What I Learned This Past Week - 9.6.22
So much going on, it's hard to keep up with all the news
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 this week’s post falling after Labor Day and shortly before Blueprint I figured we were in store for a quiet week. While this might be true for proptech web3 announcements, there was no shortage of interesting web3 + real estate content released this week. Enjoy this week’s post and check out the podcast episode I recorded with Robert Salvador of DigiBuild!
Informative Articles I Read
Ripple Blockchain Plans For Colombia Real Estate Fail To Get Off The Ground (Forbes) - Shame to see this initiative has hit a wall. Let’s hope that Columbia is able to restart this promising project.
Crypto real estate: the property market built on digital assets (FT.com) - From Portugal, to England, to Latin America, countries are finding ways to facilitate crypto-based transactions for real estate without running afoul of existing regulation.
Can The Metaverse Disrupt The Architecture World? (Fifth Wall) - Well worth listening to this 5 minute YouTube video featuring Kirk Finkel.
Podcasts/Events/Webinars/etc. That I Listened To
Robert Salvador: Revolutionizing the Global Construction Industry (Proptech Espresso) - I teased it last week and now it is live! Check out my far ranging construction and web3 discussion with DigiBuild’s CEO Robert Salvador.
Quest Crypto: Pushing the Frontier in Real Estate (Meat & Potatoes Podcast) - I’m always willing to give a fellow podcaster a shot and am glad I checked out this episode of the Meat & Potatoes podcsast.
Real Estate Tokenization 2.0 Pannel Session (Asia Proptech Beyond 2022) - Free online event on September 8th featuring Alex Pham (RealBox), Claus Skaaning (DigiShare), and Yael Tamer (SolidBlock).
Innovative Companies I Discovered
Crypto Real Estate - International residential listing site with prices in dollars and multiple crypto currencies.
Realbox - A blockchain-driven real estate platform that will innovate property investment by offering fractional investment opportunities to everyone.
BRIKN - Stake your tokens and receive rewards from Brik by Brik’s entire property portfolio.
Estate Protocol - A platform bringing fractional ownership for commercial real estate via blockchain.
People You Need To Follow On LinkedIn
Mayur Mistry - Digital Innovation Technologist at Perkins & Will
Kirk Finkel - Metaverse Architect at untitled, xyz
Michael Waters - Co-Founder & CTO of Quest Crypto
Web3 Announcements From Proptech Companies
Fintech Milo unveils crypto-mortgage refis (HousingWire) - Milo is diversifying its offering portfolio and has introduced a cash-out refinance product for up to $5M, allowing borrowers to pledge their crypto assets for up to 100% of their property’s appraised value.
Random But Important Things I Stumbled On
El Salvador Had a Bitcoin Revolution. Hardly Anybody Showed Up (Bloomberg) - Early days, and while not a resounding success it also has not been a massive failure. Only time will tell if this turns out to be much more than a publicity stunt.
Introducing the Samsung NFT Platform for your Samsung TV (Samsung.com) - No escaping NFTs these days, soon they will be in all new TVs!
How Real Estate Must Evolve Through Digital Branding (Inc.com) - Check out this recent piece by my friend Tom Gil.
Home Buying Benefit from U.S. Army (YouTube) - Zero down loans or free office bagels. The choice is obvious.
What A Unicorn Knows - Awesome to see my amigo Pablo Dominguez publish this book. As an operating partner at Insight Partners, he knows a thing or two about unicorns and is truly qualified to write this.