Fast-casual Asian concept and virtual restaurant company Wow Bao announced its first foray into the metaverse with a new tiered NFT membership program as an extension of its current Bao Bucks rewards ...

Industry buzz around the metaverse reached a fever pitch in 2021 and early 2022 as technologists raced to build it, brands looked to promote themselves in it, and employers aimed to collaborate ...

How long was it really going to take until the world’s love of wine broke through into the metaverse? Not long apparently, as Italy-based Cellarverse arrived on the scene last year as the first ...

Metaverse-related non-fungible token sales rose 27% in August from the month prior, suggesting people could be “slowly sneaking back into virtual worlds,” according to an analyst from DappRadar. There ...

The global market for Crypto Payment Gateways was valued at US$1.5 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach US$3.5 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 15.6% from 2024 to 2030. This comprehensive ...

In celebration of the 96 th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ®, the world-famous holiday event will host five NFT projects that will see a winning design made into a Macy’s Parade balloon for the 2023 ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The payments giant filed the applications with the United ...

Intellectual property (IP) is integral to economic activity because it provides not only legal protection under the rule of law to inventors and creators, but also incentives for exclusive access to ...

Meta previously cut 11,000 workers, its biggest layoff in company history, in November. With the closure of its NFT sales, Meta intends to “focus on other ways to support creators, people, and ...

Madaline Zannes’s virtual offices come with breakout rooms, an art gallery… and a bar. Lot #651 on Somnium Space belongs to Zannes Law, a Toronto-based law firm. In this seven-level metaverse office, ...

Citing people familiar with the discussions, Bloomberg reported on Dec. 4 that the budget cut can be up to 30%. Executives at the tech giant are reviewing plans that could reduce Reality Labs’ 2026 ...