LensLinks: Issue 300

Blockchain Regulation in 2024, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
January 11, 2024

  • Welcome to Our 300th Issue!

  • Blockchain Regulation in 2024: The ‘Re-Centralization’ Trap

  • Asus targets Apple’s Vision Pro (with M2) with the AirVision M1

  • Huge Bitcoin ETF Insider Leak Powers Bitcoin Price Surge Over $45,000 After $1.6 Trillion Ethereum, XRP, Solana And Crypto Boom

  • Bitcoin ETF fever sends crypto trading volume to 18-month high of $1.3tn

  • The must-see tech unveiled at CES 2024 - TechCentral

  • BNB Chain Experiences Exponential Growth, Setting New Records in Daily Active Users (DAU) and Total Value Locked (TVL)

  • MakerDAO’s plan to bring back ‘DeFi summer’

  • Exclusive: Jump sits out Bitcoin ETF race amid broader crypto pullback

  • Singularity: AI Is Everywhere at CES 2024. Here's the Coolest Tech We've Seen So Far; AI & robotics briefing: Why superintelligent AI won’t sneak up on us;

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“BlackRock plans to reduce the fee of its spot Bitcoin ETF from 0.30% to 0.25%, and the hack is not expected to disrupt the Bitcoin spot ETF process. Ark Investments and 21Shares lowered fees on their spot Bitcoin ETFs from 0.25% to 0.21%.”

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Blockchain Regulation In 2024: The ‘Re-Centralization’ Trap

2024 is the year that will set into motion regulatory requirements that could force blockchain networks to “re-centralize.”

www.forbes.com/sites/lindajeng/2024/01/10/blockchain-regulation-in-2024-the-re-centralization-trap/?sh=4826ee603269

Metaverse & Gaming

Asus targets Apple’s Vision Pro (with M2) with the AirVision M1

Vision Air was probably taken.

www.theverge.com/2024/1/9/24031135/asus-air-vision-m1-wearable-display-glasses-screen

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Huge Bitcoin ETF Insider Leak Powers Bitcoin Price Surge Over $45,000 After $1.6 Trillion Ethereum, XRP, Solana And Crypto Boom

An insider leak has revealed BlackRock has readied a huge bitcoin bazooka if its spot bitcoin ETF bid is approved...

www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/01/08/insider-leak-reveals-huge-blackrock-bitcoin-etf-bazooka-will-blow-expectations-out-of-the-water-after-16-trillion-ethereum-xrp-solana-and-crypto-price-boom

Crypto Trading

Bitcoin ETF fever sends crypto trading volume to 18-month high of $1.3tn

Anticipation for a Bitcoin ETF spurred a 34% surge in trading volumes across all centralised exchanges in December.

www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/bitcoin-etf-fever-sends-volume-to-18-month-high

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

The must-see tech unveiled at CES 2024 - TechCentral

The 2024 edition of CES has offered up a smorgasbord of interesting new technologies, many of them underpinned by AI.

techcentral.co.za/the-must-see-tech-unveiled-at-ces-2024/237693

BNB Chain Experiences Exponential Growth, Setting New Records in Daily Active Users (DAU) and Total Value Locked (TVL)

DAU, UAE, January 10th, 2024, Chainwire Throughout December 2023, BNB Chain’s L1 BNB Smart Chain (BSC), achieved a milestone with a daily DAU of nearly 1.2 million, representing a 22% increase in growth and its highest monthly average. Simultaneously, BNB Chain’s L2 opBNB experienced a tripling of its daily active users (DAU), reaching almost 260,000

www.crypto-news-flash.com/bnb-chain-experiences-exponential-growth-setting-new-records-in-daily-active-users-dau-and-total-value-locked-tvl

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

MakerDAO’s plan to bring back ‘DeFi summer’ — Rune Christensen

MakerDAO rakes in $240 million a year, but MKR is undervalued because it's boring and complicated. Rune Christensen has a plan to change that.

cointelegraph.com/magazine/makerdao-defi-summer-2024-rune-christensen-interview

Euler co-founder lost $3.8m worth of governance tokens after hardware failure

DeFi lending protocol Euler Finance suffered a $200 million loss due to an exploit in March, which it not only recuperated but also gained from the...

www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/euler-co-founder-lost-38m-worth-of-governance-tokens-after-hardware-failure

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Exclusive: Jump sits out Bitcoin ETF race amid broader crypto pullback

The trading firm has reduced its crypto business after its disastrous involvement with the failed crypto firm Terraform Labs.

fortune.com/crypto/2024/01/10/jump-crypto-bitcoin-etf-kanav-kariya-blackrock-trading-jane-street

Regulators are set to decide whether to OK a new bitcoin fund.

Here's what investors need to know

thepublicsradio.org/article/regulators-are-set-to-decide-whether-to-ok-a-new-bitcoin-fund-heres-what-investors-need-to-know

10 Hong Kong asset managers exploring spot crypto ETFs: HashKey COO

HashKey COO Livio Weng told local media that about 10 fund companies are exploring the launch of potential spot crypto ETFs in the city.

www.theblock.co/post/271458/hong-kong-asset-managers-spot-crypto-etf-hashkey

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

AI Is Everywhere at CES 2024. Here's the Coolest Tech We've Seen So Far

We knew AI was going to be a major theme of CES 2024, but we're seeing it used in some pretty creative ways in tech at the show.

www.cnet.com/pictures/coolest-ai-tech-ces-2024-weve-seen-so-far

AI & robotics briefing: Why superintelligent AI won’t sneak up on us

Sudden jumps in large language models’ apparent intelligence are often a result of the way their performance is tested. Plus, a GPT-powered robot chemist designs reactions and what’s in store for AI in 2024.

www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00084-x

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

AI and ESG are reshaping the design and demand of data centers, as Chinese Enterprises set their sights on global expansion | Macau Business

Media OutReach | Industry leaders at NTT’s recent Executive Sessio

www.macaubusiness.com/ai-and-esg-are-reshaping-the-design-and-demand-of-data-centers-as-chinese-enterprises-set-their-sights-on-global-expansion

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