LensLinks: Issue 320

Tokenized, Inc: Blackrock's Plan to Own the Fractionalized World, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
February 08, 2024

  • TOKENIZED, INC: BLACKROCK'S PLAN TO OWN THE FRACTIONALIZED WORLD

  • Research team takes a fundamental step toward a functioning quantum internet

  • Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has destroyed $14 billion in wealth over the past decade, Morningstar says

  • Achieving Financial Privacy: How Anonymous Crypto Trading Platforms are Revolutionizing the Market | OCNJ Daily

  • Regulate metaverse to prevent corporate takeover, fragmentation — BIS

  • AI unlocks ancient text owned by Caesar's family

  • Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC Resilience Maintains Amidst a Balanced Crypto Market – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

  • Regulated OTC desks could spur crypto adoption

  • Exclusive: Crypto custodian BitGo buys Brassica

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“If we can 'ETF' a Bitcoin, imagine what we can do with all financial instruments.”

- BlackRock Chair and CEO Larry Fink

NOTABLE

TOKENIZED, INC: BLACKROCK'S PLAN TO OWN THE FRACTIONALIZED WORLD

In the aftermath of the recent Bitcoin ETF approvals, BlackRock's Larry Fink revealed that soon everything will be "ETF'd" and tokenized, threatening to fractionalize not just existing assets and commodities, but the natural world, reducing most living things into Wall Street financial products to be traded on a single, universal ledger.

bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tokenized-inc-blackrocks-plan-to-own-the-fractionalized-world-

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

Research team takes a fundamental step toward a functioning quantum internet

Research with quantum computing and quantum networks is taking place around the world in the hopes of developing a quantum internet in the future. A quantum internet would be a network of quantum computers, sensors, and communication devices that will create, process, and transmit quantum states and entanglement and is anticipated to enhance society's internet system and provide certain services and securities that the current internet does not have.

phys.org/news/2024-02-team-fundamental-functioning-quantum-internet.html

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has destroyed $14 billion in wealth over the past decade, Morningstar says

"These funds managed to lose value for shareholders even during a generally bullish market," Morningstar analyst Amy Arnott said.

https://bit.ly/42DTZhp

Crypto Trading

Achieving Financial Privacy: How Anonymous Crypto Trading Platforms are Revolutionizing the Market | OCNJ Daily

The world of finance is rapidly evolving, with technologies like cryptocurrencies leading the way. As digital currencies gain mainstream acceptance, securing financial privacy is becoming a significant concern for many crypto traders. The concept of financial privacy is not new, but it gains an entirely different dimension regarding crypto trading.

ocnjdaily.com/achieving-financial-privacy-anonymous-crypto-trading-platforms-revolutionizing-market

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Regulate metaverse to prevent corporate takeover, fragmentation — BIS

The Bank for International Settlements has published a study of economic forces at work in the metaverse that urges regulators to limit private interests in it.

cointelegraph.com/news/regulate-metaverse-prevent-corporate-takeover-fragmentation-bis

The Singularity - a little more…

AI unlocks ancient text owned by Caesar's family

Students win a prize for using AI to reveal the contents of 2000-year-old text for the first time.

www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68221243

Embodied founder Paolo Pirjanian sees potential for development of robotics and artificial intelligence in Armenia

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Paolo Pirjanian, founder of Embodied, Inc. Company operating in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. The company created the Moxie AI robot.T

en.armradio.am/2024/02/07/embodied-founder-paolo-pirjanian-sees-potential-for-development-of-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-in-armenia

Anyware Robotics Emerges from Stealth Mode to Reveal Its Pixmo Robots for Container and Truck Unloading

The versatile robots unload boxes more safely, cost-effectively, reliably and quickly than manual unloading Practices.

http://www.automation.com/en-us/articles/february-2024/anyware-robotics-pixmo-robots-container-truck

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Stablecoins in Focus: Understanding IST's Place in the DeFi Revolution

In a world where digital finance is rapidly evolving, decentralized finance (DeFi) has stood as a transformative force. With staggering growth from a

coinpedia.org/information/stablecoins-in-focus-understanding-ists-place-in-the-defi-revolution

Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC Resilience Maintains Amidst a Balanced Crypto Market – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Bitcoin's price continues to demonstrate resilience in the face of market fluctuations, settling at $42,902 to $43,061 within the last hour.

news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-technical-analysis-btc-resilience-maintains-amidst-a-balanced-crypto-market

Weekly Recap: Bitcoin Hits $42K, SEC Postpones Ethereum ETF, AI Altcoin Presale to Break $3M Soon | NewsBTC

This week's been jam-packed with action, from Bitcoin's bullish breakout to regulatory twists and the buzz around an AI altcoin presale that's about to

www.newsbtc.com/press-releases/weekly-recap-bitcoin-hits-42k-sec-postpones-ethereum-etf-ai-altcoin-presale-to-break-3m-soon

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Regulated OTC desks could spur crypto adoption

Crypto Desk CEO Aminhossein Rad believes that with more regulation, OTC desks could have a long-term impact on adoption.

cointelegraph.com/news/over-the-counter-crypto-trading-philippines-dubai-uae

Thailand slashes crypto trade tax in push to become digital asset hotspot

Thailand is exempting crypto traders from paying VAT to strengthen its cryptocurrency hub ambitions, according to reports.

www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/thailand-cuts-crypto-trade-tax

Exclusive: Crypto custodian BitGo buys Brassica

BitGo ewill now expand beyond the crypto assets into tokenizing private assets.

www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2024/02/07/exclusive-crypto-custodian-bitgo-buys-brassica

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

CleanSpark Expands US Bitcoin Mining Ops Amid 'Politically-Motivated' Regulatory Attack

Amid a 'politically-motivated' regulatory attack, Bitcoin mining giant CleanSpark expands its operations in the US.

beincrypto.com/cleanspark-bitcoin-mining-regulatory-attack

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