Real Estate


Opinion

Metaverse Scarcity Isn’t Real

Because scarcity in the metaverse is arbitrary and artificial, the values created with virtual real estate and NFTs are not the same as in the physical world, argues EY’s Paul Brody.

The real world has real scarcities, unlike the metaverse.

Videos

The Sandbox Co-founder on Future of Virtual Real Estate as PwC HK Buys Plot of LAND NFT

PwC Hong Kong, a subsidiary of consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has acquired a plot of LAND on Animoca-owned metaverse The Sandbox. The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget shares insights into the sale and what it means for the future of virtual real estate. Is 2022 the year of the metaverse?

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Tech

New Year’s Eve Party Comes to the Metaverse as Times Square Building Owner Enters Decentraland

Real estate firm Jamestown snatched up 170 parcels and is hosting a virtual New Year’s party concurrently with its meatspace counterpart.

This, but in Decentraland. (Rob Kim/Getty Images)

Opinion

Get Ready for the 2022 Metaverse Real Estate Boom

It won’t be confined to Ethereum.

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Finance

Animoca Brands Backs Upland’s Real Estate-Based Metaverse With $18M Raise

The property game is home to more than 100,000 landowners across 13 virtual cities.

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Finance

US Mortgage Lender UWM Plans to Accept Bitcoin Payments

The Michigan-based company hopes to become the first nationwide mortgage lender to accept cryptocurrency.

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Markets

Tokenization May Make Real Estate Investment Easier: Report

Moore Intelligence sees the tokenization of documents leading to more efficient and cheaper transactions.

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Policy

New York City to Explore Blockchain for Preventing Deed Fraud in Land Sales

The city's finance department will work with Medici Land Governance on a proof of concept blockchain for land records.

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Markets

US Luxury Penthouse Sells for Record-Breaking $22.5M in Crypto

As per confidentiality agreements, the buyer and the type of cryptocurrency used to make the purchase have not been revealed.

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Videos

Real Estate NFTs are Here

TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is selling his apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, as an NFT. "The Hash" panel discusses what tokenized deeds mean for the future of the NFT market.

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