AND:Facebook announced a change of its name to “Meta”

AtConnect2021,aneventheldbyFacebookonOctober28,2021,FacebookFounderandCEOMarkZuckerbergofficiallyintroduced“Meta”,thenewnameof“Facebook”,toreflectitsfocusonbuildingthenextchapterofonlinesocialexperiences,knownasthe"metaverse."“Webelievethemetaversecanenablebettersocialexperiencesthananythingthatexiststoday,andwewilldedicateourenergytohelpingachieveitspotential”,saidMark.

或受Facebook更名影響，多支元宇宙概念股10月29日開盤拉升:金色財經報道，Facebook首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格在Facebook Connect大會上宣布，Facebook將轉型為元宇宙公司并更名為“Meta”，或受其影響，10月29日開盤，多支元宇宙概念股拉升，中青寶漲5.54%，湯姆貓漲超3%，數碼視訊漲2.95%。[2021/10/29 21:07:34]

However,asofnownootherapparentchangeshavebeenobservedotherthanthechangeinitsnameandassociatedparameters.Itscoreapp,Facebook,isnotchangingthenameeither.ThisisconsistentwithMark’sstatementinhisfounderletterthat“Ourmissionremainsthesame—it’sstillaboutbringingpeopletogether.Ourappsandtheirbrandsaren’tchangingeither.”

聽證會 | 扎克伯格：若美監管機構要求Facebook完全撤出Libra協會，Facebook將執行:金色財經直播報道，在今日聽證會上，議員再次確定Libra協會的治理決定權力，以及扎克伯格所提出的，獲得一切所需監管批準前不會有進一步動作。

扎克伯格再次給出了明確說明：“我僅代表Facebook部分的Libra權利，且明確確定Facebook在得到美國監管批準前不會就Libra采取進一步行動。如果美國監管機構要求Facebook完全撤出Libra協會，小扎表示將會執行。”[2019/10/24]

Criticismhasbeenprovokinggiventhetimingofthisnamechange–i.e.amidthetechnicalissuesandwhistle-blowermatterithasbeenfacingsinceearlyOctober2021.InthearticlewrittenbyALEXANDRAS.LEVINE,“Somecriticsarguethattimingisnocoincidenceandthatthenewnameandprojectarepartofacrisisresponsestrategyaimedatdistractinglawmakers,investorsandthepublic.”

聲音 | Diar：Facebook Globalcoin可能會面臨人口挑戰:據cointelegraph報道，根據加密貨幣分析公司Diar 5月28日發表的研究報告，隨著社交媒體巨頭Facebook的用戶群老化，其加密貨幣Globalcoin將面臨人口挑戰。老齡化用戶群對數字貨幣認識不足，而對新型貨幣充滿了解的年輕用戶的用戶群較小，不足以大量使用它。[2019/5/29]

NewYorkRepresentativeAlexandriaOcasio-CortezreactedtothisonherTwitteraccount,calling“Meta”as“cancertodemocracy”.“Metaasin“weareacancertodemocracymetastasizingintoaglobalsurveillanceandpropagandamachineforboostingauthoritarianregimesanddestroyingcivilsociety…forprofit!”,Alexandriaposted.

麻省理工學院Digital Currency Initiative項目區塊鏈研究顧問兼CoinDesk顧問董事Michael J. Casey猜測：Facebook可能會發行數字代幣FBCoin:日前，麻省理工學院Digital Currency Initiative項目區塊鏈研究顧問兼知名區塊鏈媒體CoinDesk顧問董事Michael J. Casey猜測Facebook可能會發行數字代幣FBCoin，而且還預測了Facebook數字代幣模式：先預挖一個大型數字代幣池，然后向股東分配大多數FBCoin，再根據原創內容等指標把剩下的分銷給用戶。之后，Facebook公司可能會要求平臺廣告必須使用FBCoin支付，繼而形成一個市場，用戶也可以通過自己的內容創作來賺錢。FBCoin價格會基于需求和供給，與美元掛鉤。[2018/1/23]

Sowhatisa“metaverse”?AccordingtoWikipedia,thewordwasinventedbyNealStephensoninhis1992sciencefictionnovelSnowCrash,where“humans,asavatars,interactwitheachotherandsoftwareagents,inathree-dimensionalvirtualspacethatusesthemetaphoroftherealworld”.InitsnewspublishedonSeptember27,2021,Facebookdescribes“metaverse”as“asetofvirtualspaceswhereyoucancreateandexplorewithotherpeoplewhoaren’tinthesamephysicalspaceasyou.You’llbeabletohangoutwithfriends,work,play,learn,shop,createandmore.It’snotnecessarilyaboutspendingmoretimeonline—it’saboutmakingthetimeyoudospendonlinemoremeaningful.”

Otherorganisationsarepassionatelyembracingthehottrendof“Metaverse”aswell.AOFEX,agloballeadingserviceplatformofdigitalassets,hasalreadylistedmultiplemetaverseprojectssuchasMANA、SAND、ILVaheadofmanyofitspeers.ThoughAOFEXhasalwaysplacedsecurityasitstopprioritywhilestrivesforconstantimprovementsofitsplatform’suserexperience,ithasalsobeenfocusingonexpandingthedigitalassetsitoffersonitsplatform.“Supportingprojectsthatarerunningattheforefrontofthemetaversebringsitsusersasimple,safeandsecuremarketplacetobuyandstorethesedigitalassets”,commentedAOFEXrepresentative.

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