Meta Corporation will open the first Meta Store retail store to introduce consumers to virtual reality and the metaverse. The store will showcase the company's VR headsets, Ray-Ban Stories glasses, and Portal devices. Visitors will have access to interactive demonstrations played on a massive wall-to-wall LED display. Meta Store. Data: Meta. The company believes that physical retail stores...
Marketplace OpenSea announced the purchase of an aggregator of non-fungible Gem tokens. 1/ Exciting news! To invest in the "pro" community and continue improving the OpenSea experience, we’re excited to share that we’ve acquired @gemxyz ! Read more in the official announcement blog, and below 👇https://t.co/IBn38f2d3U — OpenSea (@opensea) April 25, 2022 The service allows you to purchase NFTs on...
The developers of Near Protocol have launched an algorithmic stablecoin USN pegged to the US dollar and backed by the native NEAR token. It will be managed by DAO Decentral Bank. Meet $USN, the first NEAR-native stablecoin by Decentral Bank! Starting today, users can mint $USN using $NEAR through the NEAR web wallet (https://t.co/Kc7Tr4M7B8). Users can also swap...
Uno Re, a decentralized insurance platform, has launched a coverage portal that allows DeFi users to immediately insure their crypto assets, according to a press release. The company said it was meeting the need for the DeFi space — affordable insurance amid the possibility of hacker attacks — which increased several times over the previous year...
Two days after the beta launch of the new NFT trading platform, Coinbase shares fell to an all-time low during Friday's trading session. The company announced plans to enter the NFT sector back in October last year, and more than 1.5 million people signed up for the waiting list. The Coinbase NFT beta was launched on...
With a new operating license in the United Arab Emirates, Kraken aims to provide access to global liquidity to local investors through AED trading pairs. California -based crypto exchange Kraken becomes the second virtual asset platform after Binance to receive regulatory approval to operate in Abu Dhabi's international financial center and free zone, Abu Dhabi Global...
Leading banks in India have asked the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to issue a formal directive explaining the restrictions on money transfers using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for trading virtual digital assets. According to a report by the Economic Times of India, Indian banks recently received "verbal instructions" from the NPCI to block...
Peckshield, a well-known blockchain security company, on Monday revealed the existence of numerous phishing websites for the Web3 lifestyle app STEPN. These sites insert a fake MetaMask plugin into the browser, with which they can steal seed phrases from unsuspecting STEPN users. When the cybercriminals receive the seed, they gain full control over the user's STEPN...
Why is Facebook So Interested in Having a Metaverse? The concept of a metaverse is nothing new. In Silicon Valley, metaverses have been discussed for years. Some examples include Second Life, and Jeff Bezos has also shown interest in the idea. Facebook has the resources to invest more money into this project over the next two...
How Does the Metaverse Make Money With Digital Real Estate? The metaverse has made virtual real estate investment a trendy concept. You may have even seen celebrities like Snoop Dogg building their mansions in their virtual worlds. Recently, someone paid $450,000 to become Snoop's neighbor in Sandbox. But digital real estate investing isn't always so easy....
