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Virtual communities and digital worlds are the difference between Finance Incumbents, Fintech, and DeFi
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Virtual communities and digital worlds are the difference between Finance Incumbents, Fintech, and DeFi

Virtual communities and digital worlds are the difference between Finance Incumbents, Fintech, and DeFi

Fintech Nexus Staff·
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·Oct. 16, 2020·1 min read

This week, we look at:

  • How the medical reality is accelerating remote work and digital commerce, including the success of buy-now-pay-later companies like Affirm and Klarna

  • The emergence of virtual worlds and video game environments that generate $ billions in revenue and have millions of participants, with examples of Zwift, Fortnite, Tomorrowland, Roblox, Genshin Impact

  • How to connect digital environments to digital communities and their economic activity, including through mechanisms like non-fungible-tokens in Rarible and Async Art

  • Advice for shifting thinking from manufacturing financial product, to starting with the customer, to leveraging the community

  • Fintech Nexus Staff
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