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Gary Liu, founder and CEO of Artifact Labs

“NFTs allow digital media to have intrinsic value.”

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Q&A: Niche co-founders Christopher Gulczynski, CEO, and Zaven Nahapetyan, CTO

“Decentralization is the path forward.”

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Tania Chambers, co-producer of "How to Please a Woman"

“You can’t be what you can’t see.”

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Dr. Alex Box, identity designer and beauty futurist

"I see identity design as the next important step to how we communicate and interpret multiple selves in the metaverse."

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Liam Young, speculative architect and director

"Science fiction is not about prediction. Science fiction is about promoting action."

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Q&A: Michael Bouhanna & Max Moore, co-heads of digital art, Sotheby’s

“I think we will see a mass adoption of the NFT this year.”

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Ryan Mullins, founder and CEO, Aglet

"The biggest opportunity for physical goods is virtual goods."

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Krista Kim, contemporary digital artist, founder of the Techism movement

“The metaverse realized is the imagination realized.”

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Neha Singh, founder and CEO, Obsess

"Our goal is to be to be the technology that powers shopping in the metaverse."

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Kerry Murphy, founder and CEO, The Fabricant

"People are going to see more value in digital assets than in physical assets."

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Daren Tsui, CEO, IMVU and Together Labs

"We see ourselves as the next generation social network."

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Aisha Chottani, founder, Moment

"Moment is a gateway into meditation."

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vAns Zhang, founder, Trashaus

"We want to build a network to link our clients' single-use plastic to others who can use that plastic in different industries."

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Marina Andrijevic, researcher, Climate Analytics

"We cannot properly address climate change without addressing gender inequality."

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Regeneration Rising

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Dr. Emily Anhalt and Alexa Meyer, cofounders, Coa

"The mental fitness revolution will be as big as—or bigger than—the physical fitness revolution."