LensLinks: Issue 321

Blockchain Could Have Saved Americans $74B in CC Fees, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
February 09, 2024

  • Coinbase Estimates Blockchain Could Have Saved Americans $74B in Credit Card Fees

  • Robotics 2024

  • Federal Circuit Set to Consider Whether A Blockchain Application is Patent Eligible

  • First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Approaches $45K; Crypto Trading Volumes Rise

  • Can Disney Revive Metaverse Push With $1.5 Billion Gaming Universe?

  • Kenya may penalise unregistered AI firms with fines of up to $6.2K

  • UK armed forces test AI and autonomous systems - The Engineer

  • Humanoid robots make public debut in Beijing

  • UBS launches tokenized warrant on public blockchain

  • Bitcoin ETFs Are Changing the Crypto Conversation. An Industry Insider Explains How.

  • And Much, Much, More…

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QUOTABLE

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“Merchants spent more than $126 billion on fees to process credit card transactions. By using blockchain technology instead, they could have paid next to nothing.”

- The State of Crypto Report

NOTABLE

Coinbase Estimates Blockchain Could Have Saved Americans $74B in Credit Card Fees

Coinbase revealed that 71% of consumers who own digital assets are open to embracing blockchain for lower costs.

www.coinspeaker.com/coinbase-blockchain-74b-credit-card-fees

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

Robotics 2024

A Sif-ted Briefing The robots are rising: the pace of automation in factories is quickening and investors are queueing up.

sifted.eu/pro/briefings/robotics-2024

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Federal Circuit Set to Consider Whether A Blockchain Application is Patent Eligible | JD Supra

Does recording an object’s physical properties to a blockchain render the resulting network (or method of using the same) patent-eligible? In Rady v....

www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-circuit-set-to-consider-whether-8349458

Crypto Trading

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Approaches $45K; Crypto Trading Volumes Rise

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 8, 2024.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/08/first-mover-americas-bitcoin-approaches-45k-crypto-trading-volumes-rise

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Can Disney Revive Metaverse Push With $1.5 Billion Gaming Universe?

Disney's stock price rose after it announced an Epic Games online gaming deal that could predate a metaverse resurgence.

beincrypto.com/disney-revive-metaverse-gaming-universe

The Singularity - a little more…

Kenya may penalise unregistered AI firms with fines of up to $6.2K

Non-compliant AI companies face penalties if they fail to register with the Robotics Society of Kenya (RSK).

techcabal.com/2024/02/08/kenya-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-society-bill

UK armed forces test AI and autonomous systems - The Engineer

UK armed forces and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have collaborated with Australia and the US in a trial of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems.

www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/uk-armed-forces-test-ai-and-autonomous-systems

Humanoid robots make public debut in Beijing

A researcher adjusts a humanoid robot at an AI laboratory on Jan. 31, 2024. "Q Family" humanoid robots developed by the research team of the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently made their public debut in Beijing.

http://english.news.cn/20240208/c5ecbe004b6b43b08d9ffaf52e35e319/c.html

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Protocol Village: Web3 Security Firm FuzzLand Raises $3M Led by 1kx

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14.

www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/08/protocol-latest-tech-news-crypto-blockchain

UBS launches tokenized warrant on public blockchain

UBS has launched Hong Kong’s first investment-grade tokenized warrant on the Ethereum public blockchain network.

www.finextra.com/newsarticle/43671/ubs-launches-tokenized-warrant-on-public-blockchain

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Bitcoin ETFs Are Changing the Crypto Conversation. An Industry Insider Explains How.

Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas sees growing engagement with cryptocurrencies—and longs for regulatory clarity.

www.barrons.com/articles/coinbase-cfo-crypto-bitcoin-etfs-ethereum-859028e9

Hong Kong launches consultation on regulatory proposals for OTC virtual asset trading

Hong Kong has launched a consultation on the jurisdiction's regulatory proposals for over-the-counter trading of virtual assets.

www.theblock.co/post/276655/hong-kong-regulatory-proposals-otc-crypto-trading

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Introducing the 'Academy by Blind Gallery': A Blockchain Art Education Program on Tezos

Discover Blind Gallery's educational platform, Academy, designed to empower art enthusiasts in the blockchain space. Supported by the Tezos Foundation, this innovative initiative offers asynchronous courses and NFT-certified certifications.

blockster.com/introducing-the-academy-by-blind-gallery-a-blockchain-art-education-program-on-tezos

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