This is an interview with Roberto Nickson, the founder of hugely popular Instagram account Metav3rse, Eluna AI and the MV3 NFT (which last week he announced has been sunset). He recently posted a very honest blog post on why he felt he had to close down MV3, why the current NFT space is largely a 'culture casino' and his thoughts on the future of this space. Thank you to Roberto for being so honest and for coming on the show, onwards and upwards! Welcome to the new and re-vamped Welcome to the Metaverse Podcast and community, which is now a BasedAF production. You can now watch all episodes on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel too⁠ Twitter : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/we_are_basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/basedaf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://plnk.to/welcome-to-the-metaverse/e/⁠ In this episode 00:00:00 - 00:01:58 - What This Episode Is About 00:01:58 - 00:09:40 - The Rapid Growth of The Metav3rse Instagram 00:10:47 - 00:17:00 - The Success and Decline of MV3 00:19:25 - 00:29:00 - The Royalty Wars and Market Turning 00:34:37 - 00:57:51 - The NFT Culture Casino & Business Models 00:57:52 - 01:04:50 - Reflecting on the NFT Space 01:04:55 - 01:06:12 - Selling Metav3rse? 01:06:11 - 01:10:28 - What Roberto Is Working On Now + Future of the Space Read Roberto's full statement on MV3 here : https://mirror.xyz/rpn.eth/FkLhL6ofNsUZjKya3saKWAZ03KZQ6sJDWYLdmHY4ahk Links : Metav3rse Instagram Account : https://www.instagram.com/metav3rse/ Eluna AI : https://www.eluna.ai/