LensLinks: Issue 37

Today in LensLinks:

• The Sam Bankman-FREE Edition (let's all take a break...)

• Iger back at Disney: Web3 Boost

• The Fight for Metaverse Dominance

• Bill Ackman on Helium (surprise)

• Election tally: Does blockchain beat the ballot box? (What do you think?)

• Crypto Whales on the move?

• And Much, Much, More...

ZINGER KEY POINTS

Disney is bringing Bob Iger back as CEO, a move that could help the company and its stock price recover.

Bob Iger has been vocal about the huge opportunity for Disney in the Web3 space and went on to join a metaverse company.

Unity and Epic Games operate at different stacks of the Metaverse Lasagna. Because Unreal Engine creates its own games, for example, it fits within the “Experience” layer of the Metaverse Lasagna, while Unity does not because it does not sell games. The two also differ in which areas they specialize in within the Layers. For example, both projects are active in the “Discovery” phase, but Unity allows discovery via advertisements while Unreal Engine promotes discovery through in-game stores, social curation and ratings.

One of TradFi’s better-known investors revealed on Monday that he has turned a leaf and is now endorsing crypto, even though his choice of project may be questionable.

In a tweet thread, Bill Ackman said he likes Helium, a decentralized Wi-Fi mesh network. Helium has been accused of using fraudulent endorsements from tech giants like Salesforce and mobility company Lime to give its network legitimacy, while also reportedly exaggerating its relationship with DISH Network, which it claimed would grant it access to its 5G spectrum.

In cryptocurrencies, the world's largest and most popular digital token Bitcoin's price today was trading more than 4% lower at $15,973, slipping below the $16,000 mark. On the other hand, Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain and the second largest cryptocurrency, also plunged by more than 8% to $1,118.

Metaverse & Gaming - A Little More...

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Crypto Trading - A Little More...

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