AI-driven Investing Perspectives from Animoca Brand's Robby Yung, Alongside U.S. Crypto Market Trend Analysis
In 2025, at the Paris Blockchain Week, BeInCrypto chats with Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands — a pioneer in Web3 innovation. Yung shares his insights about the crypto landscape, investment strategies, and what's next for the Metaverse and AI-powered investment tools.
Yung sees a bullish Web3 space for 2025, thanks to the positive sentiments following the US elections. He believes the U.S. has removed regulatory constraints in the form of the SEC, which stimulates innovation across the world. Although the EU is moving forward with comprehensive crypto regulations, the U.S. is currently experiencing a period of "absence of enforcement" with no specific regulatory frameworks in place.
Being a strategic investor, Animoca Brands has 550+ investments in various categories, from consumer entertainment to institutional financial services. They aim to create supportive environments, provide tokenomics advice, and help companies launch and operate successful tokens. Their investment structures often include equity with a token warrant, giving investors participation in future token launches.
Speaking of The Sandbox, Yung explains that, despite the metaverse winter, it continues to thrive due to its expansive community and partnerships with intellectual properties. The team chose a voxel art style to invite user-generated content, fostering mainstream adoption with simplicity similar to Legos. With the rise of AI tools, Yung sees The Sandbox evolving into a more complex and sophisticated platform.
Regarding the Mokaverse project, Yung discusses the initiative's goal to create a decentralized ID that connects various networks in the crypto space. They've partnered with Web2 networks and built an underlying utility token, MOCA, to power the ecosystem.
Lastly, Yung shares his enthusiasm for the future of AI and blockchain, emphasizing the complementary nature of these technologies. They are developing AI models through federated learning, and ambitions include creating an autonomous DAO that makes investment decisions based on AI evaluations.
- Yung foresees a thriving Web3 space in 2025, fueled by positive sentiments post US elections and reduced regulatory constraints from the SEC.
- The U.S., at present, lacks specific crypto regulations, leading to a period of "absence of enforcement".
- Despite the metaverse winter, The Sandbox, with its vast community and numerous partnerships, continues to prosper.
- The Sandbox's voxel art style encourages user-generated content, fostering mainstream adoption similar to Legos.
- With the emergence of AI tools, The Sandbox is set to evolve into a more complex and sophisticated platform.
- Mokaverse, an initiative by Animoca Brands, aims to create a decentralized ID that links multiple crypto networks.
- Mokaverse has partnered with Web2 networks and introduced MOCA, an underlying utility token to power their ecosystem.
- Yung expresses his excitement for the future of AI and blockchain, highlighting their complementary nature.
- Animoca Brands is developing AI models through federated learning, a technique that allows multiple devices to collaborate in training models without sharing data.
- One of their aspirations includes creating an autonomous DAO that makes investment decisions based on AI evaluations.
- Animoca Brands, as a strategic investor, has made over 550 investments across various categories, including consumer entertainment and institutional financial services.
- Their investment strategies focus on creating supportive environments, providing tokenomics advice, and helping companies launch and operate successful tokens.
- Yung talks about the prospects of blockchain technology, venture capital, Defi, NFTs, and even the Metaverse in the broader context of business, finance, and technology.
