Metaverse


Videos

Canaan Sues Over Patent Infringement; PayTM Considers Crypto Services

Canaan sues over bitcoin mining chip patent infringementIndia’s PayTM considers launching crypto-related services. Baidu and Netease file metaverse patents. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Videos

Could Facebook’s Metaverse Be a Threat to Crypto?

Meta, formerly Facebook, wants to get into NFTs and build out a Metaverse. Could this be a threat to crypto’s flourishing decentralized communities? Co-founder and Executive Chairman at Blockchain Research Institute Don Tapscott discusses Facebook’s Metaverse ambitions as it delves further into the virtual world, blockchain’s use cases, and more.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Analysts See Further Upside in Ether as Bitcoin Stalls

BTC’s price has been roughly flat over the past week, compared with a 4% rise in ETH and a 23% rise in Solana’s SOL token over the same period.

ETH/BTC price ratio chart (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Videos

E-CNY Scam Investigated, South Korea Gets Metaverse Bug

e-CNY hits 140 million users in the pilot phase. First digital renminbi money laundering case investigated. South Korea gets the metaverse bug. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Finance

Enjin Forms $100M Fund to Support Metaverse Projects

The Efinity Metaverse Fund will aim to support work on metaverse projects on Enjin and Polkadot.

Enjin and GameTalkTalk are seeking to reduce environmental costs associated with the minting of NFTs.

Markets

Ether Hits Fresh Record High, Sandbox’s SAND Leads Rally in Metaverse Coins

Since mid-October, Deribit has seen higher interest in year-end and March upside ETH exposure.

Ether hits record highs on Nov. 2, 2021 (CoinDesk)

Videos

NFT.NYC CEO on Sold Out 2nd Annual Conference

As the digital collectibles market heats up, the art, gaming, tech, and financial worlds are colliding in New York for a sold-out week-long conference on NFTs called "NFT. NYC." CEO Jodee Rich discusses the event, the rise of NFTs, and the wider obstacles ahead for the NFT space. Plus, reactions to Facebook's take on the metaverse as a potential threat to smaller crypto communities.

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Finance

Animoca Brands Backs Upland’s Real Estate-Based Metaverse With $18M Raise

The property game is home to more than 100,000 landowners across 13 virtual cities.

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Finance

Metaverse Startup The Sandbox Closes $93M Series B Led by SoftBank

The Sandbox metaverse counts 500,000 registered wallets, the startup said.

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Tech

The Metaverse We Didn’t Ask For

Does anyone want Facebook’s take on this old-new idea?

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