M○C△ WEEKLY 6/23

*Links to all the news you need to know...and some other stuff too*

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Your M○C△ Weekly Round-Up

Crypto Art

• M○C△ Confessional: We're Delusional About Crypto's Values (M○C△!)

• THE INTERVIEW | JOHN GERRARD (RightClickSave)

• Remembering Barbara Gladstone (1935–2024) (Frieze)

Metaverse

• Metaverse And Augmented Reality Remain Unpopular With VCs (CrunchBase)

• "It’s just going to get better over the next few years until everyone’s going to be wearing them": How VR and AR could change music production (MusicRadar)

• AR/VR has an image problem. Holographic light fields could be the answer (Diginomica)

• AWE 2024: All the AR, VR and Haptic Experiences at Augmented World Expo (CNet)

AI

• Leopold Aschenbrenner's "Situational Awareness": AI from now to 2034 (Axios)

• Are you 80% angry and 2% sad? Why ‘emotional AI’ is fraught with problems (TheGuardian)

• AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution. (TheWashingtonPost)

• The Original Turing Test Was a Drag Show (Slate)

Finance

• Crypto crashes Capitol Hill’s stock ban talks (Politico)

• US Government to Report Seized Crypto as 'Nonmonetary Property' (Bitcoin.com)

• Crypto Scammers Are Targeting Trump’s MAGA Supporters (Wired)

• Standard Chartered enters crypto trading arena (YahooFinance)

Potpourri

• The Stormtrooper Scandal review – inside the Star Wars art sale that wrecked lives (TheGuardian)

• Vitalik Buterin Defends The Persistent Idealism Of The Crypto Industry (CoinTribune)

• 1,590 CoinStats crypto wallets ‘affected’ in security breach (CoinTelegraph)

Tweet of the Week

Tweet from James Bloom

Art From M○C△’s Collection

Everything is Turning Blue, Including Me (2020), by Myriadinart. In Museum of Crypto Art Genesis Collection.

Art in the Wild

Untitled 6 (2024), by BEISSÚ. Currently awaiting reserve auction.

Quote of the Week

“Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?”

-Ludwig van Beethoven

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