Spanish telecom multinational Telefónica and one of South Africa's largest banks, Nedbank, are approaching the Metaverse this week. This and more news in this handy daily roundup so you're always up to date with the latest events happening within the crypto world.
Telefónica and Nedbank's new immersive experiences in the Metaverse
📍The Spanish telecommunications multinational and one of South Africa's largest banks are moving closer to the Metaverse this week. Telefónica has organised its first event dedicated to the Metaverse, a technology that, it explained, is redefining all our forms of consumption, entertainment and communication.
The Spanish company will hold this Thursday, September 29, the “Telefónica Metaverse Day”, which will take place in the city of Madrid and also online, to raise awareness about the metaverse and emerging technologies. Telefónica assured that it will continue to invest in exploring all the opportunities offered by the virtual world to “discover everything from the revolution in communications with video calls in the metaverse, augmented reality and virtual reality initiatives, to initiatives related to web decentralization, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.”
Those interested can attend the “Telefónica Metaverse Day” in person or opt for digital alternatives, such as streaming or creating their own avatar to enter Telefónica’s multi-user virtual environment; a space where augmented reality and virtual reality will be combined to take users to new immersive experiences.
Nedbank, one of South Africa's largest banks, made its entrance this week into the African metaverse Ubuntuland, developed by Africarare. According to the bank, its aim is to build a village in Ubuntuland as a space to develop and showcase the creativity characteristic of Africa.
Disney is looking for a lawyer with expertise in new technologies
📍A new job posting from Disney reveals that the company is looking for an advisor with experience in Blockchain, DeFi and NFTs. The Walt Disney Company has published a job offer via LinkedIn to hire a corporate lawyer with experience in emerging technologies, including everything from blockchain and NFTs to the metaverse and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Among the responsibilities listed by the company for its new position are: providing legal advice and full support for the development of global NFT products and managing the different NFT and blockchain projects that the company will develop, as well as third-party markets, cloud providers, among other services.
In July of this year, The Walt Disney Company announced the Polygon Network integration as part of its Accelerator Program, revealing its interest in adopting and promoting new technologies within its media conglomerate.
Bitmain and CTCAP close a deal to mine more Bitcoin with clean energy
📍German miner CTCAP plans to expand its sustainable crypto mining operations in Iceland. CTCAP will be mining bitcoins sustainably and sustainably from its new mining facility in Iceland. There, the company will operate a water-cooled mining center, which is powered by 100% renewable energy.
According to cryptocurrency blogger Colin Wu, this new crypto mining center will go into operation on November 1st of this year. However, CTCAP is already developing its expansion plans with Bitmain. The German company has signed a purchase agreement with the Chinese ASIC manufacturer to increase the computing power of the mining center. hash rate from its sustainable facilities in Iceland.
Australia to start eAUD pilot in 2023
📍Australia's central bank will test its eAUD digital currency in different scenarios starting next year. The entity published a eAUD whitepaper, detailing that the digital currency will be tested in different environments, such as atomic settlements of transactions involving tokenized assets, multi-party or syndicated transactions, escrow transactions, conditional or programmable transactions, among others, according to The Block, to demonstrate its capabilities and potential.
According to the bank, only Australian businesses and users will be able to participate in the eAUD pilot test.
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