At the end of 2021 the US retailer Walmart filed several trademark applications that indicated its intention to offer users a virtual currency and NFTs. Recently it has launched two online game worlds in Roblox, a popular Web2 gaming platform.

NFT and DeFi dominated the second wave of crypto market’s expansion after Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) of 2017. But what are the differences and similarities of these two markets from the regulatory point of view?

Warner Music Group is partnering with NFT marketplace OpenSea to accelerate its artists’ expansion into Web3.

Meta announced on September 29 that everyone on Facebook and Instagram in the US could share and cross-post their NFTs. Additionally, users from 100+ countries can now have access to the feature on Instagram.

Mythical Games’ Web3 game Blankos Block Party is the first NFT-powered game to launch on the Epic Games Store.

Zilliqa, a Layer 1 blockchain protocol, announced the launch of its new Web3-focused video game console ready to compete against Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony.

By the end of 2022 Starbucks will launch an NFT platform using Polygon and will give away and sell NFT stamps to customers and employees that can unlock perks like exclusive merch, private events, and trips.

Long time no see: Urbit, an ambitious project of “fixing” the internet that started in 2013 - a decade ago! - could be coming back to the spotlight.