👋 W3DD Podcast: Gary Vee Dishes on NFTs & Yat Siu explains the Metaverse

Let’s dig deep into Web3…

Rachel Wolfson

Jun 02, 2023

This newsletter highlights the most recent interviews featured on Web3 Deep Dive (W3DD) podcast, along with Rachel’s Cointelegraph articles and more!

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What’s new on W3DD Podcast 🙌

David Schwartz, CTO of Ripple, talks Web3 (new episode!)

Rachel and W3DD co-host, Deanna, spoke with David Schwartz, chief technology officer and employee # 2 at Ripple, to learn more about his thoughts on Web3 and how Ripple is implementing NFTs and more.

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Gary Vee dishes on NFTs

Rachel and W3DD co-host, Deanna, most recently caught up with serial entrepreneur and creator of VeeFriends, Gary Vaynerchuk, to discuss NFTs, Web3, VeeFriends and more.

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Ledger opens up on Stax, a Web3 hardware wallet

Rachel met up with Pascal Gauthier, chief executive officer of Ledger, and Ariel Wengroff, VP of communications at Ledger, during Consensus 2023 to get a firsthand look at the new Stax hardware wallet.

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Why the Metaverse matters

Rachel also recently spoke with Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands, to learn why an open Metaverse matters and the critical role NFTs play in virtual environments.

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Web3 for brands

Web3 is becoming a major theme for big brands. Rachel and W3DD co-host, Deanna, discussed this topic in-depth with Keith Grossman, president of enterprise at MoonPay to learn why brands are adopting Web3 models.

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WTF are ZKPs?

Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are playing an important role in the Web3 sector, yet confusion around ZKPs remains. Rachel spoke with Evan Shapiro, chief executive officer of Mina Foundation and o(1) Labs to learn what ZKPs are.

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