Lenslinks: Issue 157

Could Bitcoin Be the Greatest ESG Investment of All Time?, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
May 16, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • ESG: Could Bitcoin Be the Greatest ESG Investment of All Time?

  • 26% of Family Offices Invest in Crypto: Goldman Sachs Survey

  • Super League Gaming Raises $23.8M to Fund Growth Initiatives

  • Binance Leaving Canada, Market ‘No Longer Tenable’ for Exchange

  • Interview: US crypto regulation

  • Roblox Wins Across Several Metrics But Profitability Is Not Around The Corner

  • US Justice Department on the hunt for DeFi hackers and thieves: Report

  • China's CMGE and Microsoft Cooperate to Introduce GPT Technology for Gaming

  • Super League Gaming Raises 238 Million in Private Financings

  • US Justice Department on the hunt for DeFi hackers and thieves

  • Crypto Startup Hourglass Starts Unique Marketplace to Trade Locked Up DeFi Assets

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“Within the digital-asset ecosystem, family offices have become more decisive about cryptocurrencies: the proportion that is invested has risen from 16% in 2021 to 26%.
However, the proportion that is not invested and not interested in the future has risen from 39% to 62%, and those that are potentially interested in the future has fallen from 45% to 12%.”

- Goldman Sachs

NOTABLE

26% of Family Offices Invest in Crypto: Goldman Sachs Survey

"The proportion that is invested has risen from 16% in 2021 to 26%," the leading financial institution claimed.

cryptopotato.com/26-of-family-offices-invest-in-crypto-goldman-sachs-survey

Metaverse & Gaming

Super League Gaming Raises $23.8M to Fund Growth Initiatives - NFTgators

The company sold convertible preferred stock to new and existing investors.

www.nftgators.com/super-league-gaming-raises-23-8m-to-fund-growth-initiatives

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Bitcoin Cash Prices Bump Ahead of ‘CashTokens’ Upgrade

The upgrade is set to go live on mainnet at noon UTC on Monday.

finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-cash-prices-bump-ahead-065833209.html

Crypto Trading

Binance Leaving Canada, Market ‘No Longer Tenable’ for Exchange

Binance chose to exit the country because of new stablecoin guidance and crypto exchange investor limits.

blockworks.co/news/binance-leaving-canada

Interview: US crypto regulation

Interview: US crypto regulation. Some believe regulators are unfairly targeting the crypto sector. Others think the punitive stance is well overdue, and that the industry brought it upon itself for deliberately skirting laws over the past few years.

www.investorsobserver.com/news/qm-news/7200329775834312

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Roblox Wins Across Several Metrics But Profitability Is Not Around The Corner - Roblox (NYSE:RBLX)

Fueled by strong gaming demand, Roblox Corporation (NASDAQ: RBLX), an online multiplayer game where players build their own games and socialize with friends, published its quarterly daily active users count reached a new record, resulting in higher revenue but also sharper than expected results.

www.benzinga.com/23/05/32392774/roblox-wins-across-several-metrics-but-profitability-is-not-around-the-corner

China's CMGE and Microsoft Cooperate to Introduce GPT Technology for Gaming - Pandaily

Chinese mobile game developer CMGE announced on May 15 that it has signed a cloud service framework agreement with Microsoft.

pandaily.com/chinas-cmge-and-microsoft-cooperate-to-introduce-gpt-technology-for-gaming

Super League Gaming Raises 238 Million in Private Financings

Super League Gaming (NASDAQ: SLGG) has recently announced the successful completion of two private financings of convertible preferred stock. These

beststocks.com/super-league-gaming-raises-238-million-in-pri

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

US Justice Department on the hunt for DeFi hackers and thieves: Report

Eun Young Choi, the director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s cryptocurrency enforcement team, said it would be looking into DeFi “thefts and hacks.“

cointelegraph.com/news/doj-crackdown-defi-thefts-hacks

BRC-20 vs. ERC-20 Tokens: What's the Difference?

How does Bitcoin's new BRC-20 token standard compare to Ethereum's ERC-20 standard?

www.makeuseof.com/brc-20-vs-erc-20-tokens-whats-the-difference

Only half of top 60 crypto companies have an external auditor

Despite revelations about FTX's lax business practices, some crypto firms continue to operate without transparency and accountability.

cryptoslate.com/only-half-of-top-60-crypto-companies-have-an-external-auditor

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Building Your Crypto Portfolio with Copy Trading

What is Copy Trading? Copy trading is a tool to enhance users’ cryptocurrency trading tactics by observing and replicating the trades executed by seasoned experts on the platform. Users can explore a curated selection of traders, scrutinize their trade history and accomplishments, and opt to mirror their trading maneuvers.

www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/05/32395536/building-your-crypto-portfolio-with-copy-trading

Crypto Startup Hourglass Starts Unique Marketplace to Trade Locked Up DeFi Assets

The company has raised $4.2 million in seed round led by Electric Capital.

www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/15/crypto-startup-backed-by-electric-capital-starts-unique-marketplace-to-trade-locked-up-defi-assets

Crypto Spot Trading Falls 40% After Banking Crisis

www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2023/crypto-spot-trading-falls-40-after-banking-crisis

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

FDA Releases Two Discussion Papers on AI and ML

AI/ML can help bring safe, effective, and high-quality treatments to patients faster.

www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/fda-releases-two-discussion-papers-spur-conversation-about-artificial-intelligence-and-machine

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Could Bitcoin Be the Greatest ESG Investment of All Time?

Not only has Bitcoin generated outsized returns for investors, it could actually be a great ESG investment, despite widespread concerns about the cryptocurrency's energy usage.

www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/12/could-bitcoin-be-the-greatest-esg-investment-of-all-time

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