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NFT and Metaverse Weekly: Metaverse Celebrations Feature the Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Payments Firm Worldline Set Up Virtual Shop; Ripple CEO Calls NFTs ‘Underhyped’
NFT and Metaverse Weekly: Metaverse Celebrations Feature the Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Payments...
June 02, 2022  |  Metaverse

Can you hold a Memorial Day celebration in the metaverse? Of course. Should you? That’s another question — and one with a lot of question...

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European Payments Services Company Worldline Launches Virtual Showroom in Metaverse
European Payments Services Company Worldline Launches Virtual Showroom in Metaverse
May 31, 2022  |  Metaverse

France-based Worldline on Tuesday (May 31) announced the public launch of one of the first virtual showrooms operated by a payments firm. The company stated...

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Memorial Day in the Metaverse: Blood, Toil, Tears, Sweat … and Mattress Sales?
Memorial Day in the Metaverse: Blood, Toil, Tears, Sweat … and Mattress Sales?
May 30, 2022  |  Metaverse

There may well be a Memorial Day parade, event, ceremony or, well, memorial somewhere in the many burgeoning metaverses, but we didn’t find one. To...

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Metaverse Weekly: Epic Battle Brewing for Control of the Metaverse
Metaverse Weekly: Epic Battle Brewing for Control of the Metaverse
May 26, 2022  |  Metaverse

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney went to war with Apple in 2020 over its iron grip on the iPhone ecosystem and with Google a year...

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PYMNTS Blockchain Basics Series: What’s Bitcoin, and How Did It Get That Way?
PYMNTS Blockchain Basics Series: What’s Bitcoin, and How Did It Get That Way?
May 25, 2022  |  Bitcoin

So, what is bitcoin? By this time, most people know at least a little about bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, and that there is also Bitcoin...

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Davos Jumps Into Metaverse While Bankers at Forum Blast Crypto Payments
Davos Jumps Into Metaverse While Bankers at Forum Blast Crypto Payments
May 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) first live meeting in two years kicked off on Sunday (May 22), and the cryptocurrency industry is out in force....

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Metaverse App BUD Raises $36.8M, Plans NFT Marketplace
Metaverse App BUD Raises $36.8M, Plans NFT Marketplace
May 23, 2022  |  Metaverse

BUD, an app that enhances the metaverse experience, has raised $36.8 million in a new funding round, a Medium blog post said Monday (May 23)....

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eBay, OneOf Partner on NFT Development and Sales
eBay, OneOf Partner on NFT Development and Sales
May 23, 2022  |  NFTs

Global commerce giant eBay and non-fungible token (NFT) producer OneOf announced Monday (May 23) that they are collaborating on the production and sale of animated...

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Meta Says Metaverse Will Be Worth $3T
Meta Says Metaverse Will Be Worth $3T
May 20, 2022  |  Meta

Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, is defending Meta’s eye-popping investments in the metaverse, saying he believes the technology will change how consumers use...

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