Interview with Keita Nakamura - Mercari aims to respond to the needs of the gateway to Web 3.0 and increase cryptocurrency holders and users

2024/09/20 18:47 (Updated 2025/04/16 17:18)
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メルカリが目指すWeb3.0へのゲートウェイ ニーズに応え暗号資産の保有・利用者を増加へー中村奎太インタビュー

Mercari will become a gateway to Web 3.0

What do you think about the current state of the Web 3.0 field?

Keita Nakamura (hereinafter, Nakamura): I think that Web 3.0 is currently in a transitional period where it is clearly penetrating society. Crypto assets and digital assets have created a big trend, but there is still a long way to go before they become mainstream. I feel that from the time when they were basically treated as financial assets mainly for speculation, attention is gradually being paid to their use cases and utility.

For example, there is a rise in the use of ownership and usage rights, and I think that games using blockchain technology have shifted from simply making money to being purely fun as a game. With the entry of major companies, the number of users will increase as the number of content with various utilities increases, which will drive the progress and penetration of the technology, so recent developments are very interesting and I am paying close attention to them.

When such Web 3.0 content spreads, infrastructure such as wallets, marketplaces, and exchanges will become increasingly important. It is important to be in a state where you can start immediately when you have content you want to do, and we want to be a gateway to Web 3.0.

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