Metaverse
NFT Investor Animoca Brands to Start $2B Metaverse Fund: Report
The company will unveil the fund, called Animoca Capital, with plans to make its first investment next year.

Sony Launches Motion-Tracking Metaverse Wearables
The Mocopi sensors will cost about $358 and allow users to move as an avatar in real time.

Sandbox to Launch NFT Land Sale Featuring Playboy, Snoop Dogg
Blockchain-based virtual world The Sandbox is launching its three-part sale of digital real estate known as LAND, with major brands like Playboy, rapper Snoop Dogg and others. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest move potentially bringing the metaverse to the mainstream.

The Metaverse: More Women Are ‘Power Users,’ but Women Have Less Power
McKinsey’s latest report takes a look at demographics in the metaverse, suggesting that while women spend more time on metaverse platforms, they hold fewer leadership positions at metaverse companies than men.

Decentraland DAO Considers Pausing Grants as FTX Collapse Spotlights Diversification
The metaverse platform’s DAO community treasury holds over 99% of its assets in MANA, Decentraland’s native cryptocurrency.

Nike Sprints Into Web3 With New .SWOOSH Platform
The footwear giant’s latest Web3 move will allow community members to create and trade their own digital collectibles.

Meet the Metaverse Nightclub–Loving Audit Firm That Presided Over FTX’s Financials
FTX auditor Prager Metis reported the company earned $1 billion in revenue in 2021. An investigation by CoinDesk reveals Prager Metis also operates in Decentraland, where it sponsors the “Decentraland Babydolls.”

Blockchain Startup Elrond Rebrands to Focus on Metaverse
Elrond will aim to build on its prior work as a layer 1 blockchain with a focus on scalability to advance Web3 technology in the form of metaverse-related products.

How to Find Your Community in Web3
As the Web3 ecosystem continues to expand, so too have the ways in which people can connect and form communities.
