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Markets

First Mover Americas: The Sandbox Is Up on Saudi Arabia Partnership News

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 8, 2023.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Celsius Network Accused of Running a Ponzi Scheme

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 31, 2023.

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Videos

Future of the Metaverse Amid Crypto Winter

Sebastien Borget, Co-Founder of The Sandbox and President of the Blockchain Game Alliance, alongside Saro McKenna, co-founder of Alien Worlds, join "First Mover" live from Davos 2023 to discuss the outlook for development and adoption of the metaverse and blockchain gaming. Plus, reactions to South Korea launching a metaverse replica of Seoul.

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Web3

The Sandbox Onboards Security Firm OpenZeppelin to Protect Its Platform from Attacks

The blockchain security firm behind the Forta network will monitor vulnerabilities, alert for potential threats and audit smart contracts within the popular metaverse game.

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Sandbox to Launch NFT Land Sale Featuring Playboy, Snoop Dogg

Blockchain-based virtual world The Sandbox is launching its three-part sale of digital real estate known as LAND, with major brands like Playboy, rapper Snoop Dogg and others. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest move potentially bringing the metaverse to the mainstream.

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Web3

It's Lonely in the Metaverse: DappRadar Data Suggests Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem

Data from DappRadar suggests metaverse platforms Decentraland and The Sandbox each have fewer than 1,000 "daily active" users, despite $1 billion valuations. The platforms say these numbers don’t tell the full story.

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Finance

The Sandbox Brings on Security Firm BrandShield to Prevent Rising NFT Fraud

Cybersecurity company BrandShield removed 120 phishing sites and 58 fake social media accounts in March and April.

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Videos

Mila Kunis-Linked Web3 Studio Exploring Entertainment NFTs; Tony Hawk Skates Into the Metaverse

Toonstar, the Web3 animation studio that co-produces The Gimmicks with Mila Kunis’ company Sixth Wall is hoping to take Web3 mainstream through entertainment non-fungible tokens (NFT). Separately, famed skateboarder Tony Hawk announces plans to create the “largest virtual skatepark ever made” in The Sandbox.

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TIME Magazine President Keith Grossman on Diving Into NFTs and Web3

TIME Magazine President Keith Grossman discusses TIMEPieces, the magazine’s NFT community initiative. Grossman dives into the future of Web3 and TIME, telling CoinDesk’s Christine Lee “We are building an incredible community on Discord and Twitter for the Web3 space organically.”

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Steve Aoki on The Sandbox, NFTs, A0k1verse, and the Future of Crypto

Grammy-Nominated Artist and Producer Steve Aoki talks about his land in The Sandbox, as he described his "insane playhouse, Aoki's playhouse," the metaverse, A0k1verse, and his NFT plans with Snoop Dogg. When asked about the future of crypto Steve said, "I do" think crypto has a future.

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