LensLinks: Issue 260

Fashion week in the Metaverse, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
October 27, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • This Ethereum (ETH) Play Could Front Run BlackRock, According to Crypto Veteran Arthur Cheong

  • Meta loses $3.7B in Q3 in metaverse-focused Reality Labs division

  • 101: What is Tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA)? And is it the Next Big Thing?

  • FTX: Jury sent home in 'King of Crypto' fraud trial

  • I went to fashion week in the metaverse

  • Metaverse Can Kill the ‘Inequality’ of Front Rows in a Concert

  • Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan: Moderate Your Spot Bitcoin ETF Expectations

  • Bitcoin (BTC) Reaches 54% Dominance Ahead of 2024 Halving

  • Jump Crypto and Bain Capital Crypto bet $8 million on Gauntlet founder’s new startup, Aera

  • Bitcoin Stands Firm as the Stock Market Dips

  • Legendary Trader Peter Brandt Shares Bitcoin (BTC) Price Chart

  • Singularity: In a 1st, AI neural network captures 'critical aspect of human intelligence'; Government Robotics Funding Critical Amid Global Competition: ‘The Race Is On’

  • ESG: UN Report Urges Global End To Fossil Fuel Exploration by 2030 - Slashdot

  • And Much, Much, More…

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The biggest lesson from the past 10-15 years of financial market is the best investments to own are generally assets that attract global demand in nature and ideally US dollars denominated. What other assets attract global demand and USD denomination besides US equities and fixed incomes? Crypto.”

- Venture capitalist Arthur Cheong

NOTABLE

This Ethereum (ETH) Play Could Front Run BlackRock, According to Crypto Veteran Arthur Cheong - The Daily Hodl

Venture capitalist Arthur Cheong says that Ethereum (ETH) could go on a massive rally if one possible scenario plays out.

dailyhodl.com/2023/10/25/this-ethereum-eth-play-could-front-run-blackrock-according-to-crypto-veteran-arthur-cheong

Metaverse & Gaming

Meta loses $3.7B in Q3 in metaverse-focused Reality Labs division

Meta reported that it lost $3.7 billion in the third quarter in its metaverse-focused Reality Labs division.

venturebeat.com/games/meta-loses-3-7b-in-q3-in-metaverse-focused-reality-labs-division

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

What is Tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA)? And is it the Next Big Thing?

Tokenizing RWAs involves digitizing physical assets and making them available for use within blockchain networks like Ethereum. This integration offers numerous advantages, including increased liquidity, a fresh asset class for investors, and a potential shield against the inherent volatility of cryptocurrencies.

www.bsc.news/post/what-is-tokenization-of-real-world-assets-rwa-and-is-it-the-next-big-thing

Crypto Trading

FTX: Jury sent home in 'King of Crypto' fraud trial

Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried was expected speak in his own defence on Thursday.

www.bbc.com/news/business-67221161

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

I went to fashion week in the metaverse

Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) -- The day before covering a fashion week in virtual reality felt much like the day before any industry event, only instead of renting outfits and planning travel routes, I

www.cbs58.com/news/i-went-to-fashion-week-in-the-metaverse

Metaverse Can Kill the ‘Inequality’ of Front Rows in a Concert

Metaverse can cut carbon emissions from the travel industry significantly. A majority of people using the metaverse are accessing it

www.thecoinrepublic.com/2023/10/26/metaverse-can-kill-the-inequality-concert-in-a-front-rows

What’s the Metaverse and What’s in It for Music?

Billboard explains big tech’s new focus on the future of online social engagement and how that will give music a whole new space to operate – and monetize.

www.billboard.com/business/tech/what-the-metaverse-music-explainer-9655992

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan: Moderate Your Spot Bitcoin ETF Expectations

Matt Hougan is the chief investment officer for Bitwise Asset Management, which is among the largest providers of cryptocurrency index funds with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management.

www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/bitwise-cio-matt-hougan-moderate-your-spot-bitcoin-etf-expectations/ar-AA1iQi6u?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

Bitcoin (BTC) Reaches 54% Dominance Ahead of 2024 Halving - Crypto Economy

According to the latest data, Bitcoin dominance has reached 54%, its highest level in the last 30 months in anticipation of the 2024 Halving.

crypto-economy.com/bitcoin-reaches-54-dominance-ahead-of-2024-halving

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Jump Crypto and Bain Capital Crypto bet $8 million on Gauntlet founder’s new startup, Aera

In addition to Gauntlet, his $1 billion company, Chitra also has his own venture capital firm, Robot Ventures.

fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/26/jump-crypto-and-bain-capital-crypto-bet-8-million-on-gauntlet-founders-new-startup-aera

Bitcoin Stands Firm as the Stock Market Dips

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies advanced Thursday, holding firm despite turmoil in the stock market that could have, in the past, rattled cryptos.

www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-ethereum-price-crypto-markets-today-7ef0c7c7

Legendary Trader Peter Brandt Shares Bitcoin (BTC) Price Chart That Rarely Misses

Trading guru unveils astonishingly accurate Bitcoin price chart that has only missed mark five times in past five years

u.today/legendary-trader-peter-brandt-shares-bitcoin-btc-price-chart-that-rarely-misses

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

In a 1st, AI neural network captures 'critical aspect of human intelligence'

Scientists have demonstrated that an AI system called a neural network can be trained to show "systematic compositionality," a key part of human intellect.

www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/in-a-1st-ai-neural-network-captures-critical-aspect-of-human-intelligence

Government Robotics Funding Critical Amid Global Competition: ‘The Race Is On’

US robotics leadership is at risk in a world that is rapidly building better humanoid and other form factor robots. That's in spite of recent U.S. robotics success ...

www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2023/10/24/government-robotics-funding-critical-amid-global-competition-the-race-is-on/?sh=529049fd2207

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

UN Report Urges Global End To Fossil Fuel Exploration by 2030 - Slashdot

Fossil fuel exploration should cease globally by 2030 and funding to rescue poor countries from the impacts of the climate crisis should reach $200bn to $400bn a year by the same date, according to proposals in a UN report before the next climate summit. The Guardian: Countries were still "way off t...

news.slashdot.org/story/23/10/05/1537254/un-report-urges-global-end-to-fossil-fuel-exploration-by-2030

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