M○C△ WEEKLY 6/30
*Links to all the news you need to know...and some other stuff too*
Your M○C△ Weekly Round-Up
Crypto Art
Is This Pissarro Print Worth $28,000—or $530? At 1stdibs, Dealers and an Algorithm Clash (ArtNet)
As winner of renamed ABS Digital Art Prize is announced, have we reached a turning point for conversations around NFTs and culture? (TheArtNewspaper)
M○C△ Confessional: Where Is the Killer App We Were Promised? (M○C△)
Metaverse
Hong Kong targets DeFi, metaverse for fintech expansion (CoinTelegraph)
Is The Metaverse The New Luxury Fashion? (Essence)
Metaverse – is there anybody in there? (DeutscheBank)
Meta is almost ready to start demoing its AR glasses, and they sound amazing (PhoneArena)
AI
AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’ (TheGuardian)
The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot (NewYorkTimes)
'Skeleton Key' attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft (TheRegister)
Finance
Vitalik Buterin says crypto regulations have created ‘anarcho-tyranny’ (CoinTelegraph)
US Treasury finalizes crypto rules to prevent tax evasion (EnGadget)
Solana ETF Approval Odds Rise Amid Potential Political Shifts, Analyst Says (BitcoinNews)
Coinbase + Stripe team up to expand global adoption of crypto (Coinbase)
Potpourri
Tweet of the Week
Art From M○C△’s Collection
Art in the Wild
Traditional Art Banger
Quote of the Week
“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.”
-Henry Ward Beecher
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