LensLinks: Issue 229

BP's Essential Web3 Glossary, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
September 08, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • The Essential Web3 Glossary - Bankless Publishing

  • Meta Ramps Up Metaverse Hype Ahead of Apple Vision Pro Launch

  • CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep

  • Fourth Top FTX Executive Pleads Guilty Ahead of Sam Bankman-Fried Trial

  • The best gaming entrepreneurs will play, not speculate

  • Unveiling the Future of Automotive: The Metaverse Motor Show 2024

  • DeFi 3.0 introduces a new way to hedge crypto assets against volatility

  • Coinbase-Backed Insurance Alternative OpenCover Debuts on Layer 2 Blockchain Base

  • Winklevoss Claims Fuel US Investigation of Barry Silbert’s DCG Crypto Empire

  • CFTC commissioner calls for crypto regulatory pilot program

  • Singularity: Does Generative AI Comply With Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics?; 100 years of fearing robots;

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #web3 #CFTC #Defi #winkelvoss

QUOTABLE

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“Somewhere along the way, DeFi operators got the idea that unlawful transactions become lawful when facilitated by smart contracts. They do not.”

- CFTC Director of Enforcement Ian McGinley

NOTABLE

The Essential Web3 Glossary - Bankless Publishing

Master the vocabulary of web3 and navigate the cryptoverse with ease with this comprehensive glossary.

banklesspublishing.com/the-essential-web3-glossary

Metaverse & Gaming

Meta Ramps Up Metaverse Hype Ahead of Apple Vision Pro Launch

Meta highlights VR's real-world applications, while Apple's Vision Pro stirs anticipation. Both tech giants compete for metaverse dominance.

beincrypto.com/meta-metaverse-hype-apple-vision-pro

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep

The U.S. derivatives markets regulator targeted three companies, including one from which the CFTC hired a lawyer who ran its technology research division.

www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/07/cftc-goes-after-opyn-other-defi-operations-in-enforcement-sweep

Crypto Trading

Fourth Top FTX Executive Pleads Guilty Ahead of Sam Bankman-Fried Trial

Ryan Salame, a former FTX executive, pleaded guilty to charges linked to the sweeping fraud case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/technology/ftx-guilty-plea.html

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

The best gaming entrepreneurs will play, not speculate

Sarojini McKenna is CEO of Dacoco and a co-founder of the most popular onchain blockchain game Alien Worlds. The emergence of blockchain gaming …

www.blockchaingamer.biz/features/opinions/26735/sarojini-mckenna-best-gaming-entrepreneurs-will-play-not-speculate

Meta's New Ad Campaign Highlights Practical Applications of the Metaverse

Meta's New Ad Campaign Highlights Practical Applications of the Metaverse - OPP.Today

www.opp.today/sports/meta-ramps-up-metaverse-hype-ahead-of-apple-vision-pro-launch/40446

Unveiling the Future of Automotive: The Metaverse Motor Show 2024

Decentraland, Vegas City, and Voxel Architects join forces to create a groundbreaking virtual automotive event...

www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/09/07/2739049/0/en/Unveiling-the-Future-of-Automotive-The-Metaverse-Motor-Show-2024.html

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

DeFi 3.0 introduces a new way to hedge crypto assets against volatility

Bumper removes downside volatility for protected assets, making it a reliable alternative to crypto options trading

cointelegraph.com/news/defi-30-introduces-a-new-way-to-hedge-crypto-assets-against-volatility

Coinbase-Backed Insurance Alternative OpenCover Debuts on Layer 2 Blockchain Base

OpenCover, which raised $4 million in a seed round led by the likes of NFX and Jump Crypto, received a $200,000 funding bump from Coinbase to bolster its debut on Base.

www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/07/coinbase-backed-insurance-alternative-opencover-debuts-on-layer-2-blockchain-base

Find Who’s Responsible for DeFi Projects and Regulate Them, Global Securities Body Says

IOSCO worries decentralized financial applications could harm investors and markets – and casts doubt on their main premise

www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/07/find-whos-responsible-for-defi-projects-and-regulate-them-global-securities-body-says

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Winklevoss Claims Fuel US Investigation of Barry Silbert’s DCG Crypto Empire

(Bloomberg) -- A bitter feud between crypto tycoons has piqued the interest of US investigators who were already looking into the finances of one of the industry’s best-known empires.

finance.yahoo.com/news/winklevoss-claims-fuel-us-investigation-191005698.html

Crypto Might Be Down After the FTX Collapse, But It's Far from Dead;

Here's Proof

www.nasdaq.com/articles/crypto-might-be-down-after-the-ftx-collapse-but-its-far-from-dead-heres-proof

CFTC commissioner calls for crypto regulatory pilot program

In prepared remarks for a Cato Institute event on Sept. 7, CFTC commissioner Caroline Pham proposed launching a pilot program in an effort to tackle U.S. crypto regulation.

cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-commissioner-calls-crypto-regulatory-pilot-program

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

Does Generative AI Comply With Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics?

Putting the top 10 generative AI tools to the ethical test reveals more about humanity than artificial intelligence.

www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/does-generative-ai-comply-asimov-3-laws-of-robotics-

100 years of fearing robots

For over a century, we’ve told stories about robots to ask what it means to be human.

www.vox.com/the-highlight/2023/7/10/23778610/robot-artificial-intelligence-stories-literature-sydney-bing-rur-asimov-tropes-humanity

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Change in Narrative: KPMG Expert Says Bitcoin is ESG-Friendly

1 KPMG experts asserted that Bitcoin is ESG-friendly. 2 Bitcoin has the potential to stabilize the energy grid and reduce

www.thecoinrepublic.com/2023/09/02/change-in-narrative-kpmg-expert-says-bitcoin-is-esg-friendly

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