LensLinks: Issue 148

Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits All-time High, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
May 03, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits All-time High

  • How to build a visionary game company and strong culture

  • Yes! The ECB Gets This Right About Bitcoin!

  • Trader Who Called 2023 Crypto Turnaround Warns Bitcoin Giving Bears Maximum Opportunity – Here’s Why

  • How business leaders should think about the metaverse in 2023

  • The Sandbox Embraces AI Technology for Metaverse Projects.

  • Coinbase and Gemini both launch offshore platforms

  • The Singularity: (Scroll down for 3 great articles)

  • ESG: DeSantis to U.S. government: Florida will resist, outlaw CBDC

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #desantis #bitcoin

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“I think what the danger of the digital currency is that, one, they want to make that the sole currency, they want to get rid of crypto. They don’t like crypto because they can’t control crypto. So they want to put everything in a central bank digital currency.”

- Gov. Ron DeSantis

NOTABLE

A third consecutive positive adjustment for Bitcoin, hash rate hits all-time high

Bitcoin hash rate has hit an all-time high as difficulty adjusts significantly to the upside by a whopping 7%.

cryptoslate.com/insights/a-third-consecutive-positive-adjustment-for-bitcoin-hash-rate-hits-all-time-high

Metaverse & Gaming

How to build a visionary game company and strong culture | Dino Patti

Dino Patti, CEO of Coherence, talked last week about building a visionary game company and strong company culture.

venturebeat.com/gaming-business/how-to-build-a-visionary-game-company-and-strong-culture-dino-patti

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Yes! The ECB Gets This Right About Bitcoin!

The ECB, on brand as ever, has shared a tersely worded cope-memo decrying bitcoin and its dastardly ways.

blockworks.co/news/what-ecb-gets-right-about-bitcoin

Crypto Trading

Trader Who Called 2023 Crypto Turnaround Warns Bitcoin Giving Bears Maximum Opportunity – Here’s Why - The Daily Hodl

A trader who skillfully rode the 2023 Bitcoin (BTC) breakout rally says the crypto king is hovering at a zone that offers maximum reward but minimum risk for bears.

dailyhodl.com/2023/05/02/trader-who-called-2023-crypto-turnaround-warns-bitcoin-giving-bears-maximum-opportunity-heres-why

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

How business leaders should think about the metaverse in 2023

After two years of hype, should the metaverse still be on the corporate agenda? Author and advocate Matthew Ball explains why the answer is yes.

www.strategy-business.com/article/How-business-leaders-should-think-about-the-metaverse-in-2023

Electronic Arts Co-Founder Jeff Burton Joins P2Earn Web3 Gaming Guild - Decrypt

Play-to-earn gaming guild P2Earn has added EA alum Jeff Burton—who sees Web3 gaming as "the future"—to its board.

decrypt.co/138609/electronic-arts-co-founder-jeff-burton-joins-p2earn-web3-gaming-guild

The Sandbox Embraces AI Technology for Metaverse Projects. Could the Spotlight on GameFi Further Boost Metacade?

The Sandbox, one of the world's leading exponents of metaverse projects, has begun to embrace the possibilities offered by AI technology. This increasing focus on GameFi projects has had a tremendous impact on The Sandbox price so far this year, while other crypto-gaming projects could also reap the benefits from the direction of The Sandbox’s embracing of AI technology.

www.banklesstimes.com/news/2023/05/02/the-sandbox-embraces-ai-technology-for-metaverse-projects-could-the-spotlight-on-gamefi-further-boost-metacade

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Are we on the verge of another Bitcoin miner capitulation?

For the past two summers we have seen a mining capitulation, will we get a third?

cryptoslate.com/insights/are-we-on-the-verge-of-another-bitcoin-miner-capitulation

DeFi on Bitcoin? Trustless Computer Says Yes

Trustless Computer has recently deployed Uniswap V2 smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain.

blockworks.co/news/defi-on-bitcoin

The man who got Bankrupt in the stock market and then made $200 Million in crypto is now buying RenQ Finance (RENQ) | Bitcoinist.com

The world of cryptocurrency has been a source of massive profits for some individuals who have taken the risk and invested in it. For one individual, it has

bitcoinist.com/the-man-who-got-bankrupt-in-the-stock-market-and-then-made-200-million-in-crypto-is-now-buying-renq-finance-renq

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Coinbase Launches Offshore Crypto-Derivatives Exchange

Coinbase launched a new crypto-derivatives exchange in Bermuda, to offer contracts not allowed in the U.S. while expanding offshore amid regulatory uncertainty.

www.investopedia.com/coinbase-launches-new-international-crypto-exchange-bermuda-7487812

Gemini launches offshore derivatives platform as Winklevoss twins tire of U.S. crypto quagmire

“If lawmakers could come together and build a clear framework for crypto companies, it would be a huge boon for the U.S.,” Tyler Winklevoss told Fortune.

fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/02/gemini-launches-offshore-crypto-derivatives-platform

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

Karl Friston - World Renowned Researcher - Joins Verses Technologies as Chief Scientist - The Momentum Letter

Friston is short listed for a Nobel Prize, is one of the most cited scientists in human history with over 260,000 academic citations, and invented all of the mathematics behind the fMRI scan. As one pundit put it, “what Einstein was to physics, Friston is to Intelligence.”

bit.ly/44qCxxh

WEF survey says world will shed 14 million jobs by 2027 | Fox Business

The world will see an eye-popping number of jobs around the world shed by 2027, according to a World Economic Forum survey. The total net number of jobs that will be lost will be 14 million.

www.foxbusiness.com/economy/wef-survey-world-shed-14-million-jobs-2027.amp

2023 Overview of Humanoid Robots | NextBigFuture.com

Goldman Sachs Research estimates a $6 billion market (or more) in people-sized-and-shaped robots is achievable in the next 10 to 15 years. Such a market would

www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/05/2023-overview-of-humanoid-robots.html

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

DeSantis to U.S. government: Florida will resist, outlaw CBDC

Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a strong message to the executive branch of the U.S. federal government on the possible unilateral implementation of a central bank digital currency, or CBDC.

flvoicenews.com/desantis-to-u-s-government-florida-will-resist-outlaw-cbdc-if-implemented

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