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Roblox Earnings Are Monday. The Metaverse Now Has Wall Street’s Attention.


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Roblox is set to report third-quarter results after the market closes on Monday. The company’s earnings report comes just as Wall Street has begun buying into the tech industry’s metaverse aspirations.

Meta Platforms (ticker: FB), the company formerly known as Facebook that plans to change its ticker to “MVRS” on Dec. 1, brought the metaverse into the mainstream after CEO Mark Zuckerberg pitched his plans to invest billions building it in the coming years. But Roblox, which was founded in 2004, has been discussing the concept...