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SEC Authorizes Bitcoin-Spot ETFs in Crypto’s Breakthrough, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
January 15, 2024

  • Cathie Woods 2030 Bitcoin Prediction - What do you think?

  • Binance Leads $15M Funding Round for Web3 Games Studio SkyArk

  • BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Bitcoin No Different than Gold

  • SEC Authorizes Bitcoin-Spot ETFs in Crypto’s Breakthrough

  • Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

  • Blockchain Game Investment List - Solana-based MixMob raises $2.5 million via NFT mint

  • Wise Lending drained of $440K worth of crypto in apparent flash loan exploit

  • Stocks trade sideways while bitcoin, crypto stocks continue to decline 

  • Singularity: Sam Altman says it's 'potentially a little scary' how quickly society will have to adapt to the AI revolution

  • And Much, Much, More…

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"Each technological revolution has gotten faster, and this will be the fastest by far.”

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What do you think of Cathie Wood’s prediction on Bitcoin pricing?

Metaverse & Gaming

Binance Leads $15M Funding Round for Web3 Games Studio SkyArk - NFTgators

The fundraising also attracted participation from 40 investors including LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino, and Tangent Ventures co-founder Darryl Wang.

www.nftgators.com/binance-leads-15m-funding-round-for-web3-games-studio-skyark

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Crypto Trading

SEC Authorizes Bitcoin-Spot ETFs in Crypto’s Breakthrough

US regulators for the first time approved exchange-traded funds that invest directly in Bitcoin, a move heralded as a landmark event for the roughly $1.7 trillion digital-asset sector that will broaden access to the largest cryptocurrency on Wall Street and beyond.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-10/spot-bitcoin-etfs-approved-to-launch-in-us-by-gensler-s-sec?embedded-checkout=true

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

Sky Documentaries explores how Mark Zuckerberg went from tech's golden boy to fending off scandals and Congress

www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/01/11/mark-zuckerberg-king-metaverse-sky-documentaries-review

Blockchain Game Investment List - Solana-based MixMob raises $2.5 million via NFT mint

Welcome to our master list of investments in blockchain games. Regularly updated, this is a list of every investment into blockchain game

www.blockchaingamer.biz/features/14400/updated-blockchain-game-investment-funding-list

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Wise Lending drained of $440K worth of crypto in apparent flash loan exploit

Multiple tokens were drained from the Wise Lending app, including USDC, USDT, WETH, and numerous Pendle Finance associated tokens.

cointelegraph.com/news/wise-lending-drained-440k-crypto-apparent-flash-loan-exploit

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Crypto Firm Genesis Global Trading to Pay $8 Million for Compliance Failings

New York state’s financial watchdog said the brokerage firm—currently in the process of winding down—had gaps in its anti-money-laundering and cybersecurity programs.

www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-firm-genesis-global-trading-to-pay-8-million-for-compliance-failings-0ce7f113

Should You Buy Ethereum While It's Still Down?

A deeper dive reveals why Ethereum remains an overlooked gem in the crypto market.

finance.yahoo.com/news/buy-ethereum-while-still-down-131500775.html

Stocks trade sideways while bitcoin, crypto stocks continue to decline 

As newly-approved bitcoin ETFs kicked off their second day of trading Friday, cryptocurrencies slipped and stocks were flat. 

blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-declines-etf-trading-day-two

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

Sam Altman says it's 'potentially a little scary' how quickly society will have to adapt to the AI revolution

Sam Altman isn't worried that AI will change the way we live and work. He is, however, a little concerned about how quickly the world will need to adapt to those changes.

https://bit.ly/3vFMzh3

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

How Mastercard is using AI to boost minority business owners

The card network is creating a generative AI-powered chatbot to give small-business owners personalized assistance, emphasizing 'inclusive' resources and mentorship for minority entrepreneurs.

www.americanbanker.com/news/how-mastercard-is-using-ai-to-boost-minority-business-owners

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