Gaming venture capital firm Konvoy launches new $150 million fund, with a portion set to be invested in cryptocurrency and blockchain-based games. Venture capital firm Konvoy Ventures is set to fork out at least $30 million to back various cryptocurrency and blockchain-based games. The American firm announced the launch of Konvoy Fund III, with $150…
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People can have a better knowledge of the Metaverse and Web3 by learning how to utilize Minecraft. What is the Metaverse? The Metaverse is a term coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash to describe a future virtual reality-based online world. Some have gone as far as pronouncing Stephenson’s novel…
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Krafton, the company behind the development of the blockbuster videogame PUBG, has announced a partnership with Solana Labs with the objective of building its blockchain game offering. The new business plan of the company includes the creation of token economies to power play-to-earn (P2E) experiences to build its own Web3 offerings.
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The blockchain firm Animoca Brands announced the company has partnered with the venture accelerator Brinc in order to launch a play-to-earn (P2E) Guild Accelerator Program. Both firms plan to dedicate $30 million over the next two years toward early-stage startups focused on expanding the global P2E ecosystem. Animoca Brands and Brinc Launch P2E Fund for…
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Mobile gaming giant Zynga has outlined new plans for NFT-based games and Web3 acquisitions coming in 2022 San Francisco-based game developer Zynga, best known for the FarmVille and CSR Racing series, has announced plans to release its first blockchain and NFT-based games this year. The billion-dollar game studio first made waves in the crypto world…
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After launching the Fractal NFT gaming marketplace, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan labeled NFTs as the “future of gaming.” Twitch co-founder Justin Kan launched a new blockchain gaming-focused nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace on Thursday dubbed Fractal. Fractal’s Discord group has since amassed more than 111,000 members despite only being announced two weeks ago. At the time…
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On December 14, Moonray PBC, the developer behind the multiplayer action-role-playing game (RPG) Moonray, announced that the project has raised $3.5 million from strategic investors. Moonray is considered the first metaverse and gaming non-fungible token (NFT) exchange built on the Bitcoin network via Stacks. Moonray PBC Leverages Stacks to Build a Blockchain Game on Bitcoin,…
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“I think the community should very much be trying to bend the arc of development away from injecting artificial, unnecessary scarcity entirely for the benefit of some investor class,” said Edward Snowden. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden said he was concerned with how some privileged individuals or firms in the digital space might be…
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“Undoubtedly, Metaverse land is the next big hit in the NFT space. Outputting record sales numbers and constantly increasing NFT prices, virtual worlds are the new top commodity in the crypto space.” Four blockchain-based Metaverse projects generated more than $100 million worth of virtual land NFT sales last week according to data from DappRadar. A…
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A play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain gaming guild has raised $18 million in a Series A financing round according to an announcement on Wednesday. Avocado Guild detailed that the firm raised the funds from investors such as Animoca Brands, Goldentree Asset Management, Three Arrows Capital, and Solana Ventures. P2E Organization Avocado Guild Raises $18 Million From Strategic…
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