Different asset categories with which you can invest in the metaverse. Some of the risks, potential rewards, and how much effort you will have to put into it…Metaverse Group bought 2.4M$ worth of virtual land in Decentraland. They say they will turn it into a fashion street district hosting luxury brands’ virtual stores. How do they gonna make the revenue? They will rent the virtual stores to Gucci, Louis Vitton, and others. Worry not, you do not need such deep pockets to invest in the metave...

Never watch crypto YouTube. Here are the best podcasts in this space: Delphi Digital has an amazing balance between depth of content and listener-friendliness. https://open.spotify.com/show/62PR1RigLG2YN5Pelq6UY9?si=71ede299305e4cf7 Su Zhu does not have the best reputation nowadays but worth giving it a listen. Su Zhu’s experience with the markets and Hasu’s technical side fits together well. https://open.spotify.com/show/3vuV292Him90EjQ5YL4XIw?si=a4db1146922346a6 If you wanna hear morons spe...

Reality comes in many different flavors nowadays. Let’s talk about different forms of realities and how it relates to the metaverse.ContentsPhysical RealityExtended RealityAll-in-oneFinal remarksReferences1. Physical RealityEveryone knows what physical reality is. It is what we experience during our waking consciousness. Although this might differ between a kid, a cat, you, me, under the effect of different substances and different psychopathologies, generally speaking, we tend to agree on wh...

Facebook has recently rebranded itself as Meta. Is this a paradigm shift in social media and how we interact or just the next hype?“Facebook” used to be both the name of the social media platform and the company behind it. Now the company is called Meta and its flagship products are still Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp. This will become relevant in a minute. In 2014 Facebook bought Oculus VR, a startup that makes virtual reality video game headsets. Since then, developers have been working...

We have already covered different ways of investing in the metaverse. These were from least to most risky: ETFs, stocks, index tokens, web3 infrastructure, individual metaverse tokens, and virtual land. Today I would like to dive deeper into index tokens.ContentsAdvantagesDisadvantagesProducts1. Advantages1.1. Eliminates unsystematic riskIndex tokens have this unique advantage, that gives you exposure to blockchain metaverse tokens with a single buy. You do not have to find the projects, filt...

Gaming NFTs are great, but the idea of moving your in-game assets between platforms and accounts dates way beyond that.Game Boy was first released in Japan as early as 1989 by Nintendo. Even the earliest models supported Game Link Cables, hence data transfer between devices.Game Link CableBackgroundIn case you missed the Pokemon GO craze in 2016, the goal of the game is to catch, train, trade, battle Pokemon, and complete the ever-growing Pokedex. What is Pokedex? Pokedex is the device's...

Curve Finance invented a new tokenomics model and this led to the infamous Curve Wars. Most of my readers have already used Uniswap. It is best to start from there and later build on that knowledge. Uniswap V3 vs Curve V2. Also compared how the rollups will play a part in these ecosystems (@Delphi_Digital, 2022). https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/uniswap-vs-curve-which-is-the-best-dex Understanding why protocols fight a war for $veCRV (@knowerofmarkets, 2021) https://theknower.substack...

We have already covered different ways of investing in the metaverse. These were from least to most risky: ETFs, stocks, index tokens, web3 infrastructure, individual metaverse tokens, and virtual land. Today I would like to dive deeper into index tokens.ContentsAdvantagesDisadvantagesProducts1. Advantages1.1. Eliminates unsystematic riskIndex tokens have this unique advantage, that gives you exposure to blockchain metaverse tokens with a single buy. You do not have to find the projects, filt...

Reality comes in many different flavors nowadays. Let’s talk about different forms of realities and how it relates to the metaverse.ContentsPhysical RealityExtended RealityAll-in-oneFinal remarksReferences1. Physical RealityEveryone knows what physical reality is. It is what we experience during our waking consciousness. Although this might differ between a kid, a cat, you, me, under the effect of different substances and different psychopathologies, generally speaking, we tend to agree on wh...

Gaming NFTs are great, but the idea of moving your in-game assets between platforms and accounts dates way beyond that.Game Boy was first released in Japan as early as 1989 by Nintendo. Even the earliest models supported Game Link Cables, hence data transfer between devices.Game Link CableBackgroundIn case you missed the Pokemon GO craze in 2016, the goal of the game is to catch, train, trade, battle Pokemon, and complete the ever-growing Pokedex. What is Pokedex? Pokedex is the device's...

Different asset categories with which you can invest in the metaverse. Some of the risks, potential rewards, and how much effort you will have to put into it…Metaverse Group bought 2.4M$ worth of virtual land in Decentraland. They say they will turn it into a fashion street district hosting luxury brands’ virtual stores. How do they gonna make the revenue? They will rent the virtual stores to Gucci, Louis Vitton, and others. Worry not, you do not need such deep pockets to invest in the metave...

Facebook has recently rebranded itself as Meta. Is this a paradigm shift in social media and how we interact or just the next hype?“Facebook” used to be both the name of the social media platform and the company behind it. Now the company is called Meta and its flagship products are still Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp. This will become relevant in a minute. In 2014 Facebook bought Oculus VR, a startup that makes virtual reality video game headsets. Since then, developers have been working...

Never watch crypto YouTube. Here are the best podcasts in this space: Delphi Digital has an amazing balance between depth of content and listener-friendliness. https://open.spotify.com/show/62PR1RigLG2YN5Pelq6UY9?si=71ede299305e4cf7 Su Zhu does not have the best reputation nowadays but worth giving it a listen. Su Zhu’s experience with the markets and Hasu’s technical side fits together well. https://open.spotify.com/show/3vuV292Him90EjQ5YL4XIw?si=a4db1146922346a6 If you wanna hear morons spe...

Curve Finance invented a new tokenomics model and this led to the infamous Curve Wars. Most of my readers have already used Uniswap. It is best to start from there and later build on that knowledge. Uniswap V3 vs Curve V2. Also compared how the rollups will play a part in these ecosystems (@Delphi_Digital, 2022). https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/uniswap-vs-curve-which-is-the-best-dex Understanding why protocols fight a war for $veCRV (@knowerofmarkets, 2021) https://theknower.substack...

meme belongs to @0xchigurhFat application or fat protocol thesis refers to the blockchain layer that captures the bulk of the value. Here, I list some of the good reads. If I missed something please let me know, I will add it as well (@ekoverse) One of the first mentions of the fat protocol in Web3 (@jmonegro, 2016). https://www.usv.com/writing/2016/08/fat-protocols/ Breaks down the transition from fat protocols to thin protocols over time(@jnakano89, 2018) https://medium.com/coinmonks/fat-pr...

meme belongs to @0xchigurhFat application or fat protocol thesis refers to the blockchain layer that captures the bulk of the value. Here, I list some of the good reads. If I missed something please let me know, I will add it as well (@ekoverse) One of the first mentions of the fat protocol in Web3 (@jmonegro, 2016). https://www.usv.com/writing/2016/08/fat-protocols/ Breaks down the transition from fat protocols to thin protocols over time(@jnakano89, 2018) https://medium.com/coinmonks/fat-pr...