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A look around Decentraland and one will find that OCBC’s metaverse branch launched in early April called OCBCx65Chulia, has gone further to include more elements. 
Besides displaying historical milestones, it also includes a financial literacy quiz and links to the bank’s website.

For now, many of the virtual set-ups in Decentraland are still very basic.

PHOTO: OCBC

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SINGAPORE – Eight years ago, two Argentinians met at a hacker house in Buenos Aires, paving the way for the creation of a virtual world which has today attracted many global brands, including familiar local names like CapitaLand, OCBC and UOB.

Software engineer Esteban Ordano and project lead Ari Meilich launched Decentraland to the world in February 2020.

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