Speaker Interview: Yat Siu l KBW2024

[Music] well that's like picking your favorite child but I would say you know as Anoka we've invested in over 540 companies and done so much but I think the most important one that we're working on right now is probably the moch because it's essentially about digital identity and building essential social reputation that is onchain that can have an impact for people long term it's kind of like the kind of symbolic Capital that we don't have in web 3 can be done with Moochers that would probably be that and of course education is important with open campus is another major [Music] project well I mean I don't have a I don't if I call it a favorite story but I got into the nftd world because of crypto kitties and even though crypto kites isn't the most valuable inft I think it is the granddaddy in a way in that it has brought people into the ecosystem of course I have my mocha my boord Apes my land and sandbox but I think the original crypto kitties has a special heart and meaning to us because if it wasn't for crypto kites we might not even be in web [Music] 3 so maybe what surprises people is that I actually have a uh background in classical music and I basically studied in Austria and I speak German so maybe that's a little bit surprising for some people so for me it's about building with impact and purpose so the inspiration comes from wanting to build something that is more sort of is bigger than yourself right so I think what we're doing in web 3 is kind of like that what we're building here is a mission that's greater than your own that's how I think we keep ourselves inspired knowing that we are helping [Music] others I would say that that um actually just this morning I was playing um Cosmic Royale which is a game that one of our students helped build which is kind of like a bomber Man game and I think people didn't expect that I could still play after so many years I was beating people much younger than me so you know I think I got some Kudos so made me feel good um rare moments rare moments to be clear [Music] yeah so I had the great privilege of meeting him already but I would say that I would love to spend more time with him and that would be Nolan bushnel Nolan bushel is the creator of Atari you know there's a lot of great gaming Legends but you know um in many ways you know my first job was with Atari right as well back in the 80s so I'm totally dating myself but yes I think uh Nolan [Music] Bush I'm particularly proud that Animo Brands helped bring web 3 with more mainstream and has through its Investments and its activities empowered millions of people to have digital property or essentially kind of property rights basically helping them to get financially included and having ways in which they can really sort of have an income especially during covid that they couldn't have before I think we continue to do that it's a big mission of ours digital property rights