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Amazon India Shares Metaverse Foray Teaser
Amazon India Shares Metaverse Foray Teaser

Amazon India tweeted a teaser of a possible partnership with Decentraland and OnePlus. The tweet signifies that the company is going to enter the virtual land world. India is currently ranked one for the most number of crypto owners. The official Twitter page of Amazon India just revealed a teaser tweet in regards to their potential collaboration with Decentraland, an Ethereum-powered virtual reality platform. The tweet that was captioned “something new is on the horizon” with hashtags of metaverse, Decentraland, and OnePlus only shows that Amazon India is going to leap into the virtual land world. The company has yet

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Turkey Enters the Metaverse, Starts With Education
Turkey Enters the Metaverse, Starts With Education

The leaders of Turkey decide to embrace the metaverse.  They will begin by implementing metaverse in the field of education.  Turkey will start by bringing apprentices onto a pilot program to begin metaverse training. The President of Turkey — Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country’s Minister of Education — Mahmut Özer announce their plan to improve their education system. Specifically, they will do so with the metaverse.  In particular, the announcement came during Turkey’s Forum Metaverse. To highlight, the forum hosted over 2,000 attendees. It went with the slogan ‘The future belongs to those who design it’. Attendees include members

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Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week Is Off To a Sparkly Start 
Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week Is Off To a Sparkly Start 

Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week has officially begun.  Over 70 brands, artists, and designers and making an appearance. Many are luxury brands that see the potential of the metaverse. Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week (MVFW22) has officially begun. The world of fashion steals the spotlight in the metaverse. A glittering line-up makes its appearance at the MVFW22. Specifically, the show will go on for 4 days — March 23 – 27.     In particular, the line-up includes luxury brands such as Estée Lauder, DKNY, Dolce & Gabbana, Tommy Hilfiger, Hogan, Selfridges, AUROBOROS, and Philipp Plein. To add on, other popular brands like Vogue

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Beauty Mogul Rihanna Makes Metaverse Move With Fenty
Beauty Mogul Rihanna Makes Metaverse Move With Fenty

Nine-time Grammy-winning sensation — Rihanna enters the metaverse.  She filed a trademark application for her beauty empire — Fenty. This move came right after the news about an IPO for Savage X Fenty. Interest in the metaverse continues to grow as Grammy-winning sensation — Rihanna makes a move to signal her interest in the metaverse. In particular, this move does not pertain to her music career, but rather, her beauty empire — Fenty.  Trademark attorney — Josh Gerben tweets that Rihanna filed a new trademark application. In detail, her application indicates her intention to offer ‘virtual’ cosmetics as well as

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HSBC Bank Enters the Metaverse, Buys LAND on The Sandbox
HSBC Bank Enters the Metaverse, Buys LAND on The Sandbox

British bank — HSBC partners with The Sandbox.  The bank bought a virtual plot on The Sandbox’s metaverse space.  It aims to offer a whole new level of metaverse gaming. Popular British Bank — HSBC partners with The Sandbox. The latter is a rapidly growing metaverse firm. Recently many companies are getting involved with the metaverse and The Sandbox is the central hub.  The latest company with this interest seems to be HSBC. In detail, the bank acquired a plot of virtual land within the Sandbox’s virtual world. Specifically, this plot will drive developments within entertainment in sports, gaming, and

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Holoride Explores Storyliving With XR and Metaverse Tech  
Holoride Explores Storyliving With XR and Metaverse Tech  

The 2022 SXSW Conference & Festivals will take place soon.  One of its main stage panels will be headed by holoride.  The XR-focused brand will arrive with a spectacular table of speakers. The 2022 SXSW Conference & Festivals is almost upon us. It will take place between March 11-22, 2022, and will offer a platform for many new innovations to make their debut. To highlight, holoride will be hosting a featured session at the event’s main stage.  Specifically, it will bring with it a table of extraordinary panelists to explore the platform and its offerings. These include Pearly Chen —

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UAE’s DAMAC Properties Promises Metaverse and NFT Innovation
UAE’s DAMAC Properties Promises Metaverse and NFT Innovation

The UAE’s real estate champion — DAMAC Properties is dabbling in NFTs.  DAMAC’s Managing Director says a metaverse project will arrive in March.  He is a firm believer in both technologies and aims to reach a new horizon with DAMAC. The power and potential of NFTs continue to astound the crypto industry and the whole world in general. Presently, the UAE’s property developer — DAMAC, announces its plan to launch a Metaverse project in March. A post on Twitter highlights the exciting announcement. In detail, the firm’s Managing Director — Ali Sajwani, says the project is slated to begin soon.

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Moralis CEO Meets CryptoNewsLand in Superverse Dubai
Moralis CEO Meets CryptoNewsLand in Superverse Dubai

CryptoNewsLand meets Moralis CEO at Superverse Moralis helps bridge the gap between web2 developers and web3 developers The biggest NFT and metaverse event has landed in Dubai. Superverse gathers different NFT and metaverse enthusiasts from all over the world to discuss and share their ideas about the ecosystem. CryptoNewsLand is honored to be part of this wonderful event where it was able to meet many crypto leaders of different crypto projects in the space. Ivan Liljeqvist, the CEO of Moralis, is one of the blockchain and crypto enthusiasts that attended the Superverse event. He is also one of the speakers

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Pop Icon Dionne Warwick to Hold Metaverse Concert
Pop Icon Dionne Warwick to Hold Metaverse Concert

Pop legend Dionne Warwick is rumored to have her own metaverse concert. USA Today said that she is reaching out to Snoop Dogg for the pioneering project. Warwick is a multi-Grammy winner with six decades of legacy in her belt. Multi-Grammy award winner Dionne Warwick is rumored to perform digitally soon through a concert on the Metaverse. According to The Music Universe, Warwick has contacted Snoop Dogg to collaborate with her in her series named Dionne Warwick: Legends Metaverse Concert Experience. To be clear, CryptoNewsLand was not able to confirm the news directly from Warwick herself. Nevertheless, the post generated

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Morgan Stanley Says The Metaverse Will Replace The Mobile Internet
Morgan Stanley Says The Metaverse Will Replace The Mobile Internet

American multinational bank — Morgan Stanley, says the Metaverse is the future.  The finance service titan believes that the Metaverse will replace the mobile internet.  The Metaverse will bring trillions to its market and the opportunities are phenomenal. One of America’s largest multinational investment banking and financial services companies — Morgan Stanley, believes that the Metaverse will surely replace what we now actively use. Specifically, it is referring to the mobile internet.   According to the finance titan, there will likely be trillions to make within the Metaverse market. In fact, Morgan Stanley says there is $8 trillion to be made

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Axie Infinity Community Raises Funds for Typhoon-Struck Philippines
Axie Infinity Community Raises Funds for Typhoon-Struck Philippines

The Axie Infinity community raised funds to help the Philippines after the devastations of typhoon Odette. A majority of Axie Infinity players come from the said country. Community members from the NFT game hit Axie Infinity spearheaded multiple fundraising efforts to help the Philippines after various regions in the country suffered severe devastations due to typhoon Odette. Yield Guild Games, an NFT gaming community that is involved in Axie Infinity, is one of the chief proponents of the crypto-based funding. As of December 21, the guild was able to amass over P21 million (around $420,000). One video showed Jeffrey Zirlin,

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Nike dips into Metaverse with RTFKT Acquisition
Nike dips into Metaverse with RTFKT Acquisition

Nike acquired digital sneaker company RTFKT (Artifact). RTFKT creates digital assets for metaverse gamers and creators. Also, Nike created a digital showroom on Roblox. Global apparel brand, Nike, acquired a digital fashion and sneaker design company called RTFKT. RTFKT, pronounced Artifact, creates digital sneakers and other designs using augmented reality. RTFKT designs are then used by metaverse gamers and creators. Notably, this is not Nike’s first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) partnership. Prior to this, Nike opened a digital showroom on Roblox. The top sneaker brand even applied to trademark its digital merchandise. The crypto boom earlier this year (2021) fueled the

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