Sony News

Sony’s Soneium mainnet launched, aiming to simplify Web3 with NFT-driven fan engagement, but it got off to a rocky start.

Developers on the new blockchain will have a chance to receive investment and other forms of support from a wide range of Web3 firms.

Sony Block Solutions Labs, a year-old joint venture between the Sony Group and Startale Labs, has introduced an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain to lure app developers across various sectors.

Weak tech corporate earnings, spot Bitcoin ETF inflows and the potential arrival of a new major investor drove Bitcoin price above $63,000.

S.BLOX aims to enhance WhaleFin’s user interface and features, reflecting Sony Group’s growing crypto ambitions.

Sony is cracking down on AI developers like OpenAI and Microsoft with a letter that prohibits them from using its content to train or develop commercial AI systems.

The proposed agreement with record labels mandates consent and compensation before releasing songs featuring digital replicas of artists’ voices.

Sony Bank says it is experimenting with the possibility of issuing its own yen-backed stablecoin as a form of payment for businesses that use intellectual property owned by the Sony Group.

Such a model could theoretically be used to exploit human conversations to build advertising personas.

Sony and Microsoft are angling to get into crypto gaming. Will they be able to succeed where others in the industry have failed?

The deal includes an investment of $3.5 million, a Sony executive moving to Startale Labs and collaboration on new Web3 tools for mass adoption.

Asia is home to 1.7 billion gamers and contributes over $72 billion in annual gaming revenue, making it a critical market, according to DappRadar.

The Avalanche Foundation has launched a new mentoring initiative for digital artists, and Ticketmaster has introduced a new feature allowing artists to reward NFT holders.

While trying to wrap his CryptoPunk to borrow money, an NFT investor accidentally sent the asset to a burning address, permanently removing it from circulation.

Sony’s NFT framework aims to integrate NFTs into gameplay, with the technology representing skins and other popular in-game functionalities.