Standard Chartered Hong Kong buys virtual land in metaverse

The Sandbox’s Mega City district is touted as a culture hub inspired by Hong Kong.

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) has partnered with The Sandbox, a decentralised gaming virtual world, and has acquired virtual land at the latter’s metaverse Mega City district.

This makes StanChart the first bank to acquire virtual land in the district, touted as a culture hub based on or inspired by Hong Kong talents.
 
The bank said that it plans to engage its clients, partners, staff, and the tech community, to explore co-creation opportunities in this space, with the goal of experimenting and building new experiences for clients, as well as bringing the local sports and art communities into the metaverse.