LensLinks: Issue 155

TX lawmakers vote 139-2 for digital currency, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
May 12, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Texas Lawmakers Vote To Cement Digital Currencies in Lone State’s Bill of Rights

  • Google’s Big AI Announcement

  • Roblox Scores A Win In The Metaverse And May Move Higher

  • Smart Contracts Have Arrived on the Bitcoin Blockchain – Will BTC Become a DeFi Powerhouse?

  • Bitcoin swoons amid mounting liquidity worries, pulling down crypto-linked stocks

  • Here’s When Bitcoin (BTC) Could Break All-Time Highs Based on History

  • We Are Moving Forward To a New Digital Age

  • Bitcoin Liquidations Spike as Crypto Exchanges Pull Back From Trading in U.S.

  • Tech Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya Says Crypto Is Dead In America

  • Cryptocurrency trading addiction: What to look out for and how it is treated

  • The Singularity: Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market is Expected to reach USD 34.52 Billion at a CAGR of 26.30% by 2030

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #singularity #bitcointrading #smartcontracts #txlege

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“The right of the people to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange, including cash, coin, bullion, digital currency, or privately issued scrip, when trading and contracting for goods and services shall not be infringed. No government shall prohibit or encumber the ownership or holding of any form or amount of money or other currency.”

- TX Joint Resolution

NOTABLE

Texas Lawmakers Vote To Cement Digital Currencies in Lone State’s Bill of Rights

Texas lawmakers voted 139-2 to change the state’s bill of rights to include the right of its residents to own, hold and use digital currency.

cryptonews.com/news/texas-lawmakers-vote-cement-digital-currencies-lone-states-bill-of-rights.htm

Metaverse & Gaming

Roblox Scores A Win In The Metaverse And May Move Higher

Roblox scores a win in the metaverse, with bookings outpacing the consensus and plans to cut costs aiding the profit outlook.

www.marketbeat.com/originals/roblox-scores-a-win-in-the-metaverse-and-may-move-higher

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Smart Contracts Have Arrived on the Bitcoin Blockchain – Will BTC Become a DeFi Powerhouse?

The deployment of the Trustless Market protocol directly onto the Bitcoin base layer could mark a sea change in how the Bitcoin blockchain is used.

cryptonews.com/news/smart-contracts-arrived-bitcoin-blockchain-will-btc-become-defi-powerhouse.htm

Crypto Trading

Bitcoin swoons amid mounting liquidity worries, pulling down crypto-linked stocks

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) gave up its post-CPI gains and tanked to near one-month lows in Thursday afternoon trading as liquidity concerns mounted

seekingalpha.com/news/3970228-bitcoin-swoons-amid-mounting-liquidity-worries-pulling-down-crypto-linked-stocks

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Gaming Dominates On-Chain Transactions in April as Arbitrum Users Surge - Decrypt

The meme token craze might be impacting Web3 gaming activity, DappRadar suggests, but Arbitrum users are up and Sui is gaining steam.

decrypt.co/139695/gaming-dominates-on-chain-transactions-in-april-as-arbitrum-users-surge

"We Are Moving Forward To a New Digital Age": Shane Oconnor Seratio BDM | HackerNoon

In conversation with Shane Oconnor, a Business Development Manager at Seratio, a UK-based think tank.

hackernoon.com/we-are-moving-forward-to-a-new-digital-age-shane-oconnor-seratio-bdm-6jk06rq

Meet the Company That's Making Hands-Free, Voice-Free Device Control a Reality | Entrepreneur

Naqi is giving people hands-free, voice-free, and screen-free control over their tech, and they're welcoming investors while they do it.

www.entrepreneur.com/science-technology/meet-the-company-thats-making-hands-free-voice-free/451926

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Tech Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya Says Crypto Is Dead In America: How Does This Affect Solana, XRP & Signuptoken.com? - NewsWatchTV

The crypto industry in the US has been facing challenges due to the lack of regulatory clarity and innovation which has been made more evident by Chamath Palihapitiya, a well-known billionaire venture capitalist who has expressed concerns regarding the future of the crypto industry in America. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been cracking […]

newswatchtv.com/2023/05/11/tech-billionaire-chamath-palihapitiya-says-crypto-is-dead-in-america-how-does-this-affect-solana-xrp-signuptoken-com

Bitcoin fees plummet 95% as BTC price recovers from US gov’t scare

Bitcoin sheds high fees with U.S. government sales fears as BTC price stays cool below $27,500.

cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-fees-plummet-95-as-btc-price-recovers-from-us-gov-t-scare

Crypto Implosion Has States Scrambling: Here Are Six Crypto Bills To Watch

Lawmakers in states from Florida to California are drafting new legislation to regulate the crypto industry, seeking to fill the gaps left by Congress.

www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/05/32330816/crypto-implosion-has-states-scrambling-here-are-six-crypto-bills-to-watch

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Here’s When Bitcoin (BTC) Could Break All-Time Highs Based on History: InvestAnswers - The Daily Hodl

A widely followed crypto strategist is predicting that Bitcoin (BTC) could reach a new all-time high in the next 18-months.

dailyhodl.com/2023/05/11/heres-when-bitcoin-btc-could-break-all-time-highs-based-on-history-investanswers

Cryptocurrency trading addiction: What to look out for and how it is treated

Crypto market swings can have a profound effect on mental health and foster addictive trading behaviors.

cointelegraph.com/magazine/cryptocurrency-trading-addiction-what-to-look-out-for-and-how-it-is-treated

Bitcoin Liquidations Spike as Crypto Exchanges Pull Back From Trading in U.S.

Data from Coinglass shows that bitcoin liquidations hit around $73 million in the past 24 hours as Jane Street Group and Jump Crypto are scaling back crypto trading in the U.S. The latest market updates and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world are in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

www.coindesk.com/video/bitcoin-liquidations-spike-as-crypto-exchanges-pull-back-from-trading-in-us

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

Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market is Expected to reach USD 34.52 Billion at a CAGR of 26.30% by 2030 - Report by Market Research Future (MRFR)

Growing Trend of Retail Automation Drives AI in the Retail Market...

www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/11/2666803/0/en/Artificial-Intelligence-in-Retail-Market-is-Expected-to-reach-USD-34-52-Billion-at-a-CAGR-of-26-30-by-2030-Report-by-Market-Research-Future-MRFR.html

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

The Wistaverse takes activism and virtual protests into the metaverse

The Wistaverse has launched in The Sandbox open metaverse as the first global virtual protest platform with real impact.

venturebeat.com/games/the-wistaverse-takes-activism-and-virtual-protests-into-the-metaverse

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