Animoca Brands Presents

In this episode, Mo and Avery share their origin stories, highlighting their unique paths to the world of blockchain. Together, they co-founded Aptos with the goal of addressing blockchain scalability issues. The podcast also covers Aptos' unique use cases in social media, gaming, and finance, as well as the importance of on-chain identity and the challenges of scaling and composability. The Aptos...

OP3N answers the demand for a Web3 communication and administration platform, allowing users to purchase, sell, trade, gift, and swap digital assets or NFTs. OP3N Founder, Jaeson Ma, recognized the importance of IP from previous investments in 88Rising, Stampede Ventures, and Eastern Standard Times. Jaeson saw the need for direct consumer-to-IP interaction and a forum for people from Asia to conve...

LayerZero Labs is a blockchain messaging protocol developer that allows decentralized applications build across multiple blockchains. With a ground-breaking User Application that enables users to run a universal layer network by configuring on-chain endpoints (ULN), it is a safe and trustworthy network that uses an Oracle and a Relayer to relay data between nodes on the blockchain. Through LayerZe...

In this episode, Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly, reflects on the year 2022 in crypto investments and shares valuable insights and lessons learned. From the importance of diligence in research to avoiding unforced errors, Haseeb offers advice for navigating the bull and bear markets. The podcast also explores the intersection of AI and crypto, discussing the potential for privacy-pre...

Playground, a Web3-based social platform, facilitates the formation of connections, collaborations, and community growth. Its suite of tools enables communities to activate, manage, and own their data, empowering them to onboard and engage users easily. The platform offers features for discovering communities, participating in events, and collective activities. Community organizers benefit from st...

As the most prominent gaming guild in Web 3, Yield Guild Games has invested in notable Web 3 games such as Axie Infinity. Their innovative scholarship model has enabled over 60,000 players to enter the realm of Web3 gaming. During our discussion, we covered topics such as the top NFT games to watch in 2023, the progression of gaming guilds, applications of web3 reputation and Soulbound Tokens, str...

Creator Royalties are payments on every secondary sale of their digital assets when they use non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This is enabled by smart contracts coded on blockchain networks, which allow creators to set the percentage of the royalty payment at the minting stage. In this episode, Rich Robinson, Jamii Quoc, Cameron Kates, and Stephen Teglas discussed the importance of "creator royalties"...

In this episode, Animoca Brands' co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu discusses the potential impact of Web3 on culture and economics. NFTs are seen as a way to store and represent culture, and the decentralization and tokenization of economies through blockchain technology is seen as a way to provide more equitable and meaningful stakeholder relationships. Yat Siu also shares their views on...

In this episode, Yogev Shelly , CEO and Co-Founder of Tiny Tap , joins the host Richard Robinson , the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Animoca Brands , to discuss their app's mission to make children's screen time educational. We learn how #TinyTap functions as a dynamic social platform, enabling parents and educators to create and sell engaging educational materials and activities. Yogev highlights...

In this episode, Yau Teng Yan , the lead researcher at Delphi Digital, joins our #tokenomics team to discuss #NFT trends for 2023, the possibility of creative-friendly marketplaces, and enforcing royalties on #blockchains , among other topics. Guest: ⭐Yau Teng Yan, Lead researcher at Delphi Digital 🔹 The Open Metaverse Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team, Mohamed Ezeldi...

GOQii is the first preventive healthcare company with nutrition and fitness experts to help its customers get healthier, more active, and fit. GOQii was founded by Vishal Gondal , who is passionate about healthy, sustainable living and genuinely believes that everyone has limitless potential. In this episode, Vishal talks about the mission and vision of GOQii, which is to incentivize and encourage...

In this Twitter Space, co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu shares all you need to know about the Mocaverse, and how it will integrate into the Animoca Brands ecosystem. Mocaverse ( https://www.mocaverse.xyz ) is the membership NFT collection for Animoca Brands’ extraordinary family of companies, projects, investments, shareholders, and partners. This collection will represent our values surr...

In this episode, Mehdi Farooq and Mohamed Ezeldin are joined by Sandeep Nailwal , the CEO and co-founder of Polygon . Sandeep discusses the challenges he faced while working in the blockchain space before founding Polygon and how the company is solving scalability issues on the Ethereum network through their products. Sandeep shares his insights into crypto's future and what new entrepreneurs shou...

In this episode of the Open Metaverse Podcast , Mehdi Farooq welcomes Andrew Steinwold , the managing partner at Sfermion . The episode covers the user journey from Web2 to Web3 and how to navigate it and the importance of decentralization for mainstream adoption, among other topics. The episode would interest individuals interested in learning more about current trends and future possibilities in...

In this episode, Brendan Wong, founder of Avocado Guild , joins host and Animoca Brands ' Entrepreneur-in-Residence Richard Robinson , to share his journey from being an F&B start-up to focusing on blockchain technology and bridging opportunities to a community of scholars in the Web3 gaming ecosystem. Avocado Guild ( https://avocadodao.io ) is a metaverse gaming company founded by Brendan Won...

Animoca Brands' Richard Robinson is joined by Benjamin Lamm , CEO and co-founder of our portfolio company Colossal Bioscience and they discuss "rewilding" and how Colossal is focused on helping the earth breathe more by genetically resurrecting woolly mammoths and thylacines. Colossal Biosciences is a ground-breaking bioscience and genetic engineering company founded by Ben Lamm and George Church...

Richard Chen , a partner at one of the first #crypto venture funds, 1confirmation , joins us and Mehdi Farooq to discuss his three Web3 product predictions for 2023. From his crypto origin story to his thoughts on #NFT financialization, #Web3 social, and reputation layers, this video is a must-watch for anyone interested in the future of crypto. Tune in now to learn about 1confirmation's thesis an...

In this episode, Mike Dudas , the founder of 6th Man Ventures and LinksDAO, gives an overview of the firm's investment views in different verticals, such as data analytics and gaming. He believes that data is valuable and should be owned by individuals and that a subset of gamers will want to have composable games with token ownership. Mike highlights some of the areas within the Web3 space that h...

In this episode, Animoca Brands' tokenomics team discusses with Mete Gultekin his core Web3 gaming thesis, what went wrong with some of the P2E economies, how to design a sustainable dual token economy, and much more. Guest: ⭐Mete Gultekin, Economy Design Consultant at Vader Research 🔹 The Open Metaverse Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team, Mohamed Ezeldin and Mehdi Far...

Stephen McKeon is a Partner at Collab+Currency and an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Oregon, where he taught a course on crypto assets. As an investor, Stephen focuses on consumer dApps in crypto. Our conversation starts with how Steve first got into crypto we then turn to his thesis across different verticals, including consumer, infrastructure, gaming, and NFTs. Stephen also...