Is the Metaverse Already Here? Two Experts Disagree Unchained

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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