Immerse Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sigz
Dedicated to all things blockchain gaming, the Immerse podcast welcomes all, from beginners to the curious. This show will educate, engage and explore with you all the new possibilities and opportunities available within this space. Through news, conversations, reviews and breaking it down, we'll uncover all there is to learn, earn and play. You game?
In a rather shorter than normal episode, we take a look at some NFT and metaverse related news coming out of the east and the west as prominent figures and VCs make moves into the web 3 space. The following were mentioned among others;
- Binance partner up with Tiktok star Khaby Lame to be an ambassador for the exchange
- Accelerate Financial launch their NFT fund which will include a mix of "blue-chip" NFTs
- Accenture launch a metaverse report for its impact on the healthcare industry
- NHL partner up with Sweet to launch NFTs starting from the 22/23 season
- Opensea suffer phishing attack via consumer emails, leading to discontent among users
- and many more.
As always, please let me know your thoughts. For example, should I keep the new segment of the trademark attorney and his latest tweet offerings ? Speaking of which, get in touch on;
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I hope this episode is of some value to you. Take care and until next time.
Please find attached below the link to the Accenture website where you will also find the link for the full PDF report.
- https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/health/digital-health-technology-vision
Firstly, my sincerest apologies for the late upload. Life happened, in the form of unforeseen circumstances is the best way I can put it.
The longest running crypto exchange released their first Crypto Pulse report in March of this year and just like last week's report, it focused on the attitudes and barriers defining the current space. A much larger database to work from, it looked at 2 main points as the theme of the report, trust and education. Simply put, if people know something more, they are more likely to trust it and thus, adopt it more.
I hope this episode is of some value to you and as always, feel free to converse with me on;
Twitter: @onlySigz
Take care and until next time.
Ladies and gentlemen, in this week there was a lot of NFT related news, some high profile acquisitions and a first in the NFT space. Some of the following stories we cover in today's episode;
- Pharell Williams signs on with Doodles to become their Chief Brand Officer
- Noah Davis, formerly of the Christies Auction House, signs on with Crypto Punks
- Chinese and American tech heavyweights are forming the Metaverse Standards Forum
- Shopify adds NFT-gated option for their online retailers
- MoonPay launches their own NFT utility service
- and many more!
As always, I hope this brings you some value and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out on;
Twitter: @onlySigz
Until next time, take care.
In today's episode, we unpack a report published by the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini where we focus on the African respondents in particular. This ultimately gives us an idea of what the feelings are towards the overall crypto and blockchain space. Statistics coming out of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa give us an indication of how far adoption has come and how much is yet to be done, addressing the different barriers to mainstream adoption. Understanding this is important to assessing the long term vision of the space and the implications that could be had on the continent.
I chime in with a few of my thoughts and as always, I hope it is of value to you. Take care.
Feel free to let me know what you think by letting me know on Twitter: @onlySigz.
This past week certainly had headlines on contrasting ends of the spectrum. Some of the bad news we cover is as follows;
- YGG and Merit Circle call it quits after 7 months into their partnership
- Yuga Labs co-founder warns of more social media attacks
While some of the good news includes;
- Nansen announcing a Discord competitor
- Immutable X raising a $500 million fund from their venture arm for developers
- Opensea migrating to the Seaport protocol
And some eye catching ones too such as:
- UAE launching post stamp NFTs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the countries birth
All of this and more is covered today and as always, I hope it is of value to you.
Until next time, take care.
Who remembers collecting trading cards, be it the Topps sports cards or the Yugi Oh game cards? How about the Dragonball Z tazos in the Simba chips (apologies for not specifying in the audio) that became a new sensation amongst kids? These can all classify as examples of physical collectibles and before the pandemic, the global collectibles market had seen somewhat of a plateau. During the pandemic however, there was a surge in interest and trading volume. People were buying and selling on all secondary markets. As of last year, the physical collectibles market was all accounted for but with the emergence of its digital counterparts (NFTs), the market seems to shifting towards the digital realm. We take a look at the industries that NFTs and blockchain technology will look to improve, their supposed harmful environmental properties and why that is slowly diminishing as well as the emergence of 'phygitals' and the new possibilities that comes with them.
I would like to mention that there was a lot more that could have been spoken about, from smart contracts and what they do to the different types of NFTs but those will be episodes on their own. Simply to avoid confusion and information overload.
With all that being said, I hope this episode brings some valuable insight and helps you in some way.
Until next time, take care.
In this weeks Newsweek we take a look at the following;
- Solana ventures investing $100 million into South Korea's gamefi and defi projects
- Budweiser partnering up with Zed Run
- ViacomCBS partnering up with Recur to get into NFTs
- English Premier League files 2 trademarks
- Illuvium land sale amasses $72 million
- Mattel looks to bring their IPs to the blockchain in a partnership with Cryptoys
and much more!
I hope it brings some value to you. Take care.
Screens weren't that prominent in human's lives not that long ago yet today it would be difficult to mention something that doesn't involve one. Probably most of the daily tasks in our lives involves a screen of some sort and that dependency and consumption is what we discuss in today's episode. Starting with a global view of who's the worst (most) and best (least) consumers of screens to narrowing it down to the African continent and then South Africa, we dissect the different devices and how mobile has widened the gap over desktop. What is being consumed is a topic that is just as important because it gives us an idea of where people's attention is. Not forgetting the negative effects of too much screen time on children and adults, we take a look at what could become of screens in the next 5-10 years. Metaverse anyone? I hope this episode is of value to you.
Until next week, take care!
In this episode of the weekly round up we take a look at the following headlines;
- Kanye West and Warner Bros. look to enter the NFT space
- BAYC had their discord compromised, yet again (sigh)
- Sandbox and Decentraland look to celebrate Pride month with inititatives
- South Korean government and OKX Blockdream invest millions into their respective metaverse initiatives
- Cannabis companies see metaverse platforms as a marketing and branding tool
- and much more to cover.
I hope it is informative and adds value. Take care.
From the 1970s when gaming really took off, we take a look at its early beginnings through to its current state as the biggest sector in the entertainment industry. We talk about Africa being the fastest growing gaming market, traditional gaming and blockchain gaming sectors and the effects the pandemic had on both. We discuss the cons and what needs to be done going forward in order for it to carry on in its current trajectory. Let us not forget the insurmountable rise of the mobile gaming market and its recent dominance over desktop, thanks to the developing countries. We also talk numbers, a lot of numbers.
I hope it brings you some value.
The link to the Visual Capitalist Infographic below;
50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020) - Full Size (visualcapitalist.com)
In the first episode of News week, we take a look at the most prominent happenings coming out of different parts of the world. Asia, South America, the US as well as a survey with respondents from Africa and Europe alike, we get a sense of what the sentiment is among individuals, institutions and writers alike. From universities getting involved in conducting research inside the metaverse to senior officials within LEGO stating that the metaverse should be built from the perspectives of children, we cover this and so much more. Oh, and more bans in China again.
Until Friday, take care and thank you for your support.