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Apr 2022
47m 29s

Gaming’s Web3 Future (with FTX Ventures’...

Azeem Azhar
About this episode

As the gaming industry evolves to meet the challenges and opportunities of Web3, could it drive the mass adoption of crypto? 

Amy Wu leads investment, M&A, and gaming initiatives at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. She speaks with Azeem Azhar about how she evaluates crypto and Web3 as an investor, how she expects the gaming landscape to change in the next two years, and why the community that comes with NFT ownership is more important to her than potential profit.

They also discuss:

  • How Web3 games will be different from traditional games.
  • Why hiding the mechanics of blockchain technology may be key to the Web3 gaming “killer app” that gains mass adoption.
  • The truth about what it’s like to be on the board of a DAO.

@Azeem
@exponentialview
@amytongwu

Further resources:

Money in the Metaverse (Exponential View Podcast with Ronit Ghose, 2022)
Crypto and the Future of Money (Exponential View Podcast with Do Kwon, 2022)
Bitcoin and the Future of Decentralized Finance (Exponential View Podcast with Meltem Demirors 2021)
FTX Ventures Blog

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