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A16z Raises $600M in Metaverse Gaming Fund

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has raised $600 million to build the future of the gaming industry. With the new a16z fund, named "Games Fund One", the team plans on investing in game studios, consumer apps and game infrastructure providers.

According to a16z,

“Over the past decade, games have undergone a radical transformation, from simply being packaged entertainment to becoming online services that more closely resemble social networks and scale like consumer technology companies.”

The team further stated,

"With GAMES FUND ONE, we will continue to add more functions and develop deeper networks that are tailored to the games ecosystem so we can help our portfolio companies with everything from building digital communities, to managing their virtual economies, to IP licensing best practices, to helping build their development teams."

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/147591/a16z-launches-600-million-fund-to-invest-in-gaming-industry

Central Bank of Norway Uses Ethereum Layer 2 Solution for CBDC Pilot

Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway), is working on a pilot program for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) which utilises an Ethereum layer-2 protocol called Nahmii.

Nahmii is an Ethereum scaling solution that utilises “state pools.” State Pools combine the instant finality of state channels with the pooled security of side chains and rollups.

In a recent blogpost, Nahmii stated,

“Following a competitive tender process, Nahmii AS will now build a sandbox environment for Norges Bank as part of their CBDC experimental testing strategy. Norges Bank will use this platform as part of a wider investigation into CBDCs.”

Nahmii says the sandbox trial is expected to include all major Norwegian banks, which will also benefit from Nahmii AS’s technical expertise.

https://www.coinbureau.com/news/central-bank-of-norway-uses-ethereum-layer-2-solution-for-cbdc-pilot/