Dominic Ryder | Source | Founder and CEO at vEmpire

Dominic Ryder

Founder and CEO at vEmpire
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After beginning his career in the world of stock broking, Dominic quickly advanced from a junior broker at nineteen to a Senior Derivatives Trader & Head of Desk. Dominic’s career eventually took him through wealth management, as a partner at St James’s Place, and eventually he found his true passion in venture capital.

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  • The most likely route to first see this will be within the metaverse (a virtual reality space), gaming and NFTs. I also believe we will begin to see a larger push for and enhancement of DAOs (decentralised autonomous organisations). This can be both from new protocols entering but also existing protocols enhancing their proposition to allow for more user engagement.

    5 January 2022

  • NFTs are and can only exist on the blockchain in an individual’s wallet. This means unless you agree to set up a crypto wallet, you will and can never officially own an NFT. Somebody can buy one and say it is yours for sure, but you only own that asset if you own the private keys to the wallet they are held in.

    5 January 2022

  • My vision for the metaverse is something a lot better than that lack of originality in a place where you can build and do anything. I wanted to bring a bit more originality to the metaverse and keep it decentralized, which is why I came up with a mixture of a gaming metaverse and DeFi (decentralized finance) protocol.

    5 January 2022
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    Vempire will debut Roman era game in The Sandbox
    Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Vempire DDAO has announced it is developing Hack and Slash, a blockchain-based combat game set in ancient Rome within The Sandbox virtual[…]
    5 January 2022
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    All I Got For the Holidays Was an NFT. Now What?
    Amid exploding popularity, NFTs will be the gift of the moment this year. For the gift giver, it has several advantages: You don't need to wrap it, you don't need to carry it when you travel, it's a...
    5 January 2022
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    Crypto: What Can Investors Expect In 2022?
    The key aspects to watch out for in the crypto realm are prices, business adoption, new investment products, regulation and central bank competition, all of which could get a boost next year.
    5 January 2022
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