What I Learned This Past Week - 8.30.22
The calm before September's conference storm
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
A bit of a slow down in web3 + real estate news this week. Perhaps news and announcements are being embargoed for a few weeks as we are about to enter September’s very busy conference schedule. In addition to this weekly post, next week I plan on releasing a secondary post about web3 + real estate companies that will be presenting at Blueprint.
[I am in a race against the battery in my laptop dying as I lost power tonight. Apologies for an errors in this post that you may run across.]
Informative Articles I Read
New Town Kolkata Development Authority explores NFTs for land records (BusinessTodayIndia) - More and more municipalities around the world are considering using NFTs to maintain land records.
smart contracts, the LINE, rebooting the economy, and more (Tirios Newsletter) - Anothe great blog post from Tirios about the fundamentals of smart contracts and some fundamental use cases within the real estate industry.
Podcasts/Events/Webinars/etc. That I Listened To
Robert Salvador: Revolutionizing the Global Construction Industry (Proptech Espresso) - My first real estate/web3 podcast with DigiBuild’s CEO Robert Salabvdor drops on Wed August 31. Make sure to check it out and subscribe to upcoming episodes (free)!
Innovative Companies I Discovered
Alpha City - Check out the Social Business Lifestyle Metaverse!
People You Need To Follow On LinkedIn
Pavan Agarwal - CEO of Sun West Mortgage
Daniele Denes - Founder of JOLIBLOCK
Jorge Guinovart - CEO of Alpha Coin (builder of Alpha City)
Web3 Announcements From Proptech Companies
Origin Metaverse announces partnership with Latin American Vreal.mx (GW Prime) - This is the second PR announcement from Origin in a couple of weeks (previously it was with Condo.com). Have to imagine that they have more queued up.
Indian proptech firm launches 3D Metaverse platform for Dubai (India Economic Times) - The intersection of real estate and web3 is a global trend and not just limited to a few countries.
QuantmRE partners with Texture Capital and Launches Its Blockchain-Based Real Estate Marketplace (NewsDirect) - Homeowners can now partner with investors via a ‘Home Equity Agreement’ – a financial structure, protected by a lien on title, that fractionalizes the current and future value of a residence.
Lofty launched on Product Hunt (Product Hunt) - If you have an account on Product Hunt, be sure to upvote Lofty!
Random But Important Things I Stumbled On
How Real Estate Works in the Metaverse (Reader’s Digest) - You likely have one of two reactions when reading the source:
1 - Reader’s Digest is still a thing, or
2 - What the hell is Reader’s Digest?Snoop Dogg and Eminem Performed in the Metaverse at the 2022 VMAs—and the Reactions Were Mixed (Entreprenuer.com) - Not everyone’s cup of tea but I liked it. Even two of raps GOATs need to continually reinvent themselves to be part of today’s conversation.
Vertical Snapshot: The Metaverse (PitchBook) - Downloadable indepth research brief on the generalized metaverse space.
