LensLinks: Issue 255

Crypto winter is for HODLers, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
October 20, 2023

$2B Crypto Trading Vol in a Single Day

Today in LensLinks:

  • Titan FX Strikes $2 Billion Crypto Trading Volume in a Single Day

  • Report: Cleaning Robot Market worth $8.44 Billion by 2025

  • Get ready for Neal Stephenson’s open metaverse as Lamina1 unveils Avalanche Web3 plans

  • Answering The Big Question - Should You Be Investing In The Metaverse After The NFT Fail

  • New York sues crypto firms for alleged $1 billion fraud, cites SBF hedge fund bet

  • The Sandbox Hires Ex-PlayStation Exec to Boost Creator Economy

  • Will Zuckerberg's metaverse become our reality?

  • Binance Quarterly Report Highlights Major Infrastructure Investment

  • Hashing It Out: Diving into cross-chain DeFi lending

  • Quantstamp Reveals DeFi Protection Product That Reimburses Losses

  • Bitcoin Is Not Great for Murder (Can you guess why?)

  • Singularity: Study: Employees Become Lazier When Working with AI; Nvidia Gives Robotics A Major Upgrade

  • ESG: The Potential of AR, VR, and the Metaverse for People with Disabilities; Disadvantaged young people ‘at risk of being locked out’ of emerging tech opportunities; Universities Need to Address Sexual Harassment in the Gaming They Sponsor

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“They do love their volatility, but only when it comes from the actual supply and demand of the underlying asset. They have zero tolerance on the other hand for broker-side volatility, by which I mean unexpected spreads, slippage and swaps.”

- Yuki Noji, a digital marketing manager at Titan FX

NOTABLE

Cleaning Robot Market worth $8.44 Billion by 2025 - Exclusive Report by The Insight Partners

The global cleaning robot market is growing at a CAGR of 19.2% from 2018 to 2025....

www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/10/19/2763055/0/en/Cleaning-Robot-Market-worth-8-44-Billion-by-2025-Exclusive-Report-by-The-Insight-Partners.html

Metaverse & Gaming

Get ready for Neal Stephenson’s open metaverse as Lamina1 unveils Avalanche Web3 plans

Neal Stephenson has unveiled the plans of his Lamina1 blockchain company for an open metaverse in partnership with the Avalanche chain.

venturebeat.com/metaverse/get-ready-for-neal-stephensons-open-metaverse-as-lamina1-unveils-avalanche-web3-plans

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Answering The Big Question - Should You Be Investing In The Metaverse After The NFT Fail

In this article, we'll explore the merits of investing in the Metaverse, despite the NFT market's ups and downs and the realtion between the two.

blockchainmagazine.net/answering-the-big-question-should-you-be-investing-in-the-metaverse-after-the-nft-fail

Crypto Trading

New York sues crypto firms for alleged $1 billion fraud, cites SBF hedge fund bet

It's the second major crypto-related fraud charge from New York attorney general Letitia James this year.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/new-york-sues-crypto-firms-alleged-1-billion-fraud-cites-sbf-hedge-fun-rcna121206

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

The Sandbox Hires Ex-PlayStation Exec to Boost Creator Economy

Nicola Sebastiani, former executive at Ubisoft and PlayStation, joins The Sandbox to lead its creator economy push.

nftplazas.com/the-sandbox-creator

Will Zuckerberg's metaverse become our reality?

Both consumer and enterprise segments of the metaverse marketplace are fiercely competitive, not least because they compete with non-metaverse products.

www.verdict.co.uk/will-zuckerberg-metaverse-become-our-reality

Binance Quarterly Report Highlights Major Infrastructure Investment

Binance Research has just released its Q3 report for 2023. “State of Crypto: Market Pulse” provides a snapshot of the blockchain industry as the year prepares to enter its final quarter. There’s been a lot to pack into the last three months of crypto activity but Binance Research does its best to cover it.

cryptodaily.co.uk/2023/10/binance-quarterly-report-highlights-major-infrastructure-investment

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Hashing It Out: Diving into cross-chain DeFi lending

Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out talks to MultiChainZ chief operating officer Aanchal Thakur to discuss a popular DeFi use case: lending.

cointelegraph.com/news/hashing-it-out-cross-chain-defi-lending

Today in Crypto: Quantstamp Reveals DeFi Protection Product That Reimburses Losses, Polygon Proposes Protocol Council, Bitdeer Announces $2 Million Share Repurchase Program

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.

cryptonews.com/news/today-in-crypto-quantstamp-reveals-defi-protection-product-that-reimburses-losses-polygon-proposes-protocol-council-bitdeer-announces-2-million-share-repurchase-program.htm

The Future Of Web3 Job Markets: Top 15 Ways To Be Ready For It

One of the most striking predictions about Web3 job market is the rapid growth of its job market, expected to surpass any other industry.

blockchainmagazine.net/the-future-of-web3-job-markets-top-15-ways-to-be-ready-for-it

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Bitcoin Is Not Great for Murder

Also a Silk Road theft, fraud at Genesis and Gemini, AT1 calls and blockchain for DTCC.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-19/bitcoin-is-not-great-for-murder?embedded-checkout=true

Titan FX Strikes $2 Billion Crypto Trading Volume in a Single Day

Crypto winter? What crypto winter?

www.financemagnates.com/thought-leadership/titan-fx-strikes-2-billion-crypto-trading-volume-in-a-single-day

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

Study: Employees Become Lazier When Working with AI

The ‘"social loafing" phenomenon found to occur when people work alongside robots, not just with human teammates.

tech.co/news/employees-lazier-working-robots

Nvidia Gives Robotics A Major Upgrade

According to Nvidia, these releases include more value than all the other releases over the past 10 years combined.

www.forbes.com/sites/tiriasresearch/2023/10/19/nvidia-gives-robotics-a-major-upgrade/?sh=d08c9492dc61

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

The Potential of AR, VR, and the Metaverse for People with Disabilities

The Potential of AR, VR, and the Metaverse for People with Disabilities - Game Is Hard

gameishard.gg/news/the-potential-of-ar-vr-and-the-metaverse-for-people-with-disabilities/398494

Disadvantaged young people ‘at risk of being locked out’ of emerging tech opportunities

Action is being called for to ensure disadvantaged young people can access education, work and training opportunities that will become increasingly available through virtual reality technology around the Metaverse.

www.cypnow.co.uk/news/article/disadvantaged-young-people-at-risk-of-being-locked-out-of-emerging-tech-opportunities

Universities Need to Address Sexual Harassment in the Gaming They Sponsor

Esports are booming on college campuses, and safe participation in gaming is a new Title IX challenge. Schools should get ahead of the threat of harassment now

www.scientificamerican.com/article/universities-need-to-address-sexual-harassment-in-the-gaming-they-sponsor

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