Ethereum being burnt is increasing, which has caused the issuance to reach its highest-ever level of deflation.

beincrypto.com/ethereum-hits-supply-deflation-record-eth-burning-accelerates

APE Price Prediction: APE to Escape Consolidation Phase Soon?

1 APE price may break the consolidation channel soon. 2 The price has lost 18.81% in a month. 3 APE

www.thecoinrepublic.com/2023/03/30/ape-price-prediction-ape-to-escape-consolidation-phase-soon

Ledger Raises $109 Million at a $1.4 Billion Valuation

Ledger successfully raised $109 million in a Series C extension funding round at a $1.4 billion valuation which will be utilized to expand its product line.

www.cryptotimes.io/ledger-raises-109-million-at-a-1-4-billion-valuation

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Popular Trader Still ‘Cautiously Bearish’ on Crypto, Dives Deep Into Sideways-Trading Ethereum (ETH) - The Daily Hodl

A widely followed crypto analyst says he is still "cautiously bearish" on the crypto markets as long as Bitcoin (BTC) remains below $29,000.

dailyhodl.com/2023/03/30/popular-trader-still-cautiously-bearish-on-crypto-dives-deep-into-sideways-trading-ethereum-eth

Crypto Exchange Binance Rolls Out New Trading Support for Under-the-Radar Altcoin - The Daily Hodl

Top crypto exchange by trading volume Binance has rolled out new trading support for an under-the-radar decentralized finance (DeFi) altcoin.

dailyhodl.com/2023/03/31/crypto-exchange-binance-rolls-out-new-trading-support-for-under-the-radar-altcoin

Can bitcoin hold gains, as U.S. regulators target crypto companies?

The latest Distributed Ledger column from MarketWatch: a weekly look at the most important moves and news in crypto.

www.marketwatch.com/story/can-bitcoin-hold-gains-as-u-s-regulators-target-crypto-companies-8fa7a8da

The Singularity:
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

Beijing Welcomes Its New Robot Coworkers: China's Aging Crisis and Automation

The data tells us that, where countries weather the storm of aging and low fertility, they typically have automation to thank. China appears to recognize this potential, and may be headed in the right direction in safeguarding the economy against stagnation.

hir.harvard.edu/beijing-welcomes-its-new-robot-coworkers-chinas-aging-crisis-and-automation

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Florida targeting of environmental and social investing could come with costs

“I’m sorry, I forgot my magic eight ball,” the House bill sponsor said of the potential for impacts on government budgets.

www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/29/esg-environmental-social-governance-investing-blackrock-desantis

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