Alex Tapscott is an entrepreneur, business author, and seasoned capital \nmarkets professional focused on the impact of emerging technologies such \nas Web3, AI, VR/AR and the Metaverse on business, government, and \nsociety.
The collapse of FTX has cast a long shadow over Web3. Critics argue the company’s failure is proof that this new technology is a net negative to society when left to the free market, giving speculators new ways to gamble and criminals’ new tools to evade law enforcement.
I have spent the last two years writing a new book, “Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier,” shining a light on the ways in which citizens, entrepreneurs, creators and business leaders are being impacted by Web3.
NFTs are now often seen as speculative playthings promoted by unscrupulous promoters, celebrities, and other peddlers. Regrettably, as with everything in this nascent industry, that has a ring of truth to it. But NFTs are also one of several tools in the Web3 toolkit that can help creators flourish wherever they are in the world. Yat Siu, a prominent industry investor, told me recently “If bitcoin is a store of value, NFTs are a store of culture.
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