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In today’s episode, we’re talking to Shiv Sakhuja, Co-Founder of Magik Invest and a content creator on Twitter.

Shiv talks about how playing poker with friends in college led him into crypto, and how he eventually started creating content. He also talks about his time working at Google, and we chat about Google’s role in Web3 and what the future could hold there.

We go on to chat about Magik and the problems it solves, and the possibility of implementing NFTs into the platform in the future. Shiv talks about the future of NFTs in general, why they’re so important, and how the technology behind them works to make them truly unique.

We discuss some of the different NFT use cases like artwork, identity, real estate tokenization, and reputation. Finally, Shiv breaks down data portability and we talk about how NFTs are driving the growth of a creator economy.

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The year 2022 is coming to an end. It’s been a wild ride, and here on The Unstoppable Podcast, we’ve been incredibly lucky to host so many discussions with truly fascinating people from every corner of the Web3 space.

It’s been tough to whittle it down to the highlights, but here’s our roundup of the best conversations we’ve hosted this year:

Matt Gould: The growing importance of digital identity and how Web3 will impact this.

Maria Shen: Her five new frontiers for NFTs, how this space is evolving and what the future holds.

Sahil Lavingia at fweb3: The role of crypto as a financial asset, how it looks set to develop and whether it could outlast the USA.

Shaan Puri at the Milk Road Newsletter: Building powerful, global communities using technology and Web3.

Carra Wu at a16z: What crypto can learn from the city of Venice, how Web3 gaming looks set to evolve and how crypto can drive more economic stability.

Scott Kominers, Professor of Business Administration, Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School: What the future holds for decentralized identity and building a more global digital infrastructure.

Adam Levy, host of the Mint Podcast and Co-Founder at Bello: NFTs, collectibles and building successful and enduring Web3 communities.

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In today’s episode, we’re talking to Jiho, Co-Founder of Axie Infinity, an NFT-based video game.

Jiho talks about his early experiences with NFT projects like CryptoKitties and how this converged with his love for gaming. We discuss how collectors might be more drawn to NFTs and Web3, and Jiho explains how Axie was developed.

We delve into the game Infinity and how it works. We talk about the importance of user experience and onboarding people with no experience with blockchain games. Jiho describes the fast early growth of Infinity and tells us how he expects the trend to develop in the future.

We go on to talk about some of the problems with the current Web3 gaming infrastructure, and the significance of ownership when it comes to Web3 in-game assets. We also discuss the idea of identity in the games. Jiho shares interesting ways in which reputation and identity have evolved within Axie Infinity.

Finally, we chat about the importance of regulation in Web3 games and address the qualities of a good Web3 leader. Jiho also answers some questions from the community.

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, where we’re talking to Avery Akkineni. Avery is President of Vayner3, a company focused on building long-term, strategic NFT projects for brands, celebrities, and organizations.

Avery talks about how she entered the world of NFTs, lessons she has learned from Gary V over the past year, the importance of brands having a digital ownership strategy for their intellectual property, and how brands are giving consumers digital property to own.

We talk about how brands are changing the way they do things in response to Web3, how closely brand loyalty with NFTs is tied to price fluctuations, and Avery talks about the different types of content creators she has worked with and how this has changed over time.

Is it more important to focus on Web3 creators or communities, or are they both equally important? Avery dives into this and also shares some pieces of digital property that excite her right now. We also talk about the long-term outlook for the Web3 space when it comes to IP owners.

Finally, Avery shares some key pieces of advice for physical business owners and how they can start using NFTs.

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Welcome to another monthly roundup of The Unstoppable Podcast. June was a packed month for us, filled with truly fascinating conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and interesting people in the Web3 space.
Here’s a taste of what we’ll cover:

• Episode 133, where we chatted to our CEO Matthew Gould about on-chain reputation and identity, domain integration, the shift in focus from products to experiences, and Unstoppable Domains’ new badges feature.
• Episode 134 with Ryan Carson from 1.21 Gigawatts Fund, where we talked all about NFT investing, the unique challenges compared to traditional investing, how to minimize negativity in the metaverse, and some of Ryan’s own experiences and advice.
• Episode 135, where Christian Dittmeier from Evaluate.Market joined us to discuss blockchain data analysis, how his own platform works in this area, some of the biggest needs and demands in Web3 from a data analysis perspective, and what the future holds in this space.
• Episode 136 with Haseeb Qureshi from Dragonfly Capital, where we dived into the current crypto bear market, differences between today’s and 2018’s crypto winters, interoperability, the future of a multi-chain world, and the importance of on-chain identities.
• Episode 137, where we sat down with George Harrap from Step Finance to talk about how crypto has changed over the last decade, its use around the world, thinking productively during downtimes, making DeFi more attractive to the general public, and the importance of handling on-chain data ethically.
  

You can follow Josh on Twitter, Matt on LinkedIn, Ryan on Twitter, Christian on Twitter, Haseeb on Twitter, George on Twitter, and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.

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