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Virtual Payments Key to Future Success of Metaverse and Gaming
Metaverse // February 07, 2023

The gaming industry is set to play a prominent role in the metaverse’s early development.  The metaverse, for its part, will similarly transform future gaming experiences.  That’s beyond the two-way impact multiplayer games and platforms like Minecraft, Fortnite, Roblox and others have already had in...

NFT Weekly: China’s Tencent, Minecraft Leave the Game
NFTs // July 26, 2022

Even with cryptocurrencies banned in China, some of the top retailers held fast on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which weren’t quite covered by the law, although reselling them for a profit was banned. Now Tencent has given up, shutting down its marketplace for them altogether, and...

Klarna Co-Founder Among Swedish Startup Execs Funding Social Change
Investments // December 23, 2019

The leaders behind Klarna, Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga are joining other startup founders and H&M’s founding Persson family to fund firms that are trying to solve the world’s biggest problems, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Dec. 23). The group’s €100 million ($111 million)...

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Klarna Co-Founder Among Swedish Startup Execs Funding Social Change

December 23, 2019
The leaders behind Klarna, Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga are joining other startup founders and H&M’s founding Persson family to fund firms that are trying to solve the world’s biggest problems, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Dec. 23). The group’s €100 million ($111 million) Swedish fund will put money into companies seeking to solve […]