Transcript Ep. 345: Amy Wu on Why FTX Is So Excited About Web3 Gaming

Laura Shin: 

Hi all, two quick announcements. First, today, Tuesday, April 26 at 1 p.m. eastern time, we will sell the NFT tickets to five book clubs to discuss my book, The Cryptopians. All the book clubs, which were limited to 22 participants each, will be hosted by me and will take place on my Discord from May 2 to May 10. Two of the book clubs will feature special guests, one with Christoph Jentzsch, Griff Green and Lefteris Karapetsas, who are all involved in the DAO, and the other with Andrey Ternovskiy of Chatroulette. The sale is taking place on Bitski, again, today at 1 p.m. eastern. You can see my profile there at bitski.com/atlaurashin/created. 

The dates and times for the book clubs are first, Monday, May 2 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, May 3 at 1 p.m. Eastern with Lefteris, Griff, and Christoph, Thursday, May 5 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern, Monday, May 9 at 12 p.m. Eastern with Andrey Ternovskiy, and finally, Tuesday, May 10 at 3 p.m. Eastern. The dates and times are also in show notes, and you will also find them in the newsletter. Also, at noon today, beforehand, I’ll be doing a Twitter Spaces with Bitski on their Twitter account, which is @bitski. After the Twitter Spaces, the sale will begin. 

Second, I’m hiring for three part-time roles. One is for a video/audio producer, another for editorial assistant, and a third for social media and marketing manager. If you're interested, check out the show notes for this episode or the Unchained Daily Newsletter or my Twitter feed, and now, onto the show.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I’m your host, Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto six years ago, and as the senior editor at Forbes, was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full-time. This is the April 26, 2022 episode of Unchained. 

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Today’s guest is Amy Wu, head of FTX Ventures and gaming initiatives. Welcome, Amy. 

Amy Wu:

Hi, Laura. 

Laura Shin: 

You went from being a partner at Lightspeed Ventures to heading up M&A and ventures at FTX, tell us what it is that you do for FTX.