We have been talking to Jiho (Co-founder of Axie Infinity) and covering play-to-earn for quite a while now so it was time to bring him onto the MetaPortal podcast.
We talked about the current state of the Axie Infinity ecosystem, including the recent slowdown in user growth and the pipeline of features and content that will unlock the next cycle.
We discussed if future growth will come from any particular geographic market and how Axie missionaries around the world are replicating the model used to spread religion centuries ago.
Never to run out of questions, we also asked Jiho about:
Relationship between play-to-earn economies and gaming guilds;
If Sky Mavis has plans to venture into financial services (beyond the Ronin wallet) and attempt to bank the unbanked;
Decentralisation of the ecosystem and decision making;
Forward-looking projections.
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MetaPortal Podcast - Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin, Sky Mavis