Metaverse News
Christie’s Art Auction House Bets Big on Web3, Launches Investment Fund
Venerable auction house Christie’s has entered the intersection of art and finance with the establishment of Christie’s Ventures, an inv...
‘Greatest of All-Time’ Skater Tony Hawk Launches Virtual Skate Park in Sandbox
Tony Hawk, the world’s most famous skateboarder, is building a skate park in the metaverse in partnership with The Sandbox and Autogra...
Australian Open NFT Project ‘AO Metaverse’ Wins Big in Global Advertising Awards
The Australian Open Metaverse, in partnership with Melbourne Web3 studio ‘Run it Wild’, has won the first Cannes Lions award for an NFT ...
Playboy Set to Launch ‘MetaMansion’ in The Sandbox
Soon to enter its 70th year, seemingly ageless lifestyle brand Playboy is building on its Web3 presence to launch what it calls the MetaMans...
Meta Calls It Quits on Crypto Wallet ‘Novi’ After Just 10 Months
Meta Platforms has issued a notice to the users of its crypto project, Novi, recommending they withdraw their funds without delay. This foll...
Stratis (STRAX) Token Soars 160% Amid NFT, Gaming and Stablecoin Announcement
Ethereum-based, decentralised blockchain platform Stratis has witnessed its native token STRAX rocket 103 percent in one 24-hour period this...
KPMG Enters Metaverse, Investing $30 Million in Web3 Employee Training
KPMG, one of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms in Canada and the US, is opening its first metaverse collaboration hub to help empl...
Melbourne Sees $100 Million Invested in Metaverse Research Centre
Thai metaverse startup Translucia Global Innovation has announced it will partner with Australian software and design studio Two Bulls to la...
Australians Look to Virtual Real Estate Amid Overheated Real-Life Property Market
As prices in the real-life property market surge out of control, some Australians are settling for the next best thing – buying virtua...
30 Years After Coining the Term ‘Metaverse’, Neal Stephenson Launches Blockchain ‘Lamina1’
Thirty years ago, American cyberpunk science-fiction author Neal Stephenson conceived the term “metaverse” in his 1992 bestselle...
Snoop Dogg to Open Bored Ape-Themed Dessert Restaurant
Superstar rapper, recording mogul and NFT enthusiast Snoop Dogg has linked up with the Food Fighters Universe team to launch “an immer...
Australians Lag Developing Nations in Metaverse Awareness, Report
Compared to developing nations, a recent report by Ipsos has found that only 44 percent of Australians are familiar with the metaverse. In a...