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  <title>Is the Metaverse Already Here? Two Experts Disagree - Ep.282</title>
  <description>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:&amp;amp;nbsp;  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&amp;amp;nbsp; 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.&amp;amp;nbsp;  Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com:  https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; Nodle: http://nodle.io/unchained&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; NFT Research John Egan  Twitter:&amp;amp;nbsp;   https://twitter.com/iamjohnegan&amp;amp;nbsp;   Website:&amp;amp;nbsp;   https://www.iamjohnegan.com/&amp;amp;nbsp;   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&amp;amp;nbsp;      &amp;amp;nbsp; L’Atelier&amp;amp;nbsp;  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&amp;amp;nbsp;     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&amp;amp;nbsp;      &amp;amp;nbsp; 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&amp;amp;nbsp;    https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-quick-overview-of-the-nft-ecosystem&amp;amp;nbsp;   NFTs will introduce the world to crypto?&amp;amp;nbsp;    https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/nfts-will-introduce-crypto-to-the&amp;amp;nbsp;   Why functional NFTs will gain value slower than crypto art    https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-the-promise-effect-why-functional&amp;amp;nbsp;   History of NFTs    https://medium.com/@Andrew.Steinwold/the-history-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-f362ca57ae10&amp;amp;nbsp;   NFT Value Drivers    https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/p/-nonfungible-token-nft-value-drivers&amp;amp;nbsp;      </description>
  <author_name>Unchained</author_name>
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