LensLinks Issue 356

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks

Today in LensLinks:

• What Will Happen To Bitcoin Prices If The Fed Lowers Interest Rates?

• Scientists make 'major finding' with nanodevices that can seemingly produce energy out of thin air: 'Contradicting prior understanding'

• BlackRocks BUIDL Swells to $275m

• A hedge fund sees Bitcoin at $90,000 in April. Here are five factors driving gains

• Meta Platforms Has Spent $46 Billion on the Metaverse Since 2021, But It's Spending Twice As Much on This 1 Thing

• ‘Artificial sun’ sets record for time at 100 million degrees Celsius in latest advance for nuclear fusion | CNN

• The Future Is Nearer with Ray Kurzweil

• How a Forgotten Thriller Tried to Warn Us About the Future (Ed. a LensLinks favorite flick)

• US Government Transfers Nearly $2B in Bitcoin to Coinbase, Arkham Data Reveals

• He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared

• Crypto traders see over $400 million in liquidations as bitcoin slides below $67,000

• Why a Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF launch ‘would be a very big deal’ as China bans crypto

• And Much, Much, More…

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“This would be a very big deal.”

- Noelle Acheson, former head of research at Genesis on Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF

NOTABLE

What Will Happen To Bitcoin Prices If The Fed Lowers Interest Rates?

How might Bitcoin be affected by changes in the rate environment if the Federal Reserve decides to lower rates?

www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/03/31/what-will-happen-to-bitcoin-prices-if-the-fed-lowers-interest-rates/?sh=1b2d521234b4

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

Scientists make 'major finding' with nanodevices that can seemingly produce energy out of thin air: 'Contradicting prior understanding'

Scientists at the Swiss Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technologies have discovered a way to produce clean water and electricity simultaneously.

www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/hydrovoltaic-devices-electricity-water-evaporation

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Crypto Trading

A hedge fund sees Bitcoin at $90,000 in April. Here are five factors driving gains

Wall Street will finish due diligence on spot Bitcoin ETF offerings while the upcoming halving will help push Bitcoin higher.

www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/five-reasons-bitcoin-will-reach-90k-in-april/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Meta Platforms Has Spent $46 Billion on the Metaverse Since 2021, But It's Spending Twice As Much on This 1 Thing

And it's planning to spend $50 billion more in the near future.

finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-platforms-spent-46-billion-170000237.html

The Singularity - a little more…

‘Artificial sun’ sets record for time at 100 million degrees Celsius in latest advance for nuclear fusion | CNN

The Korean Institute of Fusion Energy announced a new world record for the length of time it managed to sustain temperatures seven times hotter than the sun’s core

www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/climate/nuclear-fusion-record-korea-climate-intl/index.html

The Future Is Nearer with Ray Kurzweil

In his 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, Ray Kurzweil made the bold prediction that AI would expand human intelligence exponentially, changing life as we know it. He wasn’t wrong. Now in his 70s, Kurzweil is upping the ante in his newest book, The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI, revisiting his prediction of the melding of human and machine, with 20 additional years of data showing the exponential rate of technological advancement. It’s a fascinating look at the future and the hope for a better world.

www.nobhillgazette.com/people/the_interview/the-future-is-nearer-with-ray-kurzweil/article_3c651630-e628-11ee-857a-efe67799498c.html#:~:text=Now%20in%20his%2070s%2C%20Kurzweil,exponential%20rate%20of%20technological%20advancement.

How a Forgotten Thriller Tried to Warn Us About the Future

It's time to revisit Wally Pfister's Transcendence and ask some tough questions about humanity's future and Ai development.

movieweb.com/transcendence-how-a-forgotten-thriller-tried-to-warn-us-about-the-future

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

US Government Transfers Nearly $2B in Bitcoin to Coinbase, Arkham Data Reveals – News Bytes Bitcoin News

On April 2, 2024, the U.S. government executed a transaction involving nearly $2 billion in bitcoin (BTC), channeling the assets to Coinbase.

news.bitcoin.com/us-government-transfers-nearly-2b-in-bitcoin-to-coinbase-arkham-data-reveals

Crypto Investors Unraveling Mystery of Fully Diluted Value

Contemporary NFT creators as well as Intrepid Crypto Investors Unraveling the Mystery of Fully Diluted Value in n ever evolving Web3 DeFi world,

www.newstrail.com/crypto-investors-understand-fully-diluted-value

Crypto Trading - a little more…

He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared

Faruk Özer just started a 11,196-year prison sentence. Did he almost get away with the biggest heist in Turkey’s history, or was it all just a big misunderstanding?

www.wired.com/story/faruk-ozer-turkey-crypto-fraud

Crypto traders see over $400 million in liquidations as bitcoin slides below $67,000

Volatility in the crypto market has caused more than $400 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass data.

www.theblock.co/post/286024/crypto-traders-400-million-usd-liquidations-bitcoin-66000

Why a Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF launch ‘would be a very big deal’ as China bans crypto

“We will probably look back on 2024 as the Year of the Crypto ETFs,” Noelle Acheson says as Hong Kong looks set to launch spot Bitcoin ETFs this quarter.

www.dlnews.com/articles/snapshot/why-a-hong-kong-bitcoin-etf-launch-is-a-big-deal

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Capitol Hill Blockchain Demo Day educates lawmakers, guides entrepreneurs to new opportunities

Bryan Daugherty describes the Demo Day as an "unprecedented opportunity" for policymakers to engage with enterprise blockchain and the people driving its progress while giving them a peek into the future.

coingeek.com/capitol-hill-blockchain-demo-day-educates-lawmakers-guides-entrepreneurs-to-new-opportunities

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