The Human Internet: Robby Yung on Web3, Digital Ownership, and the Future of Identity

The internet was supposed to be open. Then we rented it out to the advertising mega tech.

In this episode, Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands, talks about how Web3, gaming, and decentralized identity could return the web to its original purpose: a network owned by its users.

From the Mocaverse to the creator economy, he explains how blockchain infrastructure can lower costs, remove gatekeepers, and turn digital audiences into real communities. Beneath the technology is a harder question. What happens when ownership becomes participation?

This conversation is about rebuilding the internet as a shared space where creators, players, and communities hold a stake in the value they create.

The Human Internet: Robby Yung on Web3, Digital Ownership, and the Future of Identity.

Please enjoy the show.

And share it with someone who still believes the internet belongs to everyone.

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Chapters

(00:00) Introduction Disruptors & Curious Minds

(01:06) Hello Robby And Animoca Brands

(01:24) Lesson From 30 Years In Technology

(06:25) Stablecoin Transaction Volume V Visa

(11:18) Audience Infrastructure and Bi-Directional Value Exchange

(15:56) The Evolution of Web3 Gaming

(22:13) Investment Strategies in the Web3 Landscape

(24:08) The Zed Run Case Study

(27:21) User Acquisition in Web3: The Ongoing Struggle

(31:19) Sustaining Attention in DAOs

(32:10) What Is The Mocha Network and Mocha ID

(45:34) Decentralized Identity

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Links

Thinking On Paper: www.thinkingonpaper.xyz

Instagram: /https://www.instagram.com/thinkingonpaperpodcast/

Animoca - https://www.animocabrands.com/