E75: Animoca Brands Chairman: How Crypto Will Fight Poverty

When Shift Happens Podcast

Yat Siu is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands. Animoca Brands is a global leader in gamification and blockchain with a large portfolio of over 400 investments in Web3. Its mission is to advance digital property rights and decentralized projects to help build the open metaverse. In this conversation, we dive into: - How Crypto redistributes wealth - Will every NFT project launch a token? - Pudgy Penguins - BoredApe Yacht Club - Memecoins - Animoca Brands - How Yat focused on his health after being overweight and in poor health - How to unlock an investing mindset - The potential of education in Web3 And more! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN 'KEVIN X SWISSBORG ALPHA CLUB' TO GET BEST ALPHA FROM THE BIGGEST BUILDERS 💰 https://swissborg.com/kevin-follonier SPONSORS 💰 Earn up to €100 and be eligible for multiple airdrops by Registering to Swissborg via the following link: https://join.swissborg.com/r/kevinH6E7 🤖 SwissBorg is Europe’s top trusted crypto app offering user-centric investment platforms and DeFi asset management with reliability and innovation. ♾ Coinsilium provides vital funding and expert advice to Web3 and AI-powered early-stage technology companies. https://www.coinsilium.com ♾️ Astar Network is a Web3 hub for innovation, offering tools and a blockchain platform for decentralized apps and smart contracts. It invites users to innovate and connect in a community-driven ecosystem, transforming ideas into reality with its robust infrastructure. https://astar.network/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Yat👇 Twitter: https://x.com/ysiu Website: https://ysiu.medium.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatsiu/?originalSubdomain=hk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ysiu/?hl=en Connect with Animoca Brands👇 Twitter:https://x.com/animocabrands Website:https://www.animocabrands.com/ Connect with Kevin & When Shift Happens👇 Website: https://www.when-shift-happens.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinwshpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinfollonier_ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfollonier/ Twitter (X): https://x.com/KevinWSHPod ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents of the Video 0:00 Does Crypto Help Fight Against Poverty? 6:41 SwissBorg Partnership 8:03 Increasing Financial Literacy and Unlocking an Investing Mindset 12:13 Early Wisdom from Yat Siu 14:55 Shaping Yourself and Realizing What Your Talent Is 17:47 Yat Siu Take on Meme Coins 19:23 Will Meme Coins Become and New Category of Assets 21:05 Are Meme Coins What Social Token Could Have Been? 24:14 NFT’s State/ Value Within the Bull Market and Ecosystem 28:17 Astar Network Partnership 28:53 The Role of Bored Apes in Todays Ecosystem 30:40 Investing Back into The Ecosystem (Web3) 32:39 Bored Apes Role in History for the Future of Web3 33:53 Yat Siu on Pudgy Penguins 34:50 What is Animoca and What’s its Mission? 39:32 Logic Behind NFT Projects Launching Tokens and Fungible Tokens 46:08 Mantle Partnership 46:54 What Makes a Meme Coin “Interesting”? 49:14 Reflecting on Past Beliefs and Evolution of Web3 and AR 52:58 Crypto Beliefs that Proved To Be Wrong (Gaming Utility, Web2 to Web3 Adoption) 55:54 Potential of Education in Web3 58:44 Importance of Health and the Industry of Health 01:00:22 Personal Insights on health as Wealth 01:02:11 Predictions and Reflections on the Future of Web3 01:03:46 Unraveling Leverage and Warning Signs Within Market Cycles