CRYPTOVERSE-After bitcoin 'winter', investors hunt risk in virtual worlds


FILE PHOTO: A Bitcoin sign is seen in a window in Toronto, May 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

(Reuters) - As bitcoin drifts towards mainstream maturity in 2022, daring crypto investors are eyeing up new sources of explosive action: "altcoins" that power online games and worlds.

But, be warned, the foothills of the unformed metaverse are no place for the faint-hearted.

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