Research and consulting firm Gartner predicts that 25% of the world's population will enter the virtual world by 2026, while Disney is looking for a designer for its Metaverse. These and more news in this practical daily summary so that you are always informed with the most recent events that occur within the crypto world.
Bitcoin, Crypto and Blockchain Adoption
📍Gartner predicts that 25% of the world's population will be present in the Metaverse by 2026. According to predictions According to the firm, 25% of people worldwide will spend at least 1 hour a day interacting, working, studying, doing business, playing and developing in the Metaverse. Gartner, an information technology research and consulting company, bases its predictions on the fact that the Metaverse already allows people to reproduce their lives in the virtual world. Although there are currently various Metaverse platforms, where each one develops its activities in different environments, in the future the research company believes that all of them will be collectively integrated to create a single digital environment, allowing people to access multiple destinations from the same place.
The company also notes that the virtual economy within the Metaverse will be based on cryptocurrencies, y NFTHe also said that all current companies and businesses will be affected by the innovation of this technology and by the massive demand of their consumers for virtual products.
Metaverse, NFT and DeFi
📍Disney publishes job offer for Metaverse designer. The American media and entertainment conglomerate Disney, has published a job offer to continue its adoption strategy MetaverseOn LinkedIn, Disney said it is looking for a digital creative expert to guide the company’s entry into the Metaverse and gaming. The senior designer will be responsible for creating and implementing strategies that foster the digital development of Disney Consumer Products for all of the conglomerate’s franchises, including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Nat Geo and 20th Century.
📍Digital asset fund manager QR Assets launches second DeFi ETF in Brazil. Called QDFI11, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on DeFi will allow investors to gain exposure to the potential of decentralized finance by tracking the Bloomberg DeFi Index and allowing investment in digital assets from the blockchain-based decentralized finance ecosystem. Some of the DeFi assets tracked by the fund are: Uniswap (UNI), Aave (AAVE), MakerDAO (MKR), Compound (COMP), Yearn Finance (YFI), SushiSwap (SUSHI), among others.
The first DeFi fund approved by Brazilian regulators was launched on the B3 stock exchange in late January by asset management company Hashdex.
Miners and Validators
📍Sphere 3D signs a purchase agreement for 60.000 Bitcoin miners to expand its operations to 32 EH/s on the network. The company reported that it is investing around 1.700 billion dollars in the purchase of 60.000 Numiner NM440 BTC miners to expand its computing power on the Bitcoin network to 32 EH/s. The equipment will be distributed throughout 2022 and early 2023, completing delivery in February of next year, the company said in the statement. release.
The company had previously invested in 60.000 ANTMINER S19j Pro, which will be fully distributed in 2022. Sphere 3D is also merging with the mining company Gryphon Digital. All this with the aim of creating a mega Bitcoin mining farm in the United States.
Development and Technology
📍Bitcoin's scalability solution, Lightning Network, is integrated into Block's payments app, Cash App. On its Twitter account, Cash App announced the integration of the Lightning Network to provide a much faster and free way for its users to pay and send value with bitcoin through the app. The integration of the Bitcoin scaling network to the payment app was first announced in the middle of last month.
Hacks and Cybersecurity
📍Meter Passport Protocol Loses $4,4 Million in Smart Contract Exploit Ethereum-based Meter Passport is the latest victim of hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in DeFi protocols. Its developers explained on Twitter that the Ethereum-Binance Coin bridge had been exploited by a vulnerability present, which allowed the hacker to deplete the existing BNB and wETH reserve.
The developers acted immediately and halted the protocol. However, the hack of Meter Passport affected the Moonriver protocol, built on Polkadot's Kusama network. Meter Passport will publish a detailed report of what happened soon, while asking the crypto community to be patient as they conduct their investigation.
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