On this week’s show, crypto markets are holding steady, US Navy's PARANOID Blockchain, Ethereum ETFs' price surge prediction, epic Sandbox-Upland Metaverse partnership, Upland metaverse Genesis Week 2024, Charity Gaming Merge, Google's Next-Gen Metaverse, OpenAI alarms writers, Microsoft's AI mega-investment, NFT risks exposed, NFT sales plummet, Blockchain Gaming Boom, and Square Enix's NFT shift. Plus, as always, we ground ourselves with some real-world insights with a few doses of reality from the Meatsuitaverse.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Metaverse Ventures Australia (MVA) Discord: 🌏https://discord.gg/Vvz3f96yC9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⚠️WARNING!⚠️This podcast is produced by Metaverse Ventures Entertainment and contains unsolicited and heavily biased opinions which are solely the views of the individuals involved. It does not include investment advice of any kind and you are responsible for undertaking your own financial, including tax liability research relevant to your own individual circumstances.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🛜Links and articles discussed📰 https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-navy-launches-paranoid-blockchain-cyber-security-tech-private-sector https://thethaiger.com/news/national/ethereum-etfs-approved-crypto-prices-to-surge-this-year https://playtoearngames.com/news/the-sandbox-and-uplands-metaverse-partnership-get-ready https://www.eventbrite.com/e/genesis-live-2024-in-las-vegas-tickets-853734883017?aff=oddtdtcreator https://cryptodaily.co.uk/news-in-crypto/blockonomi:food-rescue-world-blending-gaming-and-charity-in-the-sandbox-metaverse https://cryptonews.com/news/google-and-magic-leap-forge-partnership-for-next-gen-metaverse-experience.htm https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/openai-content-deals-leave-news-writers-alarmed/ https://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au/story/8650663/microsoft-to-invest-a483b-in-swedens-ai-expansion/ https://cryptodaily.co.uk/news-in-crypto/crypto-intelligence:u-s-treasury-releases-first-ever-risk-assessment-on-nfts-highlighting-potential-illicit-uses-and-investor-risks https://forkast.news/may-nft-sales-post-worst-performance-since-october/ https://cryptoslate.com/whats-behind-the-nearly-1-billion-surge-in-blockchain-gaming-investments/ https://decrypt.co/233069/symbiogenesis-square-enix-arbitrum-ethereum-game-nfts https://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/millions-of-3g-devices-including-vending-machines-and-pay-stations-to-stop-working-on-august-31/news-story/3e329998b3c0ad3a7cc4cf666563d881 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350293195/misery-vines-tale-exploitation https://japantoday.com/category/crime/18-year-old-man-arrested-for-attempted-robbery-of-convenience-store-next-to-police-box ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEN68🌐 AtomicHub: https://wax.atomichub.io/profile/5lpay.wam ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ben68_udu 📱 Discord: BEN68 (Upland Down Under) ✅ Play Upland: If you use this link to download Upland, you will receive a 50% bonus on your first in-game currency purchase https://r.upland.me/T1Jk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Check out all things MVE in the Podcast world: 🎙️Podbean: https://mveproductions.podbean.com/ 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JxKWLCYbaIscIf8IwU0eA 🎙️Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1583860609 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------INTRO / OUTRO📻 Backing Music by