BCGW#38: Talking Axie Infinity with COO Alexsander Larsen

In this episode, I talk to Alexsander Larsen, the COO of Axie Infinity about the background to and future of the breeding-and-battling blockchain game, which is a great example of technological expertise and community focus. 

Topics covered include:

• How Alexsander got into blockchain games and connected with Axie Infinity’s founders (Trung and Jeff)
• How the game was influenced by CryptoKitties, notably in terms of creating item value
• Axie Infinity’s recent Land sale and the vision for the Lunacia open world in future years
• Funding and dealing with the CryptoWinter
• The road to mainstream adoption of blockchain games
• Axie Infinity’s goal to move from an Ethereum and Metamask-gated game to a more open meta-chain experience
• And how the blockchain gaming sector is likely to fare in 2019

Episode links: 

• Axie Infinity website
• Alexsander’s Twitter 
• Jon’s Twitter
• BCG on YouTube

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