LensLinks: Issue 183

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Len Pacek
June 28, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Rep. Waters wants Treasury, SEC input on Republican crypto bill

  • HSBC Eyes Metaverse Banking After SVB Buy

  • How to use DeFi the right way?

  • This Travel Firm Lost Millions On Crypto Trading

  • Why State Farm Has Made a Massive Investment in Gaming

  • The Metaverse is Changing How We Build and Maintain the World’s Infrastructure – And the Tools Can Fit in Your Backpack

  • Jump Trading Makes Waves in DeFi

  • Chibi Finance Executes $1 Million Rug Pull, CHIBI Falls By 100%

  • The Singularity: The Importance of Explainable AI in Cybersecurity

  • And Much, Much, More…

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QUOTABLE

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“Crypto’s got a lot of those challenges — of platforms trading ahead of their customers. In fact, they’re trading against their customers often because they’re market-marking against their customers.”

- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler

NOTABLE

Rep. Waters wants Treasury, SEC input on Republican crypto bill

US Rep. Maxine Waters isn’t a fan of the Republicans' crypto bill, and she wants regulators to back her up.

blockworks.co/news/waters-seeks-input-crypto-bill

Metaverse & Gaming

HSBC Eyes Metaverse Banking After SVB Buy - Banking Exchange

Trademark filing hints at virtual or augmented reality opportunities, while Coastal launches online platform for gaming and banking HSBC is exploring opportunities in the metaverse, according to documents filed in the wake of its purchase of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) UK arm. The multi-national ban...

m.bankingexchange.com/management-topics/item/9695-hsbc-eyes-metaverse-banking-after-svb-buy

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

How to use DeFi the right way — This latest guide can help

DeFi TVL almost hit $180 billion during the DeFi Summer of 2021. Could it reach or exceed that level in the future? Find out in the latest from Cointelegraph Research.

cointelegraph.com/news/how-to-use-defi-the-right-way-this-latest-guide-can-help

Crypto Trading

This Travel Firm Lost Millions On Crypto Trading

A travel company based in New Zealand, operating in Kiwi has reportedly suffered significant financial losses due to cryptocurrency trading.

bitcoinist.com/travel-firm-lost-millions-on-crypto-trading

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Why State Farm Has Made a Massive Investment in Gaming

The insurance company’s Gamerhood 2 Challenge on Twitch and YouTube builds on the company’s efforts to reach young customers.

www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/why-state-farm-has-made-a-massive-marketing-investment-in-gaming

The Metaverse is Changing How We Build and Maintain the World’s Infrastructure – And the Tools Can Fit in Your Backpack

Gaming engine technology is paving the way to limitless opportunity, and we can count on the fact that organizations are opting in to the metaverse to build the future of infrastructure

www.constructionweekonline.com/business/insights/metaverse-changing-build-maintain-infrastructure

Mythical Games Secures First Close of $37 Million Towards Latest Round of Funding

The full round will close later this year with an additional $20-30 million in funding to continue developing the Mythical platform's infrastructure Mythical Games, the next-generation gaming studio behind the

www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/23/06/b33022485/mythical-games-secures-first-close-of-37-million-towards-latest-round-of-funding

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Jump Trading Makes Waves in DeFi: Accumulates LDO, MASK, and PERP Tokens as Altcoin Market Bounces Back - Crypto News Flash

Jump Trading has been acquiring Mask Network (MASK), Lido DAO (LDO), LeverFi (LEVER), and Perpetual Protocol (PERP) over the past week.

www.crypto-news-flash.com/jump-trading-makes-waves-in-defi-accumulates-ldo-mask-and-perp-tokens-as-altcoin-market-bounces-back

Chibi Finance Executes $1 Million Rug Pull, CHIBI Falls By 100% | Bitcoinist.com

In what appears to be another rug pull in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, Chibi Finance team has absconded with more than $1 million.

bitcoinist.com/chibi-finance-executes-1-million-rug-pull

Exploring the World of Bitcoin — A Review of the BTC Ecosystem | CoinCodex

Discover the thriving BTC ecosystem encompassing Ordinals NFTs, BRC-20 tokens, and L2/DeFi projects, driving growth and innovation while solving scalability challenges and shaping the future of blockchain and decentralized finance.

coincodex.com/article/29170/exploring-the-world-of-bitcoin-a-review-of-the-btc-ecosystem

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Bitcoin Cash price doubles amid U.S. crypto crackdown, expert says gain won’t be long term

Bitcoin Cash, the spin-off of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, gained over 108% in the last seven days as investors hope the altcoin receives the same categorization as Bitcoin.

finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-cash-price-doubles-amid-074030789.html

The history of crypto exchanges trading against their own customers

Even the progenitors of crypto exchanges have a long history of trading against their own customers. They used to call it B Booking.

protos.com/the-history-of-crypto-exchanges-trading-against-their-own-customers

Trader weighs in on possible Bitcoin price drivers for remainder of 2023

Episode 10 of Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast features a chat with trader Michaël van de Poppe about Bitcoin’s price and more.

cointelegraph.com/news/trader-weighs-in-on-possible-bitcoin-price-drivers-for-remainder-of-2023

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

The Importance of Explainable AI in Cybersecurity

The Importance of Explainable AI in Cybersecurity - Tian Shan Net

aboutxinjiang.com/the-importance-of-explainable-ai-in-cybersecurity-16

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

The Impact of Metaverse on Mental Health: A Promising Solution

In this article, we'll look at the ways in which the metaverse, among other developments, may improve mental health care.

readwrite.com/the-impact-of-metaverse-on-mental-health-a-promising-solution

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