The famous designer, technology consultant and writer Neal Stephenson is the man who coined the term “Metaverse”. What today is the main character of the economic and technological revolution we’re witnessing, is the result of Stephenson’s visionary genius. In this interview by Alex Zhavoronkov, Stephenson shares his opinions on technology, literature and life.

JPMorgan invests in the metaverse: the blockchain-based world Decentraland hosts a virtual lounge of the bank. This market opportunity is worth $1 trillion. The name of the lounge is Onyx Lounge, and visitors can see a digital portrait of Jamie Dimon there.

The metaverse is becoming more and more popular and successful: entrepreneurs and investors are buying lands and houses in the metaverse, and now also people who have no money to invest are starting to get mortgages to buy their virtual houses.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced that the company is working on bringing Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to Instagram. Zuckerberg said that he hopes that NFTs will be available for minting in the next few months.

Mastercard wants to expand its business to the Metaverse: the latest trademark applications filed by the company proves that, and Mastercard is not the only giant that wants to exploit the virtual economy.

Covid-19 forced us to reconsider traditional business models, and tourism makes no exception. The Metaverse could become the future of tourism, and museums are already taking the necessary steps to benefit from digital opportunities and events.

Also the investment company Fidelity joins the several brands that entered the metaverse to expand their businesses in the digital world. The new platform, built in Decentraland, will give users more investment opportunities, as well as a virtual place where they can work and socialize.

The prices of real estate in the metaverse are dropping – to about 15% now. But experts say that this is just a deep, and that the metaverse still represents one the main investments of big companies. Is it time to buy?

Even if the growth of the NFT market has been inconsistent, in the first month of 2022 investors have already spent over $37 billion in NFTs. Investments amounted to $40 billion in all 2021.

Chris Crespo interviews Karina Rothof Brix (Firi) to discuss the risks involved in a wider adoption of crypto assets and what this means for Web 3 and future businesses.

Allseated is about to launch a new meeting platform – the Meetaverse. It’s not like the Metaverse, but it recreates a 3D environment when users will be able to meet in a familiar place.

The Metaverse is not only about fun and games: always more businesses are launched in the Metaverse – both new businesses or digital branches of big companies – but the space still needs new payment methods to attract even more people.

Jeff Wilser’s article answers a few questions that metaverse-curious people ask all the time: why do people buy land in the metaverse? Not just hype, but specific business plans in mind: these are the reasons why people – and big companies – buy, but this involves risks.

The metaverse project Mars4 might be one of those undervalued projects investors are constantly looking for to earn returns. Mars4, based on virtual land plots of Mars, have already planned new launches.

According to Michael Aboott, “the metaverse is the next frontier for banking”. Banks should put money into the metaverse to exploit the opportunities offered by the digital world and blockchain technology.

For all those who own a business, the Metaverse could be your next destination. The digital world is the choice of an ever-increasing number of companies – independently of their size – to set up the digital version of their firms. Despite this, go ahead to know what the ex-CEO of Google said about the Metaverse.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, forces us to consider our level of knowledge about one of the hottest topics in the fintech space: the Metaverse. During the Aspen Ideas Festival, Schmidt admitted that despite the marketing efforts of tech giants to focus on the Metaverse – the reference to the choice of Facebook is evident – there isn’t a general agreement on what the Metaverse really is. His words are confirmed by a survey conducted by Axios, which reveals that most Americans are not sure what the Metaverse is.

Warba Bank is the first company in the MENA region to enter the Metaverse. The bank chose Decentraland and Sandbox to join the digital world.

Ben Goertzel, founder of the SingularityNET Foundation, shares his thoughts about the Metaverse. Despite the digital reality is one of the most discussed topics, Goertzel affirms that many of the projects created so far only involve gaming. We're far from enjoying all the advantages of the Metaverse, but AI can help us.

The South Korean company Hyundai wants to join the metaverse and NFT market. As tweeted by Mike Kondoulis, the company has filed a US application to be able to safely sell virtual products and create NFT-backed content.

Dubai, one of the most important crypto hubs in the Middle East, launches its Metaverse Strategy, which could lead to over 40,000 jobs in less than 10 years.

Union Bank of India is joining the Metaverse: the banking company announced the launch of a Metaverse Virtual Lounge and Open Banking Sandbox during an event held in Mumbai.

A 105-year-old news giant with around 150 million monthly readers around the world, joins the Metaverse to be where the audience is. Vadim Supitskiy, Forbes CTO, shares details on this new adventure.

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can help their businesses to focus on customers and improve their marketing strategies.

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can help their businesses to focus on customers and improve their marketing strategies.

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can help their businesses to focus on customers and improve their marketing strategies.

While several businesses enter the NFT market and the Metaverse, it’s useful for business owners to understand how these innovative sectors can help their businesses to focus on customers and improve their marketing strategies.

It looks like the metaverse real estate is not immune to bubbles. Despite a McKinsey report, which predicted a $5 trillion-worth market by 2030, buyers are losing interest in metaverse properties, leading to a plunge in sales.

The new frontier in the metaverse seems to be renting. Thanks to the development of a new Ethereum standard, people and businesses will be able to lend and rent metaverse land and tokens.

To prove that downturns are not only negative, the crypto space is constantly under development to offer new services, fun, and passive income opportunities.

The Metaverse project Kryptomon, able to merge play-to-earn features and highly valued tokens, launches its “physital” collection on Binance. Users will be able to collect badges and even super rare NFTs thanks to Binance’s mystery box. The “physical” part of the project involves physical wearables. Kryptomon merges the physical and the digital world and leads us to reflect on the new “phygital” revolution that seems to assess the longevity of NFTs despite market downturns.