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Research: blockchain-based virtual real estate sales hit $501M in 2021 across Sandbox, Decentraland, Cryptovoxels, and Somnium; sales in January 2022 were $85M

CNBC Robert Frank

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  • @philippbayer Philipp Bayer on x
    I remember exactly the same headlines, the same text, back when Second Life was supposed to be a huge thing (2007?) https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @dangillmor Dan Gillmor on x
    Speculation on metaverse “real estate” is now a thing — and it rests on the assumption that a limitless virtual environment can be owned and controlled by a cartel or monopoly. https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @frank_giustra Frank Giustra on x
    “Metaverse real estate sales top $500 million”. If i were pitching a film in Hollywood, I would describe it as ‘the Dutch Tulipmania meets the Mississippi Bubble’ . https://www.cnbc.com/...
  • @cnbc @cnbc on x
    Sales of real estate in the metaverse topped $500 million last year. Are you buying? @robtfrank reports. https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @karlbode Karl Bode on x
    literally takes the author until the seventeenth paragraph to even hint at the fact this is all complete bullshit https://www.cnbc.com/...