LensLinks: Issue 318

Bitcoin-Friendly President Nayib Bukele Re-relected, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
February 06, 2024

“World’s Coolest Dictator”, El Salvador's Bitcoin-Friendly President Nayib Bukele

  • Bitcoin-Friendly President Nayib Bukele Re-relected

  • Surgical Robot can Skin a Raw Quail Egg

  • Scrapped FTX relaunch raises alarm over legal team’s profits

  • Bitcoin ETFs Are Turning Into a Drag for Coinbase

  • Where Will Virtual Reality Take Us?

  • Neuralink’s first implant

  • A Hong Kong-based finance worker of a multinational firm wired out $25 million after attending a video call where all employees were deepfaked, including the CFO

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #artificialintelligence #robotics #tech #technology #innovation

QUOTABLE

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"According to our numbers, we have won the presidential election with more than 85% of the votes and a minimum of 58 of 60 deputies in the Assembly."

- Nayib Bukele

NOTABLE

El Salvador's Bitcoin-Friendly President Nayib Bukele Wins Re-Election

Under Bukele, the country in 2021 became the first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.

www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/05/el-salvadors-bitcoin-friendly-president-nayib-bukele-wins-re-election

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

Pascal BORNET on LinkedIn: #robot #ai #artificialintelligence #robotics #tech #technology #innovation | 746 comments

This surgical #Robot can separate raw quail egg shells from their membrane with high precision. | 746 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/pascalbornet_robot-ai-artificialintelligence-activity-7158408852139298816-9c6E?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Roy King on LinkedIn: Scrapped FTX relaunch raises alarm over legal team’s profits

Scrapped FTX Relaunch Raises Alarm Over Legal Team’s Profits. In a recent post on social media platform X, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

www.linkedin.com/posts/roy-king-28124413_scrapped-ftx-relaunch-raises-alarm-over-legal-activity-7159880125486891008-p0aH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Crypto Trading

Bitcoin ETFs Are Turning Into a Drag for Coinbase

The launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds hasn’t led to a predicted boom in trading volume and prices.

www.barrons.com/articles/coinbase-bitcoin-etf-approval-a5b461b0

Metaverse & Gaming

Where Will Virtual Reality Take Us?

Apple’s Vision Pro headset suggests one possible future—but there are others.

www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/where-will-virtual-reality-take-us

The Singularity - a little more…

Neuralink’s first implant

Elon Musk, the guy behind Neuralink, just shared some exciting news. They’ve successfully implanted their brain-computer interface (BCI)…

medium.com/@haroon.writes/neuralinks-first-implant-8068ef5990f6

Hamna Aslam Kahn on LinkedIn: Meta recently released their own Prompt Engineering Guide to help you… | 58 comments

Meta recently released their own Prompt Engineering Guide to help you unlock ChatGPT’s potential Here is a summary of their 6 best prompting techniques for… | 58 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/hamna-aslam-kahn-81a777134_meta-recently-released-their-own-prompt-engineering-activity-7156281746571829248-3heD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Linas Beliūnas on LinkedIn: This is wild! A Hong Kong-based finance worker of a multinational firm… | 58 comments

This is wild! A Hong Kong-based finance worker of a multinational firm wired out $25 million after attending a video call where all employees were deepfaked… | 58 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/linasbeliunas_this-is-wild-a-hong-kong-based-finance-worker-activity-7160361567782420480-fAOH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

A combination of AI and DeFi could benefit both industries

DeFi applications could be greatly improved using AI’s strengths, according to some experts.

cointelegraph.com/news/ai-defi-benefits-adoption

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Traders Look to Bitcoin ETFs to Patch ‘Alameda Gap’ in Crypto Market

The era of US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds is a chance to repair the decay in crypto markets caused by the collapse of the FTX exchange and its sister hedge fund Alameda Research, according to market makers.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-05/crypto-traders-look-to-bitcoin-btc-etfs-to-patch-alameda-gap

Bitcoin price still 43K after trading sideways for 2 months

Bitcoin miners are no doubt closely watching fee revenues ahead of the next halving, which is now expected to hit April 20.

blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-price-43k-sideways

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Cardano to consider Solana's strategy, says Justin Bons

Justin Bons urges Cardano to follow Solana's lead, embracing bot activity and low fees to boost blockchain utility and market position.

www.cryptopolitan.com/cardano-to-consider-solanas-strategy

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