<div dir="ltr">Finally, an investment even riskier than crypto. Virtual real estate, bought and sold with cryptocurrency. <div><br></div><div>-- Edd</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 12:09 AM, John Grigg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:possiblepaths2050@gmail.com" target="_blank">possiblepaths2050@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:200;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">"Genesis City is a plot of virtual land, roughly the size of Washington, D.C., that investors can buy slices of for obscene amounts of money. Even a simple 1,100 square foot plot can go for as much as $200,000,<span> </span><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-12/making-a-killing-in-virtual-real-estate" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-position:0px 95%,100% 95%,0px 95%;background-size:0.05em 1px,0.05em 1px,1px 1px;background-color:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);text-decoration:none;padding-bottom:1px" target="_blank">according to<span> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Bloomberg</em></a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:200;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This bizarre bubble market was born from the promise of a VR future. Ray Kurzweil has predicted that, in a matter of years, <a href="https://futurism.com/ray-kurzweils-most-exciting-predictions-about-the-future-of-humanity/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-position:0px 95%,100% 95%,0px 95%;background-size:0.05em 1px,0.05em 1px,1px 1px;background-color:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);text-decoration:none;padding-bottom:1px" target="_blank">physical workplaces will be a thing of the past</a>, replaced by virtual ones. By 2020, virtual reality and augmented reality are predicted to rake in an estimated<span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/virtual-and-augmented-reality-markets-will-reach-162-billion-by-2020-2016-8" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-position:0px 95%,100% 95%,0px 95%;background-size:0.05em 1px,0.05em 1px,1px 1px;background-color:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68);text-decoration:none;padding-bottom:1px" target="_blank">$162 billion</a><span> </span>in revenue. So, naturally, if there’s real estate to be had (even if it’s virtual), people will pop up to buy and sell it."</p></div><a href="https://futurism.com/virtual-real-estate/" target="_blank">https://futurism.com/virtual-<wbr>real-estate/</a><br></div>
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