Metaverse

AI-Driven Dogs for the Metaverse, Secured as NFTs, to Be Offered by Digital Pets Company
AI-Driven Dogs for the Metaverse, Secured as NFTs, to Be Offered by Digital Pets Company
April 12, 2022  |  Metaverse

The Digital Pets Company will be debuting artificial intelligence (AI) driven 3D digital dogs as companions, a report said Tuesday (April 12). The dogs will...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Reveals What It Will Charge for Its Metaverse
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Reveals What It Will Charge for Its Metaverse
April 12, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta Platforms unveils the payment tools for creators using its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform. Also, Microsoft launches a Banking-as-a-Service partnership...

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Fidelity Investments Launching Crypto, Metaverse ETFs
Fidelity Investments Launching Crypto, Metaverse ETFs
April 12, 2022  |  Investments

Fidelity Investments has plans in the works to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to enable investors to gain exposure to the broader world of digital assets,...

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Meta Opens Its Metaverse Platform to Payments, and It Doesn’t Come Cheap
Meta Opens Its Metaverse Platform to Payments, and It Doesn’t Come Cheap
April 12, 2022  |  Metaverse

Meta is rolling out a payments tools for creators of virtual mini-worlds and communities in its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform. It won’t be cheap. For...

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With Metaverse Patents and Consulting, Mastercard, Amex and Visa Foresee a Virtual Marketplace
With Metaverse Patents and Consulting, Mastercard, Amex and Visa Foresee a Virtual Marketplace
April 12, 2022  |  Metaverse

With a series of patent and trademark filings, Mastercard has revealed plans to move into metaverse commerce. In a batch of 15 filings, the payments...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Lego, Sony Invest $2B in the Metaverse
Today in the Connected Economy: Lego, Sony Invest $2B in the Metaverse
April 11, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Sony and Lego invest $1 billion each in Epic Games’ planned metaverse project. Plus, Square debuts Square Stand, its updated point-of-sale...

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Mastercard Seeking Metaverse and NFT Trademarks
Mastercard Seeking Metaverse and NFT Trademarks
April 11, 2022  |  Metaverse

Payments giant Mastercard has filed 15 nonfungible token (NFT) and metaverse trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, according to a Cointelegraph...

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Metaverse Ambitions Raise Epic Games up to $31.5B Valuation
Metaverse Ambitions Raise Epic Games up to $31.5B Valuation
April 11, 2022  |  Investments

Fortnite maker Epic Games announced it was worth $31.5 billion Monday (April 11) after securing $2 billion in funding from Sony and the owner of...

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SEC: Meta Shareholders Can Vote on Independent Review of Metaverse
SEC: Meta Shareholders Can Vote on Independent Review of Metaverse
April 08, 2022  |  Meta

Arjuna Capital said it had secured support from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to put Meta Platforms Inc.’s proposed metaverse through a third-party...

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