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Finance

Alibaba Cloud Builds Metaverse Launchpad on Avalanche

Named Cloudverse, the launchpad is designed to provide an end-to-end platform for companies to customize and maintain their metaverse spaces.

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Videos

Yuga Labs CEO: 'The Metaverse Is Not New'

Yuga Labs' new CEO Daniel Alegre discusses at Consensus 2023 why he thinks gamers want to participate in the creative environment of gaming and be a part of the Web3 ecosystem. Plus, why he thinks users will flee if they think that the metaverse and Web3 are just about swindling them out of money. "The reality is the metaverse is not new,” he said.

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Web3

Yuga Labs CEO: 'The Metaverse Is Not New'

The company behind the Bored Apes Yacht Club has a new CEO from Web2, and he knows that you can’t build Web3 with a Web2 mindset.

Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre, left, and Rosie Perper, CoinDesk's Web3 deputy managing editor (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Web3 Can Be 'the Trust Layer' to Counter Issues Raised by AI

Journey’s Cathy Hackl shares how the Web 3 ecosystem can empower AI during CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 conference.

Cathy Hackl, directora del metaverso en la consultora de innovación y diseño Journey, en el escenario de la conferencia Consensus 2023 de CoinDesk llevada a cabo en Austin, Texas. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Videos

Animoca Brands Co-Founder on Global Web3 Developments

Data from the analytics platform Dune shows that the number of daily users and sales have dipped across non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, reaching new lows not seen since July 2021. Animoca Brands co-founder and Executive Chairman Yat Siu joins "First Mover" to discuss sentiment around NFTs, the metaverse, and Web3 developments across the globe.

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Opinion

Imagining the Future AI and Web3 Can Build

While the full range of innovations driven by AI, Web3 and the metaverse remains uncertain, the potential is undeniably vast, Sandy Carter writes.

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Markets

Gala Games to Airdrop Version 2 Tokens in May

The new tokens are part of an upgrade to Gala's network.

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Videos

Lamina1 CEO on Mainstream Adoption of the Metaverse

Lamina1 is a layer one blockchain ecosystem that’s set on providing the infrastructure for Web3 developers to build the “Open Metaverse.” During CoinDesk's "Projects To Watch" week, Lamina1 CEO Rebecca Barkin discusses mainstream adoption of the metaverse, noting it will rely on a "cultural movement."

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Lamina1 CEO on Building an Open Metaverse

Lamina1 is a metaverse-focused, layer 1 blockchain, the brainchild of science-fiction author Neal Stephenson and blockchain expert Peter Vessenes. Lamina1 CEO Rebecca Barkin weighs in on the state of mainstream metaverse adoption and how augmented reality could be incorporated.

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Policy

UK’s New Technology Department to Tackle Country’s Metaverse, Web3 Strategy

The department will explore economic growth, investment and business opportunities in these areas, as well as implications on regulation.

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