LensLinks: Issue 201

Musk Kills the Bird, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
July 25, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Elon moves markets again as abandoned X token soars 2,000%, DOGE up 8% following Twitter rebrand to 'X'

  • I went to McDonalds in the metaverse – felt McLonely with ' AI chicken nuggets'

  • Hackers Steal $3.2 Million Worth of Ethereum From Conic Finance DeFi Protocol

  • Wash Trading Responsible for $6T of Crypto Trading Volume in Q1 2020: Report

  • Gamefam, WMG, Roblox to Evolve Concert Experience, Execs Say - XR Today

  • Bitcoin whale exchange inflow share hits 1-year high — over 40%

  • From rugs to riches: UK carpet retailer to adopt Bitcoin standard

  • Canadian crypto trading trio complete merger, appoint key executives

  • Singularity: AI boom's big winners are all in four states

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“X is the future state of unlimited interactivity – centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking – creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we’re just beginning to imagine.”

- Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino

NOTABLE

Elon moves markets again as abandoned X token soars 2,000%, DOGE up 8% following Twitter rebrand to 'X'

Elon Musk's effort to rebrand Twitter to X has pushed the value of an unrelated X token up by more than 2000%.

cryptoslate.com/elon-moves-markets-again-as-unrelated-x-token-soars-2000-doge-up-8-following-twitter-rebrand-to-x

Metaverse & Gaming

I went to McDonalds in the metaverse – felt McLonely with ' AI chicken nuggets'

MCDONALD’S has launched a virtual reality world called McNuggets Land on the metaverse platform The Sandbox. The experience was created by the Hong Kong arm of the fast food chain and I enter…

www.the-sun.com/tech/8675274/mcdonalds-metaverse-ai-chicken-nuggets

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Hackers Steal $3.2 Million Worth of Ethereum From Conic Finance DeFi Protocol

The DeFi protocol Conic Finance has lost more than $3.2 million worth of Ether (ETH) in two separate hacking incidents in recent days.

cryptonews.com/news/hackers-steal-32-million-worth-of-ethereum-from-conic-finance-defi-protocol.htm

Crypto Trading

Wash Trading Responsible for $6T of Crypto Trading Volume in Q1 2020: Report - Tokenist

In Q1 2020, more than $6 trillion of crypto trading volumes came from wash trading.

tokenist.com/wash-trading-responsible-for-6t-of-crypto-trading-volume-in-q1-2020-report

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Gamefam, WMG, Roblox to Evolve Concert Experience, Execs Say - XR Today

XR Today reports on the latest extended reality news from around the globe, including virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.

www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/46474

Why gaming is where the real metaverse opportunities are | Analysis | Campaign Asia

Amid recent headlines suggesting that the metaverse is "dead", marketers should reframe their idea of what it is, and where its biggest opportunities have always been – in the gaming space.

www.campaignasia.com/article/why-gaming-is-where-the-real-metaverse-opportunities-are/485463

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Bitcoin whale exchange inflow share hits 1-year high — over 40%

Bitcoin whales account for the biggest exchange flow portion in a year at current BTC levels.

cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-whale-exchange-inflow-1-year-high

Elon Musk Rebrands Twitter to X, Spurring Scores of Wannabe Tokens

One token zoomed 1,200% even though its related project closed in May, data shows.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/07/24/elon-musk-rebrands-twitter-to-x-spurring-scores-of-wannabe-tokens

From rugs to riches: UK carpet retailer to adopt Bitcoin standard

Putting Bitcoin on the balance sheet and exploring Lightning Network payment options, a British carpet retailer CEO explains why Bitcoin is digital gold.

cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-from-rugs-to-riches-uk-carpet-retailer-to-adopt-bitcoin-standard

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Canadian crypto trading trio complete merger, appoint key executives

WonderFi becomes one of the largest registered crypto asset trading ecosystems in Canada

www.wealthprofessional.ca/investments/alternative-investments/canadian-crypto-trading-trio-complete-merger-appoint-key-executives/378128

OpenAI's Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday.

www.reuters.com/technology/openais-sam-altman-launches-worldcoin-crypto-project-2023-07-24

‘A lot of nonsense’: Crypto lobby faces new Capitol Hill reality

A growing and bipartisan group of senators is rallying behind a crackdown that crypto firms hate.

www.politico.com/news/2023/07/24/house-senate-crypto-crackdown-00107641

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

AI boom's big winners are all in four states

The latest tech boom is highly concentrated: 60% of new generative AI job postings are located in just 15 metro areas — with San Francisco topping the list, per a new Brookings Institution report.

www.axios.com/2023/07/24/ai-goldrush-concentrated-4-states

Top News Publishers Are Reportedly Planning To Sue AI Firms

The New York Times, News Corp, Axel Springer, Dotdash Meredith owner IAC are reportedly banding together to sue AI giants for using the publishers’ content to train their AI models.

www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/07/24/top-news-publishers-are-reportedly-planning-to-sue-ai-firms/?sh=42d7a805816f

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Groundbreaking new metaverse game powers real-world planetary action

24 July 2023 – HEALV3RSE,a groundbreaking new game promoting real-world action for the planet, launches today on Metaverse.

www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/groundbreaking-new-metaverse-game-powers-real-world-planetary-action

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