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MoneyNeverSleeps: Alex Tapscott on What’s Next with Web3?

This week’s episode is from a session Pete Townsend hosted with Alex Tapscott, author of ‘Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier’ (Harper Collins). Alex and Pete were joined by venture investors Justin Swart from BITKRAFT Ventures and Sterling Campbell from Blockchain Capital.

In this chat, Pete asked Alex to share his thoughts on what to expect next from those building in web3. Following this, a conversation ensued with Alex, Justin, and Sterling on the critical need for accessibility in technology, the future of web3 user growth, the role of gaming in web3 adoption, alignment of value and protocols, the movement towards decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) and the future of blockchain protocols.

PANELISTS:

Alex Tapscott – Author of ‘Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier’ (and ‘Blockchain Revolution’), Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Ninepoint Partners, a Toronto-based alternative investment manager and Founder at Blockchain Research Institute.

Justin Swart – Principal at BITKRAFT Ventures, a global investment platform specializing in Synthetic Reality: the space where our physical and digital worlds converge. Driven by video games and gaming technology, web3, and AI. BITKRAFT’s portfolio includes Epic Games, Discord and Immutable.

Sterling Campbell – Investor at Blockchain Capital, partners to crypto builders since 2013, with investments including Techstars Berlin 2018 alum Arweave, Aave, Coinbase, Kraken and OpenSea.

TIMESTAMPS:

02:12 Alex Tapscott’s Journey and Vision for Web 3

03:23 Justin Swartz’s Gaming and Investment Background

04:27 Sterling Campbell’s Career Transition to Blockchain

06:11 Discussion on Alex Tapscott’s New Book on Web3

07:26 The Future of Web3 Users Growth

09:17 The Convergence of Technologies in Web3

14:09 The Role of Gaming in Web3 Adoption

22:30 The Metaverse and the Future of Gaming

25:42 The Cycles of Crypto and Web3

27:13 The Importance of Aligning Value with Protocol

27:58 The Impact of Social Tokens

28:28 The Future of Protocols

30:03 The Longevity of Blockchain Capital

30:19 The Dominance of Ethereum

32:53 The Evolution of Blockchain Protocols

34:06 The User Experience in Blockchain

35:34 The Future of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure

47:07 The Regulatory Landscape of Crypto Ecosystem

LINKS:

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