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Animoca Brands Presents

We are a global Web3 leader with the mission to deliver digital property rights to consumers, helping to establish the open metaverse and its associated network effects. The company realizes its mission via three integrated business pillars: operating Web3 businesses to advance blockchain adoption, providing digital asset advisory services, and investment management, with a portfolio of investments in over 540 companies. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com. The information provided in

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All Episodes

10:35

Spilling The Tea on Tokenomics at Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/25

In this episode, our host Matt Solomon sits down with our Head of Tokenomics, Mohamed Ezeldin. Mo breaks down what it takes to build a sustainable Web3 project, comparing the complexities of tokenomics to an onion—layered and full of surprises. He also dives into how tokenomics fuels the Web3 ecosystem, why it matters, and his work with the ApeCoin Council. Don’t miss this episode of The Coffee Break to find out more!Guest:⭐Mohamed Ezeldin, Head of Tokenomics, Animoca Brands🔹 This episode of The

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15:27

Exploring Animoca Brands’ Investments and Its...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/25

Welcome back to another episode of The Coffee Break, where interesting conversations are fueled by coffee. Today, our host Matt Solomon is joined by Sam T, head of investments and strategic partnerships at Animoca Brands. Together, they explore the vast ecosystem of 540+ portfolio companies and the type of investment that we do. Dive into this episode to explore the factors behind a good investment, and how we provide support and digital asset advisory service to portfolio companies, from pre-TGE to

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12:21

Crypto Predictions for 2025 and Fun Crypto Tales

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/25

The Coffee Break features crypto and web3 founders, entrepreneurs, and traiblazers from all across the world, who are focused on the hottest trends in the digital asset industry. In this first episode of The Coffee Break, tune in to hear it from our host Matt Solomon and our head of digital assets Josh Du to explore the latest market updates, insights about TRUMP coin, crypto predictions, hot trends to pay attention to in 2025, and more.Guest:⭐Josh Du, Head of Digital Assets at Animoca Brands🔹 The

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31:45

Saltwater Games: From Flying Cars to Layer 3

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/13

Join Charis Campbell, our Director of Capital Markets, as she sits down with Len Findlay, CEO and co-founder of Saltwater Games, in this special episode of our Open Metaverse podcast to discover the fascinating journey from investing in a flying car company in Australia to leading a gaming studio in Dubai. In this episode, they dive deep into the world of game ownership, Layer 3 technologies (L3s), and the significance of play-to-impact. Len also shares invaluable lessons learned from his experience

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82:30

How dao5 Is Rewiring The Future of Crypto Venture...

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2025/03/13

In this new episode of The Open Metaverse podcast, our host Mehdi Farooq speaks to Tekin Salimi, the founder of dao5, an experimental crypto investment manager with a unique vision to convert into a founder-owned DAO. Tekin shares his journey from being a corporate lawyer to an early general partner at Polychain Capital, his experiences investing in projects like Bearachain, BitTensor, EigenLayer, and more, and how he spots early trends and talents in the Web3 space. They discuss the future of

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86:44

Jack Platts: Thinking Like a Multi-Strategy Crypto...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/13

In this new episode of The Open Metaverse, Jack Platts shares his journey into the #crypto space, from his early days at Polkadot to launching his own investment fund, Hypersphere. He discusses the evolution of his multi-strategy approach, emphasizing adaptability, key investments like #Solana, #Worldcoin, #Ton, #Ethena, and #SEI, and the unique challenges of crypto venture investing. Jack dives into the traits he values in founders, the importance of board rights for investors, and the balance

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53:36

The Growing Ecosystem of Sei Network

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2025/03/13

In this new episode, our host Mehdi sits down with Jay and Justin from Sei Foundation. Together, they delve into the creation of a parallelized Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on Sei , exploring the motivation behind it and the challenges involved in the development of theEVM. The conversation highlights the necessity of high-performance Layer 1 solutions and the advantages of optimistic parallelization. Jay and Justin share their insights on improvements in state storage and synchronization, the

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48:52

Enhancing GPS Precision 100X: Inside GEODNET's RTK...

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2025/03/13

In this new episode, our host Mehdi Farooq sits down with Mike Horton, co-founder of GEODNET, to discuss the groundbreaking RTK network that promises to revolutionize GPS accuracy. GEODNET is leveraging a decentralized, crypto-powered model to create the world's largest RTK network, enhancing location data accuracy by 100X. This approach drastically reduces costs (around 10X), enabling GEODNET to scale rapidly and serve high-growth industries like autonomous vehicles, drones, precision agriculture

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35:18

Movement Labs: Making Ethereum Faster, More...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/13

In this podcast, host Mehdi Farooq speaks to Rushi Manche, co-founder of Movement, about how their project is poised to transform Ethereum by leveraging Facebook's MoveVM. With US$45M in funding, Movement is dedicated to making Ethereum faster, more affordable, and more secure. Discover their groundbreaking innovations, including parallelization, decentralized sequencers, and M1/M2 chains. Also, find out which industry trends have Rushi most excited.Guest:⭐Rushi Manche, co-founder of Movement🔹 The

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31:11

How Imaginary Ones is Creating Global IP Through Web3

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/13

In this podcast, host Mehdi Farooq engages in a captivating conversation with Imaginary Ones co-founder Clement, exploring the project's Web3 journey. Key topics include Imaginary Ones' potential as the Web3 Roblox, unique aspects of IP creation and content play, strategic partnerships, and a special collaboration with Hugo Boss. Clement provides insights into social farming, the $BUBBLE Token, and differentiates Imaginary Ones from Web2 organizations. The podcast concludes with a rapid-fire round

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54:35

How Web3 Enables Content and Individuals as a Platform

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2025/03/13

Dive into this episode of the Open Metaverse Podcast to listen to our host and senior tokenomics analyst Mehdi Farooq our executive chairman and co-founder Yat Siu discuss the outlook of Web3. Together, they delve into the conversation of how Web3 is empowering individuals and creators to monetize their digital value and output. Tune in to find out how you can benefit from content-as-a-platform.Guest:⭐Yat Siu, executive chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands🔹 The Open Metaverse Podcast is

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66:51

The Impact of Blockchain Technology in 2024

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2024/04/11

In this special episode of Token Talks, we dive into the realm of blockchain technology's impact in 2024, with a stacked panel of accomplished women in web3.This series is brought to you ahead of International Women's day and gives you a brief overview of the various projects that different female builders have been working on in the #web3 space, across education, gaming, tokenomics, and more. Together, the guests address the main barriers in blockchain adoption and the various strategies that can

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38:00

The Sandbox's Global Web3 Community and Ecosystem

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2024/04/11

New Founder Insights episode with the co-founder and COO of @TheSandboxGame, Sébastien Borget! Seb delves into the unique “No-Code Tools” built by The Sandbox over the last 5 years to provide a Web3 platform like no other for creators that feature Voxels. Seb’s view is that the future of gaming is all about User Generated Content (UGC).Together, Seb and our entrepreneur-in-residence Rich Robinson explore the strong interest of top brands in The Sandbox and the company’s unique gateway to Web3 which

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67:03

Behind The Best Web3 Games: Blending Tokenomics and...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2024/02/23

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

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35:57

No Sour Grapes for Viker

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2024/01/31

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

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66:00

The Rise of Web3 Metagames | Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2024/01/26

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

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44:32

Dogs in the Metaverse - Dogami

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/12/14

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,

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53:34

From Axie Infinity to Ronin: Onboarding Gamers to Web3

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2023/12/01

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

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32:00

Merging Web2, Web3, and AAA Gaming with Phantom Galaxies

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/11/21

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

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34:34

Welcome to the Futureverse

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/11/10

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

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