Texas and Alabama halt sale of metaverse casino NFTs
The states’ securities regulators served cease and desist orders to the sellers of the 12,000 Gambler NFTs who violated securities regulation.
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Mastercard files 15 metaverse and NFT-related trademarks
Mastercard’s trademark filings include for downloadable music files backed by NFTs and an online marketplace for downloadable digital goods authenticated by NFTs.
Global Tech Innovation Summit in Dubai: Blockchain to transform the future of Gulf countries
At this year's Global Tech Innovation Summit, the opportunities and perspectives for the country through blockchain technology, NFTs, metaverse, and related topics were highlighted.
The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 84: Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter, latest blockchain industry updates and BSV hits 10M transactions in 24 hours
The BSV blockchain hit a record-breaking 10 million transactions in 24 hours—a feat that no other public blockchain, including BTC and Ethereum, has achieved.
The metaverse is going to change the world as we know it, Dereck Hoogenkamp tells CoinGeek Backstage
We are on the precipice of the greatest revolution of our time and that the metaverse is transforming the world we know, Dereck Hoogenkamp tells CoinGeek Backstage.
Meta files 8 new digital currency, metaverse trademark applications
While the applications could possibly signal yet another move by Meta to solidify the company’s position in the metaverse, they could also be just a precautionary measure to protect the brand and logo in the metaverse, even without plans to launch any related product.
No micropayments, no metaverse
Unbounded Enterprise agrees with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's idea about the metaverse, but they say one key component was missing in Zuckerberg's argument—micropayments.
Banking giant JPMorgan sees $1 trillion value in metaverse
Multinational investment bank JPMorgan recently released a report on the “Opportunities in the Metaverse,” believing that there is over $1 trillion of value to be unlocked in the space.
South Korea to invest $187M in a national metaverse ecosystem
South Korea’s Ministry of ICT, Science, and Future Planning will also conduct community-oriented creative activities and hackathons to attract talent.
Metaverse and NFTs are cool, but they’re way too overhyped
Fed’s monetary policy initiated crazy trends during the last few years. Similarly, metaverse and NFTs gained fame in the last couple of years, with many irrelevant projects attracting big investments.
China: Beware of scammers in the ‘deceptive’ metaverse, banking watchdog warns
The watchdog warned about the various scams in the metaverse, including illegal fundraising for pump-and-dump tokens and overhyped virtual real estate.
BSV Stories – Episode 7: What is the metaverse?
CoinGeek’s Patrick Thompson takes us to the CES event in Las Vegas, where he gets a better understanding of what the metaverse will look like, how businesses will interact with it, and more.