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Tech

Apple Vision Pros Are Practically Dress Code at This Crypto Hacker House

Airdrop riches and FOMO are fueling a run on Apple's pricey VR headset at mtnDAO, the Solana blockchain's largest community-run coworking meetup, in Salt Lake City.

Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Apple's 'Vision Pro' Set to Get First Crypto-Focused Metaverse App From Victoria VR

The app will be released in the second quarter, and the VR token price has surged 60% in the last 24 hours.

Victoria VR's token surges as it becomes first to release metaverse app for Apple's 'Vision Pro' headset. (Apple)

Finance

Virtual Reality Tokens Surge 8% as Traders Await Apple's VR Headset Release

The metaverse market is bouncing back ahead of Apple's release as trading volume on related tokens spikes to $905 million.

Apple to release VR headset on Monday (Lauren Heymann/Unsplash)

Videos

Meta’s Horizon Worlds Falling Short of Internal User Goals: WSJ

Facebook's parent company Meta is failing to keep users and internal performance goals on its flagship virtual reality (VR) "Horizon Worlds" platform, according to The Wall Street Journal. "The Hash" hosts discuss the key takeaways and the outlook for Meta's metaverse efforts.

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Videos

Banking in the Metaverse

Host Joel Flynn discusses whether the future of banking is already a virtual reality. This story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Finance

Walmart Dives Into Metaverse With Launches in Roblox

The retail giant filed for trademarks earlier this year that may have hinted at its intent to sell goods in the metaverse.

(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Opinion

Why It Can Feel Good to Be Bad in the Metaverse

Virtual reality is fun. It’s a release. But when does it become a little too real? This article is part of CoinDesk's "Sin Week."

With the rise of immersive gaming and metaversal experiences, people now have even more ways to explore every aspect of their personality and interests, including their dark side. (Ayko Neil Kehl/Unsplash)

Finance

Shanghai Plans to Cultivate $52B Metaverse Industry by 2025

Shanghai wants to create more than 100 companies in a plan that focuses on virtual reality and increased connectivity.

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Finance

Goldman Says Apple, Meta Lead in Developing Metaverse Technology

Virtual reality platforms are set to evolve rapidly into 2023, the bank’s analysts said.

Apple and Meta lead the competition for virtual reality, Goldman Sachs says. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank Lead $150M Raise for Metaverse Startup Improbable

The multiplayer services provider is accelerating its push into the metaverse.

A scene from inside Decentral Games' metaverse casino. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

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