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Crypto exchange KuCoin has announced it will be opening a virtual office inside the skyscraper from the decentralized metaverse Bloktopia.In a Nov. 2 announcement, KuCoin said it would be joining the metaverse by launching an office inside Bloktopia’s platform, designed as a skyscraper. The virtual building has 21 different levels
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U.S. tech giant Microsoft is taking the plunge into the Metaverse via updates to its Teams and Xbox gaming console services, along with a new product called “Dynamics 365 Connected Spaces.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the firm’s Metaverse plans for Teams and Spaces on Nov. 2 during the Microsoft
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Sports footwear and apparel manufacturer Nike is exploring the design of virtual materials featuring its iconic logo and slogan.According to Oct. 27 records at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Nike has filed applications for its namesake, swoosh logo, and "just do it" slogan to be used in virtual goods for
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Nick Clegg, vice president for Global Affairs and Communications at Meta Platforms, spoke at Lisbon’s Web Summit 2021 during a panel on Facebook and innovation in Europe.The world’s biggest tech conference has returned to a physical setting following a two-year, COVID 19-induced virtual hiatus. The event is showcasing an illustrious
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“What sets us apart is Upland’s connection to the real world in combination with engaging game mechanics driving an almost endless number of compelling use cases for NFTs,” said Dirk Lueth, co-founder of Upland. “We are proud that Animoca Brands, a clear thought leader in gaming and blockchain, led this
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Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum’s blockchain, refreshed record highs on Tuesday amid continued bullish flows in the options market. Meanwhile, tokens associated with virtual reality games extended their rally on Facebook’s recent championing of the metaverse as the next evolution of social technology. Original Source
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Sfermion, an investment firm led by crypto podcaster and analyst Andrew Steinwold, says it has raised $100 million for a new fund focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with contributions from Marc Andreessen, the Winklevoss twins, and Digital Currency Group (which funds an editorially independent CryptoX).Steinwold told CryptoX that the fund,
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Metaverse startup The Sandbox closed a $93 million Series B funding round led by SoftBank, said a press release.The Sandbox is an Ethereum-based platform where players can “play, create, own, and govern a virtual world,” according to its site. Players can own in-game assets in the form of non-fungible tokens
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The metaverse continues to be the next attraction point of crypto for investors, with The Sandbox, an Animoca Brands subsidiary and nonfungible token (NFT) metaverse platform, raising fresh capital in a funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.Marking SoftBank Vision Fund 2’s first investment into the crypto assets, The
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The metaverse envisioned by Facebook is a kind of all-encompassing iteration on these concepts. It wants us to be more engaged, more online, while the world around us degrades. To the extent that the metaverse is already here, it’s an attempt to complement the systems we already use. It doesn’t
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