⏩ Our Vision Of The Metaverse

Discover the news of the week [View in Browser]( [Gif Ledger Bites]( 15/04/2022 The end of the tax season is quickly approaching in the US, and you’re having a hard time filling out your crypto declarations? [ZenLedger]( a leading crypto tax software, answers this hurdle, and it has just joined our growing family of apps in Ledger Live. [Go to ZenLedger * →]( *If you’re using an iPhone, open the desktop app to get access ZenLedger. [Figures] [Elon Musk]( [Genies]( The World's Most Popular Wallet Just Got Better. [Shop Ledger Nano S Plus →]( [In the know] [Line, Japan’s social messaging app, adds an NFT marketplace called LINE NFT.]( The initiative is done in partnership with a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate, Yoshimoto Kogyo, with 40,000 NFTs made available to its 90 million users. [Meta races to release its first AR glasses in 2024.]( For Zuckerberg, AR goggles will “redefine our relationship with technology.” A former Meta employee said Meta’s CEO wants it to be “an iPhone moment”. [Robinhood CEO believes DOGE could turn into the future “currency of the internet.”]( Vladimir Tenet made it clear on Twitter: Dogecoin’s transaction fees are small enough to become an e-cash system, while block size and block time remain areas of improvements. [A decentralized Google Maps raises $18 million… But what for?]( The company, called Hivemapper, rewards users with Solana tokens for capturing mapping data. It uses cameras on contributors’ cars to record their surroundings. Is that “move to earn”? [BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, studies crypto & stablecoins.]( “We are increasingly seeing interest from our clients,” said BlackRock’s chief Larry Fink… a sharp contrast with his statement that Bitcoin is “an index of money laundering” 5 years ago. [Crypto researchers have identified major security flaws in Rarible.]( The cyber security firm Check Point argued that the vulnerability could have seen many of the two million users lose their NFTs… in a single transaction. Get secure, get Ledger. Wanna share our Biiiiiites with a friend ? [Send →]( [Insight of the week] Our Vision For A Decentralized Metaverse [Metaverse] The Metaverse is set to become the next computing platform replacing smartphones and laptops, creating new ways to engage socially and professionally. As the world’s leading secure gateway to Web3, Ledger closely monitors this new tech breakthrough poised to usher in an ever expanding ecosystem of tokens, [NFTs]( and [digital avatars](. How We View The Metaverse This new tech frontier is better understood in the context of mobile phones and computers. Today, most of our digital lives happen through 2D screens, while the Metaverse makes it possible for the digital field to take new shapes that gets rid of the inherent limits of our screens. Most importantly, this 3D version of the Internet won’t exclusively be immersive. It will rather be both immersive AND superposed to reality, bringing new dimensions to how we play, work, interact and learn. In contrast to today’s siloed Internet, the Metaverse will bring these two worlds together and make them interact, too. Of course, the Metaverse is still in its infancy. As [WIRED]( puts it, reflecting on the Metaverse today « is a bit like having a discussion about the internet in the 1970s ». But while the internet revolution is inherently limited to our screens, the Metaverse potential is only limited by the imagination of the human mind. Our Role In A New Tech Frontier We are monitoring this space attentively. Web2’s flaws, including centralization and data exploitation, should remain uninvolved with the Metaverse which has to be Web3-based, decentralized, user-centric, built on self-custody and fully secure. The Metaverse should be a place where people retain full control over their digital belongings, too. This digital shift also brings paramount security challenges. As the boundaries between physical and virtual worlds blur, a thriving economy built on crypto, tokens, NFTs and digital avatars will inevitably flourish. The crucial point is: while security for your coins and NFTs is key, security for your digital identity will be even more so. Your second (digital) life imperatively needs to be hack-proof. As we plan to become the world’s leading secure platform for Web3, Ledger will be at the heart of this major digital shift. [I wanna know more] What is the Metaverse, and how does Ledger plan to secure it? Our VP Metaverse Sebastien Badault [wrote a blogpost]( to explain everything you need to know. Haven’t listened to Ian Rogers’ discussion with Sebastien Borget, the founder of the Sandbox yet? [It’s right here.]( [Inside Ledger] Sam-Bankman Fried, FTX’s CEO, meets Pascal Gauthier, Ledger’s CEO. Listen to their fascinating discussion [right here.]( [The Ledger Nano S Plus]( is available, bringing everything you love about the Nano S… and more! [Images of the week] The first Twitter post struggled to sell as an NFT. The flop of the week? [Image of the week] How did you like our newsletter this week? [😍 I buy! 😐 I hodl! 😭 I sell!]( [unsubscribe]( [Ledger]( Follow us on: [Ledger YouTube]( [Ledger Twitter]( [Ledger Instagram]( [Ledger Facebook]( [Ledger TikTok]( & listen to our podcast [here](. This email was sent to you because you signed up at Ledger.com or purchased a Ledger product. We respect your right to privacy. Read our [Privacy Policy]( and [Cookie Policy](. © Ledger SAS 2020. 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