Decentraland

FTX Trading LLC auditor Prager Metis hosted a metaverse office launch party at Dencentraland coordinates (19, 144) in October. (Prager Metis)

Finance

Meet the Metaverse Nightclub–Loving Audit Firm That Presided Over FTX’s Financials

FTX auditor Prager Metis reported the company earned $1 billion in revenue in 2021. An investigation by CoinDesk reveals Prager Metis also operates in Decentraland, where it sponsors the “Decentraland Babydolls.”

By Tracy Wang

Nov 11, 2022 at 8:36 p.m. UTC

Nov 11, 2022

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Web3

Norway Steps Into the Metaverse With Decentraland Tax Office

The move is part of a greater effort to educate a younger audience about taxes related to DeFi and NFTs, starting with an office in Decentraland.

By Cam Thompson

Oct 26, 2022 at 8:07 p.m. UTC

Oct 26, 2022

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Markets

Metaverse

DappRadar Says Decentraland has 650 Daily Active Users

DappRadar now tracks 3,553 Decentraland smart contracts across Ethereum and Polygon.

By Sam Reynolds

Oct 18, 2022 at 9:46 a.m. UTC

Oct 18, 2022

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Web3

Ozzy Osbourne, Dillon Francis and Soulja Boy to Perform at Decentraland’s Metaverse Music Festival

The free four-day event aims to bridge the real world and Web3 to mutually benefit fans and artists.

By Cam Thompson

Oct 17, 2022 at 10:03 p.m. UTC

Oct 17, 2022

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The lonely landscape of Decentraland. (decentraland.org)

Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: How Many Metaverse Users Are There? The Figures Are Debatable and Discouraging

Decentraland and Meta’s Horizon Worlds, among others, say they’re popular, but a deep dive into user data indicates they’ve yet to catch on; Bitcoin trades up slightly as inflation report nears.

By Sam Reynolds James Rubin

Oct 13, 2022 at 1:56 a.m. UTC

Oct 13, 2022

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Web3

Decentraland

DappRadar Says It’s Recalculating Decentraland User Data

The data tool is working with the metaverse platform to more accurately track its number of daily “active" users following a CoinDesk report.

By Cam Thompson

Oct 11, 2022 at 10:41 p.m. UTC

Oct 11, 2022

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Inside metaverse platform Decentraland. (decentraland.org)

Web3

It's Lonely in the Metaverse: DappRadar Data Suggests Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem

Data from DappRadar suggests metaverse platforms Decentraland and The Sandbox each have fewer than 1,000 "daily active" users, despite $1 billion valuations. The platforms say these numbers don’t tell the full story.

By Cam Thompson

Oct 7, 2022 at 5:21 p.m. UTC

Oct 7, 2022

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A CoinDesk reporter makes it rain in the bodega. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Decentraland

Snapple Created a Bodega in the Metaverse

The virtual installation in Decentraland comes with big savings (as much as $1.39) to visitors who complete its scavenger hunt and register their… PayPal wallets.

By Eli Tan

Aug 11, 2022 at 9:50 p.m. UTC

Aug 11, 2022

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Finance

Nfts

Table Tennis Goes Crypto With Plans for NFT, Web3 Crossovers

The event arm of the sport’s governing body is partnering with a non-fungible token startup to build the game.

By Eli Tan

Aug 10, 2022 at 8:03 p.m. UTC

Aug 10, 2022

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Dapper Labs, Animoca Brands and Other Web3 Platforms Launch Open Metaverse Alliance

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Dapper Labs, Animoca Brands and Other Web3 Platforms Launch Open Metaverse Alliance

Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, Decentraland, and other Web3 platforms are forming the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (OMA3) to overcome the crypto industry’s interoperability challenges. “The Hash” team discusses the timing in the evolution of the metaverse and the potential outcomes.

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 22, 2022 at 5:51 p.m. UTC

Jul 22, 2022

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