Metaverse

Metaverse

Web3

Nike Sprints Into Web3 With New .SWOOSH Platform

The footwear giant’s latest Web3 move will allow community members to create and trade their own digital collectibles.

NIKE high top sneaker in neon lights (Unsplash)

Finance

Meet the Metaverse Nightclub–Loving Audit Firm That Presided Over FTX’s Financials

FTX auditor Prager Metis reported the company earned $1 billion in revenue in 2021. An investigation by CoinDesk reveals Prager Metis also operates in Decentraland, where it sponsors the “Decentraland Babydolls.”

FTX Trading LLC auditor Prager Metis hosted a metaverse office launch party at Dencentraland coordinates (19, 144) in October. (Prager Metis)

Finance

Blockchain Startup Elrond Rebrands to Focus on Metaverse

Elrond will aim to build on its prior work as a layer 1 blockchain with a focus on scalability to advance Web3 technology in the form of metaverse-related products.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Learn

How to Find Your Community in Web3

As the Web3 ecosystem continues to expand, so too have the ways in which people can connect and form communities.

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Opinion

The Metaverse Isn't Real

The hype surrounding the metaverse is betting on a future immersive and experience-rich virtual world infrastructure that does not yet exist.

(Julian Tromeur/Unsplash)

Web3

Steph Curry Files ‘Curryverse’ Metaverse Trademark

The NBA star may be taking his basketball talents to the metaverse with NFT services offered in “virtual environments.”

(Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Finance

Metaverse Project WeMade Put on 'Caution' List in South Korea After Releasing Inaccurate Token Data

WeMade said it accidentally excluded the issuance of tokens meant to supply liquidity to its mainnet and increase user participation.

(KINNYtv/Pixabay)

Opinion

Web3 Has Failed the Creator Economy

Why would you voluntarily put the success of your brand in the hands of traders?

Crypto exposes creators to the vicissitudes of the market – hardly solid ground to build, filmmaker Robin Schmidt writes. (Matias Malka via Unsplash, modified)

Web3

Tech Behemoths Could Become ‘Dinosaurs’ if They Enter the Metaverse for the Wrong Reasons, Deepak Chopra Says

Chopra, founder of health-care company Chopra Global, discusses why big names in tech could succumb to short-lived success if they leap into the metaverse with the wrong intentions.

Deepak Chopra (Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Lighthouse Immersive and Impact Museums)

Videos

Facebook Parent Meta Misses Revenue Estimates for Metaverse Division in Q3

Meta Platforms (FB) reported lower-than-expected third quarter revenue of just $285 million for its Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) division, which comprises its augmented and virtual reality operations. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for Meta and its metaverse ambitions.

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