May 17, 2024

Virtual Brands Group founder and CEO Justin Hochberg and The Sandbox CMO Amit Kumar answer five rapid-fire questions from CoinDesk, including what the Voice Coach Battle is, Amit's crypto genesis story and the biggest challenge facing mainstream adoption.

Video transcript

Justin, what is the voice coach battle? You get to sit in a big red chair and spin around and pick your talent and go through all the things that celebrities do on a TV show. Ahmed. Are you a voice fan? I'm not a reality T TV fan, but I am a fan of, of the voice. I can honestly say that Justin, what excites you about the metaverse and metaverse experiences. The metaverse lets you defy gravity and create anything you want. If you can create a race car at the same time, you can create a T shirt, why not create the race car? And that's what we're dealing with the sandbox. Ah, how did you get into crypto? It was the interaction of Blockchain and gaming that brought me to it as a lifelong gamer. Having ownership over your assets is something that matters to me. And so, um the sandbox was a perfect bridge between those two things. Justin, what's the biggest challenge facing mainstream adoption? How do you get mainstream people to just do it? Just like they turn on the TV set and I think using global IP like the voice is a starting point.

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