Metaverse


Markets

Land Prices Surge on Cardano Metaverse Project Pavia

Over 60% of 100,000 virtual land plots have sold on Pavia, with the remaining set to go under the hammer later this quarter.

Plots of land from the Pavia metaverse listed on an NFT marketplace. (CNFT)

Finance

Walmart Preparing a Metaverse Push, Trademark Filings Show

The retail giant may also be planning to create its own cryptocurrency and NFTs.

The Walmart in Warminster, Pa. (Kevin Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hulu Targets ‘Streamers of Tomorrow’ as It Seeks Candidates With Metaverse, NFT Backgrounds

The streaming platform’s Jan. 14 job listing signaled an interest in crypto tech.

(Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Videos

Matt James, ‘Bachelor’ Star and Crypto Bull, Weighs In on the Metaverse, NFTs and 2022 Predictions

Following his appearance on the premiere of “New Money” with Spencer Dinwiddie and Solo Ceesay, Matt James of “The Bachelor” fame answers viewer questions on CoinDesk’s “After Show.” Could the metaverse version depicted in a show like “Black Mirror” become a reality? Plus, bitcoin explained to a child and James’ predictions for 2022.

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Finance

Crocs Is Chomping Into NFTs, Trademark Filings Show

The footwear brand staked its name claim on NFT shoes, bags and accessories in a Jan. 11 USPTO filing.

Crocs (Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Opinion

NFTs Are Finance as an Aesthetic Medium

The fusion of fractionalized art and DeFi opens up new opportunities for art and creative money-making.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

Vinay Gupta on the Future of the Metaverse

Virtual real estate in the metaverse is booming. Mattereum CEO and leading figure in the blockchain space Vinay Gupta discusses where the metaverse could be in the next decade as part of a wider conversation about the future of money.

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Layer 2

Welcome to the Crypto Version of ‘Blade Runner’

Marguerite deCourcelle, creator of the Neon District, on building games in the metaverse.

A scene in the Neon District video game (Blockade Games)

Opinion

Metaverse Scarcity Isn’t Real

Because scarcity in the metaverse is arbitrary and artificial, the values created with virtual real estate and NFTs are not the same as in the physical world, argues EY’s Paul Brody.

The real world has real scarcities, unlike the metaverse.