Episode 37 of @RiskOnPodcast with @markkmii of @NEARFoundation is live where we talk $NEAR sharding, chain abstraction, and why user-owned AI is key to a sovereign future. We also hit on market dynamics, VC interest, and where crypto is heading next.
the year is 2030.
you wake up to the sound of protests outside your apartment, people are mad the bread lines switched to cricket soup. 90% of the country is on UBI. AOC is president. you're late for your IT support job where you field complaints on AI robot sex dolls. you scurry out the door past a neon billboard flashing “Bitcoin $BTC $4,200,000" and "Chainlink $LINK $81,000"
your neighbor, now a full-time OnlyFans NFT managing director, zips past you on her tesla hoverboard. A Chinese drone drops your state-issued breakfast ration: one cricket bar and a pangolin sausage lunchable.
on the train, everyone is wearing VR headsets tuned into the Meta State News Network watching Palantir $PLTR mechs defend Taiwan. you catch your reflection in the window and wonder if anyone will notice you quietly crying as you scroll past yet another Caribbean yacht party livestream from the early crypto adopters.