M○C△ WEEKLY 9/22

*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

• 🔥🚨 ART DECC0s 🚨 🔥: The Process (in which we reveal an Art DeCC0 for the very first time!!)

• How tech is powering the art market’s expansion into luxury, finance and science (TheArtNewspaper)

• Larva Labs’ Rare “Autoglyph 30” to Be Auctioned for Charity at Fair Warning (NFTNow)

• The Interview | Jacek Markusiewicz (RightClickSave)

Metaverse

• China ‘blue force’ shooting at US in a naval metaverse (AsiaTimes)

• HTC announces the Vive Focus Vision with color passthrough and an eye on gaming (TheVerge)

• Here’s what I made of Snap’s new augmented-reality Spectacles (TheMITTechnologyReview)

• You could soon enter immersive worlds with no headsets (DPAOnTheNet)

AI

• ChatGPT Speak-First Incident Stirs Worries Of Artificial General Intelligence (Forbes)

• Study: AI could lead to inconsistent outcomes in home surveillance (MITNews)

• Amazon introduces Amelia, an AI assistant for third-party sellers (CNBC)

• The United Nations Wants to Treat AI With the Same Urgency as Climate Change (Wired)

Finance

• Fed Rate Cut Could Crash Crypto Markets, but Era of Central Banks Is Over: Arthur Hayes (CoinDesk)

• Louisiana takes first crypto payment over Bitcoin Lightning (CoinTelegraph)

• US Lawmakers Demand Answers From Gary Gensler on SEC’s Position That Crypto Airdrops Are Securities Transactions (TheDailyHodl)

• Silvergate Capital enters bankruptcy after crypto bank's shutdown (Reuters)

Potpourri

• New York: the restaurant FlyFish Club pays a fine to the SEC of $750,000 for its NFT (TheCryptonomist)

• The Role of NFTs in Modern Art and Culture: 5 Insights for Students (TheMarketPeriodical)

• China's Anti-Crypto Policies Threaten to Ripple Through Its Gaming Market (Bitcoin.News)

Tweet of the Week

Tweet from Shibboleth.

Art From M○C△’s Collection

The Library (2020), by Zach Murray. In Museum of Crypto Art Genesis Collection.

Art in the Wild

Emissary of Empathy (2024), by Yura Miron. For Sale on Fractal Visions.

Traditional Art Banger

Circus Band (2008), by Fernando Botero. Oil on canvas. 72 4/5 × 55 1/2 in. In Collection of Opera Gallery.

Quote of the Week

“To begin, begin.”

-William Wordsworth

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