The Outlier Ventures Podcast

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we speak with Oleg Fomenko, co-Founder of Sweat Economy, an ecosystem designed to reward movement. Oleg is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, to discuss how he is changing exercise economy. If you are a Web3 founder, tech founder, or simply curious about bridging Web2 and Web3, this episode is for you. You will: Hear about Oleg’s founder journey, from growing up in the Soviet Union, to becoming an executive at leading corporate firms and ultimately becoming an entrepreneur; Learn about the difference between being an entrepreneur and an executive, especially the lack of clear playbooks when making decisions; Understand the Sweat Economy and how it rewards users for staying active, all while being profitable; Get insights into the design of Sweat Coin, its utility, partnerships, and how it generates revenue; Hear Oleg’s take on why projects should be cautious when launching a token. #web3 #token #openmetaverse #sweatcoin #sweateconomy #NFTs #physicalactivity #technology #movetoearn ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Aaron McDonald, founder of Futureverse (and FLUF World), with the mission to build an Open Metaverse. Aaron is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, discussing the inevitability of being in the 'futureverse' - no matter where you are. If you are a Web3 founder, tech founder, or simply curious about the Open Metaverse, this episode is for you. You will: Hear their opinions on the good and bad players in the industry; Learn what the Metaverse is; Learn about Aaron's journey through Web3 and the FLUF World; Find out how Futureverse brings consumers into the space through storytelling; Get a wholistic view of the stacks making up Futureverse and their partnerships (including Ripple and FIFA); Get insights into scaling a Web3 company. #web3 #metaverse #openmetaverse #flufwold #ai #NFTs #digitalidentity #ripple #fifa ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Trevor Jones, artist and Bitcoin Angel creator, and Tina Ziegler, art curator and founder of Avata. Trevor and Tina are joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, on a discussion panel at Digital Art Week London. If you are an artist (traditional or digital), art curator, collector or simply passionate about digital art and integrating emerging technologies, this episode is for you. You will: Learn how traditional painters can transition to digital art Get an overview of experimenting with QR codes, AR, VR and NFTs Find out how Bitcoin Angel sold out for $3.2 M in 7 minutes Make sense of a new niche: digital art curation Get insights into creating a community around digital art #web3 #digitalart #NFT #artist #artcurator #crypto #collector #painting ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Cathy Hackl, founder of Journey, who have the mission to help brands envision, plan, and effectively build the next generation of customer experiences enabled by emerging technologies. Cathy is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, having an insightful conversation about: What Metaverse is and what it is not Web2 companies experimenting with Web3 to stay culturally relevant Fashion industry getting into Web3 Corporate in the Metaverse How does 2023 look like for Web3 #web3 #metaverse #luxuryfashion #virtualworld #roblox #avatars ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Rene Reinsberg, co-founder of Celo, who have the mission to build a financial system that creates the conditions of prosperity for everyone. The co-founder of Celo is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, diving into: The creation of Celo Foundation What is Regenerative Finance (ReFi)? Why VCs are interested in ReFi Building a better financial system Advice for Web3 founders #web3 #refi #regenerative #web3founder #financialsystem #nfts #venturecapital ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of ImmutableX, with the mission of powering the next generation of Web3 games. The co-founder of Immutable is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, discussing: Robbie's founding journey with his brother, James Ferguson Web3 gaming and NFTs The creation of Gods Unchained (digital trading card game) Web3 economies The success of Web2 games and the future of Web3 gaming #web3games #gaming #crypto #players #blockchain #economy #immutable #ai ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Martin Avetisyan, Chief Growth Officer of Farfetch, with the mission to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers. The Chief Growth Officer of Farfetch is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke. Fashion is a community-driven industry, it’s not a coincidence that luxury fashion is one of the closest in adoption into the metaverse. Diving into: Why Farfetch is a tech company The importance of Web3 at Farfetch Fashion industry in the Metaverse Tokenized loyalty Farfetch x Outlier Ventures Accelerator #farfetch #fashion #digitalfashion #luxury #metaverse #accelerator #luxurybrands ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Marieke Flament, CEO of NEAR Foundation, a non-profit foundation responsible for contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance of the NEAR Protocol. Marieke is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they dive into: Marieke's background and journey to CEO of NEAR Foundation Being CEO in a decentralised organisation vs a centralised one The role of NEAR Foundation in supporting founders building on NEAR Protocol Product roadmap (ecosystem, verticals and future technologies) Diversity and inclusion in Web3 #ecosystem #crypto #web3 #ceo #roadmap #protocol #investing #diversity #openweb ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Ben Huh, Founder of Origami, helping the most ambitious communities launch and grow their DAOs. Ben is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they talk about building DAOs, governance, voting, tokens and DAO regulations. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Kyle Tut, Founder of Pinata, the leading media management company for the creators and developers building the future of web3. Kyle is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they talk about Hackathons, startup scaling, building on IPFS and the long road to raising capital. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Will Warren and Amir Bandeali, co-founders of 0x Labs, building important infrastructure for the emerging crypto economy and enabling markets to be created that couldn't have existed before. The co-founders of 0x Protocol are joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they discuss the Coinbase 'mafia', coming from traditional markets into crypto, tokenising everything, the Chris Dixon 'toy phase', the 0x API and innovation triggers. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

We're back with another episode highlighting some of the best conversation at Diffusion Digital, curated by Arinze Clifford of Outlier Ventures as he goes through a few of his favourite moments. If you found these discussions exciting you can sign up for our next event at https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

On today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Grace Kwan, co-founder of Orca, a pure AMM DEX on Solana which has its own liquidity pools. Since its launch in February 2021, Orca currently supports 25 liquidity pools. Grace is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they cover conversation around human-centred design, DeFi accessibility, concentrated liquidity, SDKs, the crypto winter, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

On today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Muneeb Ali, the founder of Stacks, a Bitcoin smart contracting platform unleashing the potential of Bitcoin's capital enabling users to build apps, smart contracts, and digital assets that are integrated with Bitcoin's security, capital, and network. Muneeb is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they discuss the inherent tension in Ethereum, Bitcoin being the main Web3 alternative to FIAT money, wrapped Bitcoin, creating productive capital, encouraging innovation, taking Bitcoin to the mass market, building Hyper-chains, and more... don't miss it! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

Today we talk to Sangmin Seo (Sam), Founder and Head of the Klaytn Foundation, an open-source public blockchain for all who wish to build, work, or play in the metaverse. With main net launched in June 2019, it is one of the largest blockchain platforms in South Korea and is now undergoing business expansion from its international base in Singapore. Sangmin and Jamie Burke discuss the South Korean blockchain scene, building a blockchain for the metaverse, NFTs on Klaytn, Opensea integration, the importance of game production on-chain, mass adoption of Klaytn, Kakao, and high-performance computing. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

Today we're joined by Keyvan Sadeghi, founder and CEO of Functionland, which aims to end the rental web by creating a decentralized cloud alternative, Blockchain-Attached Storage (BAS), that solves the ‘paying problem’ for users and open-source developers. On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, Jamie Burke talks to Keyvan about Protocol Labs, IPFS, the challenge of sovereignty, protocols, dev tools, recurring yield on app-usage, and using crowdsourcing to prove consumer demand. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we are joined by Leemon Baird, Founder & Chief Scientist of Hedera Hashgraph, the most used enterprise-grade public network by combining high throughput, low fees, and quick finality - achieving the highest grade of security possible. Today, Jamie Burke and Leemon return to talk after their Base Camp Accelerator partnership, covering the creation of their distributed ledger technology, how Hedera fits into the Metaverse revolution, the importance of HBAR, smart contracts 2.0, creating honest advertisers, and more... ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

We believe the next phase of growth in the evolution of DeFi will come not from better integration into the existing financial system, more regulation or real-world assets and CeFi, but instead, by unlocking digital value already native to the Metaverse. For today’s SPECIAL EPISODE, we bring you our very own Jamie Burke with the audiobook version of our follow-up to The Open Metaverse Thesis, 'MetaFi: DeFi for the Metaverse' readable here: https://outlierventures.io/research/metafi-defi-for-the-metaverse/ ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In this episode Arinze Clifford of Outlier Ventures goes through 5 of his favourite moments from our last Diffusion Digital event with a little bit of context in between. If you found these discussions exciting you can sign up for our March event at https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we are joined by Nate Alex, creator of ChainFaces, and CMO of Secret Project a group working towards innovation on-chain and combining new systems with social experiments and market mechanisms with a goal to continually build fresh experiences through NFTs. Today, Jamie Burke and Nate return to chat after their NFTS.WTF collaboration, and discuss the importance of experimentation with new technology, NFT use-cases, deflationary pressure, the pressures of a NFT community, making a project stand out, ensuring NFT metadata is entirely on-chain, and the future of ChainFaces. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

Today, we talk to the CEO and Founder of Ex Populus, Tobias Batton. Ex Populus is working with the next generation of content creators to help enable their vision, by partnering with them as a world-class publisher and business partner, with current work including LAMEVerse, Iron Pigeons and GigaUnits. In this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, Jamie Burke and Tobias discuss the evolution of mobile gaming, paid items in video games, the Steam Community Market, building games with NFTs, the future of Ex Populus, and the infamous Horse Armor DLC. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today on The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Esther O'Callaghan, founder of hundo.careers, a progressive jobs platform designed to connect forward-thinking employers with Gen Z talent, with the intention of ending youth unemployment, due to a broken recruitment industry model. Esther and Jamie Burke discuss being a female founder, growing up in Blackpool, the breakdown between education and work structure, CVs being useless for assessing youth for work, the importance of educational boot camps, utilising Web3 for the hiring process, utilising P2E for 'learn to earn', and more! Don't miss this episode. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this week's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we're talking to Ben Lakoff, Co-Founder of Charged Particles, a new protocol that allows users to put digital assets inside NFTs - ERC20, ERC721 or ERC1155 - giving creators the power to utilise 'nested' NFTs. Ben and Jamie Burke discuss Ben's background and origin, DeFi intersecting the NFT marketplace, the loneliness of being an entrepreneur, NFTs holding smart wallets, games changing through MetaFi, generating interest through digital assets, working on the bleeding edge of decentralised technology, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

The last of our NFCastle recordings, we talk to Jon Victor, Product Manager at Protocol Labs, an open-source R&D lab primarily focussed on the Filecoin network. They build protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet. Today, Jon and Jamie Burke discuss the fundamental resource of the internet, waking up to work in Web3, creating implementations of IPFS, cheapening storage through through the crypto-economic model, building protocols without extensive upfront work, and more. The Outlier Venture's Filecoin Base Camp reopens for their second round of applications soon, if you're a startup looking for your next step, check it out here: https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/filecoin-base-camp/ ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

We're back with one of our last recordings from NFCastle, with Maria Shen of Electric Capital, an early-stage venture firm focused on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, fintech, and marketplaces. Prior to Electric, Maria was CTO and co-founder of Bambify, which helped SMBs easily form supply chains with manufacturers across the globe. She has also worked on search technology at Microsoft, with her features shipped to more than 1 billion devices. Today, Jamie Burke & Maria discuss startup acceleration, funding for Web3 projects, faith in founders, the investment thesis, and the importance of regulators for clarity. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we are joined by Graham Jenkin, CEO of CoinList, a regulated platform giving users access to the best new crypto projects before large exchanges. helping blue chip projects like Filecoin, Solana, Celo, Algorand, and Dapper grow. Graham talks to Outlier Venture's CEO Jamie Burke on the early days of CoinList, the recent capital injection into Web3, tokens as an incentive mechanism, working at AngelList, access to ICOs, working with regulators, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

In today’s digitised world, gaming is becoming increasingly more relevant. The average gamer spends 8+ hours per week playing in the digital realm. For today’s SPECIAL EPISODE, we bring you our very own Jan Baeriswyl with the unified audiobook version of his 3 part research piece for Outlier, readable here: https://outlierventures.io/research/p2e-2-0-a-new-economic-model-for-gaming-based-on-crypto-tokens/ We’ll be back after Christmas with your regularly scheduled podcasts, but for now, enjoy! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this Episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we're joined by Ethan Buchman, CEO and Co-founder of the Cosmos Network, an ever-expanding ecosystem of interconnected apps and services, connected using IBC, the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol. Today, Ethan and Jamie discuss making blockchain development available to startups, corporations as representatives of society, platos cave, cybernetic literature, cooperatives and localism, the internet as a revolution of biological communication, and more! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to gmoney.eth, a self-described futurist and disruptor, he is the founder of Puertro Rico's first ever summit on NFTs, Metaverso, and The Cutting Edge podcast, which airs live on Twitter spaces before being pulled to all good podcasting platforms. Jamie and Gmoney discuss moving from traditional finance to DeFi and NFTs, the importance of digital identity, acting as an anonymous influencer, putting money at risk to learn about crypto, squiggle fandom, the silent NFT crash, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Monday morning Metaverse Podcast, we're with Ryan Condron of Titan Industries & Lumerin Protocol, who are building the hash power marketplace to make Bitcoin and POW crypto mining as highly optimized, efficient, and decentralized as possible. Ryan and Jamie Burke discuss crypto-mining evolving from a hobby into an industry, its role as secure infrastructure for the metaverse, evolving with renewable energy, the mining crackdown in China, how to tokenise hash-power, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

This SPECIAL EPISODE is brought to you from the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague, we’re joined by Will Papper, co-founder of SyndicateDAO and creator of $AGLD. SyndicateDAO works as a decentralized investing protocol & social network, that's transforming how the world creates value. In this episode of The Metaverse Show, Jamie Burke and Will Papper discuss the importance of DAOs to a decentralised network, whether Ethereum is a DAO, the overnight success of LOOT and $AGLD, the long term future of NFTs as a collaborative tool, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we talk to Fraser Edwards, founder of Cheqd, a business aiming to design the default payment mechanism for authentic data, increasing the adoption of self-sovereign identity technology. On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, Jamie Burke and Fraser discuss ecosystem fulfillment, building de-facto standards, dealing with high throughput, the trouble with biometrics, COVID passports, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we talk to Dean Tribble, founder of Agoric, a Proof-of-Stake chain utilizing secure JavaScript smart contracts to rapidly build and deploy DeFil, comprised of a team who are experts in smart contracts. Agoric was founded on open-source principles which look to build a public economy. During the episode, Dean and Jamie Burke discuss the importance of developer accessibility, composability as more than just a buzzword, moving on from flash and HTTP, scaling for DeFi, DAOs and NFTs utilising decentralised finance, and more! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

What do you do once you've amassed over 1.7 million followers? How do you host a Metaverse podcast while drinking on a Friday night? Today we answer those questions while talking to Bored Elon, an NFT & crypto investor spawned from a viral Twitter parody account. Bored Elon has invested in a multitude of projects, including Voxies, Sipher and Vidya, while also working on his own project, MetaMars. In this Episode, Jamie and Bored Elon discuss the impact of becoming a Twitter Influencer, how the account was modelled, his growing interest in Web3 Technology, the impact of Elon Musk on crypto, being followed by the founder of Twitter, and much more. Join us! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

What if we could reimagine data ownership using simple tools? What if it was easy to control your own data online? In this episode, we talk to Reza Naeeni, founder of Swash, a Web3 project trailblazing the path towards the New Data Economy. Swash is creating tools that allow the average person to take back control of their data and turn it into a commodity potentially turning it into an income stream. Reza is joined by our CEO Jamie Burke to discuss the current state of the data economy, data unions, user data rights, and what the future of the New Data Economy could look like over time. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this special midweek episode, we talk to Ahmed Al-Balaghi, founder of Biconomy a project accelerating Web3 adoption by making all its components more composable, interoperable & usable, through their three flagship products, Hyphen, Gasless and Forward. Jamie and Ahmed discuss the hurdle of gas-fees, DeFi adoption, Outlier Venture's Base Camp, API and SDK integration, dApp usiability, their innovative multi-chain relay protocol, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

This week, we talk to Aaron McDonald of Non-Fungible Labs, a creative studio focused on blockchain, crypto and NFTs, from Auckland, New Zealand. The team at Non-Fungible Labs look to innovate with creative technology, and are developing a wide range of real-world applications for non-fungible tokens to empower creatives. Non-Fungible Labs are the brains behind Fluf World, a generative Metaverse project with 10,000 unique 3D animated rabbits living as NFTs on the blockchain. Aaron is joined by Jamie Burke to discuss his background at Centrality, the formation of Flufs, how they are aiming to build a future for hi-fidelity creations in the Open Metaverse, and what the future holds for Fluf World... keep your eyes peeled and your (floppy) ears open. Make sure to check out the official Outlier Ventures YouTube channel for the companion piece to this episode, coming soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_K-AgiS2XV8_iuRQ7JyNQ ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we are joined by the founder of The Pomp Podcast & The Best Business Show, Anthony Pompliano. Anthony is an entrepreneur and investor, building and selling numerous companies, previously running both Product & Growth teams for Facebook, and currently manages a portfolio worth more than $500 million focusing on early-stage tech. His show, The Pomp Podcast is one of the most popular podcasts in business and investing, and has been downloaded 20M+ times, and his newsletter goes out to over 150,000 investors. Anthony Pompliano is joined by Jamie Burke, as they discuss operating system maximalism, why bitcoin will be the Metaverse's reserve currency, play to earn and the future of digital work, why games don't pay out in bitcoin, digital assets, substack, virtual jobs, and how we're already living in the metaverse. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we are joined by Diane Dai, founder of DODO, an on-chain decentralized exchange & liquidity provider, powered by the Proactive Market Making (PMM) algorithm. DODO is designed to make trading and investing easy & accessible for anyone to take part in, and through Diane's background in marketing, has made significant steps to achieve that. Diane and Jamie discuss the power of crypto-winter and DeFi summer, DeFi's relationship with NFTs, the cross over into MetaFi, and how NFT Pools will allow for people to invest in non-fungible token value, just as we do with companies & networks. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Pplpleasr, of PleasrDAO - a collective of DeFi leaders, early NFT collectors and digital artists who acquire culturally significant digital work, and experiment with community art ownership. Pplpleasr is the DAO's namesake, and a multidisciplinary artist, who found viral fame creating work for well-known crypto brands including AAVE, Sushiswap and Yearn. She, and Jamie Burke, discuss falling into DeFi, the importance of NFT art, creating memetic content, how crypto transformed her career, and the wormhole of crypto 'time dilation'. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today We talk to Saira Meuller, Gaming Editor of WIRED Magazine, reaching more than 30 million people each month, aiming to be the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant digital transformation. Jamie Burke and Saira Mueller discuss the rise of the Metaverse in gaming - tracing the journey from The Sims to Clash of Clans, Fortnite, Axies and Decentraland. They look at eSports as an example of gaming as a profession, women in gaming and diversity in the metaverse, along with the future of game development being taken fully online. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

In this episode, we talk to Raoul Pal, founder of Real Vision Group, a media production and aggregation team that are creating a place where the world’s most successful investors share their thoughts about what’s happening in today’s markets. Raoul is joined by our CEO Jamie Burke, to discuss the system of value created by cryptocurrency, the adoption rates of blockchain usage, the impact of the Metaverse on financial institutions, how the markets stack up against crypto, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this week's episode, Jamie Burke talks to Benjamin Bertram Goldman, co-founder of Blockfeed, and creative director at InVision, a unified design platform powering the world’s best user experiences through ease of collaboration. Benjamin has written extensively about the Metaverse and, at InVision, runs a documentary production company covering the future of design and technology. Jamie and Benjamin discuss virtual world design, the ethics of the metaverse, onboarding governments and regulators, making decentralised spaces fun, the economics of games, and building virtual environments for experimentation. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

This week, we talk to Roneil Rumburg, CEO and co-founder of Audius, a decentralized music streaming platform that allows for direct transactions between listeners and creators, giving anyone the ability to distribute, monetize, and stream audio. Jamie Burke and Roneil discuss Audius' recent TikTok integration, how he met his co-founder Forrest Browning, forming the groundwork for Audius, complying to media regulators while using blockchain, ensuring the creator economy for the next generation, and building an economy through NFTs, and contributor interaction. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/ More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/ Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we talk to Al Morris, founder of Koii Network, who are building a decentralized network that can replace traditional Web 2 infrastructure including social media, search, and publishing to enable a more dynamic and persistent metaverse that can mimic the real world He is joined by Jamie Burke, Outlier Ventures CEO, and cover topics including: the Chicago Blockchain Institute, Arweave and decentralised file storage, the attention economy, Turing completeness, gradual consensus, eco-friendly networks, Atomic NFTs, and more.

In this episode, Jamie Burke is joined by Ambre Soubiran, founder of Kaiko, a cryptocurrency market data provider for institutional investors and enterprises. Kaiko aims to be the foundation of the new digital finance economy by serving as a single source for market information. Jamie and Ambre discuss the crypto winter, being a serial founder, publically available data, moving from crypto native customers to traditional hedge funds, banks and institutions, understanding what digital currency markets mean for retail investors, and more.

Jesse Johnson is the Founder and COO of PixelCraft Studios, a gaming studio and publisher who develop and created Aavegotchi in collaboration with Stani Kulechov’s AAVE. Jesse Johnson is an NFT OG who helped co-found Mintable app, as well as Bullionix, the first ERC721 NFTs staked with ERC20 collateral. Jesse and Jamie discuss mixing NFTs and DeFi, their utility token $GHST, their next ‘haunt’ release, keeping work on-chain, AAVE’s open DeFi Protocol, and the importance of composability for the success of any NFT project.

Today, Jamie Burke speaks to Greg Marlin, CEO of Idexo, the project building a simplified developer experience for any blockchain, with one meta token and one meta SDK for all transactions. They discuss compute credits to solve price fluctuations, the universal software development kit (SDK), simplifying blockchain usage, Arweave, Avalanche, Polygon, Ethereum and more.

In this episode, Jamie Burke is joined by Peter Wood, founder of CoinBurp, a multifaceted project with one of the highest-rated CeFi crypto exchange platforms in Europe, and soon to introduce the CoinBurp Wallet, unlocking the world of DeFi, and furthering their mission to be the CoinBase for NFTs. They discuss community events, FIAT onboarding, games as marketing, and how NFTs will drive the adoption of Crypto in the mass market.

Jamie Burke talks to Colin Evran on the brand new Filecoin Base Camp Accelerator, platforming new startups to the Filecoin ecosystem, helping grow decentralised file storage and the new data economy. To apply click here: https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/