The Insider #78

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NFT News

• Refik Anadol, a Turkish artist, announces the “Large Nature Model”. It is the world’s first open-source, generative AI model that is focused on Nature. Mr. Anadol says that this model will be central to his project, DATALAND. DATALAND is a unique museum and Web3 platform dedicated to data visualization and AI art. (source)

• Nakamigos teases Crypto Trading Card game from Jan 17. Seems like Nakamigos have been working to jump in web3 gaming train. If built correctly, this game could be a major driving force for Nakamigos’ floor price. (source)

Crypto News

• BlackRock, an American multinational investment company with ~10 Trillion $’s of assets under management, promoted their newly approved Spot $BTC ETF on their homepage. It is amazing to see a company as big as BlackRock advertising Bitcoin via their ETF. This is a major step towards “mass adoption” since it legitimizes Bitcoin further.  (source)

• The Venezuelan government ended national cryptocurrency. Their trial was a Dash based coin since Dash was widely adopted in the country. Time will tell Venezuelan government decides to try a new national cryptocurrency with another decentralized coin. (source)

Macro News

• Search filters on X are coming soon to mobile (starting with iOS). This will ease the entire operation of finding tweets that were posted recently, in a language of your choice or even near your location. A very positive development for all creators on X. (source)

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