Relevant News Articles on Metaverse and Web3 Curated by the MetFier Team


Roadmap — MetFi DAO
This roadmap when executed will ensure that MetFi DAO becomes the sustainable, long-term ecosystem that we have all been working towards —…
medium.com

Gucci Enters The Metaverse
Major fashion brand Gucci launched an exciting new metaverse experience complete with games and NFTs. Find out what this means for the future of luxury fashion.
www.forbes.com

Web3 music platform Public Pressure’s first NFT project rakes in $2m ‘within days’ of release – Music Business Worldwide
NFT collection comprised 3,333 limited edition NFTs that were sold for a fixed price of $600 apiece…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Metaverse Fashion Week to return next year
The second iteration in late March will bridge Decentraland with other virtual worlds, with a focus on digital-physical crossovers and more support for brands.
www.voguebusiness.com

Starbucks opens up its web3 loyalty program and NFT community to first beta testers
Starbucks today is launching its blockchain-based loyalty program and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey, to its first group of U.S. beta testers.
techcrunch.com

Metaverse and Money – CitiGPS
The Metaverse may be the next generation of the internet, combining the physical and digital world in an immersive way.
www.citivelocity.com

Google Cloud Partners With Coinbase to Accept Crypto Payments, Drive Web3 Innovation – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Google Cloud has announced a partnership with Coinbase to drive Web3 innovation that includes using Coinbase to accept crypto payments.
news.bitcoin.com

Metaverse investments double to $120bln in 2022, says McKinsey
Market has the potential to reach $5trln in value by 2030
www.zawya.com

The metaverse could be worth $13 trillion, host 5 billion users by 2030, says Citi
“We believe the Metaverse is the next generation of the internet — combining the physical and digital world in a persistent and immersive manner.”
fortune.com

New virtual economy: what does the rise of The Metaverse mean?
Huge amounts of money are being poured into the metaverse, an alternative world where you can work, play and meet people without ever leaving your home. The Exchange looks at whether the rise of this vast virtual space will redefine the way we consume and communicate forever? #TheExchange
www.euronews.com
How the metaverse accelerates economic development for emerging economies
Metaverse as technology can revolutionise the education and training sector. A recent research by the University of Maryland revealed that students can retain more information when it is presented in Virtual Reality (VR) rather than on a static computer screen.
economictimes.indiatimes.com

Gaming makes up over half of blockchain industry usage, DappRadar
DappRadar says that there are around 847,230 gaming-related unique active wallets daily with nearly $700 million in transactions.
cointelegraph.com
JPMorgan Opens A Lounge In Decentraland, Sees $1 Trillion Metaverse Opportunity
Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has become the first major bank to enter the metaverse. What Happened: The bank opened a lounge in blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland (CRYPTO: MANA) on Tuesday, and issued an 18-page report on how it sees the metaverse as a $1 trill…
www.nasdaq.com

Metaverse market to generate $50B with finance sector adoption by 2026: report
Technavio forecasts that by geographical segmentation, finance key players in North America will contribute the most to the advancement of metaverse adoption in the industry.
coingeek.com

Stocks and property will be turned into NFTs, venture capitalist says
Company stocks and real estate will be among the many things that get turned into non-fungible tokens in the future, according to Bill Tai.
www.cnbc.com

Companies like Nike and Disney are hiring like crazy for the metaverse—and it’s just the start
Companies as diverse as Balenciaga and NFL have also posted metaverse-related jobs.
fortune.com

The metaverse could be worth $13 trillion, host 5 billion users by 2030, says Citi
“We believe the Metaverse is the next generation of the internet — combining the physical and digital world in a persistent and immersive manner.”
fortune.com

PwC, JP Morgan, Samsung – buying land in the metaverse
All hail the virtual land grab rush as celebrities, companies and even countries buy up real estate in the metaverse. But why?
businesschief.com

Benetton creates virtual twin of flagship store in metaverse
Italian clothing group United Colors of Benetton is transforming its store to mirror the brand’s virtual store in the metaverse.
www.just-style.com

Web2 Lessons for a Web3 World
After the crash of the late 90s dot-com boom, many companies were acquired or died while companies such as Google, Amazon, eBay, and Intel…
medium.com

Nearly 7 million people have visited Nike’s metaverse store
Nike claims that nearly 7 million people from around the world have visited Nikeland, its metaverse store, since it opened five months ago.
www.thedrum.com
