In an interview that is cryptonews.com that is exclusive Rashid Ajami, Co-Founder & CEO of Metropolis World, talks about building an world that is AR/VR that is immersive blending e-commerce & blockchain &creating web3 apps that look & feel like web2 apps.
About Rashid Ajami
Rashid Ajami will be the Co-Founder & CEO of Metropolis World, metaverse experience &virtual landscape made up of stunning art, physi-digital marketplace &an immersive itinerary of curated programming, perks &events.
Rashid may also be a music that is digital &sound design artist situated in London. He’s got released tracks that are critically acclaimed renowned labels such as Anjunadeep, Get Physical, Noir, Tale + Tone, TOR &Armada Electronic Elements. He’s collaborated with electronic music heavyweights Booka Shade &Julia Govor, been remixed by the likes of Maya Jane Coles &Ramon Tapia, supported by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, as well as featuring in some of the music that is world’s that are biggest such as Rolling Stone, Mixmag, DJ Mag &Clash.
Rashid Ajami gave wide-ranging interview that is exclusive you yourself can see for publication provided there is credit to www.cryptonews.com.
- Highlights below&we are happy it of The Interview
Blending unique properties, e-commerce, gaming, art, fashion
Moving from the music industry to crypto
Secret sauce of building in bear market - Building an world that is immersive AR/VR
Web3 apps that look & feel just like web2 apps - Full Transcript associated with Interview
Matt Zahab
Ladies &gentlemen, welcome back once again to the Crypto news Podcast for you to use. Our company is buzzing as always &i am super pumped to possess today’s guest into the show we’ve got Rashid Ajani, to reach hot from beautiful London England considered one of my own cities that are favorite easily top three city into the world that is whole got to love that place. Rashid is the Co-Founder &CEO of Metropolis World Metaverse experience landscape that is & virtual of stunning art, physi-digital marketplace &an immersive itinerary of curated programming perks &events. Rashid can also be an music that is electronic highly recommend checking out his tracks I shall include these into the show notes.
Week i’ve been bumped him all & Sound Design Artists based in London. He is released tracks that are critically acclaimed renowned labels such as Anjunadeep, Get Physical, Noir, Tail &Tone, TOR &Armada Electronic Elements. He’s also Collab with electronic music heavyweights such as Booka Shade &Julia Govor, been remixed by the likes of Maya Jane Coles &Ramon Tapia also been supported by Pete Tong on BBC Radio One we’ve all heard that Pete Tong intro you’ll love that as well as featuring in some of the world’s music titles that are biggest such as for instance Rolling Stone, Mixmag, DJ Mag &Clash. Been minute that is hot finally got him on Rashid, welcome to the show my friend.
Matt Zahab
You live in London man how much of treat is London I love starting off by getting to know the guest city. It’s every time I go to London place that is such is magical. The one thing i really do in contrast to me little but every right time i’ve been there it is beyond world class is you guys don’t get lot of sun, which sometimes irks. How sweet is it live in in London man?
Rashid Ajami
It’s amazing. I mean, I was born here grew up here you re known by you have got lot happening&for me London’s beautiful city. On the other hand you have got parks that are great that is good well in the middle of the city. So it’s definitely home.
Matt Zahab
You must have DJ that some clubs that are pretty are sick as well.
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, what i’m saying is the scene here for music is amongst the top scenes i’d extremely say it is intimate. You have got these clubs that are intimate that folks they come there for the songs, East London has vibe that is excellent. I really like for the elements it absolutely was phenomenal therefore I actually spent in LA, which year. But I ultimately still wound up back in London. It is definitely where my heart are at.
Matt Zahab
Before we enter into the Crypto &Metropolis World Rashid, I’d like to buzz in the music forefront for small bit. How did you obtain involved with it? Me personally, I have close to no music fibers within my body. I like listening to music. Personally I think like in life, you are either blessed with athletic genes or genes that are musical I got the genes that are athletic i can not play any instruments to truly save my entire life. I have always desired to I have tried. I recently do not have it.
Therefore I’m always made perhaps jealous could be the expressed word that is wrong. But I have this type or types of appreciation for people like yourself which have this gene that is musical. Did you receive in at early age where your parents you understand, place you on to music lessons&all that walk me through&then? How did you truly become sweet DJ &what was it like working with many of these labels which are massive into the space as well?
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, totally. After all, used to do grow up playing piano &violin, into the sense that is classical of parents forced me to perform it at early age &i may be i that is honest not enjoy that. It wasn’t something that I was super passionate about so. However it at the very least did give me some background that is university that is musical became actually at Georgetown in Washington, DC.
There clearly was large amount of great you realize, parties happening &people were beginning to pay attention to house that is deep simply started music that is creating associated with blue I started of GarageBand &downloaded Logic &started playing &created track called Rule the planet without any musical expertise in production &actually finished up setting it up remixed by Maya Jane Coles, i simply sent it out to few people. It was picked by her up remixed it &it’s very track that is simple.
It offers limited, you realize technical, is not it isn’t technically good produced track, however it had some feeling of vibe to it &just having that confidence of Maya doing the remix was where my career basically were only available in university &just that I gave from me the confidence to keep pushing, keep learning &grow the career.
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, absolutely. What i’m saying is, it really is simply originating from London was something that is excellent. After all, you understand it is simply, especially in the us likely to university that having being free, you understand leaving home &then just stepping into the songs scene in DC really was exciting &it really was during the time when deep house was becoming thing you understand, that you had the big EDM element Swedish House Mafia days, which before I loved &I actually really liked their music.
This has this feel that is emotive it. But I was all about creating these more vocal that is chilled tracks &i simply got really involved with it for me personally. I became very passionate me the chops very in early stages once I to be realn’t actually that experienced as producer about it&it was very lucky to begin on great labels like in Junior Deep aya kind that is&having of.
Matt Zahab
I love that. Who tickles your right that is fancy now? You have heard Fred Again, he is blown up for me personally i believe my i am sure. I love his tracks. It simply gets me in a sort that is few of. But I still think &this is cliche that is pretty, but like Rufus is my top. I feel that you can run go to the gym chill on the beach like you can study to that you can do research to. Personally i do believe just want itis ideal for everything. Who with this type of electronic side gets you going at this time?
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, funnily enough i must agree Rufus is certainly one of my favorites as well, since it’s not melodic, readily available music like lot from DJ perspective, so I really rate them &then Blond:ish I because she has this very broad ability to play to you know different styles. So &funnily enough, i like all genres. I also like hip hop, I like classical even simply because of experiencing played it into the past.
Therefore I’m very ready to accept large amount of different music. But unfortunately with my Metropolis that is In’t that is currently doing been the maximum amount of recently. That is the one downside,
Matt Zahab
Of course &we’ll enter into that the real way you &the team at Metropolis will likely tie in? Well, you have got already tied in but will likely continue to tie for the good reason that element that is musical. But was such background that is crazy is musical why the jump to Crypto, why the jump to kind of the Metaverse niche &for those in your home listening like have a look at website, the NFTs, it really is absolute bananas. It really is simply crazy world that is vertical is futuristic the art is phenomenal. But before we get into metropolis, like why the jump from music to crypto?
Rashid Ajami
So really it was music that brought me to Crypto &NFTs because I was feeling frustrated with the music industry in the sense that unless you’re like really heavily on the DJ circuit &touring, it’s not an easy, it’s not easy to make money really, you know you’re in position is where if you’re just purely producing, which I was getting to the stage was focused more on production, there was no way to really monetize that firstly was the first thing I was looking at it &two I’m interested in audio visual &I saw NFTs &it was this opportunity to create these audio visual pieces &it just opened this whole thing of digital to me &actually launched on April falling through eternity which was short music clips with cool visuals &then unlocks even more music can you start to have this ability to create journey that you don’t typically have doing the typical release on label, which is way of producing music.
Matt Zahab
And on the music that is traditional as well i have been luckily enough to own lot of guests on just you realize, pretty amazing experiences &resumes into the music industry &it may seem like there is ConsenSys that Blockchain tech &NFTs will unlock much more for the avid &you know, diehard fan of artists &i suppose you are located in exactly the same yard as the individuals like yourself that have.
Rashid Ajami
Yes, totally. Up it might be exclusive, no one else has it because i have noticed among the key areas of Blockchain &i believe works for music is this concept of group of fans loyalty, opening that up &having better relationship from artists to listener &it offers you feeling of types of ownership associated with music, especially then it was CDs &it was fun experience of that purchase if it’s exclusive if you launch an exclusive NFT that you lose little bit with today’s typical streaming because you know the old days you go to vinyl store you pick it. That is bit lost you back to owning piece of music that &cherishing it &having provenance you know, just streaming music on YouTube even &that’s great gives lot of access, NFTs almost takes around it in.
Matt Zahab
It’s crazy. It really is pretty bananas, simply just how much the songs industry has changed over the last like even half decade, specifically with the prominence of social network, like even I will be not TikTok that is guy that is big, as marketer &as someone with clients, I have to spend short period of time every week on TikTok to know the new trends to know the new songs &like there are so many artists that are blown up just from having one hook &one song go viral on TikTok &another sort of caveat to that is like the new trend of artists no longer creating you know, classic Stairway to Heaven. What is that eight, nine-minute song now? It’s like you create songs that are two minutes &20 seconds long, just so people stream the shit out of it. It absolutely bananas like I find.
Rashid Ajami
Absolutely. I am talking about, it is funny like it is getting shorter &shorter since it is. Eventually folks are making like 10 records which are second. But yeah, personally i think the real way that is same’s in way I liked that opportunity opens up obviously the capability for individuals making it big &get their voice. I am aware large amount of young artists that great talented artists that they struggle to get out there because they don’t know the right gatekeepers in the music industry.
Therefore I think something such as that on TikTok amplifies that. Then again NFTs also amplifies that as you have this power to have medium that is release that is new &offer different things, which does not currently exist. Therefore it is really exciting. I do not think music’s fully formulated through the Blockchain Web3 perspective, i believe it is just like the thing that is people that are next taking a look at &i do believe it requires more mass adoption, just generally Blockchain &Web3 for this to essentially take off. But i do believe there is definitely something in there from music perspective.
Matt Zahab
So Rashid let’s imagine i wish to start you understand the, i wish to be DJ. I’ll call myself Matt easy regarding the decks whatever. I started, you understand making some deep house songs because like listening to that I? How could you recommend me just like one to two minute primer if you were to give if I were to start I’d be doing some tropical house or some deep house, you know the kind of tracks?
How would you recommend I utilize Blockchain technology NFTs or perhaps even routes that are just traditional obviously there is the fundamentals like, log on to TikTok, YouTube shorts, you realize Snapchat, Facebook reels, do all the stuff that scale, the simpler approaches to blow up. But i suppose, speaking in traditional web2 networking that is social Blockchain that is&using NFTs what will be your two-minute primer in order to make name on your own as new musician in the market.
Rashid Ajami
Totally. Therefore I think regarding the side that is traditional therefore if someone’s planning to release music in traditional way, I’d say from my experience seeking to get recognized artist, or more recognized it doesn’t should be, you recognize Maya Jane Coles or Black Coffee, but someone who’s already has following to varying degrees to perform an edit or remix associated with track, is way that is truly smart immediately have new audience because let’s imagine you had Maya Jane Coles perform some remix, immediately her audience potentially becomes your audience &you can types of row from that. Out there for even other creators you know, don’t be precious of the music in the sense that let people edit it, let people rework it, get it so I would look at that, I’d say.
The people in Web3, it’s small community still that you can build &Blockchain these small, very heavily engaged communities through Twitter &because it’s small crew, compared to the larger on the Blockchain side, I think the beauty there is you know, worldwide listening audience. So then it goes to 100 &100 goes to 1000 if you’re consistent in small community, even in discord, talk to them get feedback, that’s the first step I think &once you have 50 if you build up 50 listeners, but they’re going to follow everything you do &buy your NFTs &you can get them. It, you are needs to have more opportunity before you decide to know. Therefore I would take those two avenues through the right time that is same. As you said somewhere, like you go to the local place, play that consistently, people are gonna be like, who’s this guy &you actually builds up over time if I was starting from scratch &trying to DJ.
Matt Zahab
And all it requires is similar to one influencer, or one individual into the audience with big following you realize, taking TikTok that is quick video or Instagram video posting to their story of you buzzin on the decks &you’re off to the races, it’s pretty crazy because it does help I have to say like getting some gig, you know you’re let’s say you’re in Mexico. And simply caveat to your point as well.
It is for you know, 50 bucks pop &you have 1000 true fans, we’re gonna pay for that $50 release, whether it’s an NFT or anything else it’s like, you can make living off that &getting 1000 In today’s day &age with social media having reach of what half the world about 4 billion people with internet connections like I want to say, I learned this on the Tim Ferriss Podcast, but it’s the rule of 1000 true fans where it’s like, once you have 1000 true fans who will purchase anything you put out, like if you put something out? Enjoy it’s not that tough to have you any basic idea the main reason?
Rashid Ajami
Exactly, I realized I will be believer that is big the reason thatis the solution to take action. You need to you realize, you treat every listener that is single the listener you know, as the you give everyone that that known amount of attention. I used to always just anyone who commented on my SoundCloud, I’d respond, I’d give message that is personal that what’s the listener right, that will listen to all your stuff, you know go on that journey I think we forget that sometimes in this you know, whenever you see people have million likes &their stuff with you. However the solution to really build audience that is true to build the core that is first, your true individuals who really rely on you back you &itis the same in Web3 we are simply because in Web3 of most these different communities are tiny communities, that are doing lot as small number of individuals.
Matt Zahab
They truly care well written. Let us jump into Metropolis World. It really is metaverse that is crazy the virtual landscape, you have the art that is crazy. You’ve got the programming that is perks that are creative events, you name it. The thing that was kind of the aha moment or inception story of Metropolis World? When did you &your sis type of decide? Wow we surely got to get this to happen.
Rashid Ajami
Totally therefore I think that they were building, you know that kind of mythology behind some of these collections, the artwork, it was good, but there was room to do more &really develop something more &my sister created something called PIP Silent, which was an immersive experience in Times Square for kids, bit like Sleep No More, I don’t know, then started looking at these larger collections, the PFP collections jumping in the disk was getting into the communities &that what I felt was missing was depth to the worlds if you remember, Sleep No More was big thing that people would go through it &there’s actors &you engage with them &you’re in these sets &it’s like real world immersive experience &seeing she’s been doing that for many years world building for many years, I felt there was an opportunity to bring my music side, her world building experience &create something that’s really next level for me, I started looking at NFTs on the music side, the one of one NFT so looking at known are rich &super rare at the time when that was really kicking off.
So always right from the start was like, let us create next amount of like forget generative you understand, let us build city that each single building is exclusive &let’s ensure that every building has story &it’s world as rich as Harry Potter that we felt you know it, no one’s there because there’s nothing to do&so we went head one point first, you know like it was all about let’s build the content, the partners, we had brought on board 75 founding citizens, people like Steve Aoki, Blondish all the way to artists, to Yung Gravy, all these cool individuals to contribute to the world &we kind of went content partnerships, IP first, versus building 3d world with empty.
Matt Zahab
The art side of that which you guys did can be so intriguing in my experience. Like, how did you show up with that style? And exactly how did you go about drawing each building by hand? Like, again you are able to tell that this is simply not computer generated? Because each block of land slash building anything you desire to call it, each NFT can be so different like, who had been the art director that is creative? How did she or he or they show up with this particular? Like, walk me during that whole story that is whole.
Rashid Ajami
Yeah. So my sister is Chief Creative Officer. You know what you want to build &we brought up to speed an artist called Raphael &he had this talent of drawing very detailed properties &buildings &his landscapes &we work just you realize, hour after hour, every single day, building each property heading back &forth &we wished to create world that has been realistic but fantastical during the time that is same so she types of looks, handles the world building the aesthetic, do. Which means you know, my sister took large amount of inspiration from Miyazaki that you’ve you understand, the drugstore &the arcade orld that is&real, the pizza shop, the kebab shop, but then done in this kind of fantastical way from you know, these fantastical worlds, but then grounding reality in it.
Therefore it is relatable, that then takes you into world you can get lost in that has magic to it &it was work that is really heavy for city you know. Day i mean it’s truly non generative &we have dream that one you would just see it on massive wall. All of us are about physical experiences&you could just spend hours looking during the details. In physical environment like real artwork.
Matt Zahab
That’s you literally just put my next question on absolute platter for me personally, just layup &half. The aspect that is physical of, crazy events, concerts, there clearly was tying in AR &VR. How will you tie to the aspect that is whole is physical? It’s so difficult to do to make people feel like they’re actually there in virtual world. What’s the sauce that is secret that? How can that magic is worked by you&actually make it come to fruition?
Rashid Ajami
What we identified as the stage that is first of which we are launching pretty soon, is the fact that we felt there is opportunity that is huge commerce &figital items. You can fully customize the avatar on chain in one week so we are launching this marketplace that is avatar essentially. It can be t that is wearing is supreme, you recognize then you can definitely stick cap on every item is really a unique NFT essentially.
So you have wardrobe of NFTs that you dress her avatar with &we’ve gone implanted with 100 brands &partners. Steve Aoki has his fashion line. Mike Shinoda has his fashion line, Christian Cohen, he’s an up &coming great designer has his line &those tie back to physical items, the same physical item so then, you know you buy the t shirt &in shop, you can then redeem the virtual version &you teach people how to get into the Metaverse set up their wallets, joining Metropolis World virtually, from something they already understand which is really cool, you know piece of clothing if you buy the physical so at one of our pop ups, we’re launching pop ups in New York, LA &London, where you’ll have events, you’ll have DJ sets, you’ll have art, music, coffee shop community, but if you buy the virtual, you redeem the physical &then we’re going the other way around, right. So our company is doing both ways &we think commerce will be the step that is first it is a thing that brands understand. It ties back once again to whatever they want &the general consumers, you understand Web2 consumers understand it as well. To ensure that’s that which we’re betting on for the following three to 6 months.
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, we are wanting to build the supreme associated with Metaverse such that it’s like, you realize if we take because it, let’s take another Metaverse. I do not wish to install any Metaverse. But sandbox is cool like we do not think you are going to wait in line in New York Soho to get Sandbox X whoever tee shirt, Paris Hilton tee shirt, right? But Metropolis is something we would like it to feel just like the supreme associated with Metaverse it requires to be brand along with virtual world &weare going to emphasize that through these pop that is beautiful where you go it relates back once again to your true to life out you meet people this community who has its digi-physical.
These products have reached top quality, they unlock exciting things in the event that you purchase the Steve Aoki Metropolis tee shirt maybe unlocks an record that is example that is unreleased. So items that people can understand &that are tangible. Really, i do believe this is where we must initially focus.
Matt Zahab
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Discord is still buzzing, everything is still buzzing that I love about Metropolis World, is. How can you into the united team keep the grouped community engaged in bear market? It is not an plain thing that is easy do. You guys still have people who touch upon every post that is single you guys still have true fans, what’s the sauce that is secret building into the bear market?
Rashid Ajami
i do believe it absolutely was through the through the get go we really attempted to build community that individuals’re thinking about the project in place of types of speculating regarding the NFTs from financial perspective for people. That you know we have this really positive community that are in this for the long term &believe in the vision that we’re creating &I think that’s really critical in this space so we have this kind of fandom experience, we’ve seen our community expand on the lore build up in terms of what we’ve built &you know expand on that &that for us, I think is the critical piece so.
Because lot of projects, they come with lot of hype &you know they go there’s so hype that is much it is only really down after that versus our approach happens to be more systematic, like just build day by day, add value day by day, consistently just give more learn, like true startup, you realize like most real life company, it is about iterating building value consistently in the long run, you must sustain that &it could be difficult versus you realize having big moment of hype &then.
Therefore I think it has been it really is exactly like that which we talk about into the music side. It really is simply, you recognize people’s view related to vision we’ve got we communicate that vision clearly &we have quite step that is step that is clear that we try to achieve as company to add value every day, every week, every month going forward.
Matt Zahab
Just kicking out the can I love it. Another thing you guys do I just know i keep groing through all of the good there is amount that is really large of here, but there is however no bad here. However in along side it that is building that is good immersive world without AR VR, I know that this was potentially discussed on the roadmap &whatnot, you guys decided to gas it. I’m huge fan of that.
I’ve tried on the AR, you know, the AR goggles, the VR goggles, I think AR, whether it’s apple, I think eyeglass, they’re calling it or Apple glasses, whatever, I think that may have chance with, you know, Apple’s track record in the hardware, building space, but AR &VR specifically, it’s just not cool right now, you know like you put the headset on if you feel like it’s just not there, perhaps in couple of years it will be. But i prefer how you guys are deciding to generate this world that is immersive on tangible physical events &assets as if you’ve discussed, but was it simply a total no brainer right from the start to actually not you will need to intertwine AR &VR while building an world that is immersive?
Rashid Ajami
You know, it’s really been realization that has come about of watching the market &seeing what’s been happening currently existing Metaverses that they should&what we realize is that they still don’t have the adoption, to have that level of engagement. So our company is due to the fact the adoption will not be quite there. Precisely what exactly our company is doing through along side it that is building that is virtual concept of property hubs, where when you enter property, it’s almost like virtual Squarespace, where you can do what you like.
So let’s say you have your space, you could invite some close friends&play poker &then chat &have fun &engage with that you might host podcast, you might have an AMA, you might sell goods, you might bring people in there &you know ask for product feedback if you should be brand. It is therefore these interactive spaces which are often 2d meets 3d, along side these plugins which are often more realistic that men and women can certainly use &these spaces we come like you have your Instagram page that’s great for photos across them as such as an evolution of social networking, it is you have TikTok that’s great for your video content &then you’ve got your Metropolis World property, which is more about interactions, it’s about, you know hosting an event, doing concert, hanging out with friends, playing game of poker, whatever it might be. So that’s what we’re trying to build. But we’re going really slowly because we’re trying to test it to the point that we just that we know it’s sticky. Until we have that product that then later can become yeah, like ready player one level &yes maybe so we are testing iterating, testing iterating you go in with the VR &AR but to build VR &but not have the content, the community, the visuals, the partners, the art, like all that happening stuff doesn’t make sense, because then you’re just kind of it’s too gimmicky. Whereas with this approach, you’re building all the recipe of what is city that is happening have &then you create the equipment to have that city associated with backup &that’s types of the we flipped the approach &i do believe that is our differentiator that is biggest, but I will be always telling people.
Matt Zahab
Another approach you guys took, that is rare to the Metaverse World is not any coin, i prefer that why no coin?
Rashid Ajami
So you want it we felt that to perform coin, we must have reach point we’ve got larger audience &understand really what folks are doing on earth you could have fine art board that choose what is them&what they want out of Metropolis World to create then that kind of governance that the coin allows you to do because coin could be super cool in the sense that you could vote for the mayor of the city. You could have people who vote on who should DJ at Metropolis Worlds Festival it can be really epic.
But to do that to the coin first, as much as it’s financially could be very you know, it’s people who launch these coins, they make ton of money, I think to have coin that is successful, it must be done by you well a corner of a ecosystem which includes recently been well grounded &established. So the term is being used by us view that is long.
Matt Zahab
Agreed. It just seems like everyone who builds Metaverse it’s like it’s just sort of par for the course you know, it’s almost parallel you launched the Metaverse &almost the coin at the time that is same months later, it simply may seem like the opportunity for the creators to produce couple that is quick &pray to God you understand, the coin will not drop too much. So it is an way that is straightforward give your community bump that is quick the beginning. Often there’s quick pump that is little the coin launches.
In the event that team does you realize good marketing that is r that is enough&P individuals who aren’t an element of the community are you going to know you will need to make quick buck &profit off said coin but personally i think like 99 times away from 100 the coin gets absolutely crushed &then you understand your community who got some coins has become hates you as well. It simply it appears as though this really is playbook that more Metaverse builders should be cognize enough.
Rashid Ajami
Totally. That which we have inked is we created something called soft slay that is the on chain token as the Avios of the Metaverse &the idea of that is way to reward our holders with discounts in the e-commerce shop, for example that we will eventually launch &as we change the name but then we have soft clay which we look at it. So for free, they could utilize this soft clay as like your Avios points if you do release that Metropolis World, limited edition t shirt, they can unlock the discount, they can get it&as we onboard brands which is something we’re focused heavily on, that becomes really interesting concept &it’s proven concept.
You appear at how Avios works, it can be made by you, you can make it through gaming inside our world, I do not just like the expressed word play to earn, because it’s not played to earn per se, but it’s like XP points. It&then unlock real world rewards system that is&that us is truly interesting at the very least since the prerequisite to an on chain token in order to gamify soft clay, individuals who are active in your ecosystem can earn.
Matt Zahab
Rashid, you retain bringing up the E commerce aspect which again, I have an E commerce background, that’s a thing that intrigues me a deal that is great. I am luckily enough to work alongside number of brands that have also kick started some Web3 e-commerce lines, the pain is discovered by me point that is biggest could be the payment processing, specially when you are in the NFT space. Or you have coin, whatever the case may be, there’s really only few payment providers in the space that will allow you to accept Fiat &accept credit cards, heck bank transfers, that’s whole another world if you can find workaround there your God.
But simply how much of headache has it been, you realize building out of the full tech stack through that whole process &how much of nightmare that’s absolutely been you need some solidity &then you have your website, which is extremely immersive, crazy high graphics, very high pixels &then also tying in payment processors, allowing the consumers to pay in Crypto &Fiat like walk me that you guys have with obviously NFTs on open sea, of course.
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, completely. After all, what is in love with types of Blockchain is the fact that when you release smart contract that is it, you cannot edit it felt like once you build product. After all, a variety of hours I spent with my CTO just conceiving every possible scenario for the following 3 years of what small contract like has to do, you understand before you’re willing to claim it into the own wallet if you have wallet, but also just using credit card not needing wallet, having it held in wallet, that we hold for you can they can they purchase with credit card in store in New York location &then redeem the good without wallet &how would that work &this like constant iteration around that, but in short the vision is that when you buy even an NFT in our world, so you’re buying an NFT t shirt, you don’t even know you’re buying an NFT, that’s the level we want it to be at like Apple for the Metaverse, Apple Pay style, the way we’re trying to do that is fruit one, allowing you to utilize credit card &that’s great in terms of you know yes.
The thing is all of your assets &your profile on Metropolis &that’s great you do not actually ever need wallet you know what I want to move my assets elsewhere, because now I’m getting into Crypto, I don’t want it to just be here on in this more centralized wallet, I’d like to move this off to whatever I want to move it off to until you really decide to ensure will allow afterward you to still have admission through just traditional signup you realize, sign in with Twitter or sign within an email. So for us, the goal is to make it that you can do this in any possible way. It really is challenge.
But i believe we are of the quality that is same to own that amount of ease &i am lucky to own CTO, that is just about he is like yes &he says yes to large amount of my ridiculous ideas, that will be very rare through the CTO once we could easily get using what’s now available to achieve that there are several good technologies that allow.
Matt Zahab
You brought up point that i am you & I are incredibly into the yacht that is same is building Web3 tools, services, applications, products that feel, act &look like Web2 products tools, services &applications that you were. Personally I think that way may be the number that is true catalyst to achieve your goals &mass adoption is always to build Web3 items that feel just like Web2 things.
Rashid Ajami
Completely, because this is where you understand, I still do not think it is swept up in Web3 &personally i think this is where we now have this type of power to change that for me personally consumer experience, quality, the quality that is content.
To ensure’s where we are putting large amount of energy &i believe the way that is only adoption that is mass you need to create that bridge &that bridge needs to be almost not noticeable by the customer. It simply needs to happen &if whoever’s achieves that &i am hoping it is also achieved that may really manage to i do believe mass adopt &we’re simply because utilizing the brands we talk with since when they are showed by us like for example the avatar marketplace, it’s tangible to them &like I get this this plugs into my e-commerce that is current system.
I am able to realise why that is value to my brand &so then we end up getting this ecosystem where you bring brands consumers together, you reward your holders by providing them discounts, early access &then you have promote that to both the brand’s audience, your audience &that is really types of sustainable growth that individuals see because the way that this sort of paves out within the next year to 2 yrs.
Matt Zahab
Rashid you’ve got been absolutely on fire knowledge that is dropping left¢er that is correct. There is certainly an additional an element of the show &that could be the take that is hot my mate, we got to let our listeners get amount of Rashid hot takes that only you believe in whereas every other people will not does not will have to be Crypto or FinTech or Blockchain related could possibly be health, wealth, happiness, politics, crazy shit, AI, space, VR you name it, but give me couple Rashid hot takes that only you believe in whereas every other people will not.
Rashid Ajami
Totally. In my opinion okay on well being forms of spiritual level I actually do believe if you stay fully present like surrender to what’s happening in you actually end up getting to where you want to get versus trying to force things so other people are about very much doing. I believe in almost flowing with the universe. I had that sort of spiritual take. It really is well being take.
From blockchain perspective maybe there clearly was never as wild but every man or woman’s supposed to be about Blockchain gaming &games is comparable to the thing that is following is big believe it’s e-commerce is the next big thing that’s going to come out more quickly because it’s tangible. I think there’ll be greater adoption that not so crazy, but just set up something that I’m seeing in the market from Crypto perspective &yeah those two kind of things I run things that I go by from business perspective &just personal how.
Matt Zahab
I like the point that is e-commerce rare we are 210 episodes in &I want to say you might be the person that is first have that take therefore I love that i am gonna do a little more research on the period as well. Because after doing research for you personally &Metropolis that the e-commerce that is Crypto that is whole slash synergies has truly been really interesting. Rashid one very last thing which you buys never get to hear I always ask my guests as soundcheck on you know, where they are in the world that you I talked about &just for the listeners once we go live, what they had for breakfast, lunch or dinner, depending. I am regarding the East Coast, the majority of my guests are in front of me &I asked Rashid twice now what he is had for eating &he’s faster like myself so perhaps that would be take that is hot well. Any tidbits to your folks open to you who want to fast &maybe I’d love if you could just speak to like that superpower you get from you know that our sort of 16 to 20 mark.
Rashid Ajami
Yeah, absolutely. I find I mean it for me it started just because I used to have so many meetings &just jumped into my day &I would forget to eat. On the other hand I realized that you end up having this very strong energy that kicks in if you do it regularly. You feel energized where this clarity is felt by you.
I must say I do drink coffee. I actually do like caffeine 2 times into the but I found that it’s great thing to do at least three times week you fast at 6pm It kind of gives your body break from food, you feel energized so I admit to that day. So but I just kind of stumbled I didn’t really make the point to start it but it’s really been something that works it accidentally for me upon. Um, it is possible to now see me at 6pm &on pump still feeling great &I have not even logged involved with it.
Matt Zahab ()he is an energizer bunny. I heard something years back once I started fasting i wish to say 6 7 8 years back &I do not know whether or not it’s true i ought to probably I tell people on a regular basis &this is indeed cowardice of me but &hypocritical of me but someone I once read or heard from someone that simply because they’re full &they realize that if there’s cheetah in the wild &it attacks beautiful big zebra &the cheetah family goes to town on the zebra, they’re full &then you know you airdrop creative filet mignon perfectly seasoned whatever, the cheetahs will not eat it like you know, your body is temple &you should eat good food solid amount of good food at one time &then give it break &on the flip side, you know if you do that in front of pack of domesticated dogs, golden retriever, lab, wiener dog whatever the case may be, they are going to eat until they puke, right if you? Therefore it is like what type of animal do you again wish to be I do not know if that is true.
I have never heard of experience firsthand. I’d like to actually airdrop some filet mignon for some cheetahs when they’ve eaten zebra or whatever animal they have eaten. But that is a thing that always kind of sticks in my own head. ()Rashid Ajami ()Well, funny enough which they once asked the lady this is the oldest living oldest person on the planet what is your secret? And she said, little eat as as you possibly can? Which has been what she said. ()Matt Zahab ()Crazy. Love that. Rashid what treat man this really is truly so fun that is significantly. I learned ton you & the united team at Metropolis World from you & I’m very proud of.
You have an invite that is open round on but before then can you please let our listeners know where they can find you personally &Metropolis world online &on socials two I can’t wait to have you. ()Rashid Ajami ()Totally. Therefore I’m on all socials @rashidajami Instagram, Twitter &so on. Same with Metropolis World @metropolisworld &it’s definitely worth looking into our site that will be metropolisworld.io for first connection with that which we’re building &do you wish to find out about the organization. ()Matt Zahab ()Crazy site do go investigate for yourself. Rashid thanks lot man. Enjoy it &can’t watch for round two. ()Rashid Ajami ()Thanks Matt. ()Matt Zahab ()Folks what an episode with Rashid Ajami from Metropolis World knowledge that is dropping¢er that is left right would like to note that &great little part about something i am very passionate on fasting by the end do give that try folks, it really is truly superpower.
Not just does it allow you to fitter that is little the mental faculties buzz on all cylinders, you might get to save bit that is little of for your requirements’re refusing to eat 3 times day I highly recommend checking that out. Big raise your voice to Rashid &the team at Metropolis. Guys i am hoping you did please do subscribe it could mean the global world to my team love you guys in the event that you enjoyed this 1. Justas you might be the individual appreciate whatever you do for the pod &to listeners love you guys keep on growing those bags &keep on remaining quite healthy, wealthy bye that is&happy now &we’ll talk soon.()
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