Metaverse

Coachella, Crypto Exchange FTX Team to Offer NFT Passes
Coachella, Crypto Exchange FTX Team to Offer NFT Passes
February 01, 2022  |  NFTs

The music festival Coachella has teamed with crypto exchange FTX to offer ten lifetime festival passes in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Yahoo reported...

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Sports Betting Firm Entain to Build London Innovation Hub for Metaverse, NFT Tech
Sports Betting Firm Entain to Build London Innovation Hub for Metaverse, NFT Tech
February 01, 2022  |  Metaverse

Sports betting and gaming group Entain is spending £40 million ($54 million) to create an innovation hub in London to build and trial entertainment tech,...

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Regulators Walk Fine Line Between Protecting Consumers, Stifling FinTech Innovation
Regulators Walk Fine Line Between Protecting Consumers, Stifling FinTech Innovation
February 01, 2022  |  Regulation

The regulators sharpen their gaze, the legislators sharpen their pencils and bang the gavels — and Big Tech, banks and FinTechs are in the crosshairs,...

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LVMH Chief ‘Wary’ of Metaverse Bubbles but Sees Virtual Worlds as ‘Thought-Provoking’
LVMH Chief ‘Wary’ of Metaverse Bubbles but Sees Virtual Worlds as ‘Thought-Provoking’
January 31, 2022  |  Metaverse

Unlike some other big brands that are embracing the metaverse with open arms and doing everything they can to be part of the augmented and...

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Vancouver’s TerraZero Provides ‘Metaverse Mortgage’ to Client Buying Virtual Real Estate
Vancouver’s TerraZero Provides ‘Metaverse Mortgage’ to Client Buying Virtual Real Estate
January 31, 2022  |  Metaverse

TerraZero Technologies, a metaverse tech company, has completed a ‘metaverse mortgage’ with a client, according to a Saturday (Jan. 29) press release. This all went...

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ByteDance Launches Non-Metaverse Virtual World
ByteDance Launches Non-Metaverse Virtual World
January 28, 2022  |  Metaverse

TikTok owner ByteDance has launched an app in China that lets users explore and interact in a virtual community. Just don’t call it a metaverse....

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Fidelity Wants to Track Metaverse Exposure
Fidelity Wants to Track Metaverse Exposure
January 28, 2022  |  Metaverse

Fidelity Investments has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a metaverse exchange-traded fund (ETF). According to media reports Friday (Jan....

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PYMNTS Metaverse Series: Warner Music Group Brings Venue, Theme Park to The Sandbox
PYMNTS Metaverse Series: Warner Music Group Brings Venue, Theme Park to The Sandbox
January 27, 2022  |  Metaverse

There’s been a lot of talk about how brands can leverage the metaverse to create exciting and immersive experiences that offer fans access, entertainment and...

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PYMNTS NFT Series: Hey Jude, Don’t Burst the Bubble
PYMNTS NFT Series: Hey Jude, Don’t Burst the Bubble
January 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Welcome to another installment of PYMNTS’ series on nonfungible tokens (NFTs), the newest craze in cryptocurrency. In these articles, we are looking at every part...

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