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Yat Siu: Innovation Led by Digital Property Rights
Web 3, Gaming, Open Metaverse Annie Zhang Web 3, Gaming, Open Metaverse Annie Zhang

Yat Siu: Innovation Led by Digital Property Rights

Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming with the mission to deliver digital property rights to the world’s gamers and internet users, thereby creating a new asset class, play-to-earn economies, and a more equitable digital framework contributing to building the open metaverse.

He is a veteran technology entrepreneur and investor based in Hong Kong. He was previously the Founder and CEO of Outblaze, and began his career in Atari Germany. He has been an early advocate for the use of blockchain and NFTs in the gaming industry, which will allow gamers to enjoy true ownership of their own game assets, data and consequently, equity.

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Phillip Wang: Making the Metaverse Open and Accessible
Web 3, Open Metaverse, Social Annie Zhang Web 3, Open Metaverse, Social Annie Zhang

Phillip Wang: Making the Metaverse Open and Accessible

Phillip Wang is the CEO and Co-Founder of Gather. Prior, he spent time building technologies to support more fulfilling relationships across distances at The Siempre Collective, ranging from wearables, audio/video apps, to VR. Before that, he spent time at Facebook, Cruise, Microsoft, and as a researcher in deep learning at CMU. Phillip graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in Computer Science.

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