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Retail Giant Walmart Enters the Metaverse With Walmart Land and Universe of Play on Roblox
26.9.2022
Walmart has entered the metaverse with the launch of Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play on Roblox. The metaverse gaming platform has 52.2 million daily active users and 11.3 billion engagement hours. “Our customers are spending loads of time there,” said a Walmart...
Walmart Dives Into Metaverse With Launches in Roblox
26.9.2022
The retail giant filed for trademarks earlier this year that may have hinted at its intent to sell goods in the metaverse
Binance Reportedly to Go (Back) Big in Japan, Kraken Rejects SEC, China Gets Metaverse Engineering Department + More News
26.9.2022
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Hume Receives Massive Series-A funding of $11.7 Million
26.9.2022
Hume, which in actuality is a start-up Web3 entertainment platform, has been successful in procuring a massive amount of $11.7 million through Series A funding. This amount is to trigger their imminent plans and vision of effectively and properly transferring conventional forms of music right onto...
Web3 Metaverse Company Hadean Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding Round Backed by Epic Games and Tencent
26.9.2022
Hadean, a company using computing to scale virtual and metaverse worlds, has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising $30 million. Among the companies that invested were gaming giant Epic Games and Chinese entertainment behemoth Tencent. Hadean aims to keep developing...
South African Financial Services Giant Nedbank Secures a ‘Village’ in the Metaverse
26.9.2022
The South African financial services giant, Nedbank, is reported to have acquired a village in the metaverse. The village will be used to showcase African creativity and to create experiences that “go beyond banking.” By securing a virtual property in Ubuntuland, Nedbank became one...
Is Disney About to Make its Big Crypto Move into NFT, Metaverse and DeFi?
26.9.2022
Though it wouldn’t be its first step in this direction, there is yet another suggestion that the media giant the Walt Disney Company may be gearing up for a major move into the realms of the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Disney is looking to hire...
Italian Serie ‘A’ Soccer Team AC Milan to Launch NFT Initiative
26.9.2022
AC Milan, a popular soccer team in the Italian Serie A league and the current champion, announced the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT)-based project. The organization established a partnership with Monkeyleague, a Solana-based Web3 soccer game, which became its official NFT partner...
Disney seeks corporate lawyer for 'emerging technologies' and NFTs
26.9.2022
The role includes “full product life cycle legal advice and support for global NFT products," among other responsibilities
JPMorgan: Demand for Crypto as Payment Method Has Drastically Declined
25.9.2022
Global investment bank JPMorgan is seeing little demand for crypto as a payment method. However, the bank noted that cryptocurrencies are becoming “larger and larger” in the gaming sector, including in the metaverse. JPMorgan Sees Little Demand for Crypto as a Payment Tool The global...
Want a $1 Million Job in Crypto? How About Chief Metaverse Officer - They Are all the Rage
23.9.2022
Metaverse technology has continued to be the rage among big-name brands that are now dolling out million-dollar paychecks to so-called "chief metaverse officers" to think up their metaverse adoption strategy.
According to a Bloomberg report, brands such as Disney, Proctor and Gamble (P&G), LVMH...
Metaverse Infrastructure Firm Hadean Raises $30M From Fortnite Developer, Others
23.9.2022
Hadean, a company aiming to build the infrastructure for metaverse environments, raised $30 million in a funding round that included online video game Fornite developer Epic Games among the investors
Uniswap Foundation to Distribute $1.8 Million in Grants to 14 Recipients
22.9.2022
The Uniswap Foundation (UF), the group behind the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap, announced the first wave of foundation grants on Wednesday as it plans to distribute $1.8 million total, awarded across 14 grants. The UF announcement details that a touch more than $800K will be awarded...
Metaverse graphics aim for community and accessibility — Not realism
22.9.2022
Metaverse graphics have been questioned in terms of quality, but industry experts explain that images appear certain ways for a reason
The First Wedding in Metaverse Concludes and Sandbox Celebrates the Happiness
22.9.2022
Clarence Chan and Joanne Tham married in the metaverse, courtesy of the partnership between The Sandbox, 1-Group, and Smobler Studios. The wedding was themed around 70s disco energy and the virtual backdrop of the Alkaff Mansion. The mansion is known to be the most exquisite place for getting...
Selling physical items as NFTs, explained
21.9.2022
A growing number of physical items are being immortalized in NFT form. What are the opportunities here... and the challenges that need to be addressed?
Japanese Crypto Exchange Coincheck Partners with Actor Kenji Kohashi for The Sandbox Project
21.9.2022
The Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck has enlisted Kenji Kohashi, a top-billing movie director and event organizer, to design its metaverse space in The Sandbox.
In a press release, the exchange explained that Kohashi will become the “creative director” of a project named “Oasis TOKYO,” which...
Enjin co-founder: Here's a roadmap for replacing shadowbans in the metaverse
20.9.2022
Instead of using moderators to shadowban users à la Twitter, the metaverse could offer a mechanism operable across blockchains incentivizing us to police fellow users ourselves
Can the Metaverse exist without blockchain?
20.9.2022
Read this article to understand why a metaverse can thrive and scale better on blockchain rails
Ford Filed Trademark Applications for NFTs & Virtual Cars
20.9.2022
The largest automaker in the US, Ford, recently surprised the industry by filing 19 trademark applications. The automobile giant followed Sony’s footsteps to enter the metaverse with an NFT marketplace, virtual cars, and more. Like Sony, the news was confirmed by Mike Kondoudis, the intellectual...