LensLinks: Issue 173

A Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Signs a Movie Deal, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
June 08, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • A Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Signs a Movie Deal

  • Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It

  • Cardano Records $2.5 Billion In Large Transactions - “ADA Price Rally Imminent”?

  • History Could Repeat For Apple With A Hardware High

  • Sorry, Gamers—Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Wasn't Made for You

  • FTX lawsuits see crypto firms, influencers dial back endorsement deals

  • OpenAI Reveals Plans for the Future: Cheaper GPT-4, Expanded Context Window, and More

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“BAYC #2758 just signed a movie deal through Pirexia Films. From the Director of El Chapo, Netflix, JM Cravioto. More to come in the next few weeks! First NFT actor in a Mexican film with SAG equivalent salary.”

- tweeted the NFT owner

NOTABLE

Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It

Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over. That may answer where the aliens are hiding.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/most-aliens-may-be-artificial-intelligence-not-life-as-we-know-it

Metaverse & Gaming

Apple & Disney bring immersive sports & movies to Vision Pro VR/AR headset

Disney Plus is coming to Apple Vision Pro. In addition to movies and shows, new immersive experiences are coming to the VR/AR headset.

mixed-news.com/en/apple-disney-bring-immersive-sports-movies-to-vision-pro-vr-ar-headset

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

A Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Signs a Movie Deal

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT #2758 has signed a movie deal. The Ape will become an actor in a Mexican-produced movie. Bored Ape #2758 is owned by Rzubi.eth.

mpost.io/a-bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-signs-a-movie-deal

Crypto Trading

Cardano Records $2.5 Billion In Large Transactions - ADA Price Rally Imminent?

Cardano (ADA), the native token of the Cardano blockchain, has recently witnessed a remarkable surge in large transactions, totaling an impressive $2.5

bitcoinist.com/cardano-records-2-5b-in-transactions

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

History Could Repeat For Apple With A Hardware High (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Apple's stock reached an all-time high ahead of the 2023 Worldwide Developer Conference where it unveiled Apple Vision Pro. Read my AAPL stock analysis here.

seekingalpha.com/article/4609529-history-could-repeat-for-apple-with-a-hardware-high

BitNile Metaverse unit begins generating revenue from social gaming coins, immersive

BitNile Metaverse (BNMV) said on Monday that its metaverse platform, BitNile.com, has begun generating revenue from the sale of coins utilized in social gaming and from...

seekingalpha.com/news/3977580-bitnile-metaverse-unit-begins-generating-revenue-from-social-gaming-coins-immersive-advertising

Sorry, Gamers—Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Wasn't Made for You - Decrypt

The pricey headset can handle augmented and virtual reality games, but Apple mostly ignored those experiences in the Vision Pro reveal.

decrypt.co/143511/sorry-gamers-apples-vision-pro-headset-wasnt-made-you

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Filecoin Is Dominating The Decentralized Storage Wars (FIL-USD)

Filecoin is the frontrunner in the decentralized storage race, competing against other storage providers. Find out if FIL should be part of your crypto portfolio.

seekingalpha.com/article/4609381-filecoin-dominating-decentralized-storage-wars

FTX lawsuits see crypto firms, influencers dial back endorsement deals

Crypto influencers are becoming more wary of endorsing crypto firms ever since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX last year. Some influencers admit they haven’t been responding to offers in recent times.

cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-endorsements-influencers-brand-deals-collapse-ftx

JPMorgan to Work With Indian Banks on Blockchain-Based USD Settlement Platform - Tokenist

The new blockchain-based system will allow interbank dollar settlements to be completed around the clock.

tokenist.com/jpmorgan-to-work-with-indian-banks-on-blockchain-based-usd-settlement-platform

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Weakened Indian Crypto Exchanges Find Alternatives To Buttress Their Business - Forbes India

Hurt by risk averse market sentiment and crippling fall in trading volumes, crypto exchanges in India have become leaner and expanded beyond cryptocurrencies to sustain their business. The jury is still out on whether these measures will help avoid or accelerate their demise

www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/weakened-indian-crypto-exchanges-find-alternatives-to-buttress-their-business/85381/1

Crypto news: prices and performance of Cardano (ADA), Avalanche (AVAX) and Shiba Inu (SHIB)

How are the Cardano (ADA), Avalanche (AVAX) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) coins performing within the crypto market?

en.cryptonomist.ch/2023/06/05/crypto-news-cardano-avalanche-shiba-inu-2

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

OpenAI Reveals Plans for the Future: Cheaper GPT-4, Expanded Context Window, and More

OpenAI recently shared its plans for the near future in an interview with developers. The conversation, led by Sam Altman, shed light on several

mpost.io/openai-reveals-plans-for-the-future-cheaper-gpt-4-expanded-context-window-and-more

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Potential Solutions to the Carbon Credit Problem

It's possible that all we need to make a global, coordinated, enterprise-based climate approach a reality is one thing—trust.

www.newsweek.com/potential-solutions-carbon-credit-problem-1804181

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