Metaverse


Videos

Crypto Surges on US Inflation Rise, Korean Investors Win Damages

Tencent CEO sees opportunity in the metaverse. Crypto surges after the fastest US inflation rise in 30 years. Korean court rules in favor of hacked investors. 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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Seoul Says It Will Be the First Major City Government to Enter the Metaverse

“The Hash” panel discusses possible motives and potential outcomes as Seoul says it will be the first major city government to enter the metaverse.

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Tech

Enter the Margaritaverse: My Week at NFT.NYC

The daytime event felt like a pretext for the lavish after-parties.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Weakens as Altcoins Rally

Solana’s SOL and ether both hit record highs during the week, while bitcoin was little changed.

Gráfico de 7 días de bitcoin (Messari)

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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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)