Tag: The Sandbox

Finance

The Sandbox warns users of security breach used for email phishing campaign

03/02/2023
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The Sandbox, a blockchain-based metaverse company, released a warning regarding a security breach. The company explained in a blog post on Thursday that an unauthorized third party accessed an e...

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The Sandbox looks to a future where corporate partnerships aren’t its bread and butter

03/02/2023
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Sebastien Borget, chief operating officer of The Sandbox, believes the future of the metaverse platform lies in the hands of individual creators, not the brands that have made it something of a corpor...

Finance

Saudi Arabia, The Sandbox agree to collaborate on metaverse projects

02/08/2023
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Metaverse gaming platform The Sandbox and Saudi Arabia have come to an understanding of some sort. Details were not provided. Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget took to LinkedIn to anno...

Finance

Animoca Brands allowed deadline extension for filing results

12/31/2022
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Metaverse heavyweight Animoca Brands has been allowed an extension to file its audited financial report for 2020, which was originally due to Australian regulators by the end of 2022.  The forme...

Tech

Fidelity Trademarks Hint at Big Banks Vying for Metaverse Customers

12/27/2022
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Boston finance giant Fidelity Investments has filed trademark applications hinting at a concerted effort to service customers in a crypto-powered metaverse. Fidelity filed three patent applications la...

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Metaverse market down 96% overall since the beginning of the year

12/21/2022
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While Metaverse platforms brought in $49.2 million in monthly trading volume in January, that figure dropped to a mere $2 million in November, a decline of 96% from the start of the year, according to...

NFT

CFDA Turns 60 With Sandbox Metaverse Exhibit, Bored Ape NFT Dress & More

12/01/2022
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Sandbox exhibition curator Darnell-Jamal Lisby and CFDA CEO Steven Kolb bookending exhibition looks … [+] by Anna Sui, Zac Posen, Norma Kamali, Off-White and Willi Smith. CFDA To celebrate its s...

Finance

Gucci Vault Opens In The Sandbox, Bringing Luxury Fashion Into The Metaverse

10/28/2022
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From October 27 to November 9, the Vault will open on Gucci’s land, welcoming all players to … [+] explore. Gucci Vault Gucci is the first luxury brand to build its own space within the digital ...

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The French Web3 Platform Set To Be The ‘Shopify’ Of The Metaverse Raises €3M In Seed Funding

10/03/2022
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METAV.RS web3 white label content management platform is set to be the Shopify of the metaverse. METAV.RS French start-up METAV.RS is a new white label solution for brands entering the metaverse. The ...

Finance

Animoca Brands Company Intelligence

09/19/2022
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September 19, 2022, 11:05AM EDT • 79 min read Quick Take Shifting its focus to blockchain technology in 2018, Animoca Brands became one of today’s most active web3 investors – the company made +60 inv...

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Singapore’s biggest bank DBS to acquire land in The Sandbox metaverse

09/11/2022
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Singapore’s biggest bank DBS announced a partnership with The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, on Friday. As part of the partnership, DBS will cr...

Finance

Animoca Brands Raises $110 Million From Temasek, GGV And Boyu Capital As It Mulls Possible IPO

09/08/2022
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Yat Siu, cofounder and chairman of Animoca Brands. Bing Guan/Bloomberg Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming developer and prominent crypto projects investor, has bagged $110 million i...

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Bored Apes and Moonbirds to get playable avatars in new Sandbox season

08/25/2022
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Holders of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from some popular collections will be able to play as avatars based on their NFTs in The Sandbox’s Alpha Season 3, which launches on Wednesday. Thirteen major NFT...

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The Sandbox Instagram back online following hack

08/06/2022
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The Sandbox has regained control of its Instagram account following a hack in the early hours of Thursday morning, the company said in a blog post. Hackers accessed the metaverse platform’s offi...

Crypto

Animoca Brands Hits $5.9 Billion Valuation As Crypto Winter Deepens

07/12/2022
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Yat Siu, cofounder and chairman of Animoca Brands. Bing Guan/Bloomberg Blockchain game maker and crypto investor Animoca Brands has secured $75 million in a funding round that values the Hong Kong-bas...

Finance

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

06/16/2022
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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...

Crypto

Is This Another Crypto Investor Boondoggle Or What?

05/04/2022
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GameFi, yet another investable sector in the crypto universe. Is it for real? Yes. Yes, it is. getty Since the fall of the ICO market around 2017, and a roughly two-year pause in the crypto hype, the ...

Crypto Tech

This Tech Company Trades Sweat For Crypto And NFTs

04/26/2022
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OliveX wants you to earn while you burn. The Hong Kong-based digital fitness company rewards players with crypto and NFTs as they flee marauding pirates and monsters across a dystopian wasteland. Work...

Crypto

Animoca Leads $10 Million Funding Round In Hong Kong NFT Platform Amid Crypto Craze

02/25/2022
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Ucollex is a marketplace that sells NFTs featuring toys and pop culture. Ucollex Ucollex, a Hong Kong-based NFT platform, has pulled $10 million fresh capital from local blockchain game developer Anim...

Tech

Metaverse Real Estate Prices Rose 700% In 2021

02/04/2022
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Real estate in the metaverse getty OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK In December 2021, a fan of the musician Snoop Dogg paid $450,000 to purchase “land” in the metaverse next to Dogg’s virtual ...

Blockchain

Blockchain Gaming Company Animoca Brands Raises $360 Million In Quest To Build ‘The Open Metaverse’

01/19/2022
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With the network effect of Web 3.0, Animoca Brands cofounder and executive chairman Yat Siu isn’t betting against his competitors. He’s counting on them. Dickson Lee/South China Morning Po...

Blockchain

Why Video Game Makers See Huge Potential In Blockchain—And Why Problems Loom For Their New NFTs

01/06/2022
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Publishers can’t pull the plug on blockchain assets by shutting down a title or removing features from games. The in-game NFT items can exist beyond the lifespans of games. Getty Images When Ubisoft r...