LensLinks: Issue 92

A blockchain news roundup, brought to you by Regiment LLC

Author

Len Pacek
February 13, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Saudi Arabia Government Partners To Transform the Metaverse

  • Samsung, Qualcomm and Google to Develop Metaverse Platform

  • NFTs, The Metaverse, and The Case Of A Misunderstood Market | HackerNoon

  • The S.E.C. Signals a Crackdown on Another Crypto Practice

  • I put my head on The Mandalorian and other UGC tales | The DeanBeat

  • Superbowl and Web3—How Brands Are Using the Metaverse and NFTs Despite a Lack of Crypto Ads - CryptoSaurus

  • How DeFi is Poised to Disrupt the Status Quo

  • Crypto markets are undergoing a 'flight to quality,' says Goldman Sachs digital assets chief

  • Retro: A Brief History of DeFi

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“The Super Bowl is a moment that generates excitement and eagerness to participate from fans around the world. The more Web3 can be leveraged into global moments, the more accessible they become.”

- Rachel Weber Calaway, director of product marketing at Reddit.

NOTABLE

Saudi Arabia Government Partners To Transform the Metaverse

Saudi Arabia metaverse experiences now loading. The Sandbox and the Saudi Arabia government partner to enter the metaverse.

nftevening.com/saudi-arabia-government-partners-to-transform-the-metaverse

Metaverse & Gaming

Samsung, Qualcomm and Google to Develop Metaverse Platform

Reportedly working on an XR device to compete with HoloLens, Quest

www.iotworldtoday.com/metaverse/samsung-qualcomm-and-google-to-develop-metaverse-platform

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

NFTs, The Metaverse, and The Case Of A Misunderstood Market | HackerNoon

As headlines in 2021 bubbled with stories about pixelated images being sold for millions, the NFT bubble gently curated its eventual burst.

hackernoon.com/nfts-the-metaverse-and-the-case-of-a-misunderstood-market

Crypto Trading

The S.E.C. Signals a Crackdown on Another Crypto Practice

Cryptocurrency executives worry that charges against Kraken, a popular exchange, over the business known as staking would further chill their industry.

www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/business/dealbook/sec-kraken-staking.html

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

I put my head on The Mandalorian and other UGC tales | The DeanBeat

I put my head on The Mandalorian, and it wasn't such a hard thing to do. This leads me to think of UGC and generative AI.

venturebeat.com/games/i-put-my-head-on-the-mandalorian-and-other-ugc-tales-the-deanbeat

Superbowl and Web3—How Brands Are Using the Metaverse and NFTs Despite a Lack of Crypto Ads - CryptoSaurus

Blockchain gaming company Limit Breakwww.cryptopolitan.com/navigating-metaverse-economy-virtual-reality is giving away 10,000 NFTs as part of its official spot, which is scheduled to air during the game's first commercial

cryptosaurus.tech/the-super-bowl-and-web3-how-brands-are-using-the-metaverse-and-nfts-despite-a-lack-of-crypto-ads

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

How DeFi is Poised to Disrupt the Status Quo | HackerNoon

Most of the growth in DeFi has been driven by a couple of factors, unique to the technology, which are more advanced than the traditional finance systems.

hackernoon.com/revolutionizing-traditional-finance-how-defi-is-poised-to-disrupt-the-status-quo

'Deposit Tokens' Could Trade On DeFi Like Stablecoins: JPMorgan

JPMorgan reckons tokenizing fiat deposits for use across major blockchains might be more acceptable than traditional stablecoins

blockworks.co/news/deposit-tokens-stablecoins-defi-jpmorgan

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Ethereum Price Prediction as $10 Billion Trading Volume Comes In – Can $ETH Reach $2,000 Soon?

Ethereum has dropped by 5% in the past 24 hours, following Kraken's $30 million settlement with the SEC and the cessation of its staking services.

cryptonews.com/news/ethereum-price-prediction-as-10-billion-trading-volume-comes-can-eth-reach-2000-soon.htm

Crypto markets are undergoing a 'flight to quality,' says Goldman Sachs digital assets chief

Mathew McDermott, who leads the digital asset unit at Goldman Sachs, lays out how blockchain technology could enable greater liquidity across the marketplace.

www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/goldman-sachs-digital-asset-chief-lays-out-blockchain-strategy.html

Retro:
A look back at how far we’ve come

A Brief History of DeFi

Decentralized finance, often referred to as DeFi, is a movement in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces that can be difficult to pin down exactly. It is both a large-scale vision for a new way of

www.oodaloop.com/technology/2023/02/10/a-brief-history-of-defi

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

SEC weighs making 'adjustments' to controversial climate risk disclosure rule, Chairman Gensler says

SEC chair Gensler, said politics did not come into play in the agency's decision to modify its controversial climate risk disclosure rule.

www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/sec-weighs-making-adjustments-to-controversial-climate-risk-disclosure-rule-chairman-gensler-says.html

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