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...nah.
The Metaverse is just a buzzword, with my favorite example of the new Tamagotchis just slapping it onto their newest line of virtual critter to mean "Yeah, it has basic online functionalities". NFTs can go shove it. It's for money laundering at best, and scam artists enriching themselves with minimal effort at worst. Cryptocurrencies may have a use in theory, but not for the environmental impact they cause. Same with the blockchain.
The future - I personally believe/hope - belongs to free, decentralized online services that anyone can host themselves if they so please and have the skills.
That is what Web 3.0 should be. None of that artificial scarcity bullcrap.