What's the Metaverse? Where's the Money?

On Thursday 23rd May at 8.30pm London (3.30pm New York and 5.30am Sydney), my co-author Victoria Richardson and I will be on Zoom discussing our new book “Money in the Metaverse”. All subscribers to this substack will receive a Zoom invite to come and join us! After a few introductory remarks it will be an open discussion and we look forward to your questions, observations, criticism and suggestions. If you are not a subscriber, subscribe today and you can take part in the discussion!Subscribe nowBy way of an introduction to the book and the topics it covers, here is the preface to the book that was written by my good friend and online pioneer Eva Pascoe.“Imagination is the air of mind” – Philip James Bailey. If you, like me, are a frustrated Metaverse explorer, then you will find it hard to put this book down. I read it on a flight from London to San Francisco and I was so engrossed in it that on touchdown I thought that the flight had been unusually short!David and Victoria deliver a dazzling glimpse of what could be possible in the Metaverse. They paint an image of secure digital identities that can not only be attached to individuals like you and me, but also to companies or groups. They explore the feasibility of person-to-person transactions and the swapping of tokens, as well as looking at the role that banks and financial institutions might play in providing customer-centric guardrails for security and trust.Virtual worlds…What's the Metaverse? Where's the Money?