Opportunities in web3, blockchain and fintech with Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands

09/06/22 • 38 min

Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3

Robby Young is CEO of Animoca Brands, a $6bln blockchain gaming company and one of the most prolific investors in web3 on the planet.
Robby talks about:
0:46 - His journey to being CEO of Animoca
7:23 - Why luck played a part in Animoca's pivot into blockchain games from mobile games
14:08 - Why gaming is an on-ramp into blockchain and the metaverse
15:42 - What is the metaverse and how does web3 and NFTs intersect with the metaverse
18:23 - What drives Animoca Brands web3 investment strategy
23:16 - What are the biggest opportunities in web3 and the metaverse
26:09 - What skillsets and mindsets should people wanting to get into web3 strive towards
32:43 - Advice for anyone starting their career

Robby is interviewed by Matt Cheung (@matthew_cheung_) co-founder of Work in Fintech and Benyamin Ahmed (@obiwanbenoni), chief evangelist of Work in Fintech, creator of Weird Whales and 13 year old NFT prodigy.
Watch the interview on Youtube here https://youtu.be/QoZd-pu-Ioc
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Does financial regulation always play catch up to the fast moving world of fintech and web3? Does regulation hinder or help cultivate innovation?
Dr Iwa Salami, Reader in Financial Law and Regulation, co-director at the Centre of Fintech at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law at University of East London joins Work in Fintech to discuss these topics as well as talk about her career and the state of financial regulation in fintech and web3. Iwa's research areas include:

Mobile payments, crowd-funding;
Crypto-assets, stablecoins, decentralised finance (DeFi), Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

Dr Salami is keen to supervise potential PhD students interested in researching any of the areas listed above or other related aspects of fintech regulation.
Learn more about the Centre of Fintech and their BSc, MSc and MBA courses on fintech, blockchain and AI here https://www.uel.ac.uk/our-research/research-royal-docks-school-business-law-rdsbl/centre-fintech
Check out our website: https://workinfintech.com/ and subscribe to our mailing list to hear more about opportunities in fintech and web3
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdS4bYoCXaHVgfVm6syUrDw
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Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3 - Opportunities in web3, blockchain and fintech with Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands

Transcript

Matthew Cheung 0:00
Hi. This is Matt from Work in Fintech. And today, we're really excited to be joined with Robby young, who's CEO of Animoca brands. And today he's going to be interviewed with myself, most importantly, with Benjamin Ahmed, the Chief Evangelist of work in FinTech, and creator of the weird Wales collection. Hi, Ben. Hi, Robby.
Robby Yung 0:23
How are you? Good to be here.
Matthew Cheung 0:25
Awesome. So I guess, Robin, just to kick it off, can you talk throug