LensLinks: Issue 251

Friday the 13th Unlucky for Crypto Traders?, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
October 13, 2023

Be careful out there…

Today in LensLinks:

  • Friday the 13th and Bitcoin. Is it Unlucky for Crypto Traders?

  • How Roblox CEO Dabvid Baszucki plans to take over the (virtual) world

  • Gameswashing: Shell's play for young gamers is unethical and unsurprising

  • Solana’s Rapid Rise: Exploring Its Historical Price Movements

  • Trader Says Crypto Entering Final Stages of Bear Market, Examines a Weakening Bitcoin (BTC) - The Daily Hodl

  • $900Billion Metaverse Market Won't Exist as 'One Singular Platform', Bain & Company Report Explains | The Fintech Times

  • Ethereum's Role in NFT Gaming Metaverse Development

  • Is Shiba Inu a Shit Coin?

  • DeFi Protocol BarnBridge Prepares for SEC Action, Fines

  • Decentralized finance yet to pose ‘meaningful risk’ to stability — EU regulator

  • Alameda Lost Nearly $200M to Phishing Attacks, Ex-Engineer Says

  • Singularity: AI chatbots are getting their wires crossed on the Israel-Hamas war

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“Crypto-assets markets, including DeFi, do not represent meaningful risks to financial stability at this point, mainly because of their relatively small size and limited contagion channels between crypto and traditional financial markets.”

- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

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How Roblox CEO Dabvid Baszucki plans to take over the (virtual) world

Just don’t call it a “metaverse.”

www.theverge.com/23913044/roblox-baszucki-platform-playstation-ai-vr-ar-china-gucci

Gameswashing: Shell's play for young gamers is unethical and unsurprising

Does Shell's entry into Fortnite mark a new era of 'gameswashing'? Kwalee’s Harry Lang believes so.

www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/10/12/gameswashing-shells-play-young-gamers-unethical-and-unsurprising

Solana’s Rapid Rise: Exploring Its Historical Price Movements

Solana’s Meteoric Ascent: A Deep Dive into Historical Price Trends In the Year 2023

www.analyticsinsight.net/solanas-rapid-rise-exploring-its-historical-price-movements

Trader Says Crypto Entering Final Stages of Bear Market, Examines a Weakening Bitcoin (BTC) - The Daily Hodl

A widely followed crypto trader says digital assets are reaching the end of a bear market while breaking down Bitcoin (BTC).

dailyhodl.com/2023/10/12/trader-says-crypto-entering-final-stages-of-bear-market-examines-a-weakening-bitcoin-btc

$900Billion Metaverse Market Won't Exist as 'One Singular Platform', Bain & Company Report Explains | The Fintech Times

While the metaverse market could grow to $900billion, it could remain at seed stage for another decade, Bain & Company has revealed.

thefintechtimes.com/900billion-metaverse-market-wont-exist-as-one-singular-platform-bain-company-report-reveals

Ethereum's Role in NFT Gaming Metaverse Development

In the ever-evolving landscape of blockchain technology, Ethereum has emerged as a leading platform, playing a pivotal role in the development of the NFT gaming

pvplive.net/ethereums-role-in-nft-gaming-metaverse-development

Is Shiba Inu a Shit Coin?

Is Shiba Inu a Shit Coin? Let's discuss if Shiba Inu is useful or mere a Shitcoin.

crowdwisdom.live/crypto/is-shiba-inu-a-shit-coin

DeFi Protocol BarnBridge Prepares for SEC Action, Fines

The decentralized autonomous organization is holding a vote on how to respond to securities regulators.

finance.yahoo.com/news/defi-protocol-barnbridge-prepares-sec-205549119.html

Decentralized finance yet to pose ‘meaningful risk’ to stability — EU regulator

The European Securities and Markets Authority has released a report on the benefits and risks of DeFi, stating that it poses no meaningful financial stability risks at its current size.

cointelegraph.com/news/decentralized-finance-defi-meaningful-risk-financial-stability-eu-esma

Alameda Lost Nearly $200M to Phishing Attacks, Ex-Engineer Says

You’d expect big-name traders to ensure high levels of security and steps in place to protect against phishing attacks and hacks, both of which plague the crypto ecosystem.

www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/alameda-lost-nearly-200m-to-phishing-attacks-ex-engineer-says/ar-AA1i5lcL?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

Friday the 13th and Bitcoin. Is it Unlucky for Crypto Traders?

While U.S. stocks have typically gone down, the date has historically been positive for bitcoin.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/12/friday-the-13th-and-bitcoin-is-it-unlucky-for-crypto-traders/?outputType=amp

Crypto Winter? U.S Regulations? What has Caused Half Coinbase's Trading to Fall in 2023?

Coinbase has seen a more than 50% decline in spot trading volume, signaling a change in interest around the crypto market

www.ccn.com/news/crypto-winter-regulations-coinbase-trading-fall-50-percent

Bitfinex introduces zero-fee trading for Latin America

Bitfinex, has announced that it has introduced zero-fee trading for market takers on its peer-to-peer (P2P) platform in Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela.

crypto.news/bitfinex-introduces-zero-fee-trading-for-latin-america

AI chatbots are getting their wires crossed on the Israel-Hamas war

AI chatbots from Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have been touted as the future of search, but prompts about the Israel-Hamas war reveal their ongoing issues with accuracy.

www.businessinsider.com/ai-chatbots-israel-hamas-conflict-google-bard-microsoft-openai-chatgpt-2023-10

Fortnite’s new in-game Holocaust museum shows us a virtual future for education

It might seem odd but it’s not the first museum in a video game or metaverse.

theconversation.com/fortnites-new-in-game-holocaust-museum-shows-us-a-virtual-future-for-education-215500

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