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Robby Yung runs Animoca Brands' investment business — 650 portfolio companies across Web3. At Paris Blockchain Week 2026, he sits with Alex Richardson to argue blockchain's real product-market fit was always agentic commerce, not human consumer apps. Plus the iTunes "false promise" of digital ownership, why 6 billion gamers are the natural mass-adoption vector, and how RWAs bridge the physical and AI-managed worlds.We cover:- Why crypto's real customer was always AI agents- Digital property rights and the iTunes false promise- Gaming as the mass-adoption vector- What the metaverse actually is- RWAs as the AI-physical bridgeChapters:00:16 - Welcome to Paris Blockchain Week01:12 - Overview of Animoca Brands02:13 - Agentic Commerce and Blockchain03:41 - Consumer User Interface04:27 - Digital Property Rights Explained06:12 - Ownership in the Digital Age07:40 - Gaming and Blockchain Adoption09:28 - The Metaverse and AI12:00 - Optimism and Concerns about AI13:00 - NFTs and Their Future15:05 - Tokenization and Digital Twins16:05 - The French Web3 Ecosystem17:54 - Europe's Role in Crypto19:15 - Future Trends in AI and BlockchainFollow Bitcoin.com for more crypto interviews, insights, and market updates.
