Metaverse has made a splash and is now a core technology that big companies like Facebook and Microsoft are investing in. The term “metaverse” first appeared in Neil Stevenson’s novel Snow Crash. However, the current metaverse is a completely different, hypothetical iteration of today’s Internet. With the Internet opening up new and exciting possibilities in …
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GamesPad GameFi Ecosystem Introduces New NFT Market
GamesPad, the world’s first holistic gaming, NFT, and metaverse ecosystem, is pleased to announce the launch of its own NFT marketplace. In the first quarter of 2022, the total market capitalization of some NFT projects increased by more than 2,000%. The overall market grew by 300% last year. Some NFTs sold immediately, with the most …
Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos: In Hindsight Both Benefit, Curse for CO-Defendant Balwani
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former right-hand man to fallen Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elizabeth Homes, is facing fraud allegations almost identical to those that led to Holmes’ four guilty verdicts in January. Criminal defense experts believe, however, that the couple’s legal strategies differ significantly. A key reason is that the Balwani case is being advanced with the …
Huge Spiders to Colonize the East Coast of the United States, but Maybe That’s a Good Thing
The large, scary-looking Joro spiders have spread from Asia to the southern United States and are now poised to colonize the country’s colder climates, but they are nothing to fear and could end up helping local ecosystems. This is according to scientists who have studied arachnid invaders since they first arrived in Georgia around 2013. …
Live stock market news updates: stocks end volatile week lower as Russia, Ukraine and collapsing consumer confidence add to the downside
Shares closed in the red on Friday as investors assessed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upbeat remarks on diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected footprint on US consumer sentiment. The S&P 500 was down 1.3% to 4,204.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.7% to 32,943.33. The Dow posted a fifth consecutive weekly …
Bitcoin’s “Tug of War” During the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Sparks Debate About the Future
For a brief moment this month, cryptocurrency prices appeared to decouple from the volatility that was rocking Wall Street – but are once again dominated by risk aversion stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. For Bitcoin (BTC-USD), a debate has arisen about its use cases, such as: B. (legitimate) Ukrainian donations or (at best dodgy) flows …
Hollywood producers use NFTs to Give Fans The Power to Make Movies
Two Hollywood veterans bet on the future of the entertainment industry with the non-worth token (NFT), which became. Roger Birnbaum – the owner of Spyglass Entertainment and former co-CEO of MGM – has teamed up with AOL offspring and Atmosphere Entertainment’s Mark Kimsey to form a new film production company called Electromagnetic Productions (EMP). The …