South Koreas will be immersed in the Metaverse sooner than later, as industries and public services begin rolling out virtual avatars and applications across the country. The South Korean people and an increasing number of major companies in the country have begun to embrace and integrate the Metaverse into their everyday lives in new and…
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SAND prices have surged to a new all-time high as The Sandbox announces its highly anticipated play-to-earn metaverse event. Animoca Brands’ virtual property and gaming firm The Sandbox is opening up part of its Metaverse to players for the first time via a multi-week play-to-earn (P2E) Alpha event. But only a handful of lucky players…
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After raising $440,000 selling NFTs on Binance, the Hermitage is now curious if NFTs are about the art, or rather just the money. The Russian State Hermitage Museum continues diving in the nonfungible tokens (NFTs) industry by debuting its first fully-virtual exhibition of digital art. Shortly after raising over $400,000 via its first NFT auction…
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“In order for him to have a clean slate for Meta, he must step down and he must have a new CEO to run it,” said Jenny Ta. Crypto leaders are divided over whether Mark Zuckerberg should lead Facebook into the Metaverse, with Hodl Asset’s Jenny Ta saying he needs to resign if Meta is…
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The Southampton FC matchday rights acquired by Sportsbet could be put to use even amid the COVID-19 lockdown — with the help of Bitcoin and virtual reality. Premier League football club Southampton FC has entered into a partnership with cryptocurrency betting website Sportsbet.io. The new venture will give Southampton fans the chance to take in…
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Superstar DJ and world-famous augmented reality artist drive NFTs further into the mainstream Augmented reality artist Sutu is teaming up with Canadian DJ and producer deadmau5 to drop a 30-second audio-reactive artwork as a non-fungible token next week. The video, entitled In Titan’s Light is a 30-second loop paired with a section of the deadmau5…
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From owning land to playing games and creating artworks, earning opportunities on NFT marketplaces continue to grow. Nonfungible tokens are not a new phenomenon in the crypto space, as the emergence of blockchain technology has provided a useful base layer to create a sprawling economy for digital collectibles. Amid the growing appetite for digital art,…
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Individual and corporate investors are devoting millions of dollars to acquiring virtual acreage — here is why. In the “real” world, real estate has historically been seen as a viable investment. Individuals and corporations usually purchase land and property either for development or to sell at a higher price in the future. With the world…
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Blockchain projects are developing video conferencing applications as remote working gains more popularity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With the coronavirus pandemic forcing many businesses to adopt work-from-home policies, the demand for video conferencing programs appears to have increased. Indeed, by late April, video conference app Zoom was seeing 300 million daily meeting participants, a…
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Blockchain and VR-powered social media platform Sensorium has joined the Global Blockchain Business Council. Virtual reality media platform, Sensorium, has announced its membership in the Global Blockchain Business Council, or GBBC — a Swiss-based non-profit industry association for blockchain. Sensorium will participate in GBBC’s upcoming virtual forum on May 28, which will see the firm’s…
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