Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: virtual currency
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The United States Federal Reserve is seriously looking into the idea of creating an official US$ virtual currency — a move, as Politico explains, "that could shake up banks, give millions of low-income Americans access to the financial system." Before doing that, however, the Fed might want to read this white paper memo addressed to…
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Pretty interesting article from the news section of Bitcoin.com, explaining how Linden Dollars helped drive up the value of Bitcoin back in the early days of the cryptocurrency roughly a decade ago: During these nascent times, a few fiat currencies were trading with Bitcoin. At this time, Second Life’s Linden dollars (L$) were also exchanged…
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… is a title to a post I never guessed I'd write even 12 months ago. But here we are. As to what the F it all actually means: NFT, for non-fungible tokens, are virtual items of perceived value (art, keepsakes, etc) bought and sold on a blockchain. Virtual art made by AI artists, in…
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Pictured: Animal Crossing character currently being sold on eBay Anyone who's played and followed virtual worlds for any moderate length of time could have predicted this would happen after Nintendo's Animal Crossing became a massive phenomenon — but apparently, Nintendo itself didn't see it coming: [I]f people want a certain villager, sellers offer the ability…
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