From Syahrini’s NFTs to Axie Infinity, Southeast Asia is waking up to the metaverse

• Indonesia is showing strong appetite to developing virtual initiatives as tech giants such as Facebook eye building their own metaverses in Southeast Asia
• Apart from providing a platform for trading NFTs and cryptocurrencies, observers say the metaverse has the potential to ‘level the playing field’ by providing users side incomes from play-to-earn games