Play to earn and give back to the community with Brendan Wong, CEO and co-founder of Avocado Guild

 

Creative solutions to drive gamers' engagement through play to earn and give back to the community are emerging at the cross-over of the metaverse, FinTech, and gaming. Listen to Brendan Wong, CEO and co-founder of Avocado Guild based in Singapore, which enables players to participate in games like Axie Infinity or Cyball to earn money and support their community, the largest one now in the Philippines speaking to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how it all works.

  • Brendan's background - how he got to what he does today

  • Avocado Guild: a community, building and shaping the future of GameFi via onboarding and educating new Web3 users.

  • What does it mean, pay to play?

  • How does Avocado Guild work? Financing players so they can buy digital Axies within Axie Infinity (for example) and start playing to earn

  • Bridging metaverse and real-world - how is Avocado Guild building community outside of games

  • When one wants to start a network, or a community, you face a cold start problem. How did Avocado start?

  • Avocado Guild just raised USD 18 million - how big are its growth ambitions?

  • What’s the technology behind Avocado Guild

  • How does guild make money?

  • How big is your team, and where are you based? Hint: geographical focus now and the ambition to scale up

  • Brendan's favorite game at the moment: Cyball, CyBall is a football-themed, NFT-based blockchain game with a play-to-earn model that allows you to test your might against players from around the world

  • What’s the best way to reach out: @BrendinoAG (Telegram) or e-mail: brendan@avocadoguild.com