Fabiana Di Porto, PhD in Law (Strasbourg–Perugia), MSc in Regulation (London School of Economics), Professor of Economic and Technology Law. She is a leading scholar on the intersections between law and innovative technologies, including metaverse, virtual worlds, and AI systems. She has authored or co-authored five books and over ninety academic articles and book chapters, with work featured in major international journals. She is a member of several international research groups, such as the expert group on Emerging Technologies within the UN Global Initiative on Citiverse (UNICC). Through her research Professor Di Porto contributes to shaping future-proof regulatory frameworks and technologies for AI-driven societies and virtual worlds.Oreste Pollicino has graduated in law at Messina University and has a LL.M from the College of Europe in Brugges. He is full professor of constitutional law, Member of the Executive Board, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, Board Member, Digital Library, Italian Ministry of Culture, and Member of the European Commission Sounding Board of the Multistakeholder in the fight against online disinformation.

• Introduction.- Part I. NFTs and Metaverse: Definitions, Governance and Constitutional Issues.- Navigating Virtual Words, the European Way.- The Metaverse: Interoperability as Governance.- Metaverse: Yet another jeopardy for the constitutional social contract?.- Part II. Financial markets.- NFTs And EU Financial Markets Legislation.- A New Horizon for Financial Law and Policy: Non-Fungible Tokens in the Metaverse.- The new EU framework for crypto-assets: recent developments and main challenges ahead.- Part III. Intellectual property.- NFTs: Copyright profiles--- and beyond.- The Uncanny Token.- NFTs and IP: easier said than understood.- Part IV. Contract law.- Smart contracts, NFT trading and weaker party protection.- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Smart Contracts and Contracts: The need for Legal and Technology Assurances.- Part V. Competition law.- Virtual Worlds and Competition Issues: Same Problem, Same Solution.- Metaverses, Digital and Competition Law: What’s New?.- Part VI Privacy, Data Protection and the Market's voice.- Data Protection Challenges and Privacy Issues in the Metaverse dimension.- Exploring the Metaverse: opportunities, risks, and the path forward.

Fabiana Di Porto, PhD in Law (Strasbourg–Perugia), MSc in Regulation (London School of Economics), Professor of Economic and Technology Law. She is a leading scholar on the intersections between law and innovative technologies, including metaverse, virtual worlds, and AI systems. She has authored or co-authored five books and over ninety academic articles and book chapters, with work featured in major international journals. She is a member of several international research groups, such as the expert group on Emerging Technologies within the UN Global Initiative on Citiverse (UNICC). Through her research Professor Di Porto contributes to shaping future-proof regulatory frameworks and technologies for AI-driven societies and virtual worlds.Oreste Pollicino has graduated in law at Messina University and has a LL.M from the College of Europe in Brugges. He is full professor of constitutional law, Member of the Executive Board, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, Board Member, Digital Library, Italian Ministry of Culture, and Member of the European Commission Sounding Board of the Multistakeholder in the fight against online disinformation.

• Introduction.- Part I. NFTs and Metaverse: Definitions, Governance and Constitutional Issues.- Navigating Virtual Words, the European Way.- The Metaverse: Interoperability as Governance.- Metaverse: Yet another jeopardy for the constitutional social contract?.- Part II. Financial markets.- NFTs And EU Financial Markets Legislation.- A New Horizon for Financial Law and Policy: Non-Fungible Tokens in the Metaverse.- The new EU framework for crypto-assets: recent developments and main challenges ahead.- Part III. Intellectual property.- NFTs: Copyright profiles--- and beyond.- The Uncanny Token.- NFTs and IP: easier said than understood.- Part IV. Contract law.- Smart contracts, NFT trading and weaker party protection.- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Smart Contracts and Contracts: The need for Legal and Technology Assurances.- Part V. Competition law.- Virtual Worlds and Competition Issues: Same Problem, Same Solution.- Metaverses, Digital and Competition Law: What’s New?.- Part VI Privacy, Data Protection and the Market's voice.- Data Protection Challenges and Privacy Issues in the Metaverse dimension.- Exploring the Metaverse: opportunities, risks, and the path forward.