LensLinks: Issue 197

$27M unlocked tokens bring uncertainty to the crypto market, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
July 19, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • $27M unlocked tokens bring uncertainty to the crypto market

  • Futureverse Raises $54M in Series A Funding for AI-Powered Metaverse Technology

  • Top 10 NFT Marketplaces Shaping The Metaverse Economy

  • Crypto Trading Dropped 43% in Q2 Despite Climbing Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices

  • Apple’s headset could redefine what being in the metaverse means

  • Roblox business chief to depart

  • Crypto Trading Volume Plummets 43% in Q2 2023, Report Reveals

  • Regulators Care about Crypto Market Manipulation. Here’s What Really Matters.

  • Bitcoin Halving Amongst Major Events to Watch in the Crypto Market

  • Singularity: Greatly expanded section today, including: AI’s trained on AI content go MAD, is Threads a loss leader for AI data?; Bill Gates’ essay on AI Risk being managable and Eliezer Yudkowsky and Marc Andresessen give opposing views on whether “AI Will End the World”; Ineresting stuff;

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #applenews #roblox #nft #bitcoinhalving

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“With the traditional or other headsets, there's this barrier between people who are wearing it and people who aren't. It feels like you're in two different worlds. Now there's very few barriers between people, so you can have relatively seamless interactions.”

- KPMG’s Head of Metaverse Alyse Su (Re: Apple’s Vision Pro)

NOTABLE

Futureverse Raises $54M in Series A Funding for AI-Powered Metaverse Technology

Futureverse, an AI and metaverse technology company, has raised $54 million in a Series A funding round led by 10T Holdings and Ripple. The funds will be used to develop their comprehensive technology platform, including AI content generation tools and blockchain protocols, to create an open and scalable metaverse. AlexaBlockchain

alexablockchain.com/futureverse-raises-54m-in-series-a

Metaverse & Gaming

Top 10 NFT Marketplaces Shaping The Metaverse Economy

The importance of NFT marketplaces for the metaverse economy can be understood through the following key points:

blockchainmagazine.net/top-10-nft-marketplaces-shaping-the-metaverse-economy

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

$27M unlocked tokens bring uncertainty to the crypto market – Cryptopolitan

A recent incident in the crypto sector recently sent shockwaves through the market – the unlocked tokens. Tokens worth $27 million were unlocked, causing a market supply surge. Investors, traders, and fans were all waiting impatiently to see how this unlocked token would impact the price of other cryptos. The locked-up token in issue belonged ... Read more

Crypto Trading

Crypto Trading Dropped 43% in Q2 Despite Climbing Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices - Decrypt

The contraction in crypto trading volumes comes despite a 7% uptick in Bitcoin's price throughout the quarter, said CoinGecko.

decrypt.co/149028/crypto-trading-dropped-43-in-q2-despite-climbing-bitcoin-ethereum-prices

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Apple’s headset could redefine what being in the metaverse means

Apple’s Vision Pro headset will fundamentally shift the way tech developers create the future of the “metaverse” — at least accordwww.cryptopolitan.com/27m-unlocked-tokens-bring-market-uncertaintying to metaverse commentators Peter Xing and Alyse Su.

cointelegraph.com/news/apple-vision-pro-mixed-reality-redefine-experiences-metaverse

Roblox business chief to depart

Craig Donato announces his leaving from the gaming and metaverse company, Roblox at the end of summer

www.samaaenglish.tv/news/40042355

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

CoinGecko's Q2 2023 Report Reveals Key Crypto Market Insights; Here's the Rundown!

CoinGecko's latest report on the cryptocurrency market offers a treasure trove of insights into the performance and key trends of the industry during the

coinpedia.org/news/crypto-market-report-q2-insights-into-market-performance-and-key-trends

Exceller launches 'Interchain Token Service' to enable ERC-20 interoperability across multiple chains - CryptoSaurus

Sushi will deploy the Interchain Token, powered by the new Exceller product suite providing cross-chain fungibility and customization.

cryptosaurus.tech/exceller-launches-interchain-token-service-to-enable-erc-20-interoperability-across-multiple-chains

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Crypto Trading Volume Plummets 43% in Q2 2023, Report Reveals

Crypto trading volume fell by nearly half in the second quarter of 2023, as the NFT market continued to shrivel.

beincrypto.com/crypto-trading-plummets-43-q2-2023-report

Regulators Care about Crypto Market Manipulation. Here’s What Really Matters.

Now is the time for firms to reassess compliance risk and anticipate what might be questioned.

www.marketsmedia.com/regulators-care-about-crypto-market-manipulation-heres-what-really-matters

Bitcoin Halving Amongst Major Events to Watch in the Crypto Market

Unlike the halving of Litecoin, which had no substantial effect on its price in the past, the halving of Bitcoin is currently one of the major expected events in the crypto market. Bitcoin is set to undergo a periodic halving in 2024.* BITmarkets has identified bitcoin halving as one of the major events for the crypto trading community.

finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-halving-amongst-major-events-060000310.html

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

AI Eye: AI’s trained on AI content go MAD, is Threads a loss leader for AI data?

The reason AIs will always need humans, religous chatbots urge death to infidels, and is Threads' real purpose to generate AI training data?

cointelegraph.com/magazine/ai-eye-ai-content-cannibalization-problem-threads-a-loss-leader-for-ai-data

The risks of AI are real but manageable

Bill Gates explains the risks associated with AI and argues that they are manageable. Innovations often create new risks that need to be controlled.

www.gatesnotes.com/The-risks-of-AI-are-real-but-manageable

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

How can AI expose ‘very real’ ESG risks?

AI tools are gaining traction as demand to analyse huge amounts of data grows in the field of ESG risk analysis

gulfbusiness.com/how-ai-can-expose-very-real-esg-risks

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