Unchained

Is the Metaverse Already Here? Two Experts Disagree - Ep.282

10.19.2021 - By Laura ShinPlay

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Andrew Steinwold, managing partner at Sfermion, and John Egan, CEO at L'Atelier BNP Paribas, discuss NFTs and debate the characteristics of the metaverse. Show highlights: 

their backgrounds and how they got into NFTs

how they each define the metaverse

what NFTs have to do with the metaverse

how John and Andrew’s depiction of the metaverse differs

what John thinks about Facebook’s entrance into the metaverse

whether Second Life is a metaverse game

how blockchain technology allows for an open metaverse (and why Web2 is “communist”)

what NFTs currently unlock for the metaverse

whether the metaverse will necessarily have to be experienced through augmented reality

whether there will be multiple metaverses across different blockchain platforms

why John thinks NFT maxis and crypto maxis are destined to clash

how the metaverse is changing how people generate income 

how to make the metaverse more accessible

whether regulators will force the metaverse to be siloed

how the metaverse will handle jurisdictional disputes

what happens when someone’s Web3 avatar/identity is stolen in the metaverse

what John and Andrew predict will happen in the metaverse over the next 6-12 months. 

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NFT Research

John Egan

Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/iamjohnegan 

Website: 

https://www.iamjohnegan.com/ 

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndegan/

Content

NFTs are like gambling, but could be the bedrock of virtual economy

https://decrypt.co/62809/buying-nfts-like-gambling-in-a-casino-analyst

Wired article on NFTs

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/crypto-tokens 

 

L’Atelier 

NFT Content

How NFTs are changing ownership

https://atelier.net/insights/nfts-art-ownership-collecting

The Virtual economy

https://atelier.net/virtual-economy

Real estate NFTs

https://atelier.net/insights/tech-real-estate-nfts-tokenisation 

Metaverse Content

Unified coms vs. the Metaverse

https://atelier.net/insights/unified-communications-metaverse-tech

Primer on the metaverse

https://atelier.net/insights/primer-define-metaverse-fortnite

Digital anthropology

https://atelier.net/insights/nathalie-bechet-digital-anthropology 

 

Andrew Steinwold

Twitter

https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-steinwold/

Blog must-reads

A quick overview of the NFT ecosystem 

https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-quick-overview-of-the-nft-ecosystem 

NFTs will introduce the world to crypto? 

https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/nfts-will-introduce-crypto-to-the 

Why functional NFTs will gain value slower than crypto art

https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-the-promise-effect-why-functional 

History of NFTs

https://medium.com/@Andrew.Steinwold/the-history-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-f362ca57ae10 

NFT Value Drivers

https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-nonfungible-token-nft-value-drivers 

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