LensLinks: Issue 190

AI could run the world better than humans, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
July 10, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Singularity: Could “AI run the world better than humans”?

  • Enterprise Blockchain, Web3 and Crypto Adoption - 2023

  • ETH DeFi ‘circuit breaker’ could cut hack losses by 70%

  • Shibarium Coming to Shiba Inu in August: Here's All You Need to Know About the Layer 2

  • A Path Forward for Regulating Crypto Markets

  • FTX partnership to NFTs in new 'virtual ballpark': MLB's crypto journey continues

  • Zuckerberg Courting Tencent to Export Metaverse Goggles to China

  • Binance Executives Exit as the Regulatory Heat on the Largest Crypto Exchange Intensifies

  • Bitcoin Mining Is a Game of Survival, Consolidation and Potential AI Diversification

  • $126M in Multichain Funds ‘Abnormally’ Moved to Unknown Address, Says Troubled Bridging Project

  • How Bitcoin helped revive crypto in June

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“Humanoid robots have the potential to lead with a greater level of efficiency and effectiveness than human leaders.”

- Sophia the Robot, UN’s two-day AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

NOTABLE

Anthony Day on LinkedIn: Enterprise Blockchain, Web3 and Crypto Adoption - 2023 | 71 comments

🚨 MUST READ: 52% of Fortune 100 companies are building with Blockchain and Crypto. Check out Coinbase's analysis of who’ doing the most... | 71 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/anthonyjjday_enterprise-blockchain-web3-and-crypto-adoption-activity-7079420604180836352-gFho?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Metaverse & Gaming

ETH DeFi ‘circuit breaker’ could cut hack losses by 70% — Developer

ERC-7265, an Ethereum standard for a DeFi “circuit breaker,” proposes a way to mitigate the massive losses from DeFi exploits.

cointelegraph.com/news/defi-circuit-breaker-could-cut-hack-losses-by-seventy-percent

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Shibarium Coming to Shiba Inu in August: Here's All You Need to Know About the Layer 2

Lead Shiba Inu developer Shytoshi Kusama stated that the team will perhaps release the eagerly awaited layer 2, Shibarium in August

www.ccn.com/news/shibarium-august-what-you-need-to-know

Crypto Trading

A Path Forward for Regulating Crypto Markets

Two former top regulators argue that litigation by the SEC is only part of the crypto-regulation solution.

www.wsj.com/articles/regulating-crypto-markets-1e5ec5c5

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

FTX partnership to NFTs in new 'virtual ballpark': MLB's crypto journey continues

Major League Baseball’s now-defunct partnership with bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has not stopped it from being involved in the segment.

blockworks.co/news/mlb-crypto-journey-continues

Zuckerberg Courting Tencent to Export Metaverse Goggles to China: Reports - Vision Times

Mark Zuckerberg is attempting to court Tencent to import Meta's Quest virtual reality goggles into the Mainland China market, a WSJ exclusive states.

www.visiontimes.com/2023/07/07/zuckerberg-tencent-metaverse-quest-goggles-china.html

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Binance Executives Exit as the Regulatory Heat on the Largest Crypto Exchange Intensifies

(Bloomberg) -- The billionaire founder of crypto’s biggest exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. sought to defend the platform following the exits of executives who had been helping the company navigate a widening regulatory crisis.

finance.yahoo.com/news/binance-key-executives-many-us-223819572.html

Bitcoin Mining Is a Game of Survival, Consolidation and Potential AI Diversification: Bernstein

Mining stocks have been resurgent this year due to improving sentiment from institutional ETF filings and potential revenue diversification into high-performance computing and AI, the report said.

www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/07/bitcoin-mining-is-a-game-of-survival-consolidation-and-potential-ai-diversification-bernstein

BarnBridge DAO calls halt to ‘all work’ on DeFi protocol amid SEC probe

The SEC has launched an investigation into BarnBridge DAO, according to the DAO’s lawyer, who said “all work” related to the project needs to cease while the investigation unfolds.

cointelegraph.com/news/barnbridge-dao-calls-halt-on-work-amid-sec-investigation

$126M in Multichain Funds ‘Abnormally’ Moved to Unknown Address, Says Troubled Bridging Project - Decrypt

Co-founder of the bridging protocol Multichain said that the project was hit by yet another hack amid an "abnormal" transfer of $126 million.

decrypt.co/147622/126m-multichain-funds-abnormally-moved-unknown-address-says-project

Crypto Trading - a little more…

How Bitcoin helped revive crypto in June

The legal action against behemoths and the flurry of spot ETF applications injected much-needed volatility into the crypto markets in June.

ambcrypto.com/how-bitcoin-helped-revive-crypto-in-june

Crypto Sponsorships: Redefining the Rules of Sports Marketing

The emergence of crypto sponsorships has caused tremendous disruption in the world of sports marketing.

www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/innovation/crypto-sponsorships-redefining-the-rules-of-sports-marketing

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

AI robots could run the world better than humans, robots tell UN summit

Some of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots were at the UN’s two-day AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3226988/ai-robots-could-run-world-better-humans-panel-robots-tells-un-summit

Bryan Lee on LinkedIn: Google updates privacy policy to train its AI on everything you post online | 13 comments

Your daily reminder that you are still the product. https://lnkd.in/gDbeDMxe | 13 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/bryanllee_google-updates-privacy-policy-to-train-its-activity-7082375776582471680-lCZx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

The week in IR: US and Europe split over climate resolution support, UK top target for activist rebellions and investors become selective in AI stocks

– As the 2023 results season draws to a close, it presents a mixed picture, according to

www.irmagazine.com/reporting/week-ir-us-and-europe-split-over-climate-resolution-support-uk-top-target-activist

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