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The top tier of Spanish soccer – Primera Division, commonly referred to as La Liga – reportedly joined forces with the digital art platform – StadioPlus – to enter the Decentraland Metaverse. Over the course of the partnership, the league will develop land parcels in Vegas City district (a digital party town part of the virtual reality platform). La Liga’s Push Into the Metaverse According to a recent coverage, the move aims to grab the attention of Generation Z, who are...

On September 15, American video game development company Epic Games announced the official launch of Blankos Block Party on its Game Store, making it the first NFT game to be included in the platform’s Marketplace. The beta version of Blankos Block Party was launched in 2020 by Mythical Games and has already gained more than one million players, according to its developers. The most attractive thing about this shooter game is the NFT characters and accessories, which can be...

Mit dem „Merge“ genannten Umstieg der Ethereum-Blockchain auf ein neues Validierungsverfahren wird ein großer Teil der Kryptowirtschaft nachhaltiger – und leistungsfähiger. Es wird nicht nur ein gewaltiger Energieverbrauch abgeschaltet. „Das Ethereum-Netzwerk wird wesentlich schneller und günstiger“ sagt Hartmut Giesen, Krypto-Experte bei der Hamburg Sutor Bank. „Ether kann deshalb mittelfristig den Bitcoin als wichtigste Kryptowährung ablösen.“ Das zeigen auch die Transaktionszahlen....

According to a report by the data acquisition and analysis company DappRadar, Web3-based games and Metaverse projects raised $748 million since August 1, 2022. Last month, on average, 847,000 daily Unique Active Wallets (UAW) interacted with blockchain games, an 11% decline compared to July. One of the most popular games in the field – Axie Infinity – surpassed $4 billion in all-time NFT sales, while approximately 36,000 additional people joined as daily players in the past...

Singapore’s largest bank DBS announced a partnership with Ethereum-based gaming platform The Sandbox to design an interactive metaverse experience  – DBS BetterWorld – as part of its broader roadmap to explore Web 3 opportunities for its customers. The latest deal marks the foray of the first Singaporean entity to collaborate with the Animoca Brands’ subsidiary as it joins DBS’ ambitious “SingaporeVerse,” a neighborhood on its virtual map that seeks to bring the culture of...

On September 7, Puma, one of the world’s leading sports brands, announced the launch of “Black Station,” its first interactive metaverse experience, during the New York Fashion Week. According to the company’s press release, Black Station will become “a dynamic destination to visit,” where Puma users will be able to connect in an immersive and interactive way to enjoy the brand’s NFTs, mainly related to sporting goods. Puma Revives Its Creative Journey Adam Petrick, PUMA’s...

Sygnum granted capital markets services (CMS) licence for asset management in Singapore Sygnum kündigt die Eröffnung des ersten Metaverse-Hubs einer Schweizer Bank im virtuellen Äquivalent des New Yorker Times Square an. Der Decentraland-Hub ist Sygnum’s Web3-Portal zur aufstrebenden USD 5 Billionen Metaverse-Wirtschaft und verfügt über einen CryptoPunk-Rezeptionisten, eine interaktive NFT-Galerie und einen Veranstaltungsraum. Sygnum eröffnet den...

The American investment management company – Invesco – reportedly launched a Metaverse fund, which will invest in large, medium, and small-cap firms that have stretched their operations to the virtual reality. Last year, the investment giant filed documents to launch two crypto-based ETFs in the USA. Several months later, though, it blamed the US SEC for its unfriendly stance on such products and abandoned its plans. Hopping on the Metaverse Bandwagon According to a coverage...

Jamiroquai is the latest entity to join more than 200 of The Sandbox’s partnerships that include Ubisoft, The Rabbids, Gucci Vault, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, Adidas, The Smurfs, and CryptoKitties, among others. The Animoca Brands subsidiary announced the partnership with the legendary funk and acid jazz band – Jamiroquai – which is well-known for their 1996 global smash hit “Virtual Insanity.” According to the official blog post, the goal of the strategic collaboration...

United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s leading flag carrier, Emirates Airline, is all set to dive into the digital asset space by leveraging cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the metaverse. The entry is part of its strategy “to connect with customers in a faster and more flexible way,” said the report. Embracing Bitcoin, NFT, and Metaverse Emirates will start its foray into the cryptocurrency industry by soon introducing Bitcoin as a payment method. The company will also add NFT collectibles...