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NearPay Launches Virtual Crypto Cards, Wallet for iOS and Android; Physical Cards to be Launched 'Soon'
26.8.2022
Seeking to bring what the company describes as "the modern digital banking experience" to the cryptosphere, crypto finance protocol NearPay has launched virtual crypto cards and its wallet for iOS and Android.
The service is currently available to residents of the European Economic Area (EEA)...
Creo Engine to Establish a Virtual Headquarters in Bloktopia
24.8.2022
Creo Engine recently announced joining hands with Bloktopia, a decentralized metaverse by Polygon. The collaboration will see Creo Engine launching its virtual headquarters on Bloktopia. In addition, the Web3 platform will also bring its Guild and GameFi partners into the metaverse. These partners...
Australia to Stocktake Crypto Holdings Ahead of Regulation
23.8.2022
Australia intends to do a virtual stocktake of cryptocurrency assets held by its citizens, the new executive power in Canberra announced this week. The move is viewed as an indication that the center-left government plans to regulate the country’s crypto space. Treasury Embarks...
Report: Investment Management Giant Invesco Launches Metaverse Fund
23.8.2022
The investment management giant Invesco has launched a metaverse fund that will invest in a myriad of startups focused on metaverse technology, a Citywire report detailed on Monday. “We will seek to capitalise on these opportunities through a highly selective, valuation-conscious...
South Korean financial majors want to create virtual assets exchange in 2023: Report
22.8.2022
Samsung Securities, Mirae Asset Securities and Shinhan Financial Investment are among the financial heavyweights in talks with the government to create the exchange
Mark Zuckerberg to Overhaul Meta’s Metaverse App Horizon Worlds After Criticism of Its Simple Graphics
22.8.2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to overhaul the company’s flagship metaverse app Horizon Worlds after it received heavy criticism due to its graphic simplicity. The backlash was received as a consequence of one of the selfies of Zuckerberg’s avatar in Horizon Worlds presented...
Metaverse still not ready for virtual weddings and legal proceedings
13.8.2022
Since the legislative framework surrounding the Metaverse is quite gray, experts still don’t see the technology being used to settle legal issues
Soccer Clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid File Joint Trademark Application for Metaverse Activities
13.8.2022
Two of the biggest soccer clubs in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, have applied to receive trademarks for some elements in the metaverse. The clubs have introduced an application that encompasses different activities and services that they can conduct in the metaverse, including...
Upland Sustains Mass Market Readiness With All-Inclusive Economy
12.8.2022
Upland is a mobile-first blockchain metaverse that allows users to buy virtual properties based on real world addresses, build on those properties to increase their value, and sell them to increase their virtual real estate portfolio. Upland has the unique position to attract mass markets due...
UAE Now Requires Agents to Report Real Estate Transactions Where Virtual Currency Is Used as Payment
12.8.2022
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said it now requires real estate agents, brokers, and law firms to report to the Financial Intelligence Unit real estate transactions in which virtual currency is used as payment. Similarly, real estate purchases or sales where “the funds used in...
20000% in One Minute on Play to Earn Game Tothesmart
11.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The crypto enthusiast has got 10,032 BUSD into their wallet by buying virtual miners in the Play To Earn game Tothesmart for only 50 BUSD. Real lotteries on the blockchain are gaining popularity around the world. The project Tothesmart has implemented an exciting mechanism...
The Philippines halts virtual asset provider license applications
11.8.2022
The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that the closing of VASP applications begins on Sept. 1, 2022, and will last for three years
Philippines Central Bank to Halt Applications for New Virtual Asset Firms for Three Years
11.8.2022
The Philippines' central bank is closing its application window for new virtual asset services providers (VASP) licences for three years from Sept. 1
Half-Life 2 Will Soon Be Playable In VR
11.8.2022
After years in development, and loads of ups and downs along the way, the developers of a virtual reality mod for the original Half-Life 2 have announced a public beta that’ll be kicking off next month.Read more
Report: Nearly 13,000 Chinese Social Media Accounts Promoting Virtual Currency Closed
10.8.2022
Nearly 13,000 Chinese social media accounts that allegedly promoted virtual currency investments were closed, the Cyberspace Administration of China recently revealed. In addition, some 51,000 social media posts with content relating to the marketing or promotion of investments in virtual...
Metaverse housing bubble bursting? Virtual land prices crash 85% amid waning interest
8.8.2022
The virtual real estate market is crashing despite a McKinsey report predicting a $5 trillion market by 2030
Six reasons why blockchain makes sense for commercial real estate: Deloitte
8.8.2022
The study reveals that blockchain technology is well-positioned to take over more than 50% of the entire leasing and sale process across commercial real estate
Virtual Land Sales Take a Plunge Amid Broader Crypto Downturn
4.8.2022
Virtual real estate is seeing a crash of its own as prices of land in various metaverses, as well as sales volumes, have plunged to the lowest levels in months - amid a broader crypto downturn that has seen around USD 2trn wiped from the crypto market capitalization.
According to a dashboard...
Tax Agency Vows to Go Hard After Koreans Using Crypto to Evade Levies
3.8.2022
South Korea’s tax administration has pledged to take strict measures against tax evasion through virtual assets and platforms. While the Korean government is yet to start taxing capital gains resulting from crypto investment and trading, authorities in Seoul claim cryptocurrencies have been...
HBO's Historic Virtual Reality Movie Isn't Fully Honest With Itself
2.8.2022
Director Joe Hunting’s documentary We Met In Virtual Reality, the first to be filmed entirely in the social game VRChat, is not as compelling as its multilayered subject matter. It’s filmed at a personal range, with Hunting always hidden but his camera absorbing cartoonish faces like a curious...