Unchained

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


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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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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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