What I Learned This Past Week - 12.20.22
Opportunities in crisis
I’m sharing with whoever’s interested in what I learn as I try to remain clear-eyed about the opportunities for real estate and web3.
Did I miss important news or a great article this week? In the likely event I did, please shoot me an email (mark@hurstx.com) and let me know!
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This Week’s Musings
As we close in on the final days of 2022, I’ve spent a bit of time reflecting on REw3. Writing this weekly newsletter has certainly accomplished the primary goal of educating myself on what exactly web3 was and why it was relevant to real estate. I’ve surprised myself by actually being able to deliver this weekly for the past 7 months. I’ve been even more surprised that I could build a small (but growing) audience who are interested enough to read my ramblings. As an outcome of this reflection, I plan to make some changes to REw3 in early 2023 to shake things up a bit and continue to challenge myself. More on this in the coming months.
Informative Articles I Read
Could Blockchain Pull the Real Estate Industry Out of Its Hole? (theChainsaw) - Zach Gorman (pictured below) from Blockchain Home Registry penned this great piece. Real substance and not just high-level generalized statements.
Podcasts/Events/Webinars/etc. That I Listened To
I am recording a podcast episode with Parcl’s co-founder & CDO Jason Lewris for Proptech Espresso this week which will be the first episode released in 2023 (drop date is 1/4).
5 Ways Generative Tech Will Change Real Estate Forever (YouTube) - Clickbait title for sure but if you aren’t taking note of how AI is impacting nearly everything, then you are going to be quickly passed by.
Real Estate and Blockchain: The Intersection of The Future (CoinDesk) - Roofstock’s Sanjay Raghavan and Geoff Thompson at I.D.E.A.S. 2022 discuss how the real estate market can potentially use the blockchain and related technologies to transfer, track, and help evolve consumer ownership.
Innovative Companies I Discovered
PEXA - Property Exchange Australia is a blockchain-based centralized platform giving lenders, buyers’ and sellers’ lawyers, and the Australian Land Registries the ability to communicate.
CitaDAO - DeFi meets real estate, a marketplace for tokenized real estate.
People You Need To Follow On LinkedIn
Madison Roberts - Founder & CEO of Crypto Estate
Web3 Announcements From Proptech Companies
MAG, CoinMENA partner to facilitate real-estate transactions using cryptocurrency (YourStory) - It has been a few weeks since I found a relevant article, so I thought I’d at least share this international news.
Random But Important Things I Stumbled On
Take 2 minutes to read this blog post from Fred Wilson where he talks about cryptosignatures and postulates that Web3 and AI are two sides of the same coin.
Blockchain Could Reshape the Real Estate Purchase Process (NASDAQ) - An ETF that invests in blockchain based technology companies.
And finally, enjoy Metaversals NFT Year in Review (highs and lows).