#185 - MetaMask finally drops a ...token? Nah, an NFT view for Chrome

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Today,

1. Uniswap sees more volume than Coinbase

2. MetaMask adds NFT view for Chrome extension

3. Ready Player One VR treadmills

4. DOGE pumps and a Gucci Koda pendant

Plus, all the web3 headlines, memes, and Tweets of the day.

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Uniswap is beginning to show bull market numbers...

Volume on Uniswap hit $71.6 billion last month. That beats Coinbase's volume by a huge 45%, according to data from The Block.

It’s the second month in a row that Uniswap has seen more volume than the most well-known crypto exchange, marking its best month since January 2022 and the end of the bull.

And it's not just Uniswap that's feeling the good vibes

Trading volume across all decentralized exchanges has increased +160% this year.

Why? Maybe crypto users are getting savvier.

At this point, we've all seen what can happen if you leave your crypto in the hands of a League of Legends-addicted CEO with an ego issue...

Also, here in the bear market, there isn't an influx of new users who need the fiat offramps that centralized exchanges provide.

– and, that lack of connection to banks and TradFi also seems to mean DEXs don't attract regulators' attention.

At least, not in quite the same way as CEXs like Coinbase with their flashy TV ads and lofty political ambitions.

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On the web3 wire

Arsenal Journey Pass offers soccer fans a VIP experience ⚽️ The 400 NFTs on the BNB blockchain come with match tix and overnight accommodation.

20 crypto companies are planning to move to Hong Kong 🇭🇰As the US wages war on crypto exchanges, Hong Kong is fast-tracking new licenses to welcome the crypto industry.

Elon pumps DOGE again by changing Twitter's logo 🐕The currency surpassed 10 cents for the first time since December.

MetaMask finally drops a token NFT view for Chrome

Sometimes you don't get the Web3 news you want; you get the Web3 news you ...need?

While Crypto Twitter is clamoring for a $METAMASK coin to be airdropped to frequent users, the digital wallet company has shipped a far less exciting, but undeniably practical feature.

Now, you can view your NFTs via a tab on MetaMask's Chrome extension.

MetaMask says that "all ERC-721 and 1155 tokens should appear as long as automatic NFT detection is enabled."

Alongside the new feature, you should now be able to send ERC-721 tokens through your Chrome extension. 👍

Coming soon: the VR treadmill that inspired Ready Player One

Snowcrash, the 1992 book by Neal Stephenson, rightly gets attention for being the novel that coined the term "metaverse," and one of the first books to lay out the Web3 dystopia in all its glory.

But if you want a book that bought the metaverse fully into mainstream consciousness, look no further than Ready Player One – the story about a hunger-games-style virtual tournament that became a 2018 Speilberg blockbuster.

In that movie, characters interact with the metaverse or OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation) via a nifty treadmill device – which lets them wander virtually while remaining physically still.

Turns out, that treadmill was initially based on a real product made by a company called Virtuix.

And, after a decade in development, you'll soon be able to install one of Virtuix's "Omni" devices in your own home.

The Omni (as in omnidirectional) uses low-friction shoe covers and a sliding platform to let you "walk and run in 360 degrees inside VR games and other virtual worlds."

So you'll never need to touch grass again!

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