metaverse

A new metaverse company has raised millions of dollars through several mints of land plots with a plan to build a luxury virtual world. What Happened: White Sands announced the recent sale of 250 villas in its virtual community, which followed an initial offer of land plots sold as non-...

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) developers sold virtual land plots worth $20 million to bidders in the first two stages of the cryptocurrency's metaverse land sale. What Happened: According to data from blockchain explorer Etherscan, users spent 6280 Ethereum (CRYPTO:...

The Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) team has blacklisted a user for drawing a swastika using land in the project’s metaverse. What Happened: The first phase of buying land in Shiba Inu’s metaverse went live last week. Users that had locked their $LEASH (CRYPTO: LEASH)...

Could one of the fastest video game characters speed into the metaverse and NFT market? Here’s what Sega Sammy Holdings Inc (OTC: SGAMY) is planning for Sonic the Hedgehog and other characters as it grows the metaverse. What Happened: Sega is launching a five-year plan called “Super...

One of the most popular games for kids over the past five years has been Roblox, a PC and mobile game from Roblox Corp (NYSE: RBLX). Could a competing metaverse game from one of the most popular kids’ toys of all-time take market share away? What Happened: Epic Games, which is partially owned...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has called out Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) for charging creators close to 50% for all virtual sales in its metaverse. What Happened: Earlier this week, Meta said it would take a 47.5% fee from creators selling virtual assets in its Horizon Worlds metaverse.  ...

A leading metaverse company announced a new funding round to take the company to a $1 billion valuation and scale the company’s growth plans. What Happened: Avatar technology company Genies announced a $150 million Series C funding round led by Silver Lake. The funding round values the...

A former employee of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) says the company's metaverse may not be able to ensure a safe environment and will come with all the ill effects associated with the sponsor's flagship Facebook social media platform. What Happened: If Meta does not make good...

The Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) team announced that the land bid event for its metaverse would launch in a few hours. What Happened: “The Metaverse launches today,” stated an update from the official Shiba Inu Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) account earlier today. Woof day #ShibArmy, Shiba Inu $...

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta (NASDAQ: FB) will reportedly charge creators in its metaverse a 47.5% fee for all sales. What Happened: According to a report from Insider on Tuesday, Meta will charge a 30% fee for sales made on its virtual reality system Meta Quest ...

NBA superstar LeBron James is one of several athletes setting up for growth of the metaverse and non-fungible tokens. Here’s the latest on new filings from James. What Happened: A new trademark filing from James on April 5 suggest the NBA star has more plans to grow his brand through the...

Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) gave the go-ahead to investors looking to enter the metaverse via Roblox Corp (NYSE: RBLX) on Thursday, but one investor thinks the analyst firm needs to snap back to reality.  What To Know: Ritholtz Wealth Management's Josh Brown owns...

Sotheby’s, one of the world’s leading auction houses, hosted its fourth metaverse auction from March 30, 2022, to April 4, 2022, featuring 24 NFTs from the “LFC Heroes Club” series launched by Liverpool F.C. The ‘Legendary’ 1/1 auctions and the ‘Hero...

By Laura Cayuela - CMO of The Unfettered, an AA-quality story-based game with play2earn, NFT, and Metaverse concepts. In recent months, we've seen eyes roll in disbelief over the internet’s latest obsession with NFTs (non-fungible tokens). With NFT sales rising from their 2020 mark of...

Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ: SBUX) plans to get into the non-fungible token (NFT) business before the end of the year. What Happened: Speaking at an Open Forum on April 4, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said “Sometime before the end of this calendar year, we are...