Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox

Walmart is entering the metaverse with two experiences premiering Monday on online gaming platform Roblox. The retail giant’s first foray into the virtual world will feature a blimp that drops t...

Former Roblox Music Chief Joins Napster As CEO To Steward Its Evolution Into Web3

Jon Vlassopulos, newly named CEO of Napster Napster Napster, the company whose initial offering of free peer-to-peer file sharing nearly toppled the music industry at the turn of the millennium, has n...

Roblox stock drops as Wall Street sees a ‘Pandora’s box of problems’

Roblox Corp.’s stock continued to sell off Friday as analysts questioned growth initiatives presented at the social-media company’s investor day on Thursday and August performance that came in lower t...

Roblox stock slide continues after hours as August metrics come out

Roblox Corp. RBLX, -7.22% shares continued to decline following Thursday’s close after the social-media platform released August metrics. On Thursday, the company said that its number of daily a...

HaptX Grabs $23 Million Funding, Be An NFL QB

This week marks the beginning of the long-awaited merger of Etherium with the Beacon blockchain. ETH, the basis of many game economies, is transitioning to a “proof to stake” vs. “proof of work” metho...

Roblox Touts Huge Russian Player Base, Targets Metaverse Ads

Roblox Corporation has over 2 million active players in Russia, even as it looks to expand its metaverse offerings. Some new offerings will include metaverse advertisements from high-profile partners ...

Metaverse Company Skirts Stock-Market ‘Abyss’ To Take Roblox Users Down VMA’s Virtual Red Carpet

Roblox users can pose for photos on a virtual recreation of the VMAs red carpet in the metaverse. Super League Gaming Walking the red carpet at the annual MTV Video Music Awards is an exclusive honor ...

Williams-Sonoma will soon launch a collaboration with Roblox, says the home retailer’s CEO

Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday that the home retailer will soon jump into the virtual world through a collaboration with Roblox, a video-game company thatR...

What’s Up With Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse — And How Can You Get Invested?

Getty Images Key takeaways The metaverse is a somewhat-nebulous idea that blends socialization, virtual reality, augmented reality and blockchain technology Investing in the metaverse offers high risk...

MTV Creates VMA Metaverse Space on Roblox to Attract New Viewers

MTV is creating a new virtual space in Roblox as part of a new category of awards recognizing musical performances in the metaverse. For the initiative, MTV is partnering with Super League Gaming Inc....

With Elon Musk Buy More Likely, Twitter Stock Can Go to $50

Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...

Roblox Losses Blow Out by Millions. Are They Investing in Metaverse Tech?

Roblox experienced a loss in the last 6 months of 22.11%. This is despite an all-time high in the number of users. The company profits have slid due to huge investment – making fans wonder if a proper...

Miley Cyrus Becomes Gucci’s First Celebrity Avatar On Metaverse Platform, Roblox – crypto.news

Celebrity and singer Miley Cyrus has finally entered the metaverse. This was after popular Italian luxury brand Gucci made the celebrity the face of its Flora Gorgeous Jasmine fragrance. Cyrus’s Avata...

Roblox reports Q2 revenues of $591.2 million but bookings down 4%

Online gaming and game creation platform Roblox reported second-quarter revenues of $591.2 million, an increase of 30% year-over-year. Net cash revenue provided by operating activities totaled $26.5 m...

Excellent quarterly for the Roblox metaverse- The Cryptonomist

Roblox, a gaming company founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, has hit its targets in its latest quarterly report, earning revenues of $591.2 billion. Roblox’s performance during the latest quart...

RBLX Shares Declines as Roblox Misses Estimates in Q2 2022 Financial Performance

Roblox will continue to invest in strategic areas that will trigger growth and monetization.  Shares of American video game developer Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) plunged 12% in reaction to Q2 2022...

Coinbase, Roblox, Wendy’s and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Coinbase reported a 27% decline in revenues in the first quarter as usage of the platform dipped. Chesnot | Getty Images Coinbase – Shares o...

Coinbase, Roblox, Sweetgreen, The Trade Desk, Wynn Resorts

The top trending after-hours tickers on Yahoo Finance: Coinbase (COIN): Shares of the cryptocurrency exchange fell in after-hours trading after reporting a wider-than-expected loss and a 63% drop in r...

Roblox stock plunges 15% as key sales metric unexpectedly declines again

Roblox Corp. shares plunged in extended trading Tuesday after the videogame company said that a key sales metric unexpectedly declined for the second quarter in a row. Roblox RBLX, -3.17% reported a s...

Roblox shares down 20% after Q2 report

Shares of Roblox Corp (NYSE: RBLX) are down nearly 20% in extended trading on Tuesday after the videogame company reported weaker-than-expected bookings for its fiscal second quarter. Should you sell ...

Stocks making biggest after hour moves: Coinbase, Roblox and more

In this photo illustration, the Coinbase logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after hours tr...

New Lockdowns Pushed Burberry Sales Down By 35% In China

Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min—Burberry’s latest brand ambassador—celebrates a goal against Team … [+] K League earlier this week in Seoul. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by...

Burberry: New collection of bags on the Roblox metaverse

Luxury fashion house Burberry has launched its virtual bag collection for the Roblox metaverse. Currently, the first limited edition bag is available for 800 Robux (€9.99). Burberry and the first virt...

Samsung Releases ‘Space Tycoon’ On Metaverse Platform Roblox

Samsung, in the official newsroom post announced the launch of Space Tycoon, which is a metaverse based virtual playground targeted towards the Gen Z crowd. The metaverse based gaming experience has b...

Why Roblox stock is on fire

The weather isn’t the only thing warming up in July. Roblox stock is surging as well. Roblox stock is up 25% over the last month, including a 14% move higher on strong volume on Tuesday despite ...

LVMH Innovation Award 2022 Finalist DressX Wants To Be The Google Cloud Of Digital Fashion

LVMH Innovation Award 2022 finalists, DressX founders Daria Shapovalova and Natalia Modenova. DressX It was one of the 21 brands shortlisted for the 2022 LVMH Innovation Award but what exactly is Dres...

Roblox stock declines pre-market despite May active users growing 17% year-on-year

Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) lost over 78% of its value year-to-date (YTD), with the slide first starting back in November 2021. Similarly, other metaverse stocks also fell, indicating that perhaps...

The Roblox Gaming Platform No Longer Sees Clearly

The desperate cry came booming out of the heart of social media. “ROBLOX UR STOCK IS DIVING INTO THE MULTIVERSE OF DOCTOR STRANGE,” the commenter tweeted, referring to the recent Marvel fi...

Roblox Struggles to Stay Ahead in a Changing World

The desperate cry came booming out of the heart of social media. “ROBLOX UR STOCK IS DIVING INTO THE MULTIVERSE OF DOCTOR STRANGE,” the commenter tweeted, referring to the recent Marvel fi...

The Disruptive Idea Behind Prada’s New Timecapsule NFT Collection With Damien Hirst’s Son

Prada Timecapsule NFT in collaboration with Cassius Hirst. Prada Prada has unveiled the next move in its developing Web 3.0 strategy. The Prada Timecapsule NFT Collection launching June 2 marks an evo...

Roblox Head of Product Reflects on Design in the Metaverse

For example, when creating concepts for a concert, we stop and think about big moments that generate excitement in the real world. Think about that feeling you get when the jumbotron shows you in the ...

Snap, Abercrombie & Fitch, Roblox and more

A man photographs a banner for Snap Inc. on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange on the morning of the company’s IPO in New York City, March 2, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out th...