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Providers of online platforms are coming under increasing regulatory pressure to verify their users’ age and identity. Whether it’s through data privacy legislation or the increasing focus on platform regulation, there appears to be a desire, globally, to ensure users are being protected. Part of this responsibility it seems, is for platforms to identify who is using them and how old they are. So in this episode we dive into the subject of age and identity verification online with our guest J...
19 Dec 2022
MENAVerse – Part One
In this two part episode, Simmons are joined by Karl Tlais, Founder and Strategic Advisor at iAdvisory. iAdvisory were integral in the creation of the ‘Dubai Metaverse Strategy’, which recently approved a new phase in the Gulf’s pursuit to be the centre of the Metaverse. Karl is a strategic business leader with over 20 years’ experience building market presence and driving revenue growth across Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He specialises and is considered an industry trans...
19 Dec 2022
MENAVerse – Part Two
In this two part episode, Simmons are joined by Karl Tlais, Founder and Strategic Advisor at iAdvisory. iAdvisory were integral in the creation of the ‘Dubai Metaverse Strategy’, which recently approved a new phase in the Gulf’s pursuit to be the centre of the Metaverse. Karl is a strategic business leader with over 20 years’ experience building market presence and driving revenue growth across Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He specialises and is considered an industry trans...
9 Nov 2022
Investing in Web 3.0 – The Opportunities and Challenges That Lie Ahead – Part Two
In this two-part episode, Elia Kim (Corporate, Tokyo office) and Hazal Kirci (Trainee, London office) were joined by Robert Hou, Vice President at Permira, and Michael Lavner, Principal at Balderton Capital, to discuss the opportunities that Web 3.0 could provide, what excites them the most about the industry and the obstacles that currently stand in the way of its widespread adoption. Part two of the episode will feature our guests discussing the lengthy timeframe of investing in Web 3.0 and...
19 Oct 2022
Investing in Web 3.0 – The Opportunities and Challenges That Lie Ahead – Part One
In this two-part episode, Elia Kim (Corporate, Tokyo office) and Hazal Kirci (Trainee, London office) were joined by Robert Hou, Vice President at Permira, and Michael Lavner, Principal at Balderton Capital, to discuss the opportunities that Web 3.0 could provide, what excites them the most about the industry and the obstacles that currently stand in the way of its widespread adoption. Part two of the episode will feature our guests discussing the lengthy timeframe of investing in Web 3.0 and...
31 Aug 2022
Digital assets, DAOs & AI chatbots
Webacy develops non-custodial smart contracts and tools that secure your assets from loss, hacks, death, and more. Elia Kim (Corporate, Tokyo office) and Hana Bell (Corporate, London office) sat down with Maika Isogawa (CEO and co-founder of Webacy) to discuss: Webacy;how digital assets can be used to provide services;role of DAOs (in and outside of gaming); and AI chatbots.
2 Aug 2022
The frontier of gaming - part three
“The frontier of gaming – part three” In the final part of our three-part Frontier of Gaming series, we discuss DAOs (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations), including a dispute on the Merit Circle DAO, and finish off our discussion with Philip Collins of Konvoy Ventures, by covering some of the top issues within web3/blockchain gaming.
15 Jul 2022
The frontier of gaming - part two
“The frontier of gaming – part two”In part two of our three-part Frontier of Gaming series, we dive deeper into web3/blockchain gaming with our special guest Philip Collins of Konvoy Ventures.
15 Jul 2022
The frontier of gaming - part one
“The frontier of gaming – part one” The frontier of gaming is our three-part series where we sat down with special guest Philip Collins of Konvoy Ventures, a gaming focussed venture capital firm based in Denver, Colorado. Together with Vishal Patel (Digital Business) and James Cherry (Contentious Tax), Philip covers a range of topics including web3/blockchain gaming and the latest market developments. In this first episode of our Frontier of Gaming three part series, we f...
7 Jul 2022
Metaverse – 12 months on
We discussed the Metaverse in July 2021 with Matthew Kanterman (CFA), co-host of the Into The Metaverse podcast and formerly of Bloomberg Intelligence. He joins us again for this episode of GAITKeepers to discuss his latest views on the development of the Metaverse over the past 12 months, his new role at Ball Metaverse Research Partners and some of the challenges and hurdles to overcome in building the Metaverse. NB. As mentioned in the podcast: “The Metaverse: And How it Will R...
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