M○C△ WEEKLY 4/14

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Your M○C△ Weekly Round-Up

Crypto Art

• THE FUTURE OF CREATIVE AI (RightClickSave)

• M○C△ Confessional: Why are we All so Obsessed with XCOPY? (Shameless Self Promotion)

• Next Up: Fernando Samalot Rides Puerto Rican Tides in Multisensory Meditations (NFTNow)

Metaverse

• NASA created VR metaverse to prep astronauts for life on lunar space station (CoinTelegraph)

• A brave new, virtual world – Saudi Arabia takes the lead in metaverse adoption (ArabNews)

• The Elder Scrolls Online dev says the 'metaverse' is sinking because it ignored 20 years of games doing the exact same thing: 'It's not new, and they should stop treating it like it's new' (PCGamer)

• Imagining virtual reality as a simple tool to treat depression (StanfordMedicine)

AI

• Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries show the growing threat AI drones pose to energy markets (CNBC)

• The rise of the chief AI officer (FinancialTimes)

• How Spotify AI plans to know what’s going on inside your head, and find the right track for it (CNBC)

• The AI Revolution Is Crushing Thousands of Languages (TheAtlantic)

Finance

• Crypto executives put money behind longshot bid to oust Elizabeth Warren (Politico)

• Over 540,000 New Crypto Assets Have Been Launched in First Four Months of 2024, According to CoinGecko (DailyHodl)

• Uniswap in Regulatory Crosshairs: SEC Enforcement Notice and Industry Response (CoinPedia)

• $4.3 billion mining firm VP explains how this bitcoin halving will be different (TheStreet)

Potpourri

• Yuga Labs NFT Royalty Sent To FTX US Address, What Is Happening? (CoinGape)

• Collector Artudito Opens Up on $16.4 Million Alien CryptoPunk Purchase (NFTNow)

• The evolution of teamLab: from Tokyo digital art leader to global sensation (TimeOut)

Tweet of the Week

Tweet from NaniXBT

Art From M○C△’s Collection

Pink + Pink (2020), by Beatriz Helena Ramos. In Museum of Crypto Art Genesis Collection.

Art in the Wild

When I Strike (2024) by AntPantone. Currently unsold.

Traditional Art Banger

Painting (1946) by Francis Bacon. Oil and Pastel on Linen. 6' 5 7/8" x 52" (197.8 x 132.1 cm). In collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

Quote of the Week

“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.”

-Samuel Butler

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