Shiba Inu sets to roll out four major projects in coming days.

https://u.today/shiba-inu-set-to-roll-out-four-major-projects-in-coming-days-heres-whats-new

Improbable, a British company focused on building tools for virtual experiences, has raised $150 million.

Andreessen Horowitz and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the funding round, with additional participation from Mirana, Digital Currency Group, CMT, SIG and Ethereal Ventures.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/141104/improbable-raises-150-million-to-build-an-interoperable-metaverse-network

U.S. customers of Cash App, a mobile payment service run by Block (formerly Square), will be able to automatically invest a portion (or the entirety) of their direct-deposit paychecks into bitcoin.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2022/04/07/cash-app-users-can-now-invest-their-paychecks-into-bitcoin/

CME Group and CF Benchmarks plan to launch 11 New Cryptocurrency Reference Rates and Real-Time Indices on April 25.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-and-cf-benchmarks-to-launch-11-new-cryptocurrency-reference-rates-and-real-time-indices-on-april-25-301519757.html

Hedera Hashgraph is eyeing the metaverse with its latest venture fund, saying that will put $250 million in HBAR tokens toward its development.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/07/hbar-foundation-commits-250m-to-drawing-metaverse-apps-to-hedera/

Luna Foundation will acquire Avalanche tokens (AVAX) worth $100 million from the Avalanche Foundation to boost the stablecoin reserve.

https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1512111686018285582

Near Protocol is set to launch a stablecoin called USN.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/141274/near-protocol-is-set-to-launch-a-stablecoin-called-usn-source

Mastercard has filed 15 NFT and Metaverse trademark applications.

It indicates plans for an NFT backed media, payment processing in the Metaverse, marketplaces for digital goods + NFTs, e-commerce transactions in the Metaverse.

https://twitter.com/KondoudisLaw/status/1512397180044296197

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a U.S. banking regulator, has asked banks to report on their “crypto-related activities”.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/07/fdic-asks-all-banks-to-report-crypto-activities/

Elon Musk suggests Dogecoin (DOGE) payments for Twitter Blue.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1512954808394731521

BreederDAO (BREED) has announced the public sale — Token Launch Auction (TLA) on Copper.

Start date: April 26, 14:00 UTC
End date: April 29, 14:00 UTC
Token Pool Allocation: 75,000,000
Starting rate: $1.5

https://medium.com/@breederDAOcommunity/breed-public-sale-token-launch-auction-tla-on-copper-51483a0197f9

The LEGO Group and Epic Games are entering a long-term partnership to build a place for kids to play in the Metaverse.

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/the-lego-group-and-epic-games-team-up-to-build-a-place-for-kids-to-play-in-the-metaverse

Binance has received its In-Principle Approval (IPA) for a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to operate as a broker-dealer in virtual assets.

https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/binance-awarded-in-principle-approval-for-a-financial-services-permission-from-adgm

Binance Labs led the seed round for Sender Wallet, a non-custodial wallet built on NEAR Protocol.

In addition to Binance Labs, Metaweb Ventures also participated in this investment round.

https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-leads-the-seed-round-financing-of-sender-wallet-421499824684903678

White Star Capital, a technology investment firm, has raised $120 million for its second crypto fund investing in companies developing the metaverse.

Ubisoft is the anchor investor for the crypto fund.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/11/white-star-capital-raises-120m-crypto-fund-for-metaverse-investments/

Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games, developer of Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, F1® Mobile Racing, Gear.Club, and others.

https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-acquires-eden-games

Uniswap Labs has announced the launch of Uniswap Labs Ventures.

Uniswap Labs Ventures will invest in teams at different stages and levels of the web3 stack, from infrastructure to developer tools and consumer-facing applications.

https://uniswap.org/blog/ventures

Biconomy and Cere Network has announced their integration that will cut gas fees for Cere Network builders and users, as well as drive wider adoption of lower-priced NFTs.

https://cere-network.medium.com/cere-announces-gasless-integrations-with-biconomy-e31e0fdbbdc2

Meta is beginning to test tools for selling digital assets and experiences within its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds, a key part of its plan for creating a metaverse.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-start-testing-money-making-tools-its-metaverse-2022-04-11/

Sony has announced a strategic investment of approximately 1 billion U.S. dollars in Epic Games.

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/news/20220411_E.pdf

Forbes expands into Metaverse with the launch of Virtual Billionaires NFT Collection on FTX.

Forbes has partnered with FTX to launch an ERC-721 token on April 13.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2022/04/11/forbes-expands-into-metaverse-with-launch-of-virtual-billionaires-nft-collection-on-ftx/