Exploring The Value of The Metaverse

Today’s Guest: Rohan Handa

Head of Business Development - Horizen Labs Ventures 

THE METAVERSE.

Many throw the term around with little understanding of its nature - few are the folks who’ve chosen to help build it. 

To be clear - the "Metaverse" is not a singular place, location, or game environment, but more of an interoperability standard that allows data, identity & content to flow seamlessly between networks.

This article was originally published on the Native Assets Substack on October 1, 2022

Nevertheless, certain players are better positioned than others to create worlds immersive & engaged enough to attract users at scale. Besides the well-known efforts from Yuga Labs, the team behind Bored Ape Yacht Club & The Otherside, the most developed connected ecosystem comes from Futureverse & Non-Fungible Labs, the teams behind Fluf World & Altered State Machine. Other candidates that come to mind include Aku World, the team behind Akutars, & AMGI, the team behind My Pet Hooligan. For that very reason I've invested into these ecosystems through various NFT acquisitions. (NFA - DYOR)

While easy to see the front facing progress, its rare to get a glimpse at whats running under the hood or where things are heading.

Today’s guest is one of the rare individuals privy to much of the behind the scenes work involved in such projects, helping build & design APE coin & its native staking protocol.

Joining us for an exclusive interview, please welcome Rohan Handa, Head of BizDev at Horizen Labs Ventures.

In our chat, Rohan & I discuss:

  • How to find great talent in the space

  • The nuances of token design

  • How to value the Metaverse

  • The barrier to mass adoption

  • much more!

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Connect w/ Rohan

LinkedIn - Rohan Handa

Work w/ Horizen Labs

Official Site: HLV.xyz

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