🔮 The next pandemics; owning stuff; system fight; dolphin soldiers ++ #370

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I speak with investor Amy Wu, whose $2bn crypto fund FTX Ventures invests in a wide variety of Web3 projects. We talk about crypto on-ramps, the development of Web3 infrastructure, and how crypto is becoming an ubiquitous part of our digital existence.

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The near future

🦠 Enter the pandemicene
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