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Welcome to Token Talks with Animoca Brands! For today's episode, our very own Tokenomics team reveals insights on how to build the best web3 games, from product design to user retention, and more. Tune in to this episode to gain special insights into game design and tokenomics in web3. ⭐ Mohamed Ezeldin, Head of Tokenomics ⭐Marc McGinley, Game Designer ⭐Mohamed AbdelKhalek, Game designer ⭐ Jerry Lai, Tokenomics Analyst⭐ Emilio Padulo, Senior Tokenomics Analyst ⭐Jakob Kenny, Tokenomics Analyst⭐Squiddy, VP of Culture at Superfine🔹 Token Talks is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team. If you are interested in learning more about game design and crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.

New Founder Insights episode with the co-founder of Viker Dan Beasley, on their launch of Grapes. Our entrepreneur-in-residence Rich Robinson discusses with Dan, assessing how two veteran game developer partners came together to launch Viker based on combined decades of experience and insights.Dan and Rich talk about the importance of Intellectual Property, specifically "family-friendly global entertainment IP" and how they wanted to build their own IP, which spawned the idea of Grapes.  Combining that with super fun and engaging gameplay has been a secret to their success.They then dig deep into platform strategy starting with mobile, expanding to Roblox and ultimately Steam and their vision to extend Grapes to as many platforms as possible.  On the pod, Dan also explores their origin story more deeply and how the two founders have emphasized authenticity and engagement with their community as keys to their success.Watch the full episode here! https://www.joingrapes.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbeasley1 https://twitter.com/danbeasley1 ⭐Dan Beasley, co-founder and director of Viker 🔹 The Founder Insights Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' entrepreneur-in-residence, Richard Robinson. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.🔹Follow us on our twitter to stay up to date with the latest episodes! https://twitter.com/animocabrandsDisclaimer: The content of this video is for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and does not offer, solicit, or recommend any investment product.

Welcome to Token Talks with Animoca Brands. For today's episode, our Tokenomics will discuss and provide a brief overview of the state of web3 metagames in 2024. Tune in to this episode to gain special insights into game design and tokenomics in web3. ⭐ Mohamed Ezeldin, Head of tokenomics at Animoca Brands ⭐Katherine Webb, Senior tokenomics analyst ⭐Mohamed AbdelKhalek, Game designer ⭐ Lionel Fock, Tokenomics analyst 🔹 Token Talks is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team. If you are interested in learning more about game design and crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.

New Founder Insights episode with the co-founder of Dogami Kristofer Dayne Penseyres on their Web3 Virtual Pet from outer space - Dogami.Kristofer and our entrepreneur-in-residence Rich Robinson discuss how the virtual pet category gets reinvented every time there is a new platform and paradigm and Web3 is no different.They discuss how their concept of creating a lore and storyline of dogs from outer space is portrayed not only in the on-chain gaming experience but also through digital comic books, creating that connection with the user in the same way that pets create a connection with their owners in the real world.They dig into the origin story of the company and how each co-founder brings in their unique skill sets and backgrounds to put together a compelling brand and company.On the pod, Rich and Kristofer explore Kristofer’s entrepreneurial journey, starting from his days as a professional actor and how those acting skills and most especially improvisational acting concepts help him be both a better team player and the most optimal version of his entrepreneurial self. Listen to the full episode here!⭐Kristofer Dayne Penseyres, co-founder of Dogami🔹 The Founder Insights Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' entrepreneur-in-residence, Richard Robinson. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.🔹Follow us on our twitter to stay up to date with the latest episodes! https://twitter.com/animocabrandsDisclaimer: The content of this video is for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and does not offer, solicit, or recommend any investment product.

New Founder Insights episode with Jihoz (Jeffrey Zirlin), the co-founder of Sky Mavis and creator of Axie Infinity!We discuss how Jihoz and his team have been busy building and how they are coming back strong with their extended platform centered around Web3 gaming.Jihoz and our entrepreneur-in-residence Rich Robinson chat about the origin of the company, the speed of its growth following the launch of the Ronin side chain, and the size of the company at its peak when it reached millions of users and nearly 12 million NFTs sold. Even today with 150,000 DAU, they estimate that they command nearly two-thirds of the Web3 gaming space.They cover the phenomenal rise of scholarships for gamers that subsequently led to a surge of gaming guilds and the involvement of millions of scholars playing Axies in the Philippines, Southeast Asia and around the world.On the pod, they explore the platform that Sky Mavis has rolled out with Ronin to enforce creator royalties and the challenges and lessons learned from building and maintaining its infrastructure.⭐Jeffrey 'Jihoz' Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis🔹 The Founder Insights Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' entrepreneur-in-residence, Richard Robinson. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.🔹Follow us on our twitter to stay up to date with the latest episodes! https://twitter.com/animocabrandsDisclaimer: The content of this video is for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and does not offer, solicit, or recommend any investment product.

New Founder Insights episode with the co-founder of Blowfish Studios Ben Lee - on their Early Access launch of their stunning AAA RPG Phantom Galaxies.Ben and our entrepreneur-in-residence Rich Robinson discuss the Web2 and Web3 blended elements of the game and how launching on both Steam and Epic Games Store can further help onboard new users to Web3 gaming.They chat about Blowfish Studios’ vision of building accessible, super fun, world-class Web3 gaming for true gamers and how that core gameplay awesomeness is the North star of the studio.On the pod, they further dig into Ben’s exemplary entrepreneurial journey and the 12-year history of the studio, uncovering the even longer history of Ben and his co-founder Aaron, throwing it back to the 1990’s and reminiscing about lessons learned along the way.⭐Ben Lee, co-founder of Blowfish Studios🔹 The Founder Insights Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' entrepreneur-in-residence, Richard Robinson. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.🔹Follow us on X to stay up to date with the latest episodes! https://twitter.com/animocabrandsDisclaimer: The content of this video is for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and does not offer, solicit, or recommend any investment product.

New Founder Insights episode with the co-founders of Futureverse Shara Senderoff and Aaron McDonald.We discuss how Futureverse raised a whopping US$54 million series to build the open metaverse and how they acquired 11 companies off the bat with 250 staff with more than 6 years of experience already building virtual worlds to get a head start.Shara and Aaron talk about their vision of building tools for users to delightfully accelerate the building and immersive experiences inside Futureverse. The future is unevenly distributed and their vision is to more rapidly and equitably distribute the future to users.On the pod, we dig into how their entrepreneurial, investment and movie production backgrounds converge to give them the tools and competitive advantages any startup needs to succeed. ⭐Aaron McDonald, co-founder of Futureverse⭐Shara Senderoff, co-founder of Futureverse🔹 The Founder Insights Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' entrepreneur-in-residence, Richard Robinson. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.🔹Follow us on our twitter to stay up to date with the latest episodes! https://twitter.com/animocabrandsDisclaimer: The content of this video is for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and does not offer, solicit, or recommend any investment product.

In this podcast, we sit down with Joe McCann from Asymmetric and discuss Solana as a technology and ecosystem and its unique features compared to other blockchains, particularly Ethereum. Joe explains how Solana's approach to being a Layer 1 blockchain is different and more performant due to its emphasis on parallel processing. He compares it to CPU performance improvement over time. Solana's focus on Rust as its core programming language, its scalability and decentralization, and its tightly integrated architecture are also highlighted as distinguishing features. Joe shares his views on the potential tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) and highlights the precedent set by USDC. He believes that established financial product companies may tokenize their products, such as ETFs, to expand their trading hours, and this is more likely to happen before more complex RWAs like mortgage bonds and corporate credit get tokenized. The interview concludes with a discussion of exciting experiments in the Solana ecosystem, including projects like Dialect, staking and liquid staking initiatives, and DePIN, all driven by the unique features of Solana.⭐Joe McCann, Asymmetric 🔹 The Open Metaverse Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team, Mohamed Ezeldin and Mehdi Farooq. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.

Today we are very pleased to welcome Joel Monegro of Placeholder VC to our podcast. From working on payments infrastructure in the Dominican Republic, Joel entered venture capital in 2014 and started his own Placeholder VC in 2017. He is a prolific writer and we started off by discussing his recent article “Ethereum is Like Android and Solana is Like iOS”.We explored this from the angles of modularisation and standardisation, noting how, like Android, instead of vertically integrating the stack, Ethereum is becoming more of a platform for L2s to settle on, and most of the users of Ethereum are not using Mainnet directly but rather L2 networks. Solana, on the other hand, gives the impression of iOS in the sense that user experiences are superior because developers don’t have to think about deploying on multiple L2s and having to manage all those trade offs. In a multichain future, Joel envisions millions of blockchains, including virtual blockchains built on top of others, serving as the backend for online services.Joel shared his views on the web3 and AI intersection, anticipating the proliferation of AI agents and the role of blockchain networks in accommodating their transactions and interactions. Finally, we considered some DePIN projects, emerging social networks on Layer 2 solutions, and the regulatory focus on stablecoins for real-world assets signifying the ongoing generational transition in the blockchain industry. Enjoy his fascinating perspectives and delivery. ⭐Joel Monegro, Partner at Placeholder VC🔹 The Open Metaverse Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team, Mohamed Ezeldin and Mehdi Farooq. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.

Today we meet with Alex Tapscott, globally-recognised author, speaker and investor, to gain more insight into his recently published book, “Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier”. This potent introduction and guide to web3 covers everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralised finance and self-sovereign identity. In this podcast episode, we start off with exploring the cultural monetisation aspects of web3 and how they relate to digital ownership. Alex shares his thoughts on the convergence of web3 and AI, as well as extended reality and decentralised compute. We query web3’s potential role in easing income inequality in the world. Finally, we take a look at DePIN, DeSCI, SocialFi and some other potential killeruse cases for crypto. ⭐Alex Tapscott 🔹 The Open Metaverse Podcast is brought to you by Animoca Brands' #tokenomics team, Mohamed Ezeldin and Mehdi Farooq. If you are interested in learning more about broadly understood crypto, follow https://twitter.com/animocaresearch.🔹Follow us on our twitter to stay up to date with the latest episodes! https://twitter.com/animocabrandsDisclaimer: The content of this video is for entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and does not offer, solicit, or recommend any investment product.