LensLinks Issue 345

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• What Is a GPU? The Chips Powering the AI Boom, and Why They’re Worth Trillions

• Forget Sora, this is the AI video that will blow your mind – and maybe scare you

• 101: What is the Lindy effect, and how does it apply to blockchain?

• BlackRock, MicroStrategy locked in $14 billion duel to hold the most bitcoin

• Gallery of The Metaverse Unleashed: The Rise of Human-Scale Digital Venues

• Google's presentation software has a new Gemini AI powered feature that is basically magic

• AI will probably be smarter than any single human next year. By 2029, AI is probably smarter than all humans combined, says Elon Musk

• Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AI

• Protocol Village: BNB Chain Unveils 'Rollup-as-a-Service,' to Spur Layer 2s Built on BSC

• Open Data: The Unfulfilled Promise of Blockchain

• South Africa to license ~60 Bitcoin/Crypto platforms

• Robinhood Shares Jump in Premarket Trading After Blowout February Activity Levels

• Bitcoin halving: When will it happen and what does it mean for the price?

• ESG: Green Crypto Alert: An Eco-Friendly Bitcoin ETF Is Coming! - Crypto Head

• And Much, Much, More…

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“The reason that bitcoin is so sound – literally sound – is because it is thermodynamically sound. It’s this masterpiece of engineering because we’ve created a monetary asset where we’ve stripped away all the counter-party risks.”

- Michael Saylor

NOTABLE

What Is a GPU? The Chips Powering the AI Boom, and Why They’re Worth Trillions

GPUs sell for tens of thousands of dollars, and GPU-maker Nvidia is worth over $2 trillion. But what is a GPU, exactly, and why is it special?

singularityhub.com/2024/03/13/what-is-a-gpu-the-chips-powering-the-ai-boom-and-why-theyre-worth-trillions

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

Forget Sora, this is the AI video that will blow your mind – and maybe scare you

The combo of Figure 01 robotics and OpenAI proves to be a potent one… with the result being the most stunning bit of real humanoid robot video I've ever seen. “That’s cool”, I thought.

www.techradar.com/computing/forget-sora-this-is-the-ai-video-that-will-blow-your-mind-and-maybe-scare-you

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

What is the Lindy effect, and how does it apply to blockchain?

The Lindy effect (also known as Lindy’s Law) is a theory that holds that the life expectancy of a non-perishable thing, such as a technology or cultural phenomenon, is directly correlated with its age. 

cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-the-lindy-effect-and-how-does-it-apply-to-blockchain

Crypto Trading

BlackRock, MicroStrategy locked in $14 billion duel to hold the most bitcoin

BlackRock's new bitcoin ETF briefly surpassed the BTC holdings of Michael Saylor's firm, before MicroStrategy bought another 12,000.

www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/blackrock-microstrategy-14-billion-duel-to-hold-most-bitcoin

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Gallery of The Metaverse Unleashed: The Rise of Human-Scale Digital Venues - 4

Image 4 of 11 from gallery of The Metaverse Unleashed: The Rise of Human-Scale Digital Venues. Render of future Cosm venue which is currently under construction near Dallas, TX. Image © HKS

www.archdaily.com/1014441/the-metaverse-unleashed-the-rise-of-human-scale-digital-venues/65f035534ad769017c360f41-the-metaverse-unleashed-the-rise-of-human-scale-digital-venues-photo

The Singularity - a little more…

Google's presentation software has a new Gemini AI powered feature that is basically magic

Remove the background from Google Slides images like magic

www.techradar.com/pro/googles-presentation-software-has-a-new-gemini-ai-powered-feature-that-is-basically-magic

Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AI

Scientists used AI neural networks to teach a robot dog new tricks, enabling it to climb wooden crates and hop between them.

www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/watch-a-robot-dog-scramble-through-a-basic-parkour-course-with-the-help-of-ai

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Protocol Village: BNB Chain Unveils 'Rollup-as-a-Service,' to Spur Layer 2s Built on BSC

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 14-March 20.

www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/03/14/protocol-latest-tech-news-crypto-blockchain

Polyhedra Network Closes $20 Million Strategic Funding Round, Raising Its Valuation to $1 Billion

SINGAPORE, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Polyhedra Network, the team behind zero-knowledge...

www.streetinsider.com/PRNewswire/Polyhedra+Network+Closes+%2420+Million+Strategic+Funding+Round%2C+Raising+Its+Valuation+to+%241+Billion/22929695.html

Open Data: The Unfulfilled Promise of Blockchain

On-chain analytics platforms should strive to make their core data more accessible to all rather than arbitrarily gated, Flipside Crypto co-founder Jim Myers writes.

www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/03/13/open-data-the-unfulfilled-promise-of-blockchain

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Robinhood Shares Jump in Premarket Trading After Blowout February Activity Levels

Crypto volumes grew 10% month-on-month to $6.5 billion, the company said.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/14/robinhood-shares-jump-in-premarket-trading-after-blowout-february-activity-levels

Bitcoin halving: When will it happen and what does it mean for the price?

As bitcoin's price reaches new heights, attention is turning to its upcoming "halving" and whether it is playing a role in its ascent. Depending on where you sit, the halving is a vital event that will burnish bitcoin's value as an increasingly scarce commodity, or nothing more than a technical change talked up by speculators to inflate its price. But what exactly is it, and does it really matter?

www.reuters.com/technology/what-is-bitcoins-halving-does-it-matter-2024-03-13

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Green Crypto Alert: An Eco-Friendly Bitcoin ETF Is Coming! - Crypto Head

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently notified the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about its plan to list and trade shares of 7RCC's pioneering…

cryptohead.io/news/green-crypto-alert-an-eco-friendly-bitcoin-etf-is-coming

Disclaimer: This note is distributed by Regiment, LLC for informational purposes only and is sourced from publicly available media reports. It is not an investment recommendation or solicitation for any investment. The information is current as of date and subject to change. In such case Regiment, LLC does not undertake to provide any updates. Recipients must be aware that any private, alternative investments discussed are speculative in nature, often illiquid, and subject to loss of capital.

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