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Virtual Property of the famous New York Stock Exchange Sells for US$23,000 in Upland Metaverse Auction End-of-year virtual property auction features the most prominent, historical, and financially powerful property in the entire metaverse so far

Palo Alto, CA, Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (via Blockchain Wire) Upland (https://upland.me/), the blockchain-based metaverse that is mapped to real-world addresses, today announced that the virtual property of The New York Stock Exchange, a symbol for the famous Wall Street, sold for 23,000,000 UPX (US$ 23,000)  in their end-of-year auction. The “reverse auction” began with a starting bid for the world’s largest stock exchange at 25,000,000 UPX with prices dropping by multiple two million UPX and one million UPX tranches during the three-day sale. The NYSE auction marks the highest property sale in the entire Upland metaverse to date.  Read More

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