BRI
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Empowering businesses and governments to succeed in the new digital age
Episode 236: Prediction Markets, Gaming and the Attention Economy with Carlos Pereira of BITKRAFT Ventures @alextapscott @cegapereira @BITKRAFTVC @CMCC_Global 0:00 Introduction 2:57 Guest intro 4:08 Why Web3 gaming has struggled to break through 9:30 Attention, entertainment, and the broader gaming slowdown 12:10 AI agents, Tamagotchi-style engagement, and passive gameplay 16:32 Why ownership alone has not unlocked crypto gaming 21:05 Applied game mechanics and gamified consumer apps 29:27 Everything is gaming: retention, community, and consumer finance 33:21 EVE, Discord, and games as social/economic worlds 35:11 Prediction markets as a new consumer platform 38:38 Building on top of prediction markets 42:43 Contrarian opportunities and closing thoughts
News: Sens. Reed (D-R.I.) and Smith (D-Minn.) have filed an amendment ahead of Thursdays markup that will force senators to choose between crypto and the banks The amendment would incorporate bank’s changes to stablecoin yield restrictions. Tough tough vote for bank-friendly Rs
New DeFi Decoded is out! I sit down with fan fave @Matt_Hougan CIO of @Bitwise Matt spend a lot of time with financial advisors - the unseen gatekeepers who manage TRILLIONS in wealth. They own crypto themselves but not in client portfolios..yet. Matt thinks that's all about to change. Find out why! 👇
Kudos to @SenThomTillis and @Sen_Alsobrooks for threading the needle on this and finding a common sense approach that pushes financial innovation forward. Consumers win when there is more competition and choice. Now time to get CLARITY passed!
New @defidecodedpod is out! I sit down with Anthony Bassili, President of Coinbase Asset Management. We discuss: The role of crypto in a portfolio Bridging Wall Street to Web3 Getting investors 'off zero' Their new $CUSHY yield product and more! @CoinbaseAM @SmartestBeta
Toronto has one of the strongest tech and innovation hubs in the world, and that was clear at the spring social hosted by CMCC Global. A room full of builders and leaders focused on what it takes to grow, invest, and succeed here, and on how we make sure Toronto keeps up with its potential. Across neighbourhoods, people continue to step up with ideas and a shared commitment to getting things right. Thanks to Oren, Mike, Saei, Cameron, Afshin, Maryam, Andrew, Bram, Ilana, Bradley, and Geoff for hosting these important conversations about the future of our city, and to everyone who came out and took part.
A Canadian CBDC is a solution in search of a problem. If the concern is dollarization of the Canadian economy, then Canada should be leaning into private sector innovation, not time consuming 'proof of concepts,' which is just innovation theatre for the big banks. Instead we should implement the stablecoin framework already passed in the March budget and create the conditions for Canadian startups and fintechs (and banks, if so inclined) to issue regulated, Canadian-dollar stablecoins. We don't need a state-run digital currency to future-proof our money and financial system. We just need a government that lets private sector innovators invent and build their own.
Venture capital is evolving. Increasingly, the best investors are builders. Because you can’t underwrite what you don’t understand. On this week's @defidecodedpod we speak with @puntium and @avichal of @ElectricCapital about the future of VC, AI x crypto and more. Check it out 👇
New @defidecodedpod is out! I sit down with @buchmanster of @informalinc and @cyclesmoney . Ethan is an outside of the box thinker who loves asking big questions, like: "What can biology teach us about building a more balanced and efficient financial system?" "Can blockchain help us overcome barter's coincidence of wants problem?" "How would banks survive if they could never again make money on the float?" "Can money be a local and global phenomenon?" And a lot more. Check it out!
Stablecoins are good for consumers and will bring much needed innovation to the banking industry. This has been intuitively obvious since the beginning and is now supported by data and study.
New @defidecodedpod with my friend @mikebelshe, Founder and CEO of @BitGo. We talk: 1. Quantum - FUD or Real threat? 2. Building the Bank of the Future 3. Why the world needs CLARITY 4. What crypto has taught TradFi 4. BUIDLing for the long-term and more! Check it out 👇
If "Sell America" accelerates, the U.S. government will need a new buyer of its debt, and fast. Fortunately, stablecoins are poised to grow to $3 trillion in the next decade, making them a larger holder of U.S. debt than China, Japan and Germany combined.
I enjoyed joining @abcnews Radio National's "This Working Life" for a conversation about Digital Don, Identic AI, and what it could mean for the future of work. As AI agents become more capable of acting on our behalf, we need to think not only about productivity and augmentation, but also about ethics, identity, trust, and human agency. Thanks to @lisasleong for hosting such a thoughtful discussion, and to producer @michele_weekes for bringing the episode together. Listen here: abc.net.au/listen/program…
Thanks to @andyyy and @robbie_rollup of the @therollupco for having me on the pod here at the DC Blockchain Summit. We talked about the intersection of crypto and AI and the potential winners of the new Internet of value, aka the digital asset group of seven (the #DAG7)
Sat down with my buddy @scottmelker to make sense of this crazy market. Scott is a master strategist and market commentator. We talked: Bitcoin technicals Why he is accumulating ETH and BTC CLARITY Price vs. Fundamentals The 4 year cycle BTC vs. Gold and more!
