LensLinks: Issue 308

Crypto investment products see first outflows of the year, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
January 23, 2024

  • Bitcoin ETFs now hold nearly $4 billion in assets

  • The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February

  • ONDO Token Reaches Over $1B Market Cap in One Day

  • Laundromats and VPNs: How China’s Crypto Traders Are Evading the Rules

  • Opinion: Game-Based Learning Market Projections

  • Liberland: From Virtual Metaverse to a Real Nation on the Map

  • 'One-Stop Station' Digital Identity Service Root Protocol Raises $10M Seed Funding

  • Manta airdrop faces backlash after rare NFTs fall by 87%

  • Crypto site Binance urges dismissal of SEC action

  • FTX sold nearly $1 billion of Grayscale spot bitcoin ETF shares: report

  • Crypto investment products see first outflows of the year amid Bitcoin's 'very high trading volumes'

  • Singularity: World’s largest nuclear reactor aims to power the Earth with unlimited energy: ‘Arguably the most complex machine ever designed’; Quantum computing to spark 'cybersecurity Armageddon,' IBM says; 2050: Transhumanism in education

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“Bitcoin saw minor outflows totalling $25 million, although the $11.8 billion trading volumes represented 63% of all Bitcoin volumes on trusted exchanges, highlighting the ETP activity is currently dominating overall trading activity at present.”

- James Butterfill, CoinShares’ head of research

NOTABLE

Roy King on LinkedIn: Bitcoin ETFs now hold nearly $4 billion in assets

Bitcoin ETFs Now Hold Nearly $4 Billion In Assets. According to a recent tweet by #Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, the nine new spot Bitcoin #ETFs have…

www.linkedin.com/posts/roy-king-28124413_bitcoin-etfs-now-hold-nearly-4-billion-in-activity-7154883692455161856-swH9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Metaverse & Gaming

The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February

Apple’s visionOS platform is about to launch.

www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24001858/apple-vision-pro-release-date-availability-price

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

ONDO Token Reaches Over $1B Market Cap in One Day

Ondo unlocked 14.3% of its native tokens.

thedefiant.io/ondo-token-reaches-over-usd1b-market-cap-in-one-day

Crypto Trading

Laundromats and VPNs: How China’s Crypto Traders Are Evading the Rules

Small investors in China are using an underground network of brokers and go-betweens to skirt the country’s strict rules on cryptocurrency trading.

www.wsj.com/world/china/laundromats-and-vpns-how-chinas-crypto-traders-are-evading-the-rules-8511ebe8

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Game-Based Learning Market to Cross USD 65.88 Billion by 2030 Owing to Rise in Mobile Learning and Technological Advancements | Research by SNS Insider

Based on SNS Insider’s research, educators, learners, and stakeholders alike are increasingly recognizing the transformative potential of game-based...

www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/01/22/2813101/0/en/Game-Based-Learning-Market-to-Cross-USD-65-88-Billion-by-2030-Owing-to-Rise-in-Mobile-Learning-and-Technological-Advancements-Research-by-SNS-Insider.html

Liberland: From Virtual Metaverse to a Real Nation on the Map

Nestled between Croatia and Serbia, Liberland, one of the world's smallest countries, originated virtually in the metaverse.

www.cointrust.com/market-news/liberland-from-virtual-metaverse-to-a-real-nation-on-the-map

Honda partners with Animoca Brands to develop automotive gameplay in Web3 | Cryptopolitan

Honda has partnered with Darewise Entertainment, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, to co-create a novel Web3 automotive gameplay within the forthcoming AAA

www.cryptopolitan.com/honda-partners-with-animoca-brands

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

'One-Stop Station' Digital Identity Service Root Protocol Raises $10M Seed Funding

The funding rounds, which gave Root a $100 million valuation, were led by Animoca Brands and included contributions from a slew of other notable investors

www.coindesk.com/web3/2024/01/19/one-stop-station-digital-identity-service-root-protocol-raises-10m-seed-funding

Manta airdrop faces backlash after rare NFTs fall by 87%

Participants of Manta Network’s airdrop are feeling shortchanged after receiving far fewer tokens than they expected.

www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/manta-airdrop-hunters-backlash-rare-nft-price-drop

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Crypto site Binance urges dismissal of SEC action

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the crypto giant and founder Changpeng Zhao this past June, accusing them of enriching themselves and risking customers' assets.

www.courthousenews.com/crypto-site-binance-urges-dismissal-of-sec-action

FTX sold nearly $1 billion of Grayscale spot bitcoin ETF shares: report

The failed crypto exchange appears to have sold off all its shares in Grayscale's spot bitcoin ETF, according to anonymous sources.

www.theblock.co/post/273768/ftx-sold-nearly-1-billion-of-grayscale-spot-bitcoin-etf-shares-report

Crypto investment products see first outflows of the year amid Bitcoin's 'very high trading volumes'

Record Bitcoin trading volume accompanies the first outflows for crypto-related investment products, according to CoinShares.

cryptoslate.com/crypto-investment-products-see-first-outflows-of-the-year-amid-bitcoins-very-high-trading-volumes

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

World’s largest nuclear reactor aims to power the Earth with unlimited energy: ‘Arguably the most complex machine ever designed’

"The longer that we wait for fusion to arrive, the more we need it."

www.yahoo.com/tech/world-largest-nuclear-reactor-aims-070000048.html

Quantum computing to spark 'cybersecurity Armageddon,' IBM says

Governments and businesses are not prepared for the havoc quantum computers will sow in cybersecurity by the end of the decade, according to an International Business Machines Corp. executive.

techxplore.com/news/2024-01-quantum-cybersecurity-armageddon-ibm.html

2050: Transhumanism in education

The notion of augmenting human biology to achieve ultimate intelligence, strength, or power is a contraversial topic. But what if we used it in education to achieve the academic accomplishments we so desire, or plug into learning in a way you couldn’t even imagine.

cybernews.com/academy/news/2050-transhumanism-in-education

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

ExxonMobil sues ESG investors to stop climate proposals on ballot

EXXONMOBIL filed a lawsuit against United States and Dutch climate activist investors in an effort to remove what it describes as their “extreme agenda” from the ballot at its annual shareholder meetings, and force a stricter interpretation of Securities and Exchange Commission rule-making.

www.businesstimes.com.sg/art/2862195

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