On this episode, we're taking a look at GALA's year-end data, tokens, games, and 2023 roadmap. We're also diving into macro industry movements including: regulation, VR/AR, Apple, and Metaverse growth.
Guest: Jason Brink, President of Gala Games

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On this episode, we're talking Metaverse growth data, Illuvium's future as a social experience, and Meta Quest's rapid updates and massive short-term growth being underestimated. Andrew remains skeptical.
Guest: Andrew Wall - Head of Marketing, Illuvium
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Apple plans to allow the installation of iOS apps from external sources due to impending EU regulations, Bloomberg reports. The move could make it easier for developers to build apps around NFTs and broaden the ability to make crypto payments through iPhones and iPads.

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Ready Player Me, is a cross-game metaverse avatar platform that allows users to explore virtual worlds with one consistent identity. Ready Player Me currently supports over 5250+ apps including VRChat, VeVeverse, and Spatial on Meta Quest.

Guest: Timmu Tõke, Co-Founder & CEO of Ready Player Me
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On this episode, we're diving into Metaverse adoption growth data as well as the current state of NFT Games and their elusive token ecosystems.

Guest: Jake Browatzke, On Chain Gaming
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Metaverse-backer Bob Iger has announced a surprise return to his former role as CEO of Disney, taking over from now-former CEO Bob Chapek. Disney chose to rehire Bob Iger as chief executive after receiving internal complaints from senior leadership that Bob Chapek was not fit for the job, according to people familiar with the matter. Iger was still at Disney as an executive and board chairman when the company filed for a metaverse-related patent on Dec. 28.

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This weekend at DesignerCon popular digital collectibles app VeVe showcased their work-in-progress metaverse called the VeVeverse. The VeVeverse works on multiple platforms as well as having VR/AR capabilities. They also announced major brand partnerships with Lamborghini and Banksy(*). Could VeVe be the metaverse king right out the gate? Also, we're discussing whether its better to invest in NFTs or Ecomi $OMI.

Guests: FosterHilt & VeVeFox
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Despite the economic downturn and NFT market crashing, Sportswear firm Nike earned nearly $100 million from NFT royalties, the highest among prominent web2 brands. An all-time record was broken on Polygon Network when the number of unique addresses reached 190.95 million on Nov. 14. The achievement of such a big milestone came against a backdrop of news about the U.S. sports retail giant Nike launching its own NFT marketplace. The important thing is that .Swoosh, as the upcoming platform is called, will operate on Polygon's infrastructure. Nike's success in the metaverse can be directly attributed to it's partnership with RTFKT studios, the NFT company it bought in 2021.

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Rumors of Alameda liquidating its Solana holdings are sending SOL’s price into free fall; both Solana and Ethereum-based NFT markets are getting hit hard by the news. However, the pain doesn't end there... looking deeper, people haven't learned anything since May as they've been borrowing against their own NFTs. We may now see a mass NFT liquidation event AGAIN!

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Over $1.8bn worth of royalties have been paid out to creators of Ethereum-based NFT collections. However, major debates have sparked between creators and NFT marketplaces. As it stands, royalties are not actually programmed at the token/smart-contract level thus forcing NFT marketplaces to ignore socially enforced by norms and cut royalties to 0% in order to compete with other marketplaces. On this episode, we're taking a look at proposed solutions.

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