Softbank "studs" meta edge ?

Recently, SoftBank contacted Metaspace, and Korean meta-space platform Zepeto today announced that it has acquired $ 150 million (about 100 billion won) of Series B investment from Japanese group Softbank.

Zepeto is a social app that lets you take photos as avatars of real people.After scanning the image, users can create their own avatar to chat and chat in virtual worlds such as haunted houses, classrooms or wedding gardens.

American singer and actress Selena Gomez and popular K-pop girl Black Pink sell special items on ZEPETO and even chat with fans.

Today, the Zepeto platform has attracted over 2 million regular users and the audience is comprised of Gen Z women ages 13-24, which can be seen as just a version of the "meta- edge".

With this investment from SoftBank, the value of Zepeto, the meta-global platform, has grown to over $ 1 billion, making it one of the most important unicorns in the meta-world.

And at the start of last month, SoftBank invested $ 93 million in sandbox platform games, but this is the first time Vision Fund 2 has invested in a company that creates its own cryptocurrency.

The sandbox is managed by blockchain game developer Animoca Brands, an organization of Animoca Brands.

It is a virtual exchange that allows players to create and receive non-fungible tokens on the blockchain.

Currently, Sandbox's monthly user base is growing rapidly, and the platform's market volume has exceeded $ 144 million.

COO and co-founder Sebastien Borget told Reuters: “We are developing an open metaverse. The sandbox would justify the claim that the metaverse is only available to large tech companies. users before there is another way "

In addition, SoftBank enters the NFT with a high profile.

Candy Digital, launched in the field of NFT, announced on October 21 that it had received funding led by Insight Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund Phase 2. The platform is made up of fanatic sports equipment distributors.

The NFT ecosystem for Major League Baseball (MLB) is currently under development, allowing sports fans and collectors to purchase, trade and distribute licensed digital tokens.

European football platform NFT Sorare also announced in October that the platform had received US $ 680 million, led by SoftBank Vision II, which could become Europe's largest Series B financial institution.

Currently, 180 teams, including Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus and Bayern Munich, have registered on the platform and received the right to join the Spanish football league “La Liga” last month. The platform is said to be worth around $ 4.3 billion.

In this regard, Yat Siu, founder of Animocha Brand, a blockchain games company, said that NFT and Metaverse have a close relationship.

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