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DeFi Protocol Ankr's Token Surged 73% on Microsoft and Tencent Partnerships
Daily trade volume has topped $1.5 billion following the partnerships.
ANKR surges 74% (TradingView)

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Microsoft Disbands Industrial Metaverse Project: Report
The 100 members of the team have been laid off, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Tech’s Money Woes: Beginning of the End for Web2?
Gloomy forecasts, mass layoffs and antitrust lawsuits have bruised "Big Tech" over the past year. But that doesn't automatically portend the end of Web2. For Web3 to emerge, we have to address key questions about AI and decentralization.
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Microsoft Exec Says Metaverse Is a Must-Have
Live from CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the tech giant is looking to transform the customer experience and believes the future will be based on a hybrid model.
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Microsoft Bans Crypto Mining on Its Online Services Without Permission
Google has a similar policy in place and Amazon's AWS prohibits crypto mining during its 12-month free trial.
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Microsoft’s M12 Leads $20M Strategic Funding for Blockchain Data Platform
Set to launch later this year, decentralized data platform Space and Time will integrate with Microsoft Azure.
CDCROP: Co-founders of Space and Time, Scott Dykstra (left) and Nate Holiday (right) (Space and Time)

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Minecraft Bans NFTs, Sending One In-Game Builder’s Token Spiraling
The decision to ban blockchain integrations and NFTs resulted in a mixed response from its community of gamers.
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Gigantes tecnológicos crean un foro de estándares para el metaverso con normas de software y terminología
Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Unity, Sony y otras 30 empresas se unen para construir la infraestructura de un metaverso interoperable.
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Tech Giants Create Metaverse Standards Forum for Software and Terminology Standards
Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Unity, Sony, and 30 other companies are coming together to build the infrastructure for an interoperable metaverse.
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Microsoft Bets on 'Metaverse' With $69B Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The deal is Microsoft’s largest acquisition in its 46-year history.
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