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‘Crypto-States’ Will Compete With Corporates in the Metaverse

It’s Facebook’s Meta versus open DAOs. And the battle will come down to hardware, specifically, microchips.

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Morgan Stanley Sees Facebook as Best Stock to Gain Exposure to the Metaverse

Bank sees around $5 trillion of consumer expenditure that could be digitized faster.

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Finance

More Firms Embracing the Metaverse and Gaming Stocks Have Already Benefited, Morgan Stanley Says

The metaverse does exist but not yet in its “purest form,” said the analyst.

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Could Facebook’s Metaverse Be a Threat to Crypto?

Meta, formerly Facebook, wants to get into NFTs and build out a Metaverse. Could this be a threat to crypto’s flourishing decentralized communities? Co-founder and Executive Chairman at Blockchain Research Institute Don Tapscott discusses Facebook’s Metaverse ambitions as it delves further into the virtual world, blockchain’s use cases, and more.

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NFT.NYC CEO on Sold Out 2nd Annual Conference

As the digital collectibles market heats up, the art, gaming, tech, and financial worlds are colliding in New York for a sold-out week-long conference on NFTs called "NFT. NYC." CEO Jodee Rich discusses the event, the rise of NFTs, and the wider obstacles ahead for the NFT space. Plus, reactions to Facebook's take on the metaverse as a potential threat to smaller crypto communities.

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The Metaverse We Didn’t Ask For

Does anyone want Facebook’s take on this old-new idea?

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NFT.NYC 2021 Conference Kicks Off, NFT42 CEO on the Booming NFT Market

The art, gaming, and crypto worlds are colliding for NFT.NYC, a week-long sold-out conference that dives into the world of NFTs. NFT collector and NFT42 CEO Jimmy McNelis shares insights into his best investments in digital collectibles, the NFT market’s biggest challenges, growth opportunities to watch, and the intellectual property implications.

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