Barbados to Become First Sovereign Nation With an Embassy in the Metaverse

Barbados to Become First Sovereign Nation With an Embassy in the Metaverse
In a historic step toward the legitimization and adoption of the metaverse, the island nation of Barbados is preparing to legally declare digital real estate sovereign land with the establishment of a metaverse embassy.The Barbadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade signed an agreement on Sunday with Decentraland, among the largest and most popular crypto-powered digital worlds, for the establishment of a digital embassy. Per a press release provided to CoinDesk, the government is also finalizing agreements with “Somnium Space, SuperWorld and other Metaverse platforms.”The various projects will be assisting with identifying and purchasing land, architecting the virtual embassies…