CNBC reported on the 15th (local time) that software company Microsoft (MS) has invested in a blockchain startup ConsenSys. Microsoft recently participated as an investor in the $450 million (approximately 559.8 billion won) fund raised by the consensus. Japans SoftBank and Singapores sovereign wealth fund Temasek also joined as new investors along with Microsoft, but their individual investments were not disclosed. New York-based Consensus is a company founded in 2014 by Joseph Rubin, co-founder of the blockchain platform Ethereum, and the worlds second largest cryptocurrency with the same name was created based on this platform. Consensus is a company that makes software that works on the Ethereum network like this, and it is said that the companys value more than doubled with this investment raise to $7 billion (about 8.7 trillion won). This investment is an unprecedented investment in the virtual currency technology field for Microsoft, and it shows that the worlds information technology (IT) dinosaurs are increasingly interested in Web3, a decentralized Internet based on blockchain technology. explained. It is reported that Facebooks parent company Metaplatform and Twitter are also showing interest in Web3. [Photo Source: Getty Images]
