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AlphaFold3

Today in LensLinks:

• DeepMind's AI program AlphaFold3 can predict the structure of every protein in the universe — and show how they function

• Exponential Progress: Ray Kurzweil's Insights on AI and his Law of Accelerating Returns

• SFC Issues New Crypto Regulations: 2 Platforms Licensed, 17 Await Approval

• Spot Ether ETFs: Should You Invest?

• AR head-mounted display contract signed by U.S. Air Force innovation arm - Military Embedded Systems

• Got $16,000? You Can Buy Your Very Own Humanoid Robot

• Billionaire Michael Saylor pays DC $40 million in city’s largest tax-evasion settlement - WTOP News

• Vitalik Buterin donates over $100,000 to Tornado Cash developers' legal defense

• And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #vitalikbuterin #robotics #raykurzweil #SFC

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“Unlike bitcoin, holding ether directly could hold a meaningful performance edge over spot ether ETFs for investors willing to engage in staking.”

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DeepMind's AI program AlphaFold3 can predict the structure of every protein in the universe — and show how they function

DeepMind has unveiled the third version of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered structural biology software, AlphaFold, which models how proteins fold.

bit.ly/3VfzIM2

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

Exponential Progress: Ray Kurzweil's Insights on AI and his Law of Accelerating Returns

Ray Kurzweil, the renowned futurist and inventor, has long been a visionary in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) and technological advancement. His predictions, based on his concept of the "Law of Accelerating Returns," have proven to be remarkably accurate over the years, and they continue

www.linkedin.com/pulse/exponential-progress-ray-kurzweils-insights-ai-his-law-david-borish-8dhlf

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

SFC Issues New Crypto Regulations: 2 Platforms Licensed, 17 Await Approval

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has introduced new regulations for virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs), effective on June 1.

www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/sfc-issues-new-crypto-regulations-2-platforms-licensed-17-await-approval

Crypto Trading

Spot Ether ETFs: Should You Invest?

What’s next after the SEC’s approval of spot ether exchange-traded funds.

www.morningstar.com/funds/whats-next-spot-ether-etfs

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

AR head-mounted display contract signed by U.S. Air Force innovation arm - Military Embedded Systems

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Augmented-reality (AR) technology company Vuzix won a U.S. Air Force Smart Business Innovative Research (SBIR) AFWERX Phase I contract focused on developing AR head-mounted display (HMD) gear to address pressing vision challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/vuzix-wins-air-force-contract-for-ar-headmounted-displays-93CH-3468062

The Singularity - a little more…

Got $16,000? You Can Buy Your Very Own Humanoid Robot

In a video, the 4-foot, 80-pound robot is shown twirling a baton, flipping toast in a frying pan, and cracking walnuts with its hands.

www.cnet.com/tech/got-16000-you-can-buy-your-very-own-humanoid-robot

A framework to construct quantum spherical codes

To reliably perform complex, large-scale calculations, computing systems rely on so-called error correction schemes, techniques designed to protect information against errors. These techniques are perhaps even more essential when it comes to quantum computers, devices that perform computations leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics.

phys.org/news/2024-06-framework-quantum-spherical-codes.html#:~:text=All%20quantum%20codes%20require%20the,into%20points%20on%20a%20sphere.

Physicists take molecules to a new ultracold limit, creating a state of matter where quantum mechanics reigns

There's a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won't find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian Will, whose experimental group specializes in pushing atoms and molecules to temperatures just fractions of a degree above absolute zero.

phys.org/news/2024-06-physicists-molecules-ultracold-limit-state.html

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Billionaire Michael Saylor pays DC $40 million in city’s largest tax-evasion settlement - WTOP News

MicroStrategy and its co-founder Michael Saylor will pay $40 million to resolve a tax fraud lawsuit filed by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General two years ago.

wtop.com/business-finance/2024/06/billionaire-michael-saylor-settles-dc-tax-fraud-case-for-40-million

Vitalik Buterin donates over $100,000 to Tornado Cash developers' legal defense

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin aids Tornado Cash developers' fight with $113,000 donation.

cryptoslate.com/vitalik-buterin-donates-over-100000-to-tornado-cash-developers-legal-defense

Coinbase's new blockchain Base is making real money: Meet the guy who built it

Jesse Pollak's engineering vision includes trying new things, including a new way to sell media.

fortune.com/crypto/2024/06/03/coinbase-new-blockchain-base-jesse-pollack

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Crypto fund inflows hit $2B in May led by BTC - CoinShares

Weekly inflows into crypto funds totaled $185 million for the last week in May, with monthly investment fund inflows reaching $2 billion. ...Continue reading Crypto fund inflows hit $2B ...

www.advfn.com/stock-market/COIN/FLOWUSD/crypto-news/93973044/crypto-fund-inflows-hit-2b-in-may-led-by-btc-c#:~:text=Weekly%20inflows%20into%20crypto%20funds,fund%20inflows%20reaching%20%242%20billion.&text=The%20post%20Crypto%20fund%20inflows,CoinShares%20appeared%20first%20on%20CoinTelegraph.

Bitcoin exchange balances decline to five-year low, major outflows from Binance and Coinbase signal long-term holding strategies

Decreasing Bitcoin on exchanges suggests shift to long-term holding strategies.

cryptoslate.com/insights/bitcoin-exchange-balances-decline-to-five-year-low-major-outflows-from-binance-and-coinbase-signal-long-term-holding-strategies

Australia's First Spot Bitcoin ETF With Direct BTC Holdings to Go Live on Tuesday

Australia already has two exchange-traded products providing exposure to spot crypto assets on Cboe Australia but they do not hold bitcoin directly.

www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/03/australiass-first-spot-bitcoin-etf-with-direct-btc-holdings-to-go-live-on-tuesday

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Over 70% of Companies Have Abandoned Acquisitions Over ESG Concerns: Deloitte Survey - ESG Today

Sustainability considerations are becoming increasingly central in the mergers and acquisitions dealmaking process, with more than 70% of M&A leaders reporting abandoning potential acquisitions over ESG concerns, and a vast majority saying they would be willing to pay more for targets with strong ESG attributes, according to a new survey released by global professional services […]

www.esgtoday.com/over-70-of-companies-have-abandoned-acquisitions-over-esg-concerns-deloitte-survey

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