Let's first delve into the origins of this Web3 narrative about the metaverse. In the spring of 2021, Web3 looked significantly different from what it is now and even from the end of the same year. TwiXer was flooded with enthusiasts of various kinds actively promoting NFT technologies. They were snatching up budding artists and sharing their opinions on what the NFT market would look like in the future. One of these individuals was the guy known as punk 6529 (or a group of people behind...