On this week’s show, crypto starts climbing back, South Korean crypto tax delay, Trump’s VP pick loves crypto, Upland named as one of the best Web3 games on the market right now, Upland Genesis Season earnings extended, the human side of the industrial metaverse, global metaverse market to grow 575% to over $500 billion by 2030, Hong Kong testing its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI plans steps to block access, how AI is fueling uncertainty for game developers, gaming giant Ubisoft launching free NFT mint for ‘Champions Tactics,’ Solana’s NFT user adoption soars, outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum, Eden Games debuts web3 kart racing game on Animoca’s Motorverse, and Pixelverse raises another $2 million in private funding to total $7.5 million. 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 🛜Links and articles discussed📰 https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://cryptonews.com/news/south-korean-draft-law-could-delay-crypto-tax-for-a-further-3-years.htm https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/07/39785340/trumps-vice-presidential-pick-j-d-vance-holds-bitcoin-supports-pro-crypto-legislation https://thenewscrypto.com/four-of-the-best-web3-games-on-the-market-right-now/ https://x.com/UplandMe/status/1812962071245435160 https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592533/The-human-side-of-the-industrial-metaverse https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/technology/global-metaverse-market-to-grow-575-to-over-500bn-by-2030 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hong-kong-testing-chatgpt-style-tool-openai-planned-111980474 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl44mv0jnv5o https://decrypt.co/239851/gaming-giant-ubisoft-free-nft-mint-champions-tactics https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/solana-nft-user-adoption-soars-outperforming-bitcoin-and-ethereum/ https://www.cryptopolitan.com/eden-games-kart-racing-game-on-motorverse/ https://www.dlnews.com/articles/web3/pixelverse-adds-extension-to-private-funding-round/ https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/western-sydney-man-admits-bizarre-act-inside-supermarket-that-caused-300-contamination/news-story/d75b302d202e892d277995ea76fdf8f5 https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350343511/drunk-driver-said-officers-presence-impeded-his-thinking https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo-residents-seek-to-block-building-of-massive-data-centre1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 🎙️Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upland-down-under 🎙️Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1583860609 ---------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO / OUTRO 📻 Backing Music by The Nasty Hooks: https://soundcloud.com/thenastyhooks ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5282046952603648