eBay announced today that it’s acquiring Manchester-based NFT marketplace KnownOrigin. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. eBay says the companies have signed and closed the deal as of June 22nd. KnownOrigin was founded in 2018 by Andy Gray, David Moore and James Morgan. …

IP mashups are becoming as intrinsic to the metaverse as the Story format is to social media. These days, consumers are clamoring to mix and match their favorite brands and branded intellectual properties — the weirder, the better. …

A Web3 Manifesto is an evolving framework and strategy that defines a brand’s relationship with this new capability. It will: * capture your audience’s familiarity and experience with the technology, * inform how your current assets map to Web3, * explore the future of connected experiences, * develop a clear picture of success, * evaluate…

While definitions vary, there are actually many metaverses, or digital spaces, which typically are decentralized, incorporate augmented and virtual reality, store information on blockchain, and allow users to own digital goods. So like “the internet,” the term “the metaverse” describes a sprawling network of sites and spaces. There are three…

For many, cryptos is a +/- game. People think about astronomical returns or crazy crashes. People invest without a basic understanding of the projects. Crypto is no game and especially when you are investing heavily. You need to have a thesis and focus on the same. While we can have…

Mastercard is working to enable NFT commerce with Immutable X, Candy Digital, The Sandbox, Mintable, Spring, Nifty Gateway, and Web3 infrastructure provider MoonPay. They’re working with these companies to allow people to use their Mastercard cards for NFTs purchases, whether that’s on one of these companies’ marketplaces or using their…

The web3 Metaverse. The Good — The Bad — and — the Ugly. It can feel as if the entire world is bolting on crypto tokens and NFTs. …

Stable coins are cryptocurrencies that attempt to peg their market value to some external reference like the U.S. dollar or to the price of a commodity such as gold. Stable coins pursue price stability by maintaining reserve assets as collateral or through algorithmic formulas that are supposed to control supply. …

Elon Musk didn’t rule out that should he proceed with his Twitter acquisition, the social media platform could become sort of a super app similar to the Chinese WeChat that would also support payments. Musk spoke during a panel hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg…