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Lakers
2026-08-25 10:27:58

Lawyer Lin Shanglun Says the Lakers’ Rising Price Shows What AI Still Cannot Recreate

In a commentary published by BlockTempo, lawyer Lin Shanglun used the Los Angeles Lakers’ back-to-back record sales to argue that AI may flood markets with generated images and storylines, but it still cannot reproduce the scarcity and emotional weight of real sports history. Lin wrote that the Lakers were sold for $10 billion in 2025, setting a record in U.S. professional sports, and then changed hands again in 2026 for $12.5 billion in a deal involving former Disney chief executive Bob Iger. That second sale lifted the team’s price by $2.5 billion in a single year. Lin said the jump looked absurd at first. He wrote that he only began to understand it after repeatedly seeing AI short dramas in taxis and restaurants. In his view, AI can now generate visual entertainment at low cost and even “complete” the unfinished regrets left behind by films, animation, and other works. Once that happens, scarcity fades and emotional value weakens. Sports, he argued, are different. A team’s legacy is built through games that were actually played, by players who actually lived those moments. From Magic Johnson’s Showtime era to Kobe Bryant’s Mamba spirit and LeBron James’ bubble title, those championship nights cannot be reshot by AI. Lin framed Bob Iger’s bet on the Lakers as a bet on an asset AI cannot mass-produce.

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Lawyer Lin Shanglun Says the Lakers’ Rising Price Shows What AI Still Cannot Recreate
Bitcoin
2026-08-24 07:49:10

Metaplanet CEO says AI era makes Bitcoin scarcity stand out more

Simon Gerovich, chief executive of Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet, said the rise of AI is sharply reducing the cost of producing things that can be expanded in supply. In a post on X, he said software, content and analysis are all set to become cheaper and more abundant as AI spreads. Against that backdrop, Gerovich argued that Bitcoin’s fixed supply becomes more distinct. He said the 21 million BTC cap is protected by the network’s own rules, cannot be copied and cannot be diluted. He also pointed to Bitcoin’s ability to settle globally on a 24-hour basis. The remarks frame Bitcoin as an asset defined by non-expandable supply at a time when AI is lowering the cost of creating digital goods and services.

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Metaplanet CEO says AI era makes Bitcoin scarcity stand out more
Changpeng Zha
2026-08-15 16:23:59

CZ says Bitcoin’s effective circulating supply may be 10% to 20% lower بسبب lost private keys

Changpeng Zhao said Bitcoin’s headline supply figure does not fully reflect how much BTC is actually available to the market. In a post cited by U.Today and carried by Techub, Zhao said Bitcoin’s total supply stands at about 20.07 million coins, equal to 95.6% of the asset’s 21 million cap. He added that the amount of Bitcoin that can truly circulate may be far lower, because 10% to 20% of tokens could be permanently unrecoverable after private keys were lost. According to Zhao, those coins may sit in wallets whose keys are no longer accessible, or be locked away for other reasons that prevent access. If so, the amount of BTC available for trading and transfer would be materially below the mined total. His comment points to a tighter effective supply than the market may assume, even as the protocol-level supply approaches its maximum limit.

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CZ says Bitcoin’s effective circulating supply may be 10% to 20% lower بسبب lost private keys