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