LensLinks: Issue 226

Uniswap Ruling Creates Regulatory 'Anomaly' for DeFi, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
September 05, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Uniswap Ruling Creates Regulatory 'Anomaly' for DeFi: Legal Scholar

  • What to watch: The metaverse is still evolving

  • SEC Delays Spot Bitcoin ETF Decision for All Applicants

  • Lira-Backed TRYB Token Becomes World's Second-Largest Non-Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin

  • Meta's XR Vision: A Glimpse into the Future of Spatial Computing

  • The Trillion Dollar Crypto Opportunity: Real World Asset Tokenization

  • PayPal’s Stablecoin Sees Minimal Activity Three Weeks After Launch

  • Former SEC Chair says approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF ‘is inevitable’

  • Robinhood pays $605M to buy Sam Bankman-Fried's stake

  • Singularity: Korean internet giant Naver explores robotics, AI and autonomous driving; AI care companion company Intuition Robotics raises $25M

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #uniswap #ftx #stablecoin

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“If you're Coinbase, and you actually try to protect people who are trading, you're subject to securities laws. But if you are Uniswap Labs, and you design something that is truly decentralized, it's the Wild West.”

- Jack Graves, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law

NOTABLE

Uniswap Ruling Creates Regulatory 'Anomaly' for DeFi: Legal Scholar - Decrypt

A district judge's recent decision in a class action lawsuit against Uniswap demarcates DeFi from centralized exchanges like Coinbase.

decrypt.co/154651/uniswap-ruling-creates-regulatory-anomaly-defi-legal-scholar

Metaverse & Gaming

What to watch: The metaverse is still evolving - CryptoSaurus

Now that the metaverse has ceded the title of "it" technology to artificial intelligence - and it looks like AI won't be letting go anytime soon - no one sees

cryptosaurus.tech/what-to-watch-the-metaverse-is-still-evolving

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

First Mover Americas: SEC Delays Spot Bitcoin ETF Decision for All Applicants

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept 1, 2023.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/09/01/first-mover-americas-sec-delays-spot-bitcoin-etf-decision-for-all-applicants/?outputType=amp

Crypto Trading

Lira-Backed TRYB Token Becomes World's Second-Largest Non-Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin

BiLira's TRYB stablecoin is pegged to the lira (TRY) and 100% backed by fiat reserves held in Turkish banks.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/09/01/lira-backed-tryb-token-becomes-worlds-second-largest-non-dollar-pegged-stablecoin/?outputType=amp

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Meta's XR Vision: A Glimpse into the Future of Spatial Computing

Meta's XR Vision: A Glimpse into the Future of Spatial Computing - CityLife

citylife.capetown/technology/zuckerberg-targets-apples-spatial-computing-vision-in-new-video/359906

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

The Trillion Dollar Crypto Opportunity: Real World Asset Tokenization

Going by technology theorist Carlota Perez's research, "RWAs" may be the next phase of substantive crypto development.

www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/08/31/the-trillion-dollar-crypto-opportunity-real-world-asset-tokenization

PayPal’s Stablecoin Sees Minimal Activity Three Weeks After Launch

Only 10 Wallets Hold More Than 3,000 PYUSD

finance.yahoo.com/news/paypal-stablecoin-sees-minimal-activity-201053917.html

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Former SEC Chair says approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF ‘is inevitable’

Jay Clayton, former Chair of the SEC, has conveyed a degree of optimism regarding the potential approval of the inaugural spot Bitcoin ETF.

finbold.com/former-sec-chair-says-approval-of-a-spot-bitcoin-etf-is-inevitable

Robinhood pays $605M to buy Sam Bankman-Fried's stake

Robinhood has paid $605 million to repurchase Gary Wang's and Sam Bankman-Fried's stake in Robinhood from the United States Marshall Service.

protos.com/robinhood-pays-605m-to-buy-sam-bankman-frieds-stake

Bitcoin traders wipe Grayscale gains after SEC delays spot ETF decisions

After Grayscale Investment’s court win against the SEC, Bitcoin’s price jumped, but now those gains are erased following the regulator's delay on deciding the fate of seven spot Bitcoin ETF applications.

cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-grayscale-gains-wiped-with-sec-spot-etf-delays

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

Korean internet giant Naver explores robotics, AI and autonomous driving | TechCrunch

In July last year, Naver, maker of the search engine known as the "Google of South Korea," opened its new second headquarters, Naver 1784. The building's

https://tcrn.ch/3EksuOH

AI care companion company Intuition Robotics raises $25M

Intuition Robotics announced this week that it has secured a first closing of a new funding round amounting to $25 million, $20M in venture capital and $5M in venture debt, and led by Woven Capital, the growth fund of Toyota, with participation from Toyota Ventures, OurCrowd, Western Technology Investment, and additional investors.

www.israelhayom.com/2023/09/01/ai-care-companion-company-intuition-robotics-raises-25m

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections?

Disinformation will become easier to produce, but it matters less than you might think

www.economist.com/leaders/2023/08/31/how-artificial-intelligence-will-affect-the-elections-of-2024

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