Robin Schmidt, CEO of Metaverse content producer BasedAF, has just run an ultra-marathon in one of the most controversial places in the world: the Metaverse.

The live stream event, sponsored by the Fantom Foundation, which matched every dollar donation up to $50k, saw BasedAF raise over $100k for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in the UK. And perhaps challenge certain preconceptions about the Metaverse itself.

According to Schmidt, “Web3 has taken a pretty serious reputational hit in the last 12 months, due to bad actors in the space. We wanted to show a better side by raising money for an amazing cause. And thanks to our community, The BasedHeads, who donated through Web3’s crowdfunding platform, Juicebox, we managed…