LensLinks: Issue 241

Central Banks Successfully Test Cross Border CBDC Using DeFi, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
September 29, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Coinbase To Offer Perpetual Futures To Retail Traders Outside the US

  • Chris Keller on LinkedIn: Meta announces new Quest 3 VR headset as Apple competition looms

  • Central Banks Successfully Test Cross Border Trading of Wholesale CBDC Using DeFi

  • Crypto fund Collider wins $1 million grant for discovering critical security breach

  • Epic Games is laying off 16 percent of its workforce and selling Bandcamp

  • Metaverse in Gaming Market: Promising Growth Potential and Market Trends

  • ERC-6551: The Future Token Standard for NFTs and Gaming?

  • Chainlink Ushers in New Era by Connecting Polygon, Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Avax Through CCIP in Trillion-Dollar Market

  • How Are Web3 And Ethereum Related: Top 10 Ways Web3 Is Changing Ethereum

  • World Federation of Exchanges proposes crypto trading principles - Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise

  • ChatGPT's Live Feed Access: Game-Changer for Crypto Traders

  • Singularity: The Elon Musk Investors With Dreams of a New Social Order

  • ESG: Steven H. on LinkedIn: Taking Social Innovation to Scale

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“The global crypto derivatives market represents ~75% of crypto trading volume worldwide, clearly indicating a strong demand from traders for derivatives.”

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NOTABLE

Coinbase To Offer Perpetual Futures To Retail Traders Outside the US

Coinbase expands its crypto derivatives offering beyond institutions to retail traders, bringing perpetual futures to non-US markets.

cryptobriefing.com/coinbase-offer-perpetual-futures-trading-offshore-retail

Metaverse & Gaming

Chris Keller on LinkedIn: Meta announces new Quest 3 VR headset as Apple competition looms

Imagine this: Consumer AR headsets, similar to the “PC moment” in computing history, are on the verge of revolutionizing how we experience mixed reality right…

www.linkedin.com/posts/kellerchris_meta-announces-new-quest-3-vr-headset-as-activity-7113160425495556096-2lih?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Central Banks Successfully Test Cross Border Trading of Wholesale CBDC Using DeFi

The Bank for International Settlements alongside the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland tested out using wholesale CBDC to conduct cross border trading.

finance.yahoo.com/news/central-banks-successfully-test-cross-100320608.html

Crypto Trading

Crypto fund Collider wins $1 million grant for discovering critical security breach | CTech

The research arm of the Israeli venture capital fund, which focuses on investments in digital assets, claimed the award for finding a critical security breach in crypto exchange GMX

www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1epfimlp

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Epic Games is laying off 16 percent of its workforce and selling Bandcamp

Fortnite maker Epic Games is laying off about 830 employees. Epic also said it is divesting Bandcamp, an online music platform it acquired in mid-2022.

www.engadget.com/epic-games-is-laying-off-16-percent-of-its-workforce-and-selling-bandcamp-211830580.html

Metaverse in Gaming Market: Promising Growth Potential and Market Trends

Metaverse in Gaming Market: Promising Growth Potential and Market Trends - Game Is Hard

gameishard.gg/news/metaverse-in-gaming-market-promising-growth-potential-and-market-trends/249199

ERC-6551: The Future Token Standard for NFTs and Gaming?

The new token standard ERC-6551 is seeing growing adoption, with a feature set that includes giving NFTs smart contract capabilities.

www.techopedia.com/erc-6551-the-future-token-standard-for-nfts-and-gaming

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Chainlink Ushers in New Era by Connecting Polygon, Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Avax Through CCIP in Trillion-Dollar Market, Revolutionizing the Future

Web3's success depends on seamless cross-blockchain token transfers, enhancing digital asset versatility.

www.crypto-news-flash.com/chainlink-ushers-in-new-era-by-connecting-polygon-ethereum-arbitrum-and-avax-through-ccip-in-trillion-dollar-market-revolutionizing-the-future

Uniswap’s Seeks Funding Amidst Dropping UNI Rates

The Uniswap Foundation (UF) has submitted a proposal seeking a second round of funding to invest in their vision of powering their vision of the DeFi ecosystem.

cryptodaily.co.uk/2023/09/uniswaps-seeks-funding-amidst-dropping-uni-rates

How Are Web3 And Ethereum Related: Top 10 Ways Web3 Is Changing Ethereum

Combined Web3 and Ethereum provide a platform for developers to create and deploy smart contracts, which are self-executing.

blockchainmagazine.net/how-are-web3-and-ethereum-related-top-10-ways-web3-is-changing-ethereum

Crypto Trading - a little more…

World Federation of Exchanges proposes crypto trading principles - Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) published a paper outlined six principles for crypto exchanges to follow

www.ledgerinsights.com/world-federation-of-exchanges-proposes-wfe-crypto-trading-principles

Trader Says Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Need ‘Chaos’ for Price Growth

The crypto sector could need banking problems or uncertainty about the solvency of governments to generate sustainable growth momentum.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/09/28/trader-says-bitcoin-and-crypto-markets-need-chaos-for-price-growth

ChatGPT's Live Feed Access: Game-Changer for Crypto Traders

Unlock crypto trading potential with ChatGPT's live feed access. Real-time analysis, news updates, trade suggestions, & risk management to boost your success.

www.cryptotimes.io/chatgpts-live-feed-access-helps-crypto-traders

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

The Elon Musk Investors With Dreams of a New Social Order

In February 2021, a Mormon film producer named Jeffrey Harmon returned home to Provo, Utah, raving about an exclusive gathering he’d just attended in Austin, Tex. He’d been invited by an old friend, Stephen Oskoui, who ran Austin-based venture capital firm Gigafund alongside Luke Nosek, a ...

www.theinformation.com/articles/the-elon-musk-investors-with-dreams-of-a-new-social-order

The Beginning of the AI Phone Wars

For years, Silicon Valley has been trying to figure out if hardware companies can generate venture scale returns, given the example of high-profile, venture capital–backed disappointments like Essential Products and Magic Leap. This challenging environment makes The Information’s recent ...

www.theinformation.com/articles/the-beginning-of-the-ai-phone-wars

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Steven H. on LinkedIn: Taking Social Innovation to Scale

“In nature, change never happens as a result of top-down, pre-conceived strategic plans, or from the mandate of any single individual or boss. Change begins as…

www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7112426727829561345-iUqk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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