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Metaverse: January headlines - South Korea launches metaverse replica of Seoul: Metaverse Seoul will allow users to take their avatars to tax offices, access youth counseling and read e-books (source) - CME Group to launch 3 metaverse reference rates - Axie Infinity, Chiliz and Decentraland will be represented in CME’s new reference rates and real-time indexes (source) - Animoca slashes target for metaverse fund to $1 billion - the chairman of Animoca Brands had previously suggested that its metaverse fund raise could reach as much as $2 billion (source) - Neopets raised $4M to bring 90s classic to the metaverse, Polygon Ventures, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Hashkey Capital, IDG Capital, and gaming giant, NetDragon Websoft participated in the round (source) - Metahood raised $3M to build the Zillow of the metaverse - seed round was led by crypto VC firm 1confirmation, with participation from Volt Capital, Flamingo DAO, and Neon DAO (source) #January2023#metaverse#trends