LensLinks: Issue 215

Has Binance blown its chance to rule the crypto markets?, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
August 16, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Has Binance blown its chance to rule the crypto markets?

  • News: The Metaverse is Here to Stay: Bain

  • Crypto Basics Series: DAOs Unlock How We’re Made to Work

  • 5 Tips for Crypto Tax Preparation

  • Zepeto, Jump Crypto Joint Venture ZTX Raises $13M for Metaverse Platform on Arbitrum

  • Hangzhou Showcases Immersive Metaverse Experience for Asian Games

  • Why is Bitcoin price stuck?

  • Raoul Pal Calls Crypto a ‘Black Hole’ That Eats All Other Assets, Predicts Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana Rallies

  • Body of American crypto trader dismembered and flushed down drain

  • Cryptocurrencies Tainted by SEC Lawsuits Are Seeing an Increase in Trading

  • Singularity: Has AI Robotics Revolution Met Its ChatGPT Moment? A Conversation With Peter Chen, Co-Founder Of Covariant

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #zhao #sbf #binance
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“Many people looked at Sam Bankman-Fried to be the leader of the industry and save it in the face of regulators. When [FTX] collapsed, everybody turned to Zhao as the potential future saviour for the industry.”

- Charley Cooper, a former chief of staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

NOTABLE

Has Binance blown its chance to rule the crypto markets?

The exchange that looked best placed to benefit from last year’s collapse of FTX has instead found itself beset by regulatory setbacks

www.ft.com/content/34863476-19d6-4317-a075-46d35cfb4444

Metaverse & Gaming

News: The Metaverse is Here to Stay: Bain

Despite reports that the metaverse is so last year, new research from Bain & Company suggests the metaverse could become a sector worth between $700 billion and $900 billion by 2030.

www.brand-innovators.com/news/the-metaverse-is-here-to-stay-bain

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Crypto Basics Series: DAOs Unlock How We’re Made to Work

DAOs signal the beginning of the next evolution, enabling humans to collaborate in more efficient, equitable, and effective ways.

banklessdao.mirror.xyz/YwMRf2_Ja2s3XzgTaAEauh9XqCz51r-eKkn8kPZjSxc

Crypto Trading

5 Tips for Crypto Tax Preparation

If you’re a frequent crypto trader or if you like to engage with DeFi protocols, doing your crypto taxes can be about as much fun as walking barefoot on broken glass.

www.nasdaq.com/articles/5-tips-for-crypto-tax-preparation

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Zepeto, Jump Crypto Joint Venture ZTX Raises $13M for Metaverse Platform on Arbitrum - Decrypt

South Korea's leading metaverse platform Zepeto is betting big on NFTs with its ZTX joint venture with Jump Crypto, which led the seed round.

decrypt.co/152574/zepeto-jump-crypto-raise-13-million-ztx-metaverse-arbitrum

Hangzhou Showcases Immersive Metaverse Experience for Asian Games

Hangzhou Showcases Immersive Metaverse Experience for Asian Games - OPP.Today

www.opp.today/news2/hangzhou-a-city-empowered-by-cutting-edge-technology/10861

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Blockchain Futurist Conference Launches Today With Record-Breaking Attendance

ETHToronto Hackathon, Captivating NFT Galleries, UNNY Token Rewards, and More Await Attendees at Canada’s Largest Blockchain Gathering

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230815319245/en/Blockchain-Futurist-Conference-Launches-Today-With-Record-Breaking-Attendance

Why is Bitcoin price stuck?

Bitcoin price is stuck today, but narrowing Bollinger Bands indicate a huge volatile move ahead.

cointelegraph.com/news/why-is-bitcoin-price-stuck

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Raoul Pal Calls Crypto a ‘Black Hole’ That Eats All Other Assets, Predicts Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana Rallies - The Daily Hodl

Longtime Bitcoin (BTC) bull Raoul Pal believes that the crypto markets will suck liquidity out of other asset classes.

dailyhodl.com/2023/08/15/raoul-pal-calls-crypto-a-black-hole-that-eats-all-other-assets-predicts-bitcoin-ethereum-and-solana-rallies

Body of American crypto trader dismembered and flushed down drain

Christian Peev was murdered just a month after Argentinian crypto influencer Fernando Pérez Algaba was found dismembered in a suitcase.

protos.com/body-of-american-crypto-trader-dismembered-and-flushed-down-drain

Cryptocurrencies Tainted by SEC Lawsuits Are Seeing an Increase in Trading

Speculators seen trying to profit from volatility of tokens. The 19 coins were named in SEC suits against Binance, Coinbase

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/19-crypto-tokens-tainted-by-sec-suits-are-seeing-an-uptick-in-trading

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

Has AI Robotics Revolution Met Its ChatGPT Moment? A Conversation With Peter Chen, Co-Founder Of Covariant

In a year marked by massive leaps in technology change, Covariant has created an adaptable AI that thrives in an environment characterized by unpredictability and imbue robots with the capacity to conquer novel challenges with precision and autonomy.

www.forbes.com/sites/hessiejones/2023/08/15/has-ai-robotics-revolution-met-its-chatgpt-moment-a-conversation-with-peter-chen-co-founder-of-covariant/?sh=52a87ab5723c

Steven H. on LinkedIn: (PDF) Automated Bias and Indoctrination at Scale… Is All You Need

“Automation is actively seeking to replace not only human cognitive bias, but higher human cognition, with a weaker, but fast and scalable version of cognitive…

www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7096480657274494977-XYYn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Inclusivity must be at the forefront of metaverse development

Interview of Liz Hyman, CEO of the XR Association, about the immense potential of the metaverse

www.db.com/news/detail/20230815-inclusivity-must-be-at-the-forefront-of-metaverse-development?language_id=1

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