NFTs


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NFT Art Museums Are a Good Idea

The metaverse turns galleries global, and helps fund the arts. This article is part of “Metaverse Week."

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Analyses

Happiness 3.0: A Mission for Mental Health in the Metaverse

Technological innovation is rapidly changing what it means to be human. How do we stay sane?

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Web3

SuperRare in SoHo: NFTs in the Real World

Visions from Remembered Futures is leaping into the metaverse and simultaneously out into the real world.

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Kevin McCoy: The Metaverse Is Going to Be Powered by Game Engines

The digital artist, who minted the first NFT ever, compares the metaverse of today to the watershed moment when Nintendo launched Mario Bros in 1985.

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Finance

How NFTs Will Drive the New Wave of Consumer Loyalty

You’re not going to get rid of something that much of the world finds useful just because of some volatility.

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Technologies

Gaming DAO Merit Circle and YGG Caught in DAO Governance Strife

Merit Circle members want to refund Yield Guild Games’ investment and cancel an agreement between the two, claiming there has not been enough value added by the gaming guild giant. YGG says that was never on the table.

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Analyses

How to Make It in the Metaverse

In this work of fiction, a woman buys a home in the metaverse because New York City rent is just too high. But virtual worlds exact their own cost of living. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Metaverse Week.

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