Maria Shen: I think there’s room for a social network based on NFT ownership. Already, niche communities have sprung up to support the ecosystem of people that own a specific NFT — think NBA Topshot, cryptopunks, or Bored Ape Yacht Club. A social media platform could give these different groups a chance to connect and would create a truly unique... See more

Crypto is public, global and gamified by default, and commerce, identity and ownership are all built in from the get go. (How fun is that!) So we wonder, just like how the cloud enabled new types of digital experiences, or how smartphones enabled new types of location-based experiences, could crypto be a platform that enables new types of social... See more

The final pixie dust to tie all of this together is NFTs - this year’s set of ideas for how crypto can get from pipes and rails to applications - to a Netscape moment. Can NFTs, money, creators, collectibles, games, tokens and skins provide a new economic, incentive and experience layer that ties together games, VR, place, identity and broader... See more