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With the year coming to a close, here’s a curated look back at my 12 favorite Metaversal pieces from 2025. These posts highlight the onchain experiments, tools, and cultural happenings that most stood out to me. A small holiday rewind before we head into 2026!

Hyperfy’s v2 shift toward free, open, and abundant virtual land was a clean break from the speculative land traps of the 2021 metaverse cycle. By rejecting artificial scarcity at the platform level, Hyperfy reframed virtual worlds as expressive, user-driven spaces rather than financialized real estate. The post situates this move as a blueprint for where metaversal experiences are heading.

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