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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

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

Animoca Brands Presents ·

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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47:21

Exploring Solana

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/11/10

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

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62:58

Ethereum is Like Android and Solana is Like iOS

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/11/08

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,

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54:49

Web3: Charting The Internet’s Next Economic and...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/10/13

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

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53:08

Behind The Success of GAMEE, The Arcade of Blockchain

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/10/12

New Founder Insights episode with the co-founder and CEO of GAMEE - Bozena Rezab.We discuss how GAMEE is a seasoned company with SEVEN BILLION gameplays that Animoca Brands acquired in 2020 and how the company is evolving in the Web3 space.We talk about how Beast Arcade is a culmination of the learnings around launching multiple Web3 games over the years and working to onboard the non-Web3 natives to a fun and compelling gaming experience where the Web3 layer is invisible.We deep dive into how the

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47:55

Creativity, Rebellion & Community in Web3 - PyratzLabs

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/09/29

New Founder Insights episode with the founder and CEO of @pyratzlabs - Bilal El Alamy.We discuss how PyratzLabs is ideally placed in Paris, since France is a Web3 powerhouse with the likes of The Sandbox, Ledger, Life Beyond, Ledger, and other aspiring startups. Bilal breaks down how PyratzLabs is creating new startups through their studio model, investing in Web3 startups and growing companies through their accelerator.We deep dive into @dogamitv5939, one of the stars in their portfolio creating a

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51:46

Achieving a Childhood Dream with Wreck League and...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/09/08

New Founder Insights episode with the founder and CEO of nWay - Taehoon TK Kim and their exciting new launch of Wreck League — a 3D mech-fighting game that will incorporate the Bored Ape Yacht Club and other Yuga Labs-created Ethereum NFT collections in its first season. We discuss how Wreck League is the Megaverse’s preeminent mech sports combat organization, known for its spectacular battles, robust customization, and competitive culture. nWay—which previously developed licensed “Power Rangers”

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36:07

Anime as a Driver of Web3 Adoption

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/08/24

New Founder Insights episode with the founders of KLKTN and SFT Studios - Daisuke Iwase, Andrew Yeong and David Taing on their exciting Weebox launch.In this episode, the KLKTN team chats with Rich Robinson about the insanely passionate and huge anime community and why it’s so important for the adoption of Web3.Together, they deep dive into the origins of KLKTN, Japanese IP, and the incredible opportunity of the physical and digital figurine market. They also assess how e-figurines are a gamechanger

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36:07

Anime as a Driver of Web3 Adoption

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/08/24

New Founder Insights episode with the founders of KLKTN and SFT Studios - Daisuke Iwase, Andrew Yeong and David Taing on their exciting Weebox launch.In this episode, the KLKTN team chats with Rich Robinson about the insanely passionate and huge anime community and why it’s so important for the adoption of Web3.Together, they deep dive into the origins of KLKTN, Japanese IP, and the incredible opportunity of the physical and digital figurine market. They also assess how e-figurines are a gamechanger

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52:22

Demystifying MPC and AI X web3 convergence with Miko...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/08/18

In this episode we meet with Miko Matsumura, managing partner of gumi Cryptos Capital. We explored what mass adoption of web3 could look like - how the shorter 4-year Bitcoin cycle results in much faster infrastructure development but also a higher rate of fraud and scams, leading to much more aggressive institutional financial regulation. We then thought about how web2 could be co-opting web3 - taking its key selling points but avoiding tokenization and decentralization.We spoke about the effects

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43:36

Rewriting the Script for Hollywood with Web3 | Ft....

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/08/17

In this episode, the Founder and CEO of MoviePass, Stacy Spikes, chats with Rich Robinson about his decade plus journey founding, shutting down and then restarting the company with a whole new Web3 vision after meeting Animoca Brands Founder and Chairman, Yat Siu.The episodes covers how the moviegoing industry is going from strength to strength in theaters despite streaming services and home theaters and how, in fact, movie going THE #1 live activity globally far outstripping sporting events and

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52:22

Demystifying MPC and AI X web3 convergence with Miko...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/08/17

In this episode we meet with Miko Matsumura, managing partner of gumi Cryptos Capital. We explored what mass adoption of web3 could look like - how the shorter 4-year Bitcoin cycle results in much faster infrastructure development but also a higher rate of fraud and scams, leading to much more aggressive institutional financial regulation. We then thought about how web2 could be co-opting web3 - taking its key selling points but avoiding tokenization and decentralization.We spoke about the effects

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58:04

DePIN: Catalyzing Mass Adoption Through Token...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/08/11

Joining us this week is Mike Zajko, co-founder of Lattice Fund.The main focus of today’s podcast is DePIN - Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, such as Helium, Render, Daylight, DIMO . We considered some of the challenges and constraints they imply, such as hardware and supply chain logistics which aren’t usually faced in crypto, as well as possible future use cases. Mike shared some of Lattice Fund’s recent exciting investments such as Delphia - a way for users to profit from selling

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50:44

From Podcasting to Curated Events: Exploring the...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/07/28

In this episode, the co-founders of Edge Of NFT, Eathan Janney and Joshua Kriger, discuss how they built a Web3 focused media and events business. They talk about their latest event, "Outer Edge," and how important it is for the Web3 space to have community and trust. They also share the journey on how they started with podcasting, sharing tips to people who want to start their own podcasts, and emphasizing the power of conversation. Eathan and Josh also talk about the best parts of their podcasts

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78:45

Multichain Restaking with Head of Research at Shima...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/07/21

In this episode, we're joined by Alex Lin, the Head of Research at Shima Capital. Alex shares his thesis and thoughts on the infrastructure of Web 3.0. The discussion also covers a variety of topics such as multi-chain re-staking, Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), (DePIN), the intersection of crypto and AI, and the comparison between modular and monolithic architecture for blockchains. We also delve into strategies for gaining an edge when evaluating founders. Tune in for an insightful exploration of

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42:43

Secure Your Secrets: Ledger's Journey to the Top of...

Animoca Brands Presents ·

2023/07/21

Ledger is quickly becoming industry leader in secure hardware wallet technology with the latest release of their 'Stax' product. The Stax wallet features a world-first 'E Ink Screen,' designed by Tony Fadell. Ledger advocates for true decentralization and financial freedom, and educates its users on the importance of owning their Private Keys. In this episode, we are honored to have Pascal Gauthier, CEO and chairman from Ledger, to share with us the journey of this iconic product that marked many

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