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Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million
LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – A patch of virtual real estate in the online world Decentraland sold for a record $2.4 million worth of cryptocurrency, the buyer crypto investor Tokens.com (COIN.NLB) and Decentraland said on Tuesday. Decentraland is an online environment – also called a “metaverse” – where users can buy land, visit buildings, walk around and meet people as avatars. Such environments have grown in popularity this year, as the pandemic caused people to spend more time online. read more Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register Interest surged last month when Facebook changed its name to Meta to reflect its focus on developing virtual reality products…
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Versailles-inspired estate in Holmby Hills sells for $16M
110 N. Mapleton Drive (Opendoor, iStock) Talk about an only-in-L.A. pedigree. A Neoclassical chateau built to resemble Marie Antoinette’s estate at Versailles, designed for the family that owned Architectural Digest and known as a attract for The Weeknd and Jennifer Lopez fetched $16.4 million in a sale that closed this week. Have to have a lot more? The vendor of the home, situated at 110 N. Mapleton Generate in Holmby Hills, was heiress Patrice Tarsey, daughter of a person of the founding entrepreneurs of the Dunes Resort on the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s. 110 N. Mapleton Travel in Holmby Hills (Opendoor) The purchaser was a nearby developer who…
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