In this episode, we spoke with Elston Sam, a seasoned web2 entrepreneur who gambled on bringing the next billion users to the web3 sector through a revolutionary gaming platform. Having learned about NFTs in 2017, he describes how he and his co-founders developed Ethlas the following year in 2021. Their goal is to provide smoother transitions between web2 and web3 technologies through the development of gaming and security solutions in the web3 sphere.

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00:00:51 - CryptoKitties made me do it!

00:02:29 - Life before Ethlas

00:04:00 - The right time getting into the space

00:07:07 - Ethlas’ 2 vertical arms: Gaming arm and Security arm

00:09:15 - Putting an B2B2C element 

00:12:05 - Being the Bridge to Ease Adoption

00:14:30 - More focused on Improving Efficiency

00:16:28 - Games Were the most Widely Adopted Web3 App

00:18:18 - Promoting Web3 Through Gaming

00:20:09 - Ethlas Resonates Interoperability and Incentive Structure

00:23:53 - Gaming Use Cases as the Universal Factor for Web3 Adoption

00:25:21 - Ethlas’ gaming portfolio

00:26:05 - Mobile first approach

00:27:00 - Finding the Perfect Position for Every New Game

00:28:39 - Emphasizing first on safety and trust

00:31:57 - Ethlas Also Provides Strict Security & Recovery

00:36:09 - Bridging and Pushing User Adoption into Web3 Space

00:38:08 - General On-Chain Transaction Security is Crucial

00:41:06 - The Builder Season

00:42:22 - Leverage the Bear Market to Identify Strong Firms

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In this episode, we discussed the following topics:

1. Discover why digital content selling for thousands of dollars on the web intrigued one founder to dive into Web3.

2. Uncover how one startup is leveraging the gaming industry to bridge Web2 and Web3.

3. Explore why games are the lowest common denominator for adoption into the Web3 space.

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Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/

Connect with Elston Sam and Ethlas: 

Elston Sam on Linkedin: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/elstonsam

Elston Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elstonsam/?hl=en

Elston Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elston_ethlas

Ethlas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ethlas_Official

Ethlas (Website): https://ethlas.com/

Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on:

Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/

Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31

Website: https://talentweb3.co/

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In this interview, Nathanael shares about his experience moving from being a lawyer, where he was helping companies during the ICO in 2017 to founding Avium. He also shares his views about how the current economy is broken, with a lot of centralization across platforms. Avium was born to solve the issue of helping game studios get from 0 to 1, by creating an ecosystem of ​​people, distribution, capacity, financiers for gaming and esports companies. By creating a community around the respective game studios, Avium serves to refine D2C - “direct to community”. He believes that the down period is the moment to redefine things, and where social movements will take place.

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00:02:10 - Web3 is Mostly Uncontrolled and It Needs To Be Improved

00:03:36 - Understanding web3 is a technique to give individuals business's market-valued asset

00:05:16 - Describing web3 is technological adoption and cultural trend

00:07:50 - Web3 develops communities and aligns incentives

00:09:09 - How attention economy monetizes ads and sponsorship

00:13:13  - Avium tries to leverage web3 to provide communal ownership

00:14:20 - A gaming and media publisher, that’s Avium

00:17:13 - Avium uses web3 to locate the genuine community that wants to connect with material by giving them an NFT

00:19:46 - Avium constructs NFTs that represent the studio-user connection

00:21:54 - What’s the edge of Avium among other studios?

00:23:29 - Factors that Nathanael’s considered before making his crazy move to Avium

00:24:58 - Avium’s Ecosystem and how it benefits the stakeholders

00:28:40 - How Avium construct their workflow

00:31:33 - Solidifying community and partnerships

00:34:31 - Blockchain technology builds confidence in a trustless environment

00:36:44 - In the young market, meeting the appropriate people and having nice discussions is the greatest way to learn

00:39:04 - Avium is combining web2 discipline with web3 and seeing how to construct

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In this episode, we discussed the following topics:

1. How Web3 technology enables people to build communities and align incentives among them to succeed together.

2. How Avium is combining esports teams, media, and animation studios to bring them to Web3 and publish with the community.

3. What it means to own an NFT, and the experiential journey it provides from comic to video game to big screen.

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Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/

Learn more about Nathanael Lim and Avium:

Nathanael Lim on Linkedin: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/nathanael-lim-0bb690a3

Avium on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aviumworld?lang=en

Avium Origins: https://mint.aviumorigins.com/

Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on:

Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/

Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31

Website: https://talentweb3.co/

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An avid gamer since childhood, Renz Chong pursues his passions for gaming and blockchain by joining BreederDAO project, a venture that strives to empower users with their own digital asset ownership, creating an ironic twist to the traditional concept of true ownership. He has experience in consulting, startups, ecommerce, fintech, and decentralized finance. He rediscovered cryptocurrency and blockchain and became interested in decentralized finance applications. Renz discovered asset creation and the concept of blockchain gaming and now assists with empowering users and creators to construct and change objects through his work with BreederDAO.

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00:02:10 - Renz’ first startup experience at a local ride hailing company

00:04:35 - Rediscovering blockchain and crypto in a different light

00:06:30 - Falling in love with the concept of NFTs

00:08:20 - Being involved in the space to gain ownership of entities

00:10:26 - Endless possibilities you can do in blockchain gaming

00:15:21 - Empower users and provide them with the necessary tools to craft or modify their own assets

00:18:24 - Exploring metaverse: a chance for a second life

00:20:00 - Bringing ideas to life, bringing ideas to assets

00:23:01 - The contribution to the space is focused on the asset side

00:24:58 - In a unique position to be able to capture a huge market

00:26:34 - Bridging merchants or bringing brands into this metaverse via games

00:28:32 - Getting into the flow with BreederDAO

00:30:04 - Creating a space where people will be able to use machines to craft their own items

00:32:16 - The biggest challenge is how the industry will mature

00:34:37 - Adoption is a growing challenge for new innovations

00:36:05 - Influencing every asset that exist in the digital world is BreederDAO’s goal

00:38:24 - Separating good projects from bad is one advantage of the bear market fiasco

00:42:20 - The best things about the crypto industry

00:43:15 - How to get in touch with Renz Chong

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In this episode, we discussed the following topics:

1. Earning Money through gaming: Discover how gamers can earn money through blockchain applications and explore the innovative features of blockchain gaming.

2. Asset Creation in Metaverse: Learn how to create assets in the crypto world and what it means to have true ownership in the digital world.

3. Bridging the Digital and Physical Worlds: Uncover how to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds and bring ideas to life.

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Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/

Learn more about Renz Chong and BreederDAO:

Renz Chong on Linkedin: https://ph.linkedin.com/in/renz-chong

BreederDAO.io :https://www.breederdao.io/

BreederDAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BreederDAO

Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on:

Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3

Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/

Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31

Website: https://talentweb3.co/

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