Is the Metaverse Already Here? Two Experts Disagree - Ep.282

Andrew Steinwold, managing partner at Sfermion, and John Egan, CEO at L'Atelier BNP Paribas, discuss NFTs and debate the characteristics of the metaverse. Show highlights: 

• their backgrounds and how they got into NFTs
• how they each define the metaverse
• what NFTs have to do with the metaverse
• how John and Andrew’s depiction of the metaverse differs
• what John thinks about Facebook’s entrance into the metaverse
• whether Second Life is a metaverse game
• how blockchain technology allows for an open metaverse (and why Web2 is “communist”)
• what NFTs currently unlock for the metaverse
• whether the metaverse will necessarily have to be experienced through augmented reality
• whether there will be multiple metaverses across different blockchain platforms
• why John thinks NFT maxis and crypto maxis are destined to clash
• how the metaverse is changing how people generate income 
• how to make the metaverse more accessible
• whether regulators will force the metaverse to be siloed
• how the metaverse will handle jurisdictional disputes
• what happens when someone’s Web3 avatar/identity is stolen in the metaverse
• what John and Andrew predict will happen in the metaverse over the next 6-12 months. 

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John Egan

• Twitter: 
• • https://twitter.com/iamjohnegan 
• Website: 
• • https://www.iamjohnegan.com/ 
• LinkedIn
• • https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndegan/
• Content
• • NFTs are like gambling, but could be the bedrock of virtual economy
  • • https://decrypt.co/62809/buying-nfts-like-gambling-in-a-casino-analyst
  • Wired article on NFTs
  • • https://www.wired.co.uk/article/crypto-tokens 

L’Atelier 

• NFT Content
• • How NFTs are changing ownership
  • • https://atelier.net/insights/nfts-art-ownership-collecting
  • The Virtual economy
  • • https://atelier.net/virtual-economy
  • Real estate NFTs
  • • https://atelier.net/insights/tech-real-estate-nfts-tokenisation 
• Metaverse Content
• • Unified coms vs. the Metaverse
  • • https://atelier.net/insights/unified-communications-metaverse-tech
  • Primer on the metaverse
  • • https://atelier.net/insights/primer-define-metaverse-fortnite
  • Digital anthropology
  • • https://atelier.net/insights/nathalie-bechet-digital-anthropology 

Andrew Steinwold

• Twitter
• • https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold
• LinkedIn
• • https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-steinwold/
• Blog must-reads
• • A quick overview of the NFT ecosystem 
  • • https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-quick-overview-of-the-nft-ecosystem 
  • NFTs will introduce the world to crypto? 
  • • https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/nfts-will-introduce-crypto-to-the 
  • Why functional NFTs will gain value slower than crypto art
  • • https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-the-promise-effect-why-functional 
  • History of NFTs
  • • https://medium.com/@Andrew.Steinwold/the-history-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-f362ca57ae10 
  • NFT Value Drivers
  • • https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-nonfungible-token-nft-value-drivers 

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