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I had a fairly fascinating visitor on the CoinJournal podcast this week. 

A serial entrepreneur, Corey Wilton tells me his story. A child from the Gold Coast in Australia, he didn’t get into University. Today, he runs a metaverse firm, Mirai Labs, out of Vietnam with 75 workers, and has some nice tales from the hysteria of the previous couple of years. 

Honesty might be tough to seek out in crypto, however Corey has it. Adept at discussing the darkish aspect of crypto –  the pump and dumps, the scams, and numerous different points – he additionally delved into his errors and the hurdles he confronted, together with a failed firm impressed by Dollar Shave Club. 

 For entrepreneurs within the area – or certainly, for entrepreneurs exterior the area, too – that is price a hear (for those who excuse my bias). There are many classes Corey has picked up regardless of his younger age, and they’re fascinating to listen to him speak by.

Of course we additionally chat about blockchain gaming and crypto generally. The sector has clearly pulled again massively, and we focus on this new local weather and how the simple beneficial properties of the bull market are lengthy gone. 

I significantly loved the blunt evaluation of a whole lot of initiatives that merely attempt tokenise something, no matter use instances. The bull market is insane to look again on now, however Corey was proper within the thick of it and has some riveting tales to inform. 

Despite launching Pegaxy, the metaverse racing sport, solely a 12 months in the past, it rapidly shot as much as 500,000 customers earlier than the bear market hit. 

Corey is now intent on constructing, bettering their still-developing sport and drawing on every thing he has realized so far. This was a enjoyable one. 

Watch on YouTube here
 
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