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**GM.** Crypto vibes are higher than they’ve been in two years. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index hit a 2-year high, Bitcoin jumped over $35K for the first time since May 2022, and FTX is considering a comeback. Are we backkk?????? Today’s Specials: No FOMO News : Bitcoin jumps over $35K, Crypto Index Hits 2-Year High No FOMO : An FTX Revival??? AI Intel : Youtube Music Pushing the Envelope Max’s Gaming Corner : Gaming Funding Still Hot No FOMO Alpha : $Garbage Launch Day, Wild’s Latest Drop (w/ Presale Access)
After a 30-sec sellout with 'Boys of Summer', another Wildxyz drop coming next week. Saw the teaser art last night and gotta say ... it's b-e-a-utiful 🧑‍🎨 Presale access code: supernova https://wild.xyz/wild-exhibition-material-partners/
Two major @Microsoft AI launches this week as crypto markets remain stagnant. The Fed signaled its intention to keep rates high. The US Senate wants to allow sweatpants in Congress. With the Roman Empire now trending too, we are pretty bearish on America. https://www.nofomonews.com/p/us-senate-a-joke
Is crypto centralizing? Major funds are raising 9-figure sums as smaller projects struggle to close their next round. And Bitcoin’s 50% market dominance looks stable as institutions continue to diminish altcoins. https://www.nofomonews.com/p/bitcoin-owns-50-of-crypto
Crypto Gambling Giant ‘Stake’ Faces $41M Hack The hack was first alerted on Monday, September 4th with some suspicious outflows on ETH, BSC, and Polygon. Stake later confirmed the hacks and were able to return operations to normal within a few hours. But the damage is clear. Fast Facts 🏃‍♂️ 💨 👉 Stake was hacked on September 4, 2023, resulting in the withdrawal of $41.35 million in cryptocurrency. 👉 The hack affected Stake's hot wallets on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), and Polygon. 👉 The stolen funds were converted to ether (ETH) and transferred to several externally owned wallets. 👉 Stake has confirmed the hack and said that it is investigating the incident. 👉 The company has also said that it will reimburse all affected users. 👉 The hack is one of the biggest in the history of crypto gambling. 👉 It is still unclear how the hackers were able to access Stake's hot wallets. 👉 Stake has said that it will increase its security measures to prevent future hacks. Potential Market Implications 👀 👨‍⚖️ Increased regulation of crypto gambling 🔐 Increased operational fees to cover the costs of added security measures The Silver Lining 🤷‍♂️ With or without overt public interference, companies like Stake will be forced to discover new ways to improve security measures and boost user experience so this doesn’t happen again. Plus, if bettors are more aware of the risks of crypto gambling with big headlines like this, maybe people will make more informed decisions about where to gamble their money?? Probably not lol. Read today's full post below...
**GM.** Some big updates in tech this week that could have a MASSIVE impact on the market through ‘24. First, a court updated its ruling on Spot Bitcoin ETFs. Big opportunity there. In the private sector, a major exchange launched plans to target the world’s second largest population. In the mainstream world, Elon’s X dips another toe into crypto. With payment licenses approved in 7 US states, X is also updating their TOS to include employment history and biometric data. Is the X super app a crypto advocate or another Big Tech wolf in sheep’s clothing? 🤔 Without Further Ado. ☕ **knuckle cracks** ☕ Let’s get into it. Today's newsletter below
It’s New Era for Social Media in Europe 📲 The Digital Services Act officially goes into effect on Friday, fundamentally changing the way Europeans experience their Internet lives. Here are a few new features for EU users: 📺 You can now turn off AI-recommended videos 🚩 You can easily flag harmful content 🔬 You will receive clearer explanations about why your posts are removed 🛍 You will be able to quickly report fake products and services 🎯 Children cannot be targeted with digital ads How (we think) things will shake out: While the US may be the global leader in developing transformative technology, Europe is the global leader in regulating it. Expect other developed economies (including the US) to eventually follow suit on these rules if things start to go well. I think we can all agree on basic standards; 13 year olds shouldn’t be targeted like an informed consumer. Having the choice to opt out of Meta’s artificial intelligence ranking and recommendation systems, for example, is another powerful way to offer users a chance to take control back of their Internet lives. Listen, some people prefer to be targeted like a 50s factory worker in Soviet Russia so they can seamlessly get offers for their next favorite shoe. I’m not saying we should ban it. Let’s just make it optional.
Less than two years after a $333M valuation, web3 darling child RECUR is shutting down operations. Here are a few highlights: 💰 Raised a $50 million Series A 📈 Sold over 380,000 NFTs 🤝 Scored mega-partnerships with Viacom This one feels personal. You had everything any web3 startup could ask for – A-list partnerships, blue chip venture funding, NFT revenue, and you managed to build nothing of value??? Here’s a short list of notables names involved in the Recur debacle, just to highlight how pathetic this is: Mark Cuban – Shark Tank Host / billionaire Winklevoss Capital Twins – Facebook cofounders / billionaires Joseph Lubin – Ethereum / Consensys co-founder Nickelodeon (Viacom) – yeah ik Delphi Ventures – blue chip crypto VC Steve Cohen / Point72 – Mets owner / billionaire Gary Vaynerchuk – VeeFriends founder / prominent internet personality Hello Kitty – yeah ik Recur joins the growing graveyard of crypto failures with the likes of Nifty’s and FTX. RIP Recur – you won’t be missed. Full thoughts in comments :)
Decentralized social app Friend.Tech broke 100K users this week (or at least 100K wallets). Let’s dive a little deeper on the latest crypto hype. Fast Facts 📲 Friend.Tech has over 100,000 wallets signed up since its Aug 10 launch 📲 The platform has generated over null.1 million in fees 📲 Major (non-crypto) celebrities like streamer FaZe Banks and NBA player Grayson Allen have made accounts 📲 The platform allows you to buy “shares” in popular X (Twitter) accounts. Where it’s going: Who remembers Bitclout? Is that still a thing? There are only two potential outcomes from here: 1. Friend becomes the new gold standard for speculating on the social prowess of influencers and public figures OR 2. This fad fades in the next 6-12 weeks, and 1-5,000 people who made a little bit of $ on the app will blindly advocate for the app until its inevitable demise I don’t have a crystal ball, but I’m leaning toward **#2** on this one. We’ll check back in around Thanksgiving to see if we’re right. *sets reminder on phone*
What are some brands that have web3 leads on their team?
On Chain Summer Is Here ☀ Base (by @coinbase.lens) is now open for bridging, and they are launching a month-long onchain festival to celebrate. Every day in August, different builders, brands, products, artists, and creators will give you something fun to do onchain. With partnerships from Crossmint to The Coca-Cola Company, is Coinbase putting web3 back on the centerstage? Read today's post for the full story: https://www.nofomonews.com/p/nytimes-bans-ai-content
Collect this if you're participating in #ONCHAINSUMMER
**GM.** There are only 41 days left of summer. So grab a drink, roll out your beach towel, and chillax with No Fomo – we got you covered with this week’s latest and greatest in tech. Without Further Ado. ☕ **knuckle cracks** ☕ Let’s get into it. https://www.nofomonews.com/p/degods-szn-3-disappoints
@stani.lens wen lens creator payouts 😅
**null.5M Artist Allowlist Giveaway: Boys of Summer ⚾☀️** The one and only Mitchell F. Chan is launching his next collection, Boys of Summer, with Wild.xyz on Aug 16th 🧑‍🎨 Who's Mitchell? Only the legendary crypto artist behind Digital Zones (first exhibited in 2017, sold for null.5M in 2021!) and the Lewitt Generator Generator on Artblocks 😅 Want to access the mint? This is your chance. **Giveaway ends August 15, 9pm ET** **https://www.premint.xyz/the-boys-of-summer-x-supernova-ff/**
Hacker Drains Stablecoin Pools 🫢 Several stablecoin pools have been drained by hackers on one of ethereum’s largest Defi protocols, Curve Finance. **The Curve Finance Hack** Curve Finance, a popular decentralized exchange (DEX), was hacked over the weekend for *an estimated $52 million*. The hack was caused by a vulnerability in the Vyper programming language, which is used to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. The hackers exploited the vulnerability to drain three liquidity pools on Curve Finance, as well as a pool on the layer-2 solution Arbitrum. South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals of CRV tokens as a precautionary measure. The Curve Finance team is working to mitigate the damage caused by the hack, and they have advised liquidity providers to exit the affected pools. The Curve Finance hack is the latest in a series of high-profile hacks in the crypto industry – highlighting the importance of security when using defi… PROTECT YO BAGS 💰💰💰
**A closer look at Lionel Messi's crypto sponsorship with XBTO** Messi signed a multi-year sponsorship deal, reportedly worth $4-5 million per year, with crypto market-making and venture capital company XBTO. Who is XBTO? Tbh, we work in this industry full time, and we don’t really know either. Their website claims they offer “institutional access to digital assets.” Scam likely??? The deal includes Messi wearing the XBTO logo on his Inter Miami jersey. That’s really it. But it’s still kinda funny to see another athlete associate with a crypto company after Tom Brady completely fumbled a $50M bag last year with FTX. Sooo XBTO is a relatively unknown company, but it hopes to use the sponsorship to increase its brand awareness. I mean, it’s probably going to work. The timing of the deal was fortuitous, as it was signed before Messi's move to Miami was announced. It’s just a little cringe because Miami is the same city with an arena called FTX, after all…
Web3’s favorite messaging app introduces ‘Stories’ Telegram’s Stories feature is now live – for premium users only (sigh). Telegram touts the new feature as “highly anticipated” but did we really need another app with stories? Here are some of the features they are testing: **Customizable Privacy Settings** Users can decide who sees their stories, choosing from four different options: everyone, only your contacts with exceptions, a few selected contacts, or a list of close friends. This part we actually like. Take notes Zuckerberg. **Flexibility and Hidden List** You have the option to hide stories posted by any contact by moving them to the "Hidden" list in your Contacts section. No need to watch a bunch of stories from some loser you met once at a networking event. We like this too. **“BeReal” Cam** Telegram lets you post photos and videos taken with both front and rear cameras simultaneously. Cool? Sure. Game-changing? Probably not. **Choose Your Story's Lifespan** Telegram offers various options for your story's lifespan. You can choose to have your story expire in 6, 12, 24, or 48 hours. Alternatively, you have the option to keep the story pinned permanently until you decide to remove it. Okay we like this too. As of now, the Stories feature is exclusively available to Premium users, and there’s no word on when us proletariats will get to see it. Honestly the features they are testing do sound cool, but another app with stories just seems like overkill. What do you think??
Big news! 📢 We're introducing our **Streaks Calendar** 🗓️ on @lenster.lens - a new way to show your daily activities and maintain consistency. Start your Lenster Streak today, and paint your calendar purple. Use the #LensterStreak hashtag and showcase your streaks to the public. PS: We started counting your streaks from July 6, 2023 🚀 More coming soon 😉 stay tuned!
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**GM.** If you’re in Paris, NYC, or Miami this week, we got the alpha for you. Disco in Paris, rooftop in Brooklyn, and free Rolling Loud VIP tix in Miami. Without Further Ado. **knuckle cracks** Let’s get into it. Today’s Specials: No FOMO News : Coinbase CEO Meets With Democrats No FOMO : “The Flash” Goes On Chain Max’s Gaming Roundup : Gaming Funding on Fire AI Intel : AI is a null trillion bubble, CEO predicts Conference Corner : ETH CC Disco Tomorrow Rolling Loud Miami VIP Giveaway : Win 2 Pairs of 3-Day VIP Passes
We are so back. For all you commies who left the US because our government sucks, you can come back now. The SEC ruled XRP *is not a security*, opening the floodgates for thousands of other coins and tokens to be free from the shackles of Uncle Sam. Time will tell whether this landmark case marks the end of Crypto Winter… Without Further Ado. ☕ **knuckle cracks** ☕ Let’s get into it. Today’s Specials: Weekend Alpha: What to Watch 👀 : XRP not a security 🫶 No FOMO News 📰 : Former Celsius CEO arrested 🚔 No FOMO 🗿 : Coinbase messaging 📲 Freaky Friday 😱 : AR Deepfake Drake?? 🪄 AI Intel 🤖 : Google Launches Bard in Europe + Brazil 🇪🇺 Conference Corner 📅 : ETH CC Disco Up Next 🇫🇷 Full post in comments below :)
Coinbase Launched Messaging, But No One Will Care 🚥 Coinbase Wallet is introducing a new messaging feature that is end-to-end encrypted, private, and portable. I’m already overwhelmed keeping up with Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram. And Coinbase thinks we want another messaging app? These product ppl need to take a sixth vacation and touch some grass. Core product features: 👉The messaging feature is powered by the XMTP protocol, which allows users to connect directly through their wallets and send payments across thousands of coins. 👉Its only rolled out to small subset of users, including all Lens protocol users You can message anyone with .eth, .cb.id, or .lens addresses, or connect with other holders of the same POAP via token-gated messaging. 👉With messaging, you can also pay others using any crypto asset supported by Coinbase Wallet. Here are a few reasons why I think the new messaging feature from Coinbase Wallet is a bad idea and no one will use it: 🥱Signal, Whatsapp, and Telegram already have billions of users and are products built around messaging. That’s what they do. Why not integrate Coinbase Wallet into an already proven app to acquire a new user base?? 🥱Coinbase users want more coins and tokens, lower transaction fees, smoother user experience to make P2P transactions. Let me add a note to my buddy when I send him some ETH. I don’t need to message him in another app. 🥱There is no incentive for users to switch to this messaging platform from the ones they are already using. TLDR; Coinbase messaging is a poorly thought-out idea. It won’t work. There are too many barriers to adoption, and the feature does not offer anything that users cannot already get from other, more popular messaging platforms. Coinbase Wallet would be better off focusing on improving its existing features. Improve your dead NFT marketplace or incorporate more DeFi utility. These are areas where y’all have an actual competitive advantage, and they are more likely to attract users than a new messaging feature. We’ll revisit this topic in three months and see if we’re right 🙃🙃
Happy Free Slurpee Day… do people still drink those? I know a lot of people don’t drink beer anymore, idk if we’re out here sucking down liquid food dye in 2023. Anyway, big actors are suing AI companies, and some experts think Bitcoin will hit $120K next year. Without Further Ado. ☕ **knuckle cracks** ☕ Let’s get into it. Today’s Specials: No FOMO News 📰 : Bitcoin Set to Hit $120,000 by the End of 2024 💸 No FOMO 🗿 : Wall Street Is Taking Over Crypto 🚥 Conference Corner 📅 : ETH CC Coming in Hot 🇫🇷 AI Intel 🤖 : Google’s Chatbot Testing in Hospitals 🚑 This IS Financial Advice 🤑 : The Ocean is Angry 😡 Full post: https://www.nofomonews.com/p/sarah-silverman-sues-ai
Meta launched its Twitter clone called Threads this week, and it’s reeling in some crazy numbers. They got 1 million downloads in the first 90 minutes after the app went live. That’s the fastest social media app to 1 million users ever. We all know Twitter has been shaky for a while now, but no competitor has posed a real threat to the micro-blogging platform until now. Is Zuckerberg trying to kill twitter? Is he just trolling Elon’s disaster of a Twitter takeover? Is this just how Billionaires flirt?
Companies are sweeping up AI startups like an NFT floor in 2021. Is this a top signal or a reason to be bullish?? ☕ **knuckle cracks** Let’s get into it. **Today’s Specials:** NEAR and Alibaba Team Up 🤝 Robinhood Sucks 🙅‍♂️ You Raised? 🤑 : nullB for LITHO and JOT Devs 💰 AI Intel 🤖 : Everyone Wants to Beat ChatGPT 🦾 Testnet Tuesday 🧪: Drag and Drop CGI Tool 📹 Full post in comments :)
realy depends, I think overhiring sure a problem but there are lot of lean and mean teams out there
Web3 is going invisible... this is the year when projects who overspent/overhired can't raise their next round and drop off for good. Only projects left will be the ones with strong web2 partners, scalable market utility TODAY (not tm) and people who made like bandits in the bull and saved conservatively enough to have a sustainable treasury to keep iterating / R&D without depending on more investors. The segmentation of web3 versus traditional tech is over. AI, Blockchain, XR, and the like will converge back into the overarching umbrella of "tech". Blockchain will be at the epicenter of this next tech wave, of course. But no end-user (like your younger sister or 70-year-old mom) will have any idea they are using it.
New Arbitrum Guide is uppppp ywyw https://www.one37pm.com/nft/what-is-arbitrum
Which @lensprotocol.lens creators have had the most collect revenue in the last 30 days? Besides some usual suspects we want to highlight: @andresbriceno.lens @zospours.lens @elliepritts.lens @nena1992.lens @itsvalentinacy.lens @cmn__.lens Congrats to all and respect! Check them all here. Also for more revenue stats and holders. https://collectz.xyz/profiles/stats?days=30
It’s officially summer. Will this be the Summer of AI? And by AI, I mean Aperol Immediately 🍹 Today, we got Amazon tapping $100M for AI, Meta and Google kicking off the Music Wars (no Spotify/Apple??), and another institution going full crypto flip-flop. ☕ *knuckle cracks* Let’s get into it. Today’s Specials: ✔️ Banning crypto ‘may not be effective in the long run’ — IMF (make up your mind ppl lol) ✔️ Behind Meta and Google’s AI Music Wars 🎶 ✔️ Amazon taps $100M AI Fund to compete w/ Microsoft, Google 💰 ✔️ Bitcoin Pops Over $30K Amid ETF Push full post in comments :)
We're hosting CryptoPunks Birthday party hosted by RLTY. Join us Thursday June 22 @ 11 AM EST w/ special guests and prizes. We're talking the Future of Community Building and Blue Chips for Big Brands with some of the Yuga team. This is not something you’ll wanna miss, so RSVP below :)
Do Kwon finally ended up going to jail… in Montenegro for 4 months. He might have to read a couple books and watch a few movies on a French Riviera… that’ll really show him! Jokes aside, this is only the beginning of his legal battles. But we won’t let Do Kwon dominate the headlines. We also have some cringey AI news and a full analysis on a global CBDC. Plus, we’re giving away a $120K Cryptopunk and all you have to do is follow us on Twitter to qualify. ☕ *knuckle cracks* Let’s get into it. Today's specials: Do Kwon goes to jail 🚓 IMF Wants a Global CBDC lol 🌎 AI Intel 🤖 : AI Helping Us Talk to Animals?? 🐕‍🦺 Free Alpha 💰 : We’re Giving Away Cryptopunk #2672 🧭 We hate it here - AI Edition 🤦‍♂️ : Have a Robot GF for null Per Minute 🫶 Full post in comments :) #ai #web3 #tech #news
Can someone explain the dichotomy between older generations being more likely to save for retirement w/ a lower likelihood of growing old versus younger people more willing to spend on experiences with a higher likelihood of living old? Some theories: 1. religion - YOLO bc you don't believe in an afterlife 2. relative economic prosperity - our quality of life doesn't suffer as much from not saving vs the past, we are more likely to take risks bc of it 3. accessibility - w/ flexible work + easy travel, why not?
Where my lens musicians at? Have a project we could use some help with :)
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GM. Two lattes deep in Lisbon, and we’re feeling good. The Binance/Coinbase/SEC saga continues as the industry keeps pushing forward – web3 broke $140M in funding in the last two weeks alone. ☕ *knuckle cracks* Let’s get into it. Today’s Specials: Binance to Halt Dollar Deposits 😁 Thru the Lens of Decentralized Social Media 🔬 Power Rankings 🔥 : Introducing, Tiers. Find Pudgy, Yuga, Azuki + DeGods on our A-list NFTs 🏭 AI Intel 🤖 : US Senators Propose AI Bills for Transparency and Innovation 🦿 You Raised? 💰 : Magic and Lens Lead Huge Funding Week 🤑 https://www.nofomonews.com/p/web3-funding-hot
Live from NFC Lisbon ... Stole Leviathor.eth 's @cryptopunksnfts.lens
GM. Apple threw its biggest demo day in a decade. The world’s biggest crypto exchange gets sued by the SEC. And it’s only Tuesday. Let’s dive in. Today’s Specials: Ex-Minnesota Vikings co-owner sent to prison ⚖️ SEC Sues Binance 👨‍⚖️ Apple Launches First Spatial Computer 🥽 AI Kills 4,000 Jobs in May 👷 NFC Lisbon Alpha 🇵🇹 Binance net outflows hit $778 million as of early Tuesday in response to the news. That’s a lot of pressure on the exchange. Silver lining: clearer rules around crypto are coming. This may just be FUD headlines that passes like the rain. TLDR; Crypto prices took a tumble Monday as the SEC sued Binance for securities laws violations. Binance pushed back against the SEC and denied any wrongdoing. Apple launches its own ultra-high-resolution VR headset, the “Vision Pro”. The first spatial computer. It will start at $3,499 and launch early next year. Everyone on the internet is talking about this today so we won’t bore you with what we think. Full post in comments #ai #web3 #vr #news
Could be the warm June weather. But markets are feelin’ kinda hot right now. Avalanche broke a record, Pudgy Penguins pumped toy sales, T-Mobile takes another creep into crypto (thoughts Dan Thygesen??) Get your nerd news fix in now so you’ll have no FOMO -- and plenty of fun in the sun this early summer weekend. Let’s jump in. Today’s Specials: No FOMO News 📰 : EU Signs New Crypto Licensing ✍️ Weekend Alpha: What to Watch 👀 : Avalanche Hits 1M Active Users 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Power Rankings 🔥 : Nakamigos Falling Off?? 📉 No FOMO 🗿 : Why Pudgy Penguins are the New Leaders in Phygital 🐧 AI Intel 🤖 : Meet the US Army’s AI Project - Linchpin 🪖 Conference Corner 🏢 : Non Fungible Conference kicks off in Lisbon. We Got the Alpha 🇵🇹 - Join our friends John Karp, NFT Factory, MaisonDAO, bem.builders, absolute labs, Decrypt + many more next week in the Web3 Capital of Europe. Full post linked in reply :)
Lisbon disco coming soon
**GM.** Woah. Nakamigos is PUMPING 🤯. Is this the part of the market cycle where memecoin profits start rotating back into NFTs? In other news, Russia drops its crypto aspirations, and NVIDIA’s top chief spells out the future of AI. Let’s dive in. **Today’s Specials:** No FOMO 🗿 : Will Amazon Win the NFT Wars?? No FOMO News 📰 : ‘24 Candidates Roll Out Their Crypto Stance AI Intel 🤖 : NVIDIA Chief ‘Everyone is a Programmer’ Today in Crypto History 📅 : The Start of an Era **Will Amazon win the NFT wars??** We don’t think Blur or Opensea are the NFT marketplaces of the future. We think it’s Amazon. Yes, Chad-era Bezos is cringe af. But the biz is primed to scale NFTs in a way that OpenSea and Blur simply cannot compete with. Why we’re long on Amazon in the NFT wars: **Royalties** We lost the plot when we stopped enforcing royalties Pretty sure we’ll see a new option that enforces royalties take over the market. I think we all miss when teams had a direct financial incentive to keep working. Royalties also align financial incentives with teams and holders. They’re overall good for the ecosystem. **Amazon is just better.** Amazon has direct access to 200 million subscribers that can seamlessly integrate NFTs into their shopping experience. Their customer experience and engineering team are equipped to grow at scale. One-click checkout, bruh.* ***Disclaimer**: *We are not Bezos stans by any means, but when your environmentalist hippie Brooklyn friend still relies on Whole Foods and Amazon Prime deliveries like a toxic ex-lover, we will call a spade a spade. Amazon slaps.*
Anyone else seeing more vintage cars, clothes, haircuts, music among the 21-35 urban diaspora recently, or just me? The juxtaposition of 20th-century culture becoming in vogue after a lifetime of repping 20th-century culture vs wanting my generation to create its own style
GM. The WEF released a whitepaper on the importance of global cooperation in crypto asset regulation this week. **Our Key Takeaways:** The crypto industry has no place in existing regulatory approaches, creating ambiguity and inconsistent enforcement. The anonymity provided by crypto miners, self-hosted wallets, and decentralized exchanges complicates oversight and compliance. Growing interconnectivity with traditional finance introduces potential contagion risks from the crypto industry. **Today’s Specials:** World Economic Forum Wants Global Crypto Cooperation 🌎 A Presidential Candidate Emerges As Pro-Crypto 🇺🇸 Bitcoin Ordinals Inch Closer Toward Ethereum NFTs 📈 More Web3 Funds Coming Together 🤝 JPMorgan, TikTok Break Out New Chatbots 🦾 More headlines and full post link below👇
GM. + Happy Tuesday. Tuesday has no feel. Monday has a feel. Friday has a feel. Sunday has a feel. This week, Biden rejects a deal to protect crypto traders. **Coinbase** takes another step outside the US. An AI scandal exposes lazy journalism. Let’s jump in. **Today’s Specials:** Coinbase Looks Outside U.S. for Expansion 🌎 Biden Rejects Debt Deal Protecting Crypto Traders 🔧 AI Can Weaponize Modern Medicine Now 🤦 An AI-Generated Pic Briefly Crashed the Market 📉 Coinbase officially rolled out its zero-fee subscription service, Coinbase One, past beta this week. The launch includes the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland, as Coinbase aims to extend its international reach. **Is this a turning point for Coinbase in the US?** Every major corporation eventually leaves its home country to grow. But the expansion into multiple countries, coupled with CEO Armstrong's statements, signifies a potential shift for Coinbase in the US market, especially with the EU making strides in regulation. **TLDR**; Coinbase is slowly backing out of the US like a Homer Simpson hedge meme.
Ledger is trying to steal your identity, AI is already developing human reasoning, BTC Miami is flopping, and worldwide regulation is a mess. In lighter news, Andrew Tate blocked us on Twitter, and we might ratio Matt Walsh. Happy Friday. Today’s Specials: Ledger Wants Your Seed Phrase 🔐 FTX Units Sue Shareholders 👨‍⚖️ Regulation Watch 🕵️‍♀️: EU pushes world's First Comprehensive Crypto Rules 📋 What to Watch 📅: BTC Miami a Flop? 🤔 AI Intel 🤖: AI Shows Signs of Human Reasoning 🧠 Just for Fun🤡: Andrew Tate Blocked Us 🤣 Find out why Tate blocked us and join 50K+ tech lovers who never miss out 👇 https://www.nofomonews.com/p/ledger-seed-phrase
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I wrote an article about the role of AI in Music back in September 2020. Here's what I had to say: AI mimics, humans imagine At least for the foreseeable future, AI is incapable of creating music without mimicking an existing data set that originated from human innovation. At some point, you can input tens of thousands of hours' worth of music and get something entirely original. In other words, Artificial Intelligence would create something entirely groundbreaking in the arts, independent of human creativity. But as technology exists today, AI in music is limited by the genres, keys, and time signatures that define its rules. Sure, Jukebox AI can bust out a Luke Bryant hit single in 30 seconds, but that hit single is based on the previous works of Luke Bryant. Artists don’t produce new music like that. Finding inspiration in experiences Consider the Beatles after India, the Grateful Dead after Egypt, or even the dark influence of heroin over John Coltrane. Those human experiences instigated new definitions and new perspectives for their music. Humans — musicians — artists are not linear thinkers. We derive inspiration from current and past events, abstract ideas, and unexplainable moments where words of poetry and musical phrases scream at our minds. You can’t input “traditional Indian folk music” and “Revolver” (the album that preceded the Beatles’ trip to India) and expect a “Within You Without You” Beatles masterpiece. Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour wrote “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” after his former best friend Syd Barrett lost his mind to LSD and schizophrenia in the 1960s. Bob Dylan wrote his brilliant “Masters of War” in response to the Vietnam War, or “Blowin’ in the Wind” in response to the civil rights movement, with the powerful line, “How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?” The list goes on and on. In contrast, new music produced with AI would use “Blowin’ in the Wind” as its source of inspiration rather than using a life experience to spark new ideas. Those experiences could be something as deep as losing a parent or as simple as walking past a cute girl. Those are the moments that manifest history’s greatest ballads. Improvisation sweats and breathes No one is looking to pay money, as far as I know, to watch a live 26-minute robot rendition of Scarlett Begonias / Fire on the Mountain. But 43 years later, 3.5 million people still want to listen to this one. There is something magical and timeless about improvisation in music. Even when mistakes are made, it somehow amplifies the fan-musician relationship into a deeper, more intimate understanding. Jerry Garcia was well-known for forgetting lyrics, cracking his voice or missing notes.Some of the Dead’s most famous shows came from when Garcia was too sick to sing, so he had to jam extra well to make up for the lost voice. Those moments are inherently human. A choice for computer-music could never be as authentic and clumsy as its flawed anthropomorphic alternative. Now to think of it, just last week my guitarist broke a string during an outdoor gig. We laughed and the crowd cheered. Isn’t that the beauty of it all? A deeper meaning for music Creativity stems from inspiration; it is not programmed or confined by the boundaries of linear thinking. Live musical performances, for example, are designed by the present moment that music is being produced. The creative expressions put forth by a collection of human-manipulated instruments depend on the bad food we ate that morning, the nasty fight we got in the night before, the painful sunburn we got that afternoon, the family tragedy we faced that year. All of those loves, losses, break-evens and wins are scrambled together into one medley outburst of raw emotional creativity. No code could match the unpredictable interface between an artist’s heart, mind and soul. Let’s look at jazz music: the archetype of human improvisation, a genre entirely based on impromptu creativity. John Coltrane, the legendary saxophonist who battled with drug addiction his entire life, performed “My Favorite Things” differently each time. But any musician who has performed in a band understands that the varying directions of his saxophone solos were based on the drummer’s fills, the bassist’s grooves, or the pianist’s chosen melodies. It all sort of happens in one simultaneous telepathic “this is how we feel right now” that constantly changes with each player’s tap, hit, blow or pluck. Using AI to amplify music Similar to the way AIVA pitched their product, Artificial Intelligence can be used to help the artist speed up and maximize the composition process. If I want to write a folk-electronic song (think Mumford & Sons + Avicii), I could plug in what that may sound like, and the machine would give me a great foundation and source of inspiration that didn’t previously exist before this technology. Apply that same philosophy to writing lyrics. In a commercial sense, business execs can rely on a machine to generate a catchy jingle. Yet, do decision-makers know what jingles work best for their business? A professional musician can take an AI-generated song and take it a step further, adding that much-needed hot sauce to an otherwise dry burger. There will always be a place for bipedal fleshbags in the arts. With or without AI in music. Why? Because the consumers of creation are also fleshbags, and we want to be wowed and wooed by the hairy, smelly creatures that feel and squeal just like we do.
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