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Yat Siu

Guest Β· 1 Episode

Key ideas from Yat Siu

  • Animoca Brands has over 600 portfolio companies and generated $300 million revenue with $95 million EBITDA in the last year
  • Gaming retention is fundamentally about social networks - 80% of players are 'socializers' who play because their friends do
  • China's manufacturing dominance is staggering: one Chinese shipyard has more capacity than all US shipyards combined
  • The Internet increases variance on everything - from 9-to-5 salaries to billionaires, 30-minute sitcoms to 30-second clips
  • Digital borders and physical borders will coincide within 20-30 years as the geography of the cloud crystallizes
  • Bitcoin has reached a trillion-dollar valuation without violence, armies, or traditional enforcement mechanisms
  • American anarchy and Chinese control represent two extremes, with network states offering a middle path between them