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My guest today is Kijun Seo. Kijun is a co-founder of Planetarium which is the company behind the game Nine Chronicles. Nine Chronicles is wild. A completely open-source, decentralized RPG game built on their own blockchain and governed by the users. Kijun has an incredible story and background ranging from a deep interest in art to being a game developer working on multiple types of projects. This unique background definitely had an impact on the formation of Nine Chronicles - because the entire ethos of the platform is to empower users and give them nearly unlimited creative freedom I feel like this episode is a sneak peek into the future of gaming. Not only encouraging users to create their own user-generated content but rewarding them for doing so and leaving it up to the community on whether or not to include that content into the actual gaming experience. An unbelievable concept that would have simply been impossible a few short years ago. If you want a sneak peek in the future then you have to check out this episode Please enjoy my conversation with Kijun https://twitter.com/kijunseo https://twitter.com/ninechronicles

My guest today is Jason Brink. Jason is the president of blockchain at Gala Games. Gala Games is an incredibly exciting startup that creates different types of blockchain games - from MMO RPGs to small mini-games, Gala does it all. It was founded by former founder of Zynga which is one of the largest gaming companies and founded titles like FarmVille, Words with friends and more. It was awesome to chat with Jason about everything that Gala is doing and building. It is very clear that he is mission driven and not only helping to create an amazing gaming company, but also a company that will likely redefine work as we know it as people start to earn a living through gaming. If you want to dive deep into the next big blockchain gaming company, well then this is the episode for you Please enjoy my conversation with Jason

My guest today is Dark Forest. DF is a full-time DAO member at Index Co-Op The Index Co-Op is straight from science fiction as it is a decentralized autonomous asset manager that is governed, maintained and upgraded by its users. DF is a methodologist focused on the Metaverse Index. This product, called MVI is squarely focused on metaverse-related projects in our ecosystem. He is constantly reviewing different projects and will bring them to the DAO so it can vote on whether to add it into the index or pass. Having a financial entity like this that is owned and governed by its users is mindblowing, total departure from the current structure of the traditional financial system Dark Forest also has an awesome newsletter and podcast called Metaportal which dives into a range of defi, NFT and metaverse related topics, highly suggest you check it out. If you want to dive into the future of finance then this is the episode for you. Please enjoy my conversation with Dark Forest. https://twitter.com/indexcoop https://twitter.com/DarkForestCap

My guest today is Aleksander aka Psycheout. Aleksander is a co-founder of Sky Mavis, which is the development studio that created Axie Infinity, and a former competitive esports gamer. Aleksander story is incredible. He dropped out of one of the top business schools in Norway, did a quick stint working for the norwegian government and then became a full-time competitive gamer becoming one of the top ranked DOTA2 players in the world Aleksander then started to dabble in crypto and that lead into his involvement in cryptokitties where he met his Axie Infinity co-founders on the cryptokitty discord. I swear this episode just writes itself We of course also dive into Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis and the future plans for what they are doing and building. Let me tell you, it's exciting. An amazing conversation and one that I hope  will inspire YOU to go out and create the next big thing Please enjoy my conversation with Aleksander https://twitter.com/Psycheout86 https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity https://twitter.com/skymavishq

My guest today is Yan Liberman. Yan is a co-founder at the crypto investment firm, Delphi Digital. Yan’s story is incredible, him and his cofounders started Delphi Digital as a crypto research firm and have grown it into one of the most respected crypto investment funds out there. We discussed Yan’s personal journey into crypto, the founding and expansion of Delphi Digital, his investment strategy, and what the next “hot” market within crypto will be. Hearing Yan’s story is absolutely inspiring. It shows that when you combine unwavering conviction with immense amounts of hard work, you can achieve anything in our growing ecosystem Please enjoy my conversation with Yan Liberman https://twitter.com/YanLiberman https://twitter.com/Delphi_Digital

My guest today is Donnie Dinch. Donnie was last on the podcast in April 2020 and A LOT has happened since our last chat. For those who have not hear our previous episode, Donnie is the founder of Bitski which is a platform where anyone can easily create, buy and sell NFTs - think Shopfiy for NFTs. The big differentiator is that Bitski makes this process dead easy with all the incredible tech they have built over the years. It is amazing to see the progress and traction Bitski has had since we last spoke. Over 100k signed up users, tons of volume and raised a new round of funding led by top funds I love speaking to Donnie because he is a true builder that has a real passion for our ecosystem. While we dove into what he has been up to at Bitski, the main focus of our conversation was discussing where all this is all headed. He has a front row seat to the action and which allows him to discuss in detail on where we are going. Spoiler alert - we are just at the start and our small space is going to get BIG Please enjoy my conversation with Donnie. https://twitter.com/donnie https://twitter.com/bitski

My guest today is Sarutobi Sasuke. Sarutobi is an Axie Infinity expert who leads partnerships at Yield Guild Games and is also an Axie manager at the NFT fund DAO Blackpool. He takes me through a detailed guide on how to play Axie, the different classes, the different mechanics and everything you need to know in order to jump in and start playing. We also discuss play-to-earn and how to operate and manage an Axie scholarship. I loved our conversation because of how Sarutobi is able to take the sometimes confusing world of crypto gaming and explain it in a succinct manner that anyone can understand. One thing that Sarutobi said to me that really stuck was how we are all a part of this RPG that is the NFT/crypto space. By participating on Twitter, OpenSea, Discords, different games and platforms, we are overcoming obstacles, gaining levels, making friends in this real world adventure that is the metaverse. Please enjoy my conversation with Sarutobi Sasuke https://twitter.com/Sarut0biSasuke https://twitter.com/YieldGuild https://twitter.com/BlackpoolHQ

My guest today is Jonathan Glick Jonathan is an internet OG who experienced the dawn of the internet while at AOL, helped the New York Times go digital and spent time at an expert network advising people on the internet. Now he is focused on the next evolution of the internet which is as you can guess, the metaverse. Because of his deep experience with internet technologies Jonathan is able to eloquently explain the opportunities, dangerous and details that come with the dawn of the metaverse Jonathan has also been hard at work with the legendary metaverse thought leader, Matthew Ball, on how to create an investment vehicle that allows anyone to get access to the emergent metaverse. If you want to dive deep into the history of the internet and have an edge in this new metaverse world, then this is one you do not want to miss. Please enjoy my conversation with Jonathan Glick https://twitter.com/jonathanglick https://www.ballmetaverse.co/

My guest today is Aaron Wright. Aaron is a mega OG that has been deeply involved in crypto for years. He is a man with many talents as he is a professor at a law school in New York, played a role in the launch of Ethereum, published a book, sold a company AND is behind many of the major DAOs that we know today including, the LAO, Flamingo, Neptune and many more. Aaron gives us a masterclass on all the operational nuisances of running these new types of entities and tells us what the future holds for this emergent metaverse. If you want to learn all about DAOs, the future of work and ownership, then this is the episode for you. Please enjoy my conversation with Aaron Wright https://twitter.com/awrigh01 https://twitter.com/OpenLawOfficial https://twitter.com/TheLAOOfficial https://twitter.com/flamingoDAO

My guest today is Conlan Rios who is the founder of the programmable art platform, Async Art. Conlan and I first met each other inside the virtual world Cryptovoxels. I knew right when I met him that he was going to make big moves because of his intense passion for our space and the fact he was always building interesting things. Async Art is not a pure art platform how we think of them today with images, GIFs and the like - they have recently expanded into another medium creation - music. Now users are able to have a direct impact over the composition of a song they, and everyone else, are listening to. In this episode we dive head first in Async Art and how its a game changer, open vs closed ecosystems and we even discuss the controversial topic of NFTs and emissions (spolier - NFTs are great for the environment) Conlan and the Async team took an extremely powerful idea turned into reality. These are the types of people building the future and I am excited to watch what Conlan the Async team do next. Please enjoy my conversation with Conlan https://twitter.com/conlan https://twitter.com/AsyncArt