LensLinks: Issue 319

Is Bitcoin Following the Stock Market?, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
February 07, 2024

  • AI OnlyFake creates fake IDs for only $15?

  • Starship Technologies raises $90M for robot delivery service

  • FTX wants to unload $1.4B Anthropic stake

  • SEC charges individual, company over fraudulent crypto trading “academy”

  • AI translation makes real-time chats interesting for gamers

  • The thought Tesla is not an AI, robotics & energy company proves Wall Street is very dumb

  • The Robotics Megatrend Is Just Getting Started | Brownstone Research

  • DeFi Gets Second Wind as Deposits Climb After Launch of Spot Bitcoin ETFs

  • Bitcoin Is Following the Stock Market. Why That’s Bad…

  • ESG: As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires

  • And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #tesla #FTX #robotics #artificialintelligence

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“We allege that Sewell defrauded students in his online American Bitcoin Academy of over a million dollars through a series of lies about investment opportunities in his purported crypto hedge fund. Among other things, he falsely claimed that his investment strategies would be guided by his own ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘machine learning’ technology which, like the fund itself, never existed,”

- SEC

NOTABLE

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

Starship Technologies raises $90M for robot delivery service

Starship Technologies, a player in autonomous delivery services, has raised $90 million in funding for its delivery robots.

venturebeat.com/ai/starship-technologies-raises-90m-for-robot-delivery-service

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

FTX wants to unload $1.4B Anthropic stake

Former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried made a $500 million investment in the company through Alameda and FTX, putting the estate’s stake around 8%. 

blockworks.co/news/ftx-offloading-anthropic-shares

Crypto Trading

SEC charges individual, company over fraudulent crypto trading “academy” - Financial Regulation News

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged an individual and his company with fraud for his crypto trading course. © Shutterstock The individual, Brian Sewell, and his company, Rockwell Capital Management, were charged with violating anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws. The defendants agreed to to settle fraud charges in connection with the scheme. […]

financialregnews.com/sec-charges-individual-company-over-fraudulent-crypto-trading-academy

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

AI translation makes real-time chats interesting for gamers

If you've been wondering how AI is going to be used in gaming, especially for multiplayer games, here's one way – translation.

www.techloy.com/ai-translation-gaming-roblox

The Singularity - a little more…

The thought Tesla is not an AI, robotics & energy company proves Wall Street is very dumb

Seriously.

medium.com/@paul.k.pallaghy/the-thought-tesla-is-not-an-ai-robotics-energy-company-proves-wall-street-is-brain-dead-09ce32d3c89e

DeepMind’s GenEM uses LLMs to generate expressive behaviors for robots

DeepMind's GenEM leverages AI to craft expressive, adaptable robot behaviors, offering a breakthrough in human-robot synergy.

venturebeat.com/ai/deepminds-genem-uses-llms-to-generate-expressive-behaviors-for-robots

The Robotics Megatrend Is Just Getting Started | Brownstone Research

Today, I’m bringing you top insights into one of the best investing opportunities over the next couple of years – robotics…

www.brownstoneresearch.com/bleeding-edge/the-robotics-megatrend-is-just-getting-started

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

DeFi Gets Second Wind as Deposits Climb After Launch of Spot Bitcoin ETFs

The total value of tokens (TVL) deposited on DeFi-focused blockchains has risen by about 40 percent since November to about $60 billion.

www.gadgets360.com/cryptocurrency/news/defi-crypto-deposits-climb-spot-bitcoin-etf-launch-5004174

Crypto & AI: 5 Reasons Why 2024 Will Be the Year of AI Tokens - InvestingHaven

5 reasons why 2024 is set to be the breakthrough year for AI tokens in the crypto sector. We forecast that AI tokens will be leaders in 2024.

investinghaven.com/crypto-blockchain/crypto-ai-5-reasons-why-2024-year-of-ai-tokens

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Robinhood-MetaMask linkup aims ‘to reduce friction’ for new crypto investors

By using MetaMask's Buy Crypto aggregator, customers can now make in-app purchases via Robinhood's order engine.

fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/06/consensys-robinhood-connect-metamask-crypto-trading

Bitcoin Is Following the Stock Market. Why That’s Bad—and Where Crypto Prices May Go.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were little changed over the past 24 hours but have seen volatile trading amid a bumpy stretch in the stock market—and that’s not necessarily a good thing. Digital asset prices look vulnerable at these levels.

http://www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-ethereum-price-crypto-markets-today-d126cc6f

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires

Generative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and billions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability.

e360.yale.edu/features/artificial-intelligence-climate-energy-emissions

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