What I Learned This Past Week - 12.27.22
Happy holidays!!!
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.
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This Week’s Musings
With Christmas in the middle of this past week, not a lot of news to report on in the real estate web3 space. Short read, enjoy!
Informative Articles I Read
Parcl v2 whitepaper - Love that the Parcl team is all about publishing and making sure anyone can dig in and understand how their stuff works.
Podcasts/Events/Webinars/etc. That I Listened To
Jason Lewris is appearing on Proptech Espresso! The podcast episode drops on January 4th, don’t miss it.
Innovative Companies I Discovered
mogul - applies blockchain to the inefficiencies in the traditional real estate industry, providing everyone the ability to directly invest in cash-flowing rental properties (Draper Associated backed).
TAXbit - Tax and accounting solutions for digital assets.
People You Need To Follow On LinkedIn
Scarlet Chen - CEO of Robinland
Web3 Announcements From Proptech Companies
None.
Random But Important Things I Stumbled On
The Agency Turks & Caicos opens metaverse office (RealTrends) - I would expect that by the end of 2023 most brokerages will have a presence in the metaverse for training and sales.
Brown Harris Stevens Launches New Web3 Education Platform (RisMedia) - Despite the decline in cryptocurrency prices, many brokerages realize this payment form is not going away and are educating their agents to service this buyer segment.
Business partners turn on Sam Bankman-Fried (CNN) - That was quick. Guilty pleas with major prison time.