EP14 - 6 APR 2023 - Conversations With Luke Xie @ Pressstart.capital Two Degens (resources, Interviews, On All Things Crypto And Some AI) podcast

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EP14 - 6 APR 2023 - Conversations with Luke Xie @ pressstart.capital

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Today we chat with Luke Xie, General Partner at Press Start Capital, a pre-seed focused venture fund investing in web3 gaming and entertainment full-stack, led by experienced investors and builders from Binance, CoinMarketCap, Coinbase, DivX, Airbnb, and McKinsey. Previously, Luke led crypto investments at Comma Ventures and RocketFuel. He also held strategy and growth roles at Airbnb, Coda Automotive, and McKinsey & Co. Luke has a BS in Management Science from MIT.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How Luke and his partners launched 2 crypto funds
- Takeaways from this year's GDC in SF - including why it's bullish for crypto
- Why Korea is a hotspot for web3 gaming
- The potential for WaaS - wallets as a service
- Innovating on the EVM
- Why gaming is the biggest AND fastest growing market

Key Links:

- Croesus BTC's Why the yuppie elite dismiss bitcoin: https://www.citadel21.com/why-the-yuppie-elite-dismiss-bitcoin

- Press Start Capital: https://pressstart.capital/

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