M○C△ WEEKLY 9/15

*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

• At Long Last, M○C△ Presents: Art DeCC0s ( I mean, first and foremost, if you missed this announcement of what we’ve sunk the last 6+ collective months into, you should really check it out)

• Why I Sued the SEC (RightClickSave)

• Defining Questions for the Tokenized Digital Art Market: The Impact of Layer-2 Blockchains (MutualArt)

• Don’t ask if AI can make art — ask how AI can be art (TheVerge)

Metaverse

• There Is More Than One Metaverse (BrownstoneResearch)

• Spatial Computing Expert: AI Didn't Contribute to Metaverse's Decline (Bitcoin.News)

• CBS News Colorado expands the First Alert Weather Center with augmented and virtual reality (CBSNews)

• The Godmother of AI Wants Everyone to Be a World Builder (Wired)

AI

• Where is the big museum blockbuster on AI? (TheArtNewspaper)

• AI can change belief in conspiracy theories, study finds (TheGuardian)

• Tech industry rushes to give AI greater decision-making abilities (Axios)

• Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI (TheAtlantic)

• The U.S. Military Is Not Ready for the New Era of Warfare (TheNewYorkTimes)

Finance

• eToro to shut down nearly all crypto trading in settlement with US SEC (Reuters)

• UK Parliament Introduces Bill to Recognize Bitcoin and Crypto as Personal Property (BitcoinMagazine)

• SEC backtracks on ‘crypto asset securities’ claim in Binance suit (Crypto.News)

• ‘Everyone’s mad': Inside crypto’s civil war over the 2024 elections (Politico)

Potpourri

• What I Learned When My AI Kermit Slop Went Viral (TheAtlantic)

• Trader’s acquisition of $1.5M CryptoPunk for $23K raises eyebrows (CoinTelegraph)

Tweet of the Week

Tweet from us at MOCA. We really would love to know who you think deserves an honorary Art DeCC0 creation. Let’s do this together!

Art From M○C△’s Collection

The High Priestess (2021), by Mauricio Pommella. In Museum of Crypto Art Permanent Collection.

Art in the Wild

Arepa Pabellon (2024) by Andres Del Vecchio. Currently accepting offers.

Traditional Art Banger

Untitled #258 (1992), by Cindy Sherman. Chromogenic print. 69 x 46 in. In collection of SFMOMA, San Francisco.

Quote of the Week

“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.”

-Gustave Flaubert

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