LensLinks: Issue 213

Ripple v. SEC Victory Shortlived?, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
August 11, 2023

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO

Today in LensLinks:

  • Ripple v. SEC: Why the crypto industry may have celebrated too early

  • Buckle Up: The Metaverse is Coming to Retail & Young Shoppers Are Ready

  • Binance Labs Invests $5M In Curve DAO Token To Propel DeFi Growth

  • Ex-JPMorgan MD quits Goldman alumni's crypto trading firm

  • The Future of Fashion Personalization: ChatGPT and the Metaverse

  • Metaverse Potential to Reach $900 bn by 2030?

  • Think Elon Musk's Twitter, aka X, is a dead parrot? He might still beat Mark Zuckerberg to Holy Grail of 'everything app' – Gordon Campbell

  • 4 Actual Use Cases for Blockchain and AI That Are More Than Just Hype

  • Markets Rally As Investors Show Renewed Confidence in Crypto

  • Bitcoin, Ethereum Trade Sideways as Inflation Jumps to 3.2% in July - Decrypt

  • FTX Hits Out at Profit-Hungry Crypto Traders Riled by Draft Plan

  • Singularity: ‘Digidogs’ are the latest in crime-fighting technology. Privacy advocates are terrified.

  • ESG: 'Hamilton' Enters The Metaverse

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #hamilton #metaverse #elonmusk #zuckerberg #ripplevssec

QUOTABLE

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“We've got a pending patent for this idea that you can use blockchains to add trust to content. You'd see a request that says, ‘Is this really you – yes or no?’ And then the experience could be updated to show that that person verified it, and then the news outlet could develop their reputation over time on how much of their content is actually verified versus rejected,”

- Lisa DeLuca, senior director of engineering, Unstoppable Domain

NOTABLE

Ripple v. SEC: Why the crypto industry may have celebrated too early

Some favorable aspects of the decision for Ripple seem ripe for a reversal on appeal. That could strengthen the SEC’s hand going forward.

fortune.com/2023/08/10/ripple-v-sec-crypto-industry-may-have-celebrated-too-early-peter-fox

Metaverse & Gaming

Buckle Up: The Metaverse is Coming to Retail & Young Shoppers Are Ready

A true shopping metaverse isn’t yet available to consumers. But industry experts say fashoin must prepare for what’s definitely coming.

sourcingjournal.com/topics/lifestyle-monitor/metaverse-shopping-retail-creative-content-work-accenture-retailx-roblox-virtual-reality-449441

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Binance Labs Invests $5M In Curve DAO Token To Propel DeFi Growth

Binance Labs, the investment and incubation subsidiary of Binance (CRYPTO: BNB), has announced a $5 million investment in Curve DAO Token (CRYPTO: CRV), the utility token that

www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/08/33720194/binance-labs-invests-5m-in-curve-dao-token-to-propel-defi-growth

Crypto Trading

Ex-JPMorgan MD quits Goldman alumni's crypto trading firm

GSR has lost one of its top people

www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2023/08/jpmorgan-to-crypto

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

The Future of Fashion Personalization: ChatGPT and the Metaverse

The Future of Fashion Personalization: ChatGPT and the Metaverse - Fagen Wasanni Technologies

fagenwasanni.com/news/the-future-of-fashion-personalization-chatgpt-and-the-metaverse/176125

Metaverse Potential to Reach $900 bn by 2030, Identifying Key Battlegrounds for Success - InfotechLead

Bain & Company has released a report projecting the potential of the metaverse, estimating its value to surge to $900 billion by 2030

infotechlead.com/digital/metaverse-potential-to-reach-900-bn-by-2030-identifying-key-battlegrounds-for-success-79937

Think Elon Musk's Twitter, aka X, is a dead parrot? He might still beat Mark Zuckerberg to Holy Grail of 'everything app' – Gordon Campbell

On China’s WeChat, people can find a date, hail a cab, pay utilities, and even get divorced. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empires are planning similar ‘super app’ developments

uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/think-elon-musks-twitter-aka-035500326.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFlQ5rTng-xDdNea6lJOZlYU1-zhY68EIsJwNNxvkPnARlx5vZ3dAKqBMfmCyEcq_6YjXRyC7PYwuUFpDYOPAaoclZqKtOXvvVlCNCYaH36BXJkWm06BIMytcXAi8ITXJcfO-Ho0WUxHrxlkKnYzOCgE_wWFNNuJBO3La2Pzjmqf

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

4 Actual Use Cases for Blockchain and AI That Are More Than Just Hype

Blockchain and AI could be the 21st century's most culturally significant pairing that could change the way we think about creativity, identity and verification.

www.coindesk.com/web3/4-actual-use-cases-for-blockchain-and-ai-that-are-more-than-just-hype

Markets Rally As Investors Show Renewed Confidence in Crypto

Bancor, Coin98 and DODO Outperform

finance.yahoo.com/news/markets-rally-investors-show-renewed-052438089.html

Cardano network now embraces its own ‘Wrapped BTC’ solution

It will now be possible to use Wrapped BTC tokens on the Cardano network, as announced by AnetaBTC.

finbold.com/cardano-network-now-embraces-its-own-wrapped-btc-solution

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Bitcoin, Ethereum Trade Sideways as Inflation Jumps to 3.2% in July - Decrypt

The latest CPI report showed a 0.2% rise since last month, hinting at the Fed's path forward in its fight against inflation.

decrypt.co/152013/bitcoin-ethereum-trade-sideways-inflation-jumps-3-2-july

FTX Hits Out at Profit-Hungry Crypto Traders Riled by Draft Plan

The administrators of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX criticized traders and market makers on a key creditor panel, accusing them of seeking control of assets regardless of the impact on other stakeholders.

news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/ftx-hits-out-at-profit-hungry-crypto-traders-riled-by-draft-plan

Crypto Derivatives Are Industry's Next Key Source of Growth, Says Genesis Trading - Decrypt

With the spot market drying up, Genesis Trading points to rising derivatives volumes as the industry's next growth engine.

decrypt.co/151991/crypto-derivatives-are-industrys-next-key-source-growth-says-genesis-trading

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

‘Digidogs’ are the latest in crime-fighting technology. Privacy advocates are terrified.

Local law enforcement is getting cash from the feds to purchase high-tech tools that raise new questions about civil liberties.

www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/ai-surveillance-robotics-police-privacy-new-york-00110672

Sidewalk Delivery Startup Serve Robotics To Go Public via Reverse Merger

Serve Robotics, the sidewalk delivery robot startup that began life as a research project within Postmates called X, is going public via reverse merger, The Spoon has learned. The news, first repor…

thespoon.tech/sidewalk-delivery-startup-serve-robotics-to-go-public-via-spac

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

'Hamilton' Enters The Metaverse

Players are able to re-experience the music from the original "Hamilton" show while completing interactive themed activities among historical set pieces.

www.mediapost.com/publications/article/388095/hamilton-enters-the-metaverse.html

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