Metaverse-Week

(Pierina Merino)
Pierina Merino: Rethinking Social Media for the Metaverse
Meet the 30-year-old Venezuelan founder of FlickPlay, a hot social metaverse platform. Merino will appear at CoinDesk's Consensus 2022 festival.
(Pierina Merino)

(Michael Wagner/modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Michael Wagner: Building a Virtual Nation-State in the Metaverse
Meet the co-founder of Star Atlas, one of the most ambitious games in blockchain. You just have to get through the security first.
(Michael Wagner/modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).
Crypto Mortgages: How You Can Buy a House Using a Crypto-Backed Loan
Digital asset-backed mortgages let house buyers use their crypto holdings as collateral.
Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).

(Lindsey McInerney, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Lindsey McInerney: The Metaverse and the 'DIC Punch'
On building Stoner Cats and Gimmicks NFT franchises.
(Lindsey McInerney, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

(Matthew Ball, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Matthew Ball: Metaverse Man
Will we call it the metaverse, and what will we do there? A leading expert weighs in.
(Matthew Ball, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

(Cathy Hackl, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Cathy Hackl: The 'Godmother of the Metaverse'
The chief metaverse officer of Futures Intelligence Group has worked in metaverse-related fields for nearly a decade – i.e. since the dawn of meta-time.
(Cathy Hackl, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

A metaverse real estate concept (Getty Images)
Location, Location, Location: Investing in Real Estate in the Metaverse
Imagine a world in which your virtual backyard has a higher property value than the green, grassy lawn outside your real-life back door.
A metaverse real estate concept (Getty Images)

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
Virtual Beers and Digital Orgasms: Welcome to the Age of Metaverse Commerce
Executives from Adidas, Budweiser, Clinique, NARS Cosmetics and other big consumer brands explain why the metaverse is “seismic” for their businesses.
(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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NFTs in the Metaverse: How to Earn Money With Unique Assets
Non-fungible tokens have created new ways for gamers to generate revenue in virtual worlds.
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(Kiko Jimenez/Getty Images)
What Can You Actually Do in the Metaverse in 2022?
The future possibilities of the metaverse are presumably limitless, but is there anything you can do in the metaverse right now?
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