Decentraland, launched in 2020 by the Decentraland Foundation, is one of the most popular crypto metaverse games. While early metaverse titles (World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Destiny 2) predate blockchain technology or simply don’t integrate it into their games, a new iteration of metaverses—such as Decentraland—is combining metaverse gaming and blockchain protocols. Called “crypto metaverses,” these metaverses make use of blockchain technology to enable features such as in-game crypto...