AI and blockchain — a match made in heaven?

I’m currently writing this from the Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow.

So if you see some typos or other issues, please give me a break.

The good news is there’s some interesting things that have been happening over the weekend, and I hope you enjoy reading our take on them.

P.S. — If you could let me know on Twitter or LinkedIn your thoughts on this newsletter and what you would like to see to improve it, that would be great.

Quick hits

• ​ZachXBT rallies support — I’ve long been a fan of ZachXBT. If you don’t know him, he’s an “on-chain sleuth” who uses various tools to identify alleged shady actors in the space. MachiBigBrother believes he’s been wrongly targeted and it’s caused reputational damage, so he’s suing. And Zach XBT has received around $1M US in donations from the crypto community to help him fight the case. Kinda cool.
• ​Hong Kong continues Web3 growth- I love Hong Kong. Lived there for a few years, and happy to see good news around the place recently. The HK Cyberport has attracted over 150 Web3 brands and have a budget of about $6.3M US to develop Web3 companies. I’ve got my fingers crossed for HK in all of this. With the US becoming so hostile towards decentralisation, HK might help persuade China to lift their ban which would be a huge market and boost for the industry.
• ​Ethscriptions following Ordinals- June 17th saw the launch of Ethscriptions on Ethereum…