Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekNFT-focused Animoca Brands valued at $5B following $358M raiseNFT and virtual property-focused … [Read more...] about Animoca Brands doubles valuation to $5B, OpenSea tops $3.5B in Jan volume, Microsoft eyes metaverse gaming: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 16-22
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Microsoft Bets on ‘Metaverse’ With $69B Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft today announced it is acquiring game publisher Activision Blizzard in a nearly $69 billion all-cash deal. The acquisition is being widely seen as a big bet to keep Microsoft competitive in the burgeoning metaverse space. On today’s episode, NLW gives the background and explores the emerging battle between the corporate and the open metaverses. Source link … [Read more...] about Microsoft Bets on ‘Metaverse’ With $69B Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft Leads $27M Funding Round for Palm NFT Studio
Griffin Gaming Partners, RRE, Third Kind Venture Capital, Sfermion, investment decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) The LAO and Warner Brothers also participated in the funding round, showing the odd bedfellows created by this year’s prolonged NFT craze. Source link … [Read more...] about Microsoft Leads $27M Funding Round for Palm NFT Studio
Microsoft leads startup Palm NFT Studio’s $27M series B round
Crypto startup Palm NFT Studio announced a Series B raise of $27 million on Thursday led by Microsoft’s venture fund M12. Palm NFT, cofounded by ConsenSys founder and Ethereum cofounder Joseph Lubin, provides strategic and technical services for creators to build NFT marketplaces. Other major backers include Griffin Gaming Partners, RRE, Third Kind Venture Capital, Sfermion, … [Read more...] about Microsoft leads startup Palm NFT Studio’s $27M series B round
Microsoft muscles into the Metaverse with Teams updates and Xbox upgrades
U.S. tech giant Microsoft is taking the plunge into the Metaverse via updates to its Teams and Xbox gaming console services, along with a new product called “Dynamics 365 Connected Spaces.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the firm’s Metaverse plans for Teams and Spaces on Nov. 2 during the Microsoft Ignite conference. “The Metaverse enables us to embed computing into the … [Read more...] about Microsoft muscles into the Metaverse with Teams updates and Xbox upgrades