Metaverse Weekly Wrap-Up: Nov 14-20

Market Data | Market News | Sales & Mints | Events Contests & Giveaways | Project Updates | Partnerships |

Highlights:

• Yuga Labs acquires Beeple’s 10KTF, names him as advisor
• FTX’s dark and dirty balance sheet comes to light
• Project updates for BYOPills and Outlanders
• A new map for The Sandbox!
• Decentraland drops another impactful feature…&
• The Metaverse goes football mad for the FIFA World Cup, as Nike, La Liga and Ronaldo — and more — jump on the NFT bandwagon!

💹 Market Data

**Important Note**

OneLand is temporarily in the process of upgrading our data acquisition methods, so certain data may be missing. We will not release this week’s data until the upgrade is completed.

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🗞️ Market News

Yuga Labs

• Nov 14

Yuga Labs acquired Beeple’s 10KTF, naming him as an advisor. Following the news, sales in 10KTF skyrocketed 2641% in 24h.

Yuga Labs acquires Beeple's 10KTF, names him advisor

An NFT from Beeple became the most expensive NFT ever when it sold for over $60m last year at auction house Christie’s.

Renault

• Nov 15

French car company Renault announced the world’s first industrial metaverse.

Renault launches the world's first industrial metaverse

Pax. World

• Nov 16

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in talks with the pax.world to build their own Metaverse experience.

Harry and Meghan planning to build their own world in a new virtual universe

FTX

• Nov 18

FTX held $900 million of liquid assets and $9 billion of liabilities, as dark details of its balance sheet were revealed. They include tens of billions of dollars sent to Ukraine then laundered back to the Democrat Party, and a $7m holding called “Trump Lose”.

BOMBSHELL REPORT: FTX Balance Sheet Contained Investment Called "TRUMPLOSE"

Meanwhile, proof-of-reserves audits and self-regulatory organizations, or SROs, are now (finally) hot topics, as an almighty battle looms between Web3 and the SEC.

Nike (Swoosh)

• Nov 18

NIKE launched its new virtual apparel platform swoosh, allowing users to create digital apparel then unlock benefits IRL. The Polygon-based marketplace aims to bring loyal Nike fans into the world of Web3.

Meanwhile, NIKE released its 2022 FIFA World Cup Footballverse campaign:

Sales & Mints 🌄

The Sandbox

• Nov 15

The Sports Land–Soccer Fan Pack#1 from Hermit Crab Game Studio was listed on The Sandbox Marketplace.

• Nov 15

A collection of 3,060 unique Care Bears were integrated into The Sandbox as playable avatars.

Upland

• Nov 16

Upland launched its FIFA World Cup Bundles collection. They come in 4 tiers that players can buy in the Upland Store or on Upland’s FIFA World Cup page without registering.

Grab Past and Present FIFA World Cup(TM) Legits to Own Your Colors

Events, Contests & Giveaways 🎪🏅🎁

Events 🎪

Voxels

• Nov 15

Metaverse DAO held Brazucas NFT II Art Party in Voxels. Brazucas NFT II is an annual Brazilian NFT exhibition in the Metaverse.

Decentraland

• Nov 17

Marimekko Global opened its enchanting flower field to all in Decentraland. Walk among the swaying trademark flowers, trek across huge rough-edged stones and discover limited edition Marimekko collectibles.

• Nov 18

Metakey held an encore event live in Decentraland. Players saw Bollywood legend Kamaal Khan answer community questions and sing his hottest hit ‘O Jaane Jaana’.

Into the Bollyverse Encore Event | Decentraland Events

• Nov 20

Decentraland held a Meta Mine event to bridge connections between gamers and brands. 23 brands offered 23 exclusive wearables as gifts.

MetaMine / 23 exclusive wearables + 500 USD as rewards | Decentraland Events

Contests & Giveaways 🏅💰

COMEARTH <> TaskOn

• Nov 16

E-commerce metaverse COMEARTH kicked off a special land giveaway to celebrate its partnership with Web 3 collaboration platform TaskOn. Hurry up — it runs till Nov 23.

TaskOn: A Web3 Task Collaboration Platform to Create, Collaborate and Reward

Portalverse

• Nov 20

Portalverse held a Portalverse World Cup community event with special giveaways to celebrate the FIFA World Cup.

Illuvium

• Nov 21

Tune in to an AMA with @carv_official on Nov 21, 2pm UTC to win $ARC and a special eligibility badge for future $ARC airdrops!

Catch up on this week’s Twitter Spaces, project streams and interviews:

Nifty Island: Web3 Gaming Mega Space feat. @charl3svii, @kevinlambert & @cummingssi

NFTWorlds: Weekly WORLD-Open Floor, feat. @iamarkdev

Somnium Space LIVE: Building WebWORLDs from scratch, feat. @trymetafab

The Sandbox: The Future of Metaverse interoperability, feat. Rens Original

Worldwide Webb: 1st Blockchain GameNight: A Cross-Community Evening, feat. Wolf Game

5. Project Updates 🛠️

BYOPills

• Nov 15

BYOPills’ initial version of its BYOHUB went live. Players can create accounts and link addresses to them to be used within the BYOVERSE ecosystem, with the racer being the obvious first use case.

BYOHUB

To know BYOPills, look no further than OneLand’s electric article on this interoperable gaming gem:

BYO💊 to the Metaverse!

Outlanders

• Nov 16

Outlanders has launched entirely new maps, cities and regions into its game, with more quests to undertake and opportunities to earn post-release.

New Maps and Cities Under Development This Week

Decentraland

• Nov 16

Decentraland launched its new feature, Decentraland Places. Users can browse the virtual world’s locations and filter by Most Active, Featured, Highest Rated, Recently Added and Points of Interest. Included also are the number of active users on each land parcel.

Places Overview

Somnium Times

• Nov 16

Somnium Space published an article on why it makes sense for all museums to have a metaverse presence, and their potential interactions with NFTs.

Should All Museums Have a Metaverse Presence?

The Sandbox

• Nov 18

The Sandbox launched a new map and dashboard. The new map enables players to find LAND next to their favorite brands faster.

WEOM

• Nov 20

Metaverse for humanity WEOM issued a concise thread rounding up the current state and challenges of Web3. To tackle some of these challenges, WEOM is going to offer its immersive utopian dream on mobile first!

Check out WEOM’s amazing Fire, Earth, Air and Water districts here.

Partnerships 👬

Decentraland<> La Liga

• Nov 17

The Spanish La Liga has opened its exclusive digital theme park LaLigaLand in Decentraland.

The Sandbox<>Hermit Crab Game Studio

• Nov 14

Hermit Crab Game Studio developed a football-themed Sports Land in The Sandbox in time for the World Cup.

SportsLand Stadium

Starry Nift <> Peking Monsters & OHDAT Labs

• Nov 16

Starry Nift announced a partnership with Peking Monster and OHDAT Labs to create the immersive 3D Rockverse.

Ronaldo <> Binance

• Nov 18

Ronaldo released his exclusive NFT Collection on Binance.

The Sandbox<> NFTSTAR / Forj / Smobler Studios

• Nov 19

NFTSTAR signed football superstars Neymar, Son Heung-Min and Luis Figo to feature in a Global Sports Village experience in The Sandbox. The project is a collaboration between Web3 company Forj and Smobler Studios.

NFT superstars are arriving in The Sandbox

Our favorite tweet for the week comes from a fan of Worldwide Webb 😜

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