LensLinks Issue 374

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Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman

Today in LensLinks:

• BlackRock’s BUIDL becomes the world’s largest tokenized treasury fund

• Friends From the Old Neighborhood Turn Rivals in Big Tech’s A.I. Race

• NEWS MICROSTRATEGY ANNOUNCES DECENTRALIZED ID PLATFORM ON BITCOIN CALLED MICROSTRATEGY ORANGE

• Investors in Gensler’s favourite crypto project are the biggest losers — only 7% of them are in profit

• Money in the Metaverse: Digital Assets, Online Identities, Spatial Computing, reviewed

• Council Post: Six Ground-Breaking Industries Quantum Computing Is Projected To Revolutionize

• China Releases CGI Video of Moon Base and It Contains Something Very Strange

• Gary Gensler Warns Crypto Investors Ahead Of Bitcoin's ETF Decision, This Is What SEC Chairman Says!

• Pike Finance Suffers Double Attack in 3 Days, Loses $1.98M in Smart Contract Exploit

• BlackRock Leads Funding Round for US Firm Focused on Tokenization of Real-World Assets - The Daily Hodl

• And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #garygensler #china #blackrock

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"Today, I'd like to introduce MicroStrategy Orange, which is an an enterprise platform for building decentralized identity applications on the Bitcoin blockchain."

- Cezary Raczko, Executive Vice President at MicroStrategy

NOTABLE

BlackRock’s BUIDL becomes the world’s largest tokenized treasury fund

The $375 million BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund has surpassed the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund as the largest tokenized treasury fund.

cointelegraph.com/news/blackrocks-buidl-becomes-worlds-largest-tokenized-treasury-fund

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

Friends From the Old Neighborhood Turn Rivals in Big Tech’s A.I. Race

Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman, who both grew up in London, feared a corporate rush to build artificial intelligence.

nyti.ms/3xVttoo

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

NEWS MICROSTRATEGY ANNOUNCES DECENTRALIZED ID PLATFORM ON BITCOIN CALLED MICROSTRATEGY ORANGE

Michael Saylor and the MicroStrategy EVP of Engineering announce the company's latest Bitcoin innovation at MicroStrategy World: Bitcoin for Corporations 2024.

bitcoinmagazine.com/business/microstrategy-announces-decentralized-id-platform-on-bitcoin-called-microstrategy-orange

Crypto Trading

Investors in Gensler’s favourite crypto project are the biggest losers — only 7% of them are in profit

90% of those holding layer-1 blockchain project Algorand’s native ALGO token are underwater on their investment.

www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/algorand-investors-underwater-despite-gensler-praise

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Money in the Metaverse: Digital Assets, Online Identities, Spatial Computing, reviewed

We review the latest book by David Birch and Victoria Richardson. See more about the book here. Money in the Metaverse: Digital Assets, Online Identities, Spat

irishtechnews.ie/money-in-metaverse-digital-online-identities

The Singularity - a little more…

Council Post: Six Ground-Breaking Industries Quantum Computing Is Projected To Revolutionize

Here's the impact from quantum computing that we can expect for decades to come.

www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/05/02/six-ground-breaking-industries-quantum-computing-is-projected-to-revolutionize/?sh=327a0b9f6a79

China Releases CGI Video of Moon Base and It Contains Something Very Strange

China has shown off a CGI video of its vision of an international lunar base, which features a NASA Space Shuttle for some reason.

futurism.com/the-byte/china-video-moon-base-space-shuttle

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Gary Gensler Warns Crypto Investors Ahead Of Bitcoin's ETF Decision, This Is What SEC Chairman Says!

SEC chairman Gary Gensler warned crypto investors before the Bitcoin ETF decision.

voi.id/kr/technology/345955

Pike Finance Suffers Double Attack in 3 Days, Loses $1.98M in Smart Contract Exploit

Yet another shocking development in the crypto space.

coinpedia.org/news/pike-finance-hit-with-second-attack-in-three-days-with-losses-of-1-6-million/amp

Hundred Finance hacker moves stolen assets a year after $7M exploit

The hacker moved about $800,000 in liquidity from Curve’s decentralized exchange and converted USDT and other assets into Ether.

cointelegraph.com/news/hundred-finance-hacker-moves-assets-year-after-exploit

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $563 Million as BlackRock's IBIT Marks First Daily Loss - Decrypt

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted record daily net outflows on Wednesday as BlackRock's IBIT faltered for the very first time.

decrypt.co/229168/bitcoin-etfs-shed-563-million-blackrock-ibit-losses

BlackRock Leads Funding Round for US Firm Focused on Tokenization of Real-World Assets - The Daily Hodl

Asset management titan BlackRock is leading a new fundraising round for Securitize, a US company geared towards the tokenization of real-world assets.

dailyhodl.com/2024/05/01/blackrock-leads-funding-round-for-us-firm-focused-on-tokenization-of-real-world-assets

The State of Crypto Is Anything But Strong

Industry boosters say they’ve learned their lessons from the last crash, but regulators need to move faster to protect a new wave of mainstream investors from the same old story.

www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-02/crypto-is-anything-but-strong-right-now

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

This is what still makes bitcoin 'honest money,' CEO says

Ray Youssef, CEO of peer-to-peer crypto marketplace NoOnes, explains how bitcoin is staying resilient amid government and bank overreach.

www.thestreet.com/crypto/bitcoin/bitcoin-honest-money-noones-ray-youssef

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