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Metaverse
Metaverse Avatar Creator Ready Player Me Raises $56M in Series B led by a16z
The funding round included participation from the co-founders of Twitch and Roblox.
Facebook Parent Meta Mocked Online After New Horizon Worlds Rollout
Meta's launch of "Horizon Worlds" in Spain and France this week has been mocked online, after CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his avatar from the platform that revealed graphics of a questionable quality. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in Meta's virtual ambitions and whether it's paying off.
Snapple Created a Bodega in the Metaverse
The virtual installation in Decentraland comes with big savings (as much as $1.39) to visitors who complete its scavenger hunt and register their… PayPal wallets.
South Korean Web 2 Metaverse Platform Zepeto Gets a Web3 Makeover
The Naver-owned social network worked with Jump Crypto to build ZepetoX on the Solana blockchain.
A Growing Metaverse Poses Systemic Risks Regulators Need to Recognize, BOE Researchers Say
If the metaverse grows, households could rely more on crypto and banks and financial institutions could have greater exposure, researchers said.
The Minds That Imagined the Metaverse and VR
A conversation at Consensus 2022 between two visionaries Neal Stephenson and Jaron Lanier about how they envisioned the metaverse and VR. Moderator: Leah Callon-Butler, Director, Emfarsis
AMA: Neal Stephenson, 'Snow Crash' Author
"Snow Crash" author Neal Stephenson joins Emfarsis' Director Leah Callon-Butler at Consensus 2022 to discuss his book and how he envisioned the metaverse space.
ETH Merge Delay Concerns; Buterin’s Clown Call
Concerns over Ethereum delays surface, while Tether CTO says it will be supported. Ethereum cofounder calls Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor ‘a total clown’ and Meta’s metaverse attempts will ‘misfire’. CoinFlex cuts staff to reduce costs by 60%. US FDIC issues advisory over crypto deposits and insurance. Report alleges S. Korean Busan Bank employee embezzles US$1.1 mln, invests in Bitcoin. Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
Apple Is Stifling the Metaverse, Tech Expert Says
Matthew Ball, managing partner of Epyllion Co. and author of “The Metaverse and How It Will Revolutionize Everything,” discusses on CoinDesk TV what role the tech giant is playing in the field.
How Apple May Potentially Interfere with Metaverse Development: Expert
"The Metaverse And How it Will Revolutionize Everything" author Matthew Ball discusses how Apple is potentially problematic to the development of the decentralized metaverse. Plus, he weighs in on the new Pew Research study that finds 54% of tech innovators and developers predict that by 2040 the metaverse will be much-more-refined.